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The filthy torrent composed of billions of vengeful spirits emitted a series of shrill howls the moment it came into contact with the pure yang lightning pillar, enough to shatter the soul!
It's like a hot iron branding an ice surface, or like filthy sludge being thrown into an incinerator!
A clash between pure masculinity and extreme yin evil!
Purify! Annihilate!
Dazzling white-gold lightning flashed and exploded wildly!
Countless charred, sparking fragments of talisman paper exploded violently from the point where the lightning pillar collided with the banner, like black snowflakes swept by a gale, filling the sky!
The supreme yang thunder tore through the filthy dark clouds, casting the light of destruction into the abyss.
Amidst the core burst of light that annihilated the thunder and evil spirits, a figure, stepping on countless leaping arcs of electricity, descended steadily from the gaping hole in the massive dome, like a god descending from heaven!
A flash of electricity appeared beneath his feet, and he was already silently standing in front of Feng Zhenghao's large desk!
It positioned itself precisely between Feng Zhenghao and the still violently annihilating Ten Thousand Soul Banner lightning!
Lin Shen's voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly drowned out the lingering thunder and the fading hiss, like rolling thunder from the heavens, carrying a hint of cold mockery, and boomed throughout the deathly silent upper-level space:
"I heard that your Wang family... is looking for me?"
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Chapter 100: Out of Control
Beijing Jing, the headquarters of Nadutong.
The highest level of secret room.
There are no windows here, and the air circulation system emits a monotonous, low-frequency hum.
On the giant electronic screen wall, the dots representing the abnormal energy fluctuations of extraordinary individuals across the country flickered densely and restlessly like a swarm of mosquitoes on a summer night. The vast majority were faint green dots, interspersed with yellow dots that indicated the need for monitoring.
However, at this moment, in the North China region, near the Tianjin coordinates, a dazzling, ever-expanding, pulsating scarlet spot beat violently on the screen like a heart. The alarm threshold had long since exceeded the historical peak, emitting a silent yet heart-palpitating hiss, making the atmosphere in the entire command center almost solidify.
Zhao Fangxu stood in front of the screen, his back to the busy but silent operators.
This giant, who controls the balance of order in the world of supernatural beings, whose face is usually unmoved even if Mount Tai collapses before him, is now shrouded in a rare, iron-blue gloom.
The special cigarette he was holding between his fingers had burned out, and the long ash was about to fall, but he was completely unaware of the scalding heat.
The gaze behind the glasses was fixed on that crimson expanse, as if trying to pierce through the screen and see the destructive storm brewing in Tianjin.
"The news...is it confirmed?" Zhao Fangxu's voice was low and hoarse, like sandpaper rubbing against rust.
"Confirmed by multiple sources. Wang Ai's death has completely stirred up a hornet's nest. Even those old monsters in seclusion in the Wang family have been alarmed and have come out of seclusion. That kid Wang Yi... has completely gone mad. The Wang family's elite forces have been mobilized, and all available secular resources and connections have been used... their target is the headquarters of Tianjin Tianxia Group, and... Lin Shen."
Zhao Fangxu abruptly closed his eyes, his knuckles cracking as he clenched his fists. The ash from his cigarette finally gave way and fell to the ground. "One of the four... the leader of the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony... and Feng Zhenghao, that dragon crossing the river who dominates Tianjin..."
"Are they trying to tear the sky apart in North China?! Are they trying to erase the distinction between supernatural beings and ordinary people in this life-or-death personal feud?!"
The cornerstone of the company's existence is that invisible wall—separating two worlds.
Any event that could potentially shake this wall is a Damocles' sword hanging over Zhao Fangxu's head.
The clash between the Wang family and Lin Shen and the World Society was tantamount to lighting a fuse on a powder keg!
"Prepare the car!" Zhao Fangxu suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze flashing with cold light, without the slightest hesitation. "To Tianjin! Immediately! Right now! Notify Xu Si to drop everything and wait for me at the Tianjin highway exit!"
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The expressway leading to Tianjin.
Zhao Fangxu's car sped off like an arrow, ignoring speed limits and tearing through the oppressive air.
Through the vehicle's encrypted communicator, Xu Si's voice came through amidst the whistling wind of the high-speed vehicle: "Uncle Zhao, the situation is worse than we thought! The Wang family doesn't bother to hide at all! A convoy of more than a dozen vehicles with special license plates swaggered into the city!"
