Who dares to harm my grandson? The old martial god himself will arrive!

"It was your disciples who made the killing move first, launching a sneak attack."

"Since they dared to use lethal force, they should have been prepared to be killed in return."

"Their skills were inferior; they can't blame others."

Facing this scene where a thousand fingers pointed at him,

Lin Jianguo slowly picked up the teacup in front of him and took a gentle sip.

Then, he raised his eyelids and spoke slowly in a tone so flat it was almost cold.

"What a 'skills were inferior'! What a 'life and death are ordained'! The Lin family is unreasonable! Today, I will seek justice for my son!"

Old Master Zhao's eyes were nearly splitting from rage.

How could such an answer put him at ease?

Boom!

At that moment, the Aura on his body erupted violently; he was actually prepared to strike directly!

The atmosphere between the two sides instantly became tense and explosive!

Seeing this situation, Liu Qingtian and Chen Tianhao exchanged a glance, both their lips curling into a cold smile of a successful conspiracy.

They were just worried about not finding an excuse to make trouble, and wasn't this just delivered to their doorstep?

Right at this critical moment!

An old but supremely majestic voice, like thunder from the Nine Heavens, exploded in everyone's ears!

"Shut up!"

Boom—!!!

An indescribable, terrifying pressure descended from the sky!

The entire Observation Tower shook violently because of it!

Everyone who was clamoring, preparing to strike, or watching the excitement felt as if they were being pinned to the spot by an invisible mountain at this moment!

Even breathing became extremely difficult!

Everyone present, including Lin Jianguo, showed expressions of horror on their faces!

They suddenly looked toward the source of the sound.

They saw that at the highest point of the Observation Tower, at some unknown time, an additional figure had appeared.

It was an old man wearing a simple Tang suit, with white hair and beard, but his posture was still as upright as a pine tree.

He just stood there quietly with his hands behind his back.

Yet he seemed to be the center of this world!

"It's... it's..."

Liu Qingtian's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints, his voice filled with unbelievable trembling.

"Old... Old God of War! Lin Zhan!"

Lin Zhan!

These two words seemed to possess some kind of forbidden magic.

When they were tremblingly spoken from Liu Qingtian's mouth,

the entire Observation Tower fell into a complete, dead silence!

Everyone's faces were filled with the same word—horror!

In Yan Capital, and even the entire Dragon Xia Kingdom, who didn't know the great name of the Old God of War, Lin Zhan?

Fifty years ago, he was the... Stabilizing Pillar who, by himself, fought three Beast Emperors and forcefully blocked that World-Destroying Beast Tide outside Yan Capital!

He is the National Guardian Monument of Dragon Xia Kingdom and one of the most powerful Martial Gods on the entire Blue Star!

He is a true, living legend!

But... wasn't he stationed at the Northern Frontier Defense Line year-round to resist the invasion of Alien Races?

How could he appear here without any warning?!

The color on Liu Qingtian and Chen Tianhao's faces had completely faded away at this moment.

Their previous arrogance and calculations seemed so ridiculous and childish under Lin Zhan's calm gaze.

Even Lin Jianguo had a look of shock and confusion.

He walked quickly to the top of the tower and bowed respectfully to Lin Zhan.

"Father, you... why are you back?"

Lin Zhan did not answer him.

His eyes, which seemed cloudy but were actually as sharp as a hawk's, just faintly swept over the heads of the great families who were still clamoring just now.

"In hunting, there are casualties."

His voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.

"If you can't even bear this small price, then don't send your children here to make fools of themselves."

"My grandson, if he wants to sleep, he sleeps; if he wants to kill, he kills."

"Who has an objection?"

As his voice fell,

an even more terrifying Aura erupted!

Thud! Thud!

Patriarch Li and the others, who had been arrogant just now, felt their legs go weak under this pressure and actually knelt directly on the ground uncontrollably!

They were drenched in cold sweat, their teeth clattering together, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads!

Objection?

Who the hell would dare to have an objection?!

Reasoning with a Martial God? Wasn't that like the Old Man of Longevity hanging himself—tired of living?!

Seeing this, Lin Zhan retracted his Aura with satisfaction.

He paid no more attention to these ants and just turned his gaze back to the light screen.

His gaze passed over his grandson, who was leisurely walking toward Black Wind Valley, and finally landed on an area deep in the wasteland shrouded in thick black mist.

As if he could penetrate all falsehoods and see the darkness hidden in the deepest part... Lin Zhan's sudden arrival, though no one knew the reason,

his appearance itself represented an attitude.

The Lin family is not to be trifled with!

Lin Yuan is even more not to be trifled with!

...On the other side.

The Wasteland Hunt had already entered a white-hot stage.

As the activity area continued to shrink, encounters between Prodigies also became more and more frequent.

In a valley filled with jagged rocks,

"Hahaha! Delightful!"

The Wang family Prodigy, Wang Teng, who had been clamoring in the square before, had just split a third-order Early Stage Earth-Shattering Demon Bear in half with one axe!

He was covered in blood, but his breath did not diminish; instead, it increased, and his eyes were filled with fanatical Battle Intent.

"In this year's top three, there must be a place for me, Wang Teng!"

He wiped the blood from his face and was about to collect the Demon Bear's Monster Core.

However, just then!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Several pitch-black chains shot out from the shadows without warning, wrapping around his limbs and body like venomous snakes in an instant!

"What is this?!"

Wang Teng's expression changed drastically, and the spiritual energy in his body erupted, trying to break free.

But a strange, spiritual-energy-devouring power came from those chains, making it so that his proud brute strength couldn't be used at all!

"Jie jie jie..."

Amidst cold laughter, several figures wearing large black robes slowly walked out from the shadows.

What emanated from them was a pure, Fear-inducing evil Aura!

"You... are people from the 'Divine Court'?!"

Fear finally appeared in Wang Teng's eyes!

"Correct, but unfortunately, there's no reward."

The leading Black-robed person gave a sneer.

He raised his hand, about to end Wang Teng's life.

Just then, an indifferent voice sounded from behind them.

"Wait."

"This prey is mine."

Hearing the voice, the Black-robed figures all paused their movements.

They turned around respectfully and knelt on one knee toward the newcomer!

A youth with a gloomy face and eyes filled with resentment and pleasure walked out of the darkness step by step.

"Ye... Ye Xuan?!"

Wang Teng, tied on the ground, saw the newcomer's appearance and his eyes nearly popped out in shock!

"It's you, you stray dog! Why are you here?!"

"A stray dog?"

A twisted and cruel smile appeared on Ye Xuan's face.

He walked up to Wang Teng and looked down at him as if he were looking at an ant that could be crushed at will.

"Soon, you will know who the real... dog is!"