Ye Dui’s cold expression made Messi instinctively show a trace of fear. His eyes swept over the shotgun in Ye Dui’s hand. He knew how powerful this weapon was in terms of killing power. But then he calmed down again.
This was the central city. Killing was impossible here!
If anyone killed, they would face heavenly punishment erasure. That terrifying thunder punishment was absolutely not a force humans could resist!
“Ye Dui, do not act rashly.” Kas hurriedly walked to Ye Dui’s side. He spoke softly about the heavenly thunder punishment.
“Thunder punishment?” Ye Dui’s expression suddenly became somewhat strange.
Kas nodded. “Not long ago in the central city, I saw a drunk causing trouble. He beat another drunk to death. Immediately after, dark clouds gathered in the sky. A terrifying bolt of lightning descended and struck the drunk, directly reducing his body to ashes. Heavenly thunder punishment is extremely terrifying. You might resist it in the outside world, but now your powers are sealed. You had better not act impulsively.”
Listening to Kas’s worried words, Ye Dui exchanged glances with his companions. Then they all laughed.
Very good. Ye Dui now knew exactly which power he needed to unlock first…
Before entering the Divine Sin Continent, he had encountered Stu and obtained his Lightning Body. That was truly incredibly fortunate.
Killing in the central city would bring heavenly punishment. But if one was not afraid of heavenly punishment here… heh heh heh. This just got interesting.
The rather wicked smile on Ye Dui’s face made Messi suddenly feel extremely displeased. After learning that killing here meant getting struck by lightning, why did they seem even happier?
Before Messi could speak, the surrounding onlookers erupted into noise again. The crowd parted automatically, opening a path. A group of people walked in from there. These people carried a terrifying killing intent. They gave off an extremely ferocious aura. Ye Dui had felt a similar feeling from Mad Beast Bien!
“People from Windless City have arrived!”
“They are here for Mad Beast Bien!”
People in the crowd discussed.
In the lower-layer fragment worlds, those not ranked in the top one thousand were called garbage worlds. Those in the top one thousand were called powerhouse worlds. Top three hundred were hegemon worlds. Top hundred were king worlds. Top thirty were emperor worlds. And top ten were god-level worlds.
The higher the world’s rank, the stronger its small Heavenly Ladder.
Every day, large numbers of people gathered at Heavenly Ladder Plaza to watch trials and battlefield matches. But people from king, emperor, and god-level worlds usually did not come here unless participating in Heavenly Ladder battlefields. Their own world’s Heavenly Ladder light pillar had powerful enough force to handle ordinary trials and battles.
But now, Windless City, a king-level world, had appeared here. Without doubt, they had come for Ye Dui and the others!
Seeing people from Windless City, Messi’s face instinctively showed a trace of fear. Kane City had clashed with Windless City several times. People from Windless City’s fragment world were almost all ferocious beasts. Only such a world could cultivate someone like Mad Beast Bien. So Messi felt a fear of Windless City from the bottom of his heart.
But that trace of fear soon turned into gloating.
Windless City had targeted Ye Dui. This would make Ye Dui’s group understand that their only choice was to rely on Kane City!
Kane City’s strength was at the bottom among hegemon worlds. But Kane City was special. It had once had the glory of a king world. It had more foundation than other hegemon worlds. Other hegemon worlds were present in this plaza too. But they did not dare confront Windless City directly. However, Kane City had such courage.
For the magic constructs in Ye Dui’s hands, offending Windless City was acceptable!
“They are from Windless City. People from this fragment world are ferocious and bloodthirsty. They built a terrifying arena. Every duel there is a fight to the death. Only those who win in the arena earn respect.” Kas hurriedly explained softly to Ye Dui. “The Mad Beast Bien you killed was the son most valued by Windless City’s mayor. They will definitely hate you intensely.”
“I see.” Ye Dui nodded.
