Chapter 14 : Chapter 14
Chapter 14: A Ruthless Figure Has Arrived at the Demon Extermination Bureau
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“Get lost!”
Wang Meng was domineering, but Lu Zhan was even more domineering, even more arrogant.
What was this thing supposed to be?
Lu Zhan took the key from the stunned staff member’s hand, then turned and left with a calm expression.
Wang Meng’s face turned livid.
“Good, very good, brat. You are quite arrogant, are you not? Perhaps you think yourself some kind of genius, but who among those who enter the Demon Extermination Bureau is not a genius?”
“As your senior, I think it is necessary for me to properly teach you the rules here.”
Wang Meng gave a savage grin, every word almost bitten out one by one.
“Here, strength is the rule!”
“If you have no strength, then you should keep your tail tucked and behave yourself.”
【Ding! Detected that a nearby enemy bears hostility toward the host. Scanning information...】
【Scan successful】
【Name: Wang Meng】
【Realm: Ninth Heaven of the Qi Condensation Realm】
【Ding! Side Quest triggered】
【Mission Description: Please defeat and thoroughly humiliate the provocateur, and bring a tiny bit of shock to these arrogant geniuses】
【Mission Reward: Randomly draw one of the opponent’s martial arts】
【Accept mission?】
A trace of interest appeared in Lu Zhan’s eyes. It seemed this mission could be accepted or abandoned at will.
But...
Why would he abandon it?
“Accept!”
He turned around and said coldly to Wang Meng,
“Teach me the rules? You think you are worthy?”
The surroundings instantly fell silent.
Then the crowd finally reacted.
“Damn, this brat is really arrogant. I like him.”
“Wait, Wang Meng actually stepped into the Ninth Heaven of the Qi Condensation Realm? His cultivation speed is fast.”
“He should have taken the assessment last year, right? I remember that back then he was only at the Sixth Heaven of the Qi Condensation Realm. I never thought that in just half a year, he would step into the Ninth Heaven.”
“Heh, it looks like this newcomer is about to suffer.”
“Young people are always like this. They always think they are unrivaled under heaven, never realizing there is always someone stronger, and always a sky beyond the sky.”
...
Wang Meng raised a hand, his eyes cold and violent.
“You are courting death!”
The next moment, he threw out a punch.
The fierce wind from the strike howled sharply.
“Wang Meng actually cultivated Cloud-Crushing Fist to the Mastery stage!”
“It is over. If Wang Meng’s punch lands, this newcomer will probably be bedridden for three months.”
“If this were some outside faction, it would be one thing. But this is the Demon Extermination Bureau. If he lies in bed for three months, what cultivation could he still speak of? By then, he would have long since been thrown into some forgotten corner.”
...
Wang Meng’s punch was fast, but Lu Zhan was faster.
BANG!
A muffled explosion rang through the hall.
The force transmitted through his arm made Wang Meng feel as if he had been slammed by a massive freight truck loaded with cargo.
A sharp pain shot through his entire arm.
WHOOSH!
Then a figure was sent flying backward at high speed.
“Heh, that newcomer was so arrogant. I thought he had some skill, but I did not expect him to lose so quickly.”
“Perhaps his talent clouded his judgment. In this world, only those who actually grow up can be called geniuses.”
“What a dull fight. I thought we might get a good show out of it. Let us go, let us go. Time to do missions.”
Some people found it uninteresting and were just about to turn away.
But in the next moment, cries of shock rang through the hall.
“I say, if you are not going to use your eyes, then donate them. Did you even see clearly who got sent flying?”
“Who else could it be? Unless it was...”
Hearing the reminder, everyone looked carefully.
The newcomer was still standing where he was, completely unharmed, so the one who had flown out was...
Their gazes slowly shifted.
In the end, they landed on Wang Meng, sprawled on the ground, half-dead.
Disbelief appeared on every face.
“He is fierce indeed. Are you sure he is a newcomer?”
“He should be. Look at his identity token. His starts with 56. Mine starts with 55. There is no mistake.”
“Are newcomers this monstrous now? He is only at the Seventh Heaven of the Qi Condensation Realm, yet he crossed two full realms. Even if Wang Meng is a worthless Ninth Heaven cultivator, it still should not have been this easy.”
“But this newcomer is in trouble. Wang Meng seems to have an older brother, does he not? I heard he already stepped into the Aperture Opening Realm...”
