Chapter 1201: There Is Simply No Absolute Safety

“And if my father had seen a blue sky, I would have been named Wuteng Tian! The word ‘blue’ wouldn’t have been used at all.”

Wuteng Feng gritted his teeth. What a depressing name. If his father had wanted him to ‘soar’—teng fei—why didn’t he name him Wu Feifeng instead of Wuteng Feng?

The ‘Feng’ wasn’t the main issue. The problem was ‘Wuteng’—it sounded way too much like a two-character compound surname.

“Wow, so you’re Teacher Wuteng! I’ve looked forward to meeting you for so long. We really are destined to cross paths!” Su Yue quickly said. “Teacher Yan Dongyan mentioned that you have a profound understanding of combat tactics and told me to learn from you.”

To think that Teacher Wuteng was right on his back. It was a wondrous stroke of fate.

“Call me Teacher Wu. Drop the ‘Teng’.” Wuteng Feng was so angry that his wounds throbbed with a sharp pain.

He wondered what kind of sin he had committed in his past life to deserve this.

***

“HA HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA!

“I wondered who it was. Turns out it’s just a little fry I defeated back in the day. Nie Haijun, you’re actually not dead yet! HA HA HA!

“Nie Haijun, you really are trash. After all these years, you still haven’t broken through to the Apex.

“I know now. Your opportunity to reach the Apex was taken by Yuan Longhan! HA HA HA HA! What an idiot!”

Su Yue was already quite a distance away from the Research Institute when the giant face in the sky finally spoke. The sound waves rolled like muffled thunder, shaking the heavens and the earth. Even though they were far away, the sonic boom still made Su Yue’s eardrums sting, and his head felt uncomfortably swollen.

SPURT!

Wuteng Feng directly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Su Yue glanced around; the nearby Martial Artists were also in bad shape. Of course, the Combat Martial Artists were only affected for a split second before they quickly threw themselves back into the rescue efforts.

Su Yue used his Qi Blood to sense the Martial Artist ahead of him, his body following the man’s path as he sprinted. Meanwhile, his gaze had shifted to the sky.

Having put some distance between himself and the Research Institute, Su Yue could finally barely make out the full view of Fei Ningxiao’s head. It looked exactly like an ugly tumor that had descended upon the city sky. Fei Ningxiao’s hair was incredibly long, with half of it seemingly still fluttering in another void. The floating head was indescribably bizarre.

***

“Hmph, whether I, Nie Haijun, can break through to the Apex is none of your business.

“You should know that an Apex expert crossing the passage between the two realms without authorization will suffer lethal spatial pressure. Are you planning to follow in Cang Ji’s footsteps?

“Cang Ji was young and ignorant, but you have lived for nearly 130 years. Are you tired of living too?”

A layer of azure flames spread out from Nie Haijun’s body. As he spoke, these flames scattered across the firmament, intercepting Fei Ningxiao’s sonic shockwaves. Even from this distance, Su Yue could tell that Nie Haijun was struggling to block them.

At that moment, Su Yue also caught sight of Wang Qidan and his security team’s location. As expected, the security team maintained the outermost protective barrier.

Like the petals of a flower, they each stood in their respective positions. Raging Qi Blood flames burned from every single person, acting like roots that nourished the barrier.

***

“Hmph, since I dared to descend upon Earth with my true body, do you think I still fear death?

“Seven years ago, due to Yuan Longhan’s sneak attack, I sustained a fatal internal injury. I have at most one year left to live.

“For the past seven years, I’ve spent every waking moment thinking of how to exact my vengeance on Yuan Longhan.

“Today, I will use my own life to take my revenge on him. I will make your Divine Land pay in blood!”

Fei Ningxiao’s face contorted fiercely, and his giant head began to twist. As he spoke of his rage, the entire sky trembled. Even the strands of hair spreading into the alternate dimension writhed like a churning black river.

“It’s useless,” Nie Haijun said.

“Fei Ningxiao, you are an Apex expert. You should know very well that with your abilities, it is impossible for you to break the Absolute Defenses of the four major capitals.

“Besides, you and the Yangxiang Race schemed to trap Yuan Longhan in the Dao Gate. Isn’t that just because you’re afraid of him?

“If Yuan Longhan returns, you will have only one path: death.

“Since you still have a year left to live, scram back and enjoy your retirement. Why doom yourself to a gruesome end?”

He had absolute confidence in the outermost protective barrier.

Su Yue gulped hard. So that was it. Yuan Longhan had been trapped in the Dao Gate by the Yangxiang Race’s Apex experts. No wonder he didn’t arrive in time to help.

Moreover, this Fei Ningxiao seemed to have appeared incredibly suddenly. It had to be a conspiracy by the alien races, and a long-planned one at that. What was most terrifying was that Fei Ningxiao seemed to have come with the resolve to die.

Now, the problem was massive. An Apex expert coming here on a suicide mission wouldn’t just cause a simple earthquake at the Research Institute.

“HA HA HA HA! Killing Yuan Longhan isn’t my only way of getting revenge!

“I came to the Divine Land this time to destroy your Research Institute, destroy the core pillars of your nation, and destroy Yuan Longhan’s century of hard work.

“Your Divine Land is not without enemies. Once I destroy your Research Institute, the other nations of Earth will gradually cannibalize the Divine Land’s economy. Within ten years, the Divine Land will be unable to recover its vitality, and the number of your Martial Artists will sharply plummet.

“After my death, the sons of my Blood Boiling Race will naturally avenge me.

“The Yangxiang Race, Steel Bone Race, Four-armed Race, and Palm Eye Race will all unite against your Divine Land.

“Your good days are over! HA HA HA!”

Fei Ningxiao laughed maniacally without any restraint. In the sky, dark clouds churned and rubbed furiously against one another, flashing with countless bolts of lightning.

Even Nie Haijun’s flames could hardly block the sonic waves of Fei Ningxiao’s wild laughter. The ground, which had finally managed to stabilize a little, began to experience an unprecedented earthquake once again.