As they spoke, the people from Windless City had already reached Ye Dui’s side. The leader was a tall young man who looked only in his early twenties. His face vaguely resembled Mad Beast Bien. He coldly scrutinised Ye Dui. His rough voice said, “I am the fourteenth son of Windless City’s mayor. My name is Nadin. I am Bien’s brother!”
“Are you here to avenge your brother?” Ye Dui asked coldly.
“Avenge?” Nadin sneered disdainfully. “Bien died at your hands. That only proves he was useless. Such a person simply disgraced our father’s glory. It is better that he is dead!”
“Er…” Windless City truly was a ferocious fragment world. Their culture was truly barbaric and ruthless.
“However…” Nadin’s tone changed. His voice turned ice-cold. “Bien was still our father’s son. My brother. He lost face, which means he lost ours. We cannot let you go. Now I give you two choices. The first is to join Windless City. We respect powerful warriors. You will have a place in the arena. The second choice…”
Nadin’s mouth pulled into a cold smile. He did not say what the second choice was. But it seemed self-evident.
This was a threat.
Messi spoke up at this moment. “Mr Ye Dui, we gave you a choice. I hope you consider it seriously. Only we can save you now!”
Nadin glanced at Messi. He recognised him. His face was full of coldness. But he said nothing more. His eyes continued staring intently at Ye Dui.
“I will not join either of you.” Without hesitation, Ye Dui decisively told both sides.
Gasps rose around them. Some admired Ye Dui’s group. But more thought Ye Dui did not know what was good for him. He had offended two powerful fragment worlds at once!
“Are you sure?” Nadin said through gritted teeth.
“Nadin, they were very powerful in the outside world. This time they voluntarily exiled themselves to the Divine Sin Continent. It was just to take Stan Town out of here.” Messi said lightly.
“Stan Town?” Nadin looked at Kas. He seemed to have some impression of Kas. Stan Town was a whole continent recently exiled here. Messi said in a voice without warmth, “Hmph. A mere garbage world that has not even entered the rankings. Windless City only needs to send five hundred people to completely sweep it. Newcomers who killed my brother. If you refuse, I guarantee Stan Town will be destroyed within three days!”
Messi seized the chance. “Kane City is willing to help Windless City. We will provide twenty bridge builders to assist you in conquering Stan Town!”
“Conquering? No, destroying!” Nadin sneered bloodthirstily. “I will have every man in Stan Town beheaded. The women will become toys, sent to entertain the warriors in Windless City’s arena. As for the children of Stan Town, they will be sent to the lowest level of the arena. They will become targets for the gladiators to practise swordsmanship. From now on, their lives will be filled with blood and cries. They will neither live nor die!”
After a pause, Nadin continued, “I mean what I say!”
The surrounding people seemed to feel a chilling aura of deterrence spreading out.
Messi showed a mocking smile. He was mocking both Ye Dui and Nadin. Truly brave but lacking brains. After saying such words, as long as Ye Dui was not a fool, he would definitely choose Kane City!
Yet Ye Dui’s group all had darkened faces.
Ye Dui’s eyes carried a coldness he had never shown before. He could confirm that Nadin’s words were not mere threats. Windless City truly could do such things.
So he turned and walked to the Heavenly Ladder light pillar. He placed his hand on it and summoned that blinding light screen. Then he spent Heavenly Ladder points to unlock a skill.
Then he walked back.
Everyone’s gazes fixed on Ye Dui. They wondered what he intended to do.
Messi showed a trace of tension on his face. He understood Ye Dui had unlocked some power.
But Messi was certain Ye Dui would not dare attack Nadin. He absolutely would not dare attack himself either.
This gave him confidence. So he continued mocking with a cold smile. “You are very angry? But do you dare attack us? As long as you attack anyone in the central city, you will face heavenly thunder punishment. You will be struck into ashes by lightning! You…”
His cold smile suddenly froze on his face. Because he saw Ye Dui, who had originally been walking towards Nadin, suddenly stop in front of him. Ye Dui raised the shotgun and aimed it at him.
He had seen how powerful this strange magic construct was. Mad Beast Bien had been heavily injured by this terrifying weapon in one shot!