...
Lu Zhan paid no attention to the surrounding chatter.
It was not as if he had never killed someone at the Aperture Opening Realm before.
Still, even Lu Zhan was somewhat surprised by that punch.
He had originally thought dealing with Wang Meng would take at least some effort, but he had not expected the man to be so utterly incapable.
Then again, it made sense. He had just obtained a new talent—Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers.
His own strength had already been formidable to begin with. Adding another fifty percent of physical power was like adding wings to a tiger.
“Trash. With only this much strength, you still dared to act so arrogantly.”
As he spoke, Lu Zhan stepped directly over Wang Meng’s body, planting a foot on him as he passed.
Being trampled beneath someone’s foot in public made Wang Meng feel utterly disgraced.
Face flushed red, he spat out a vicious threat.
“Brat, you just wait. I will definitely take this back.”
Lu Zhan, who was standing on Wang Meng, paused slightly.
“They say fools have fool’s luck, but I absolutely refuse to allow idiots to have it too.”
He put a little more force into his foot.
CRACK!
One of Wang Meng’s ribs broke.
Wang Meng let out a scream.
“Really now. You were the one who said that those without strength should keep their tails tucked and behave themselves. Now that I have proved I am stronger than you, why do you not know how to keep your tail tucked?”
“Heh. In the end, the only reason you cannot accept it is because the one with his tail tucked is not me. You are worthless through and through. Your strength is worthless, and your character is worthless as well.”
“If you had even the sense to keep your tail tucked, I would think slightly more highly of you.”
“Ptui. You are nothing at all.”
Lu Zhan spat.
Wang Meng’s eyes filled with bloodshot veins.
How could he bully him like this? How could he...
With a trembling hand, he pointed at Lu Zhan. “...You... you...”
In the end, he said nothing at all. With no way to vent the fury in his heart, he was angered so badly that he fainted on the spot.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host. You easily defeated and thoroughly humiliated the provocateur, shaming him half to death and bringing these arrogant geniuses a shock they will never forget for the rest of their lives. Mission completed beyond expectations. Extra reward: Blank Talent Fragment +1】
【Randomly drawing from Wang Meng’s martial arts...】
【Draw successful. Congratulations, Host. You have comprehended Mastery Cloud-Crushing Fist】
“Oh? Completing a mission beyond expectations can actually grant an extra reward.”
Of course, what pleased Lu Zhan the most was this fist art.
The Iron-Slaying Saber Art at the Entering the Divine stage was certainly excellent, but it required a saber in hand.
Without a saber, its power was greatly diminished.
Cloud-Crushing Fist made up for that weakness.
Looking at the reverent gazes around him,
Lu Zhan revealed a satisfied smile.
“In the Demon Extermination Bureau, strength is the rule. I do not know who made that rule, but...”
“I like it very much!”
Lu Zhan turned and walked into the corridor.
Yet the faint sound of his footsteps echoed through the hall.
Only after that figure had completely vanished into the darkness did the people in the hall finally recover their senses.
“Our Demon Extermination Bureau... I am afraid it truly has gained a ruthless figure.”
“What is this newcomer called?”
“I went to the Cultivation Room earlier to check. His name is Lu Zhan.”
“Lu Zhan...”
As they repeated that name, a powerful pressure unexpectedly rose within their hearts.
“Enough, enough. Back to cultivation. Otherwise, before long, we may be surpassed by a newcomer. Though a monster like this was bound to surpass us sooner or later, we should at least struggle a little first.”
The proud geniuses had been deeply struck, and so they began striving to improve.
Inside the Cultivation Room.
The door opened, and waves of dense Spiritual Energy rushed at him.
The room was not large, with less than five square meters of space, but the concentration of Spiritual Energy far exceeded that outside.
Lu Zhan sat down cross-legged.
He took out ten Qi Condensation Pills and two Qi-Gathering Pills.
“System, break my realm through to the Aperture Opening Realm.”
“Thank you.”
In the next moment, a system screen lit up before his eyes.
【Ding! The Slaughter System is wholeheartedly at your service】
【The host has consumed 1000 Slaughter Points and begun cultivation】
【Detected: Qi Condensation Pill x10, Qi-Gathering Pill x2. Cultivation speed increased by 150%】
【Detected: Spirit-Gathering Array. Cultivation speed increased by 50%】
【Beginning entry into the Unceasing Cultivation State...】