Reports from the Tianjin branch indicate that an unusually powerful aura is gathering at several warehouses and docks controlled by the Wang family in the western part of the city, resembling the prelude to some large-scale ritual!
On Feng Zhenghao's side... all surveillance signals in the vicinity of Tianxia Building were blocked by a powerful interference source, turning it into a blackout area!
Our people...can't get close to the core at all!
Zhao Fangxu's temples throbbed. He looked out the car window at the fields rushing past, gradually being replaced by the steel jungle of the city. A tremendous sense of powerlessness and overwhelming anger surged within him.
It's out of control... The situation is sliding into the abyss in the worst possible way!
"At all costs!" Zhao Fangxu roared into the communicator, "Activate the highest level emergency plan! Mobilize all available resources and, under the guise of an 'anti-terrorism exercise,' evacuate all unrelated personnel within a three-kilometer radius of the Tianxia Building!"
Block off the relevant intersections!
"I'm going to keep this mess under control and keep it to a minimum! Even if the sky falls, I'll hold it up!" He paused, his voice like tempered steel, "...Also, prepare several copies of the 'company's' highest-level 'mediation order' and... 'purge plan'."
He spoke the last four words with extraordinary difficulty and heaviness; he would never want to take that step unless absolutely necessary.
Xu Si was silent for a moment on the other end of the communication line, then gave a short but firm reply: "Understood!"
As Zhao Fangxu's car sped out of the highway toll station and met up with Xu Si, who was also traveling and looking weary, the thick, lead-gray clouds above Tianjin seemed to be stirred by an invisible giant hand, slowly and ominously rotating.
The air was so thick it was suffocating, and a strange static electricity made exposed skin tingle. The city remained noisy, but a fear stemming from biological instinct—a fear of the power of nature—had quietly spread on a level unseen by ordinary people.
"Abnormal weather...it's man-made." Xu Si opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, his face so grave it could drip water. He stared intently at the oppressive sky outside the window. "The Wang family? Such a huge commotion? It doesn't seem like their methods...it's more like...lightning magic?"
Zhao Fangxu's heart sank.
Lei Fa...Longhu Mountain! Deep in the forest!
"Go to the Tianxia Building! Hurry!" he urged sharply.
The driver slammed on the gas, and the high-performance bulletproof sedan roared as it sped toward the tallest cluster of buildings in the heart of the city's CBD.
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The car braked suddenly, the sharp screeching sound tearing apart the eerie silence around the Tianxia Building.
The area has been cleared out, with only employees in special uniforms from Natotong setting up a cordon, and faint police sirens and evacuation announcements coming from afar.
The air seemed to freeze, and the heavy pressure felt tangible, making it difficult for every ability user present to breathe.
As Zhao Fangxu and Xu Si got out of the car, they immediately felt an overwhelming and soul-stirring pressure coming at them!
This oppressive aura didn't originate from inside the building, but rather from...high above!
The two of them suddenly looked up!
Suddenly, an unimaginable force tore apart the thick, swirling, leaden clouds above the towering Tianxia Building, which pierced the sky like a sharp sword!
The leaden-gray clouds were forcibly torn apart like rags by a blindingly bright white light that pierced the sky! That light was not pure light, but rather a composite of billions of violently leaping, highly condensed and compressed lightning bolts, containing the essence of destruction and rebirth!
Within the torn hole in the clouds, the raging lightning did not scatter and flow, but instead, under the control of some supreme will beyond human comprehension, it frantically condensed!
In an instant, a colossal lightning pillar, composed of pure liquid lightning, with a diameter exceeding ten zhang and its surface pulsating with countless ancient lightning runes, took shape like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens, or like a divine spear of judgment!
The space around the lightning pillar was distorted and torn apart by the extreme heat and violent energy, presenting eerie visual ripples!
This terrifying, world-destroying lightning pillar was not unfounded!
A terrifying divine thought, so vast it enveloped the entire block, cold and ruthless, precisely locking onto its target, was like an invisible giant net, firmly fixed on a certain spot on the top floor of the building—there lay several powerful, sinister, and malicious auras of Wang family experts!
Before the lightning bolts even struck, the destructive will that locked onto its target had already crushed the people below, causing their bones to crack and their minds to shatter! It was as if an invisible giant hand had pressed them into the icy hell of the deepest abyss!
