If I let you practice martial arts, you'll compress your vital energy ten thousand times?

The wind stopped completely.

On the playground of Gaowu No.1 Middle School, time seemed to be forcibly paused at this moment.

The invisible energy of a late-stage Town General dragged a vacuum distortion trajectory through the air, imperceptible to ordinary people, heading straight for Lin Yuan's heart to strangle him.

"No!"

Su Qinghan was closest to him; her eyes were brimming with tears, and she wanted to rush over and push Lin Yuan away.

But Cang Ming's late-stage spiritual pressure was like a heavy Mount Tai, pressing down on her shoulders and making her legs feel like they were filled with lead, unable to move an inch!

"Brother Yuan!"

Although the fat man Zhao Hai in the distance couldn't see the deadly energy, the moment he was pressed to the ground by the pressure, he instinctively felt a chilling shadow of death approaching Lin Yuan.

He let out a desperate roar, his ten short, thick fingers digging into the plastic track, desperately trying to get up, his nails curled up and bleeding profusely.

however.

Whether it was the extremely anxious Su Qinghan or the desperately struggling Zhao Hai.

They were powerless to stop it.

A cold smile appeared on Cang Ming's withered, tree-bark-like old face.

He could even foresee that the next second, this arrogant loser from the Seventh District would have his eyes rolled back, his heart shattered, and collapse to the ground like a lump of mud.

So what if that kid has a top-tier magic weapon that can reflect physical damage?

This kind of "qi-based assassination" that directly targets the internal organs and soul is the true deadly trump card of a town general-level expert!

close!

That invisible killing energy was less than half a meter away from Lin Yuan's chest!

Right here in this absolute dead end where life and death hang in the balance.

Lin Yuan kept his hands in his pockets and didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.

Sudden.

He turned his head slightly.

That delicate and unassuming face turned towards the direction where Cang Ming was.

Then, he lifted his eyelids, revealing his deep, dark eyes.

He glanced at Cang Ming indifferently.

It was just a... completely indifferent glance.

boom--!!!!!!

That one glance!

Within a mere second that Cang Ming and Lin Yuan's eyes met!

Deep within Cang Ming's mind, it felt as if he had been struck by a thousand bolts of lightning simultaneously! An indescribable sense of terror, like a burst dam of dark water from the depths of hell, instantly overwhelmed all his reason and soul!

On Cangming's retina, which was instantly distorted.

The thin, frail boy in front of me has vanished.

Instead.

It is an ancient god-demon that is tens of thousands of feet tall, covered with ancient dark gold battle patterns, standing on stars, and with the sky above its head!

The demon was staring intently at him with a gaze that looked down upon him like an ant, even with a hint of mockery and violence!

That is the pure physical mass of 290,000 extreme compressions, which, when locked on at close range, creates an instinctive suppression that transcends dimensions against lower carbon-based life forms!

"Uh...ah..."

Cang Ming let out a strange, inhuman scream that had changed its tone!

In that instant, every hair on his body stood on end, and an unprecedented, bone-chilling cold rushed up his tailbone straight to the top of his head!

Cold sweat instantly soaked through his large gray robe, like a waterfall.

Under the gaze of this ancient god and demon, Cang Ming felt like a ridiculous soap bubble, unable to even muster the thought of resistance!

fear!

Even a powerful town general like him felt a pang of fear when facing a useless student!

Cang Ming's originally rock-solid mind completely collapsed at this moment!

He instinctively wanted to back away.

The deadly energy that was originally aimed precisely at Lin Yuan's heart was inevitably slowed down by half a beat due to this fatal lapse in concentration, and completely deviated from its original trajectory!

Whoosh-!

An invisible, deadly force almost grazed past Lin Yuan's shoulder.

Then.

It slammed into the large grandstand, made of high-strength reinforced concrete, hundreds of meters away!

Boom! ...

A terrifying, earth-shattering explosion resounded across the campus!

The sturdy grandstand, which could hold thousands of people, was bombarded by the energy of a late-stage town general, as if it had been subjected to a directional explosion with a yield of tens of thousands of tons!

The sky was filled with rubble and steel bars that shot out in all directions like cannonballs.

Thick smoke billowed into the sky, obscuring the blinding sun.

In a fleeting moment.

The entire grandstand was completely reduced to a devastated, crater-like ruin!

"My God!"

"The stands...the stands exploded!"

The teachers and students at the edge of the playground were terrified by the sudden explosion and fled in panic, screaming all around them.

Su Qinghan and Zhao Hai were both stunned.

They stared blankly at the stands in the distance, now reduced to dust, then at Lin Yuan, who stood unharmed, his mind completely blank.

What happened?

Why did Elder Cangming suddenly destroy the stands?

Just as the entire scene descended into extreme chaos and horror.