Messi tried to dodge to the side while shouting loudly, “Think carefully! No one can escape heavenly thunder punishment. You cannot scare me. You do not dare attack. You do not dare…”
Bang!
Firelight burst out.
Blood sprayed wildly from Messi’s body. Flesh and bone flew everywhere. Half his body nearly detached. Thud. He fell backwards. Blood splashed onto the people behind him.
The plaza fell silent for two seconds. Then it erupted into terrified screams and roars.
The central city was a neutral world. There was no fighting here. No one dared kill here. Even if someone occasionally got hurt, it was unintentional or done by death warriors. But now, this newcomer had mercilessly killed the vice mayor of a hegemon world!
The originally dim sky suddenly became densely covered in dark clouds.
Thunder flickered in the horizon.
Kas’s face showed shock. He immediately rushed towards Ye Dui. But Debbie blocked him. Grimm took several scrolls from his backpack and tossed them to Ye Dui. They were high-level magic scrolls. Ye Dui caught them. He returned the shotgun to Grimm. Then he tore open several scrolls in succession.
Nadin stared in shock. He had not expected Ye Dui to actually dare kill. He was simply courting death, idiot!
Ye Dui’s eyes suddenly turned to Nadin.
Nadin’s tall body trembled instantly. He hurriedly retreated. At the same time, two expressionless Windless City warriors jumped out and blocked in front of Nadin. These two were death warriors trained by Windless City. They would unhesitatingly kill on Nadin’s command and calmly accept heavenly punishment’s strike, welcoming death!
Boom…
Thunder finally descended from the sky. It instantly engulfed Ye Dui.
Dazzling thunder light nearly completely wrapped Ye Dui’s body. It carried terrifying heavenly might. Everyone’s hearts trembled. Some timid people even fainted directly. More people felt it was a pity for Ye Dui. This young man was powerful, but ultimately too impulsive…
The thunder lasted four or five seconds before dissipating.
The sky quickly cleared.
Some people looked reluctantly at the spot struck by lightning. They expected only a pile of charred remains there. What a pitiful and regrettable young man… Eh?
Soon, the crowd let out successive exclamations.
They did not see charred remains. Instead, they saw a person wrapped entirely in thunder.
When heavenly punishment descended, Ye Dui had entered God Guard Mode. At this moment, he seemed completely composed of lightning. Lightning still poured continuously from his mouth and eyes. Crackling sounds kept ringing on his body.
He had not been killed by heavenly punishment. It even looked like he had mastered the power of thunder?
His lightning-glowing eyes looked towards Nadin and his group.
“Mon, monster… Kill, kill him for me!” Nadin shouted in terror.
One death warrior immediately charged forward swinging a short sword.
Ye Dui waved his hand.
Boom!
Thunder flashed. It instantly struck the death warrior, reducing him to a pile of charred ash.
The other death warrior stiffened for a moment. Then he suddenly turned and ran.
A death warrior who knew no fear and could calmly accept death had actually felt fear!
But thunder followed closely. It extinguished this death warrior as well.
Ye Dui walked towards the trembling Nadin.
“No, do not kill me. I am from Windless City. If you kill me, you are opposing Windless City…” Nadin shouted in terror and trembling. His tall body hunched like a mouse.
Dark clouds gathered in the sky again. Thunder boomed down.
Ye Dui raised his hand. He said to Nadin, “Just based on the words you said earlier, from today onwards, I do not want to see anyone from Windless City or Kane City in the central city again…”
Boom…
Because of killing the death warriors, heavenly thunder descended again. It struck Ye Dui’s body. But at the same time, the thunder in Ye Dui’s hand had turned into a lightning spear. It instantly pierced Nadin’s chest. The lightning seemed alive. After passing through Nadin’s body, it leaped and darted. It consecutively surged into the bodies of other Windless City and Kane City people. Under the chain attack, dozens of people in the plaza died instantly under Ye Dui’s lightning.
Heavenly punishment began descending one wave after another.