Without any buffer! Without any announcement! That solidified, liquid-destructive pillar of lightning, carrying the absolute will to judge all things and the unparalleled power to annihilate everything, crashed down!
Target—the top floor of the World Tower!
“BOOM Boom Boom Boom!!!”
A deafening roar beyond description! It wasn't just a simple explosion, but a terrifying wail as space itself was torn apart and matter was instantly decomposed!
Xu Si and Zhao Fangxu's vision was instantly and completely engulfed by endless, pure, and extremely bright incandescent lightning! It was as if they were looking directly at the core of a star!
A burning pain shot through my retina, followed by a blindingly bright white before my eyes, then absolute darkness! Tears streamed uncontrollably down my face!
A destructive wave, far exceeding the power of a physical shockwave and mixed with pure lightning annihilation energy, spread wildly outwards in a ring along the ground, like a tangible tsunami!
The ground beneath my feet groaned in pain and trembled violently!
The bulletproof car parked dozens of meters away was violently lifted and rolled like a leaf in a storm, its crash beam twisted and broken! Xu Si and Zhao Fangxu instantly pushed their protective Qi to the limit, but their bodies still felt as if they had been hit by a giant hammer, their internal organs churning, and a sweet taste filled their throats, the smell of blood permeating their senses!
The two clung tightly to the sturdy lamppost beside them, barely managing to avoid being blown away!
The ultra-high strength glass curtain wall of the Tianxia Building, which was strong enough to withstand missile attacks, shattered like fragile sugar crystals the moment the lightning bolt penetrated the top floor. It was a rain of glass that was instantly melted by the high temperature and then cooled into strange shapes by the shock wave!
The top floors of the building collapsed and were annihilated instantly under the bombardment of that destructive lightning pillar, like an eggshell struck by a giant hammer of a god!
A terrifying gap, enormous and with its edges flowing with hot, crimson magma-like material, and its internal structure twisted and broken like the entrance to hell, appeared prominently at the top of the building!
Lightning strikes fast and disappears even faster.
The colossal pillar of lightning that pierced the heavens and the earth vanished in an instant, as if it had never existed.
Only the grotesque maw at the top of the building, with its flowing molten material emitting a dark red glow in the dim light, resembled a huge, silent, bleeding wound.
The twisted, broken, and exposed steel bars, like the broken ribs of a dead behemoth, viciously pierce the oppressive sky.
The air was thick with the smell of ozone, the sweet, metallic scent of ionized air, and... the indescribable odor of burnt dust left behind after high-strength concrete was instantly vaporized from molten high-alloy materials.
The thick, torn clouds in the sky, after the lightning bolt disappeared, began to slowly, with a sense of exhaustion after a great catharsis, recoil back together.
Sunlight struggled to penetrate the gaps in the clouds, casting murky beams that illuminated the devastation. The entire world fell into an eerie, vacuum-like silence.
Zhao Fangxu and Xu Si, two giants who had seen many storms and controlled the order of their respective regions, stood frozen in place.
Xu Si subconsciously reached for the cigarette pack in his pocket, but his fingers trembled like a Parkinson's patient, and he failed to reach it after several attempts.
He suddenly looked up, staring intently at the gigantic hole at the top of the building, which resembled the entrance to hell. For the first time, a light beyond shock, almost...fear, appeared deep in his pupils.
It wasn't fear of power itself, but rather the terror of a destructive will that completely transcended the rules, akin to divine punishment! Could such power truly still be defined and constrained by a "company"?
"...This...this is...the Thunder Magic?" Xu Si's voice was dry and hoarse, each word seeming to be squeezed out from the sand.
Zhao Fangxu did not answer.
He simply took off his gold-rimmed glasses, which had been cracked by the shock, and pinched the bridge of his nose with trembling hands.
Behind the lenses, his eyes were bloodshot and his expression was incredibly complex—a mixture of awe at the sheer power, deep concern about the situation spiraling out of control, and a sense of heaviness and chill as he watched a "monster" rise up, capable of shattering the existing balance.
He gazed at the terrifying gaping hole, still emitting wisps of smoke, as if he could see a more bloody and chaotic future looming over the world of supernatural beings.
The very foundation upon which the company maintained its balance seemed to be violently shaken by this earth-shattering thunderbolt.
The deathly silence did not last long.