He was Lei Jingtian, the Martial Arts Maniac. The explosion of his Qi energy was enough to make the four Wailing Demons step back unconsciously. His presence in the middle of the road immediately caused the carriage horses to neigh in panic, trying to back away with trembling legs. The gravitational pressure radiating from the giant body made the air in the canyon feel incredibly heavy. The twenty Black Iron Guards who had just broken through to the 1st-Tier Earth Warrior realm reacted immediately. "Tighten the formation! Protect the Patriarch and Lady Lin!" Tie Han shouted. He drew his broadsword, which emitted the sharp glow of a Named Weapon. He and Wei Shan stepped forward, forcing their Qi to form a defensive wall in front of the carriage. On the roof of the carriage, Gao Ying cocked his crossbow, while Zhao Feng and Mo Jian stood by on both flanks with their respective Named Weapons drawn. However, even though the

The three red pills slid smoothly down Lei Jingtian's throat. The Martial Arts Maniac swallowed the bait whole, letting the high-grade herbal aroma spread in his stomach. Lei Jingtian wiped the remaining blood from the corner of his lips with the back of his hand, then looked at the Lin Family group with the arrogance of a conqueror. He smiled mockingly. "I consider these pills as your tribute to pass through this canyon with your heads still attached to your bodies," Lei Jingtian said, his voice echoing off the rocky canyon walls. Hearing those ungrateful words, Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows, putting on a perfectly faked expression of surprise. "So you ate my herbal pills and still refuse to follow the Lin Family?" Xiao Chen asked, his tone sounding like someone who had just been thoroughly scammed. Lei Jingtian picked his ear with his pinky finger, completely ignoring the stab

Three days of non-stop travel cut through the dust storms. When the sun reached its highest point, the shadow of a giant wall made of black obsidian stone began to dominate the horizon. That was the Heavenly Cloud Capital, the heart of power in the mortal world's Empire, and simultaneously the center of corruption where intrigue and blood were the primary currency. In front of the capital's main gates, which soared thirty meters high, the Lin Family convoy came to a halt. The military formation they brought was no ordinary noble retinue; it was a parade of monsters that made the dozens of imperial gate guards swallow hard, their faces turning pale. In the very front row, Lei Jingtian stood like a solid mountain. The Martial Arts Maniac shouldered his Earth Treasure-grade Mountain Cleaving Sword on his right shoulder. His 1st-Tier Sky Warrior aura was deliberately released, sweeping the clouds above the capital and pressi

The soft chuckle escaping Xiao Chen's lips was incredibly faint. Yet, to the Lieutenant, it sounded like rusted metal scraping directly against his eardrums.Before the Golden Decree held by the trembling palace eunuch, the arrogance of a thousand Imperial Armored Troops crumbled into dust. The Tier 4 Earth Realm Lieutenant, who had just threatened to butcher the Lin Family, now bowed his head deeply. Cold sweat dripped from his chin and stained the cobblestones below. Defying a direct order from the imperial family was a guaranteed death sentence. Not even General Asura could protect him from that."Withdraw your men, Lieutenant," Xiao Chen said flatly. His voice broke the suffocating silence. He walked right past the officer without bothering to give him a second glance. "And pass a message to General Asura. If he wants my life, tell him to come and claim it himself. Tell him to stop sending dogs that don't even have the guts to bite."The Lieutenant ground his teeth together so har