"That's enough!"

A clear, authoritative female voice, exuding absolute authority, suddenly pierced through all the noise and rang out in the center of the playground!

Grandmaster Peak, Royal Observer, Luo Xingshuang!

Her tall figure flashed like a silver lightning bolt, instantly appearing between Lin Yuan and Cang Ming.

Luo Xingshuang's eyebrows furrowed, her beautiful face covered with frost, as she stared coldly at Cang Ming.

"Elder Cangming! This is the school in the Seventh Safe Zone!"

"As a protector of the Central Special Mission, you disregarded your position and openly attacked an unarmed student! You even nearly harmed innocent teachers and students!"

"Do you really think royal rules are just for show?!"

Luo Xingshuang's tone was extremely stern.

She was at the peak of the Grandmaster level, and the abnormal airflow just now could not escape her perception.

She knew perfectly well that Cang Ming's burst of energy was absolutely aimed at Lin Yuan's life!

but.

What made Luo Xingshuang extremely suspicious and shocked was...

How could a powerful figure like Cang Ming, in the late stage of the General Realm, possibly make a mistake? How could he possibly deflect his energy hundreds of meters away to the stands?!

Luo Xingshuang subconsciously turned her head and took a deep look at Lin Yuan standing behind her.

The black-haired boy remained with his hands in his pockets.

His expression was extremely calm; he showed neither relief at escaping death nor fear at the explosion in the stands.

It was as if everything that had just happened, which was devastating, was nothing more than a gentle breeze.

"This person... is acting very strangely!"

Luo Xingshuang's beautiful eyes flickered with surprise and uncertainty.

She then turned her gaze to Cang Ming in front of her.

Upon seeing this, Luo Xing Shuang's horror intensified!

There stood the town's protector, who was always aloof and unfathomable.

At this moment, it was panting heavily, like a dying, dehydrated old dog!

Cang Ming's face, as pale as withered tree bark, was ashen, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead. His cloudy eyes were fixed on Lin Yuan, and deep within them, a trace of undisguised...extreme fear lingered!

A powerful expert at the late stage of the Town General realm actually showed a fearful expression when facing a student at the Qi and Blood Realm?!

I was so scared I broke out in a cold sweat!

This is absolutely ridiculous!

"Elder Cangming, what's wrong with you?" Luo Xingshuang couldn't help but ask.

I heard Luo Xingshuang's voice.

Cang Ming then shuddered as if waking from a deep dream, breaking free from that extremely terrifying illusion.

He stared intently at Lin Yuan.

He could swear to God that for a moment just now, he really thought he was going to be swallowed whole by that god or demon!

But now that I've calmed down...

Cang Ming scanned Lin Yuan with his divine sense again and found that the other party was still just an ant in the Qi and Blood Realm without any fluctuation of true qi.

There was no ancient aura whatsoever, nor any towering gods or demons!

"Illusion...it must be some kind of top-tier illusion!"

Cang Ming roared madly in his heart.

He absolutely refused to believe that a good-for-nothing could possess the strength to intimidate him. The only explanation was that this kid possessed a supreme illusionary treasure that could automatically protect its master and even disrupt the mind of the town's general!

First, there's the defensive artifact for preventing fractures caused by counter-vibration.

Now it's a soul treasure capable of creating illusions of gods and demons!

"Just how many good things did this kid's master give him?!"

In Cang Ming's heart, the fear gradually receded, and what replaced it was an unprecedented greed!

If only we could take all the treasures on this kid for ourselves...

He, Cangming, might be able to use this opportunity to break through to the peak of the Town General realm, and even glimpse the secrets of the Commander realm!

"Luo Xingshuang, you've misunderstood."

Cang Ming took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the greed and killing intent in his heart, and resumed his gloomy and aloof appearance.

"I was just angry when I saw that Young Master Xiao Chen was injured, and my internal energy went awry, so... Hehe, it's all a misunderstanding."

This lame excuse was not believed by Luo Xingshuang, nor even by Su Qinghan.

But Cang Ming clearly didn't want to explain any further.

He gave Lin Yuan a deep look, as if he were looking at a moving treasure trove.

Then.

Cang Ming turned around, grabbed Xiao Chen who was still groaning in pain on the ground, and coldly uttered a sentence.

"I have taken note of what happened today."

"We'll see about the quota review process!"

Whoosh!

Before he finished speaking, Cang Ming, carrying Xiao Chen, transformed into a gray streak of light and instantly rushed back into the luxurious airship.

With the roar of its engines, the airship soared into the sky and quickly disappeared over the seventh safe zone.

The playground was left in a mess.

And Lin Yuan, still with his hands in his pockets and a cold expression.

"Late-stage Town General level."

Lin Yuan silently made plans in his heart.