515: Chapter 515 The Boss Calmly Drinks Tea: Never Seen Thunder Before?

Inside the main hall, there was a deathly silence.

A silence so profound that one could hear a pin drop.

The air was thick with a heavy burnt smell, mixed with the strange metallic sweetness of ionization and the dust of crushed stone, making eyes water from the irritation.

Everyone looked as if they had been hit by an immobilization spell, frozen in place.

Some held chopsticks suspended in mid-air.

Some stopped with wine cups at their lips, unaware of the liquid trickling down the corners of their mouths.

Their faces all bore the same expression of dull shock and horror.

Time seemed to have been shattered by that purple-gold heavenly lightning, only to be glued back together in the most absurd fashion.

One second, it was a heartwarming scene of a gentle Fairy and an innocent young girl.

The next second, the Fairy had become a human-shaped charcoal mural embedded in a stone pillar.

What was this?

A new trick for a scam in the Immortal Realm? One that results in being struck by lightning if it fails?

"Cough, cough... cough..."

Wang Baobao sneezed several times from the thick dust. She rubbed her reddened eyes and stared blankly at the human-shaped object embedded in the pillar, which was still emitting black smoke and "sizzling."

Her little head was filled with massive question marks.

What just happened?

It seemed like a very, very bright light flashed by.

And then that nice big sister who brought the pastries flew onto the wall.

"amitabha..."

The monk Monk Jiese pressed his palms together, his lips trembling violently; he couldn't manage to recite the scriptures he knew by heart.

His Buddhist heart was facing its most severe test since leaving the mountain.

Jian Buping's right hand was already gripped tightly on his sword hilt. His gaze was sharp enough to pierce the lingering smoke as he locked onto the cracked stone pillar, his entire Sword Intent taut like a drawn bow.

Meixinnu and Hua Yingxue were even more frightened, their faces pale. The two sisters clung to each other, forgetting to breathe as they stared at the human-shaped hole.

After experiencing extreme terror, Qian Duoduo's gaze finally fixed on the second-floor railing.

There, Su Chen was still leaning lazily.

He even unhurriedly picked up his teacup, blew away non-existent foam, and took a gentle sip.

That leisurely posture created two completely different worlds compared to the apocalyptic ruins below.

But only Su Chen knew that his internal monologue was scrolling like a waterfall!

[Holy crap! It actually struck! It just struck like that! No skill wind-up at all! This is what you call a targeted instant-cast heavenly lightning! Totally unreasonable!]

[Is this the passive 'Thorn Mail' of the Taotie Gold-Swallowing Physique? Man, this damage and crowd control is even more fierce than me sacrificing an earth immortal artifact! If Lin Wan hadn't been wearing a few protective Magic Treasures, she would have evaporated just now!]

[Phew, Baobao is fine. This backlash mechanism is quite intelligent; it has a built-in 'friend-or-foe identification System.' Perfect targeting, precise hard CC, and no friendly fire. Definitely deserves a five-star review!]

[But... things are going to get interesting now.]

Su Chen's eyes narrowed imperceptibly.

[This Lin Wan is a Heavenly Immortal expert, yet she didn't die after taking a full-damage heavenly punishment; she's just heavily injured. This woman's gear and health bar are even thicker than I imagined!]

[She was almost one-shot by a fifteen-year-old girl's passive skill; she must know by now that Baobao's Physique is a Divine-Grade cheat. Will a ruthless Heavenly Immortal just let it go?]

[Impossible! This grudge has turned into a blood feud!]

[This woman is probably going to turn from a 'disguised Fairy of Hundred Flowers' into a fully blackened 'vengeful piranha plant'!]

Su Chen rapidly calculated his next move in his mind.

Just then.

"Xiao Wan!"

"Junior Sister Lin!"

Two shrill screams erupted from the back of the crowd.

Zhang Ningshuang and Zhao Qingyi's faces were as white as paper as they rushed toward the stone pillar like madwomen. When they saw the charred Lin Wan embedded inside, her life or death unknown, they felt their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

*Pfft...*

Lin Wan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with charred bits of internal organs.

Slowly, she raised her head.

That once gentle and beautiful face was now completely charred, her hair standing on end like burnt dry grass.

But the most heart-stopping thing was her gaze. Those eyes, which usually held a gentle smile, no longer had any disguise.

Within those charred sockets, what burned was not anger or pain.

But a fanatical obsession distorted to the extreme!

A burning, greedy, and undisguised excitement!

She stared fixedly at Wang Baobao, who was still rubbing her eyes, like a vulture that had been starving on the wasteland for a long time and finally saw a fresh corpse fall from the sky!

"Go!"

Zhao Qingyi was the most clear-headed. Making a split-second decision, she grabbed Lin Wan's charred arm with one hand and pulled the still-trembling Zhang Ningshuang with the other as a majestic surge of immortal essence erupted.

The three of them turned into a pathetic streak of light, crashing directly through another wall of the restaurant and instantly vanishing into the night.

They had arrived suddenly and left even more decisively.

Leaving behind only a mess and a group of diners whose brains were still lagging.

"Bo... Boss..."

Qian Duoduo's voice trembled; he felt his legs were still shaking like jelly.

"What... what do we do?"

Su Chen slowly finished his last sip of tea and placed the cup on the railing with a soft click.

He looked down at the messy hall, his voice not loud, but like a calming pill, it struck clearly into everyone's ears.

"What are you all looking at?"

"Haven't you seen thunder and rain before?"

He spoke lazily, as if that heavenly lightning just now had really been nothing more than an ordinary thunderstorm.

"Eat what you need to eat, drink what you need to drink."

After speaking, he glanced at the restaurant manager who was scared witless and flicked his finger.

A Storage Ring drew a precise arc through the air and landed unerringly on the counter.

"I'll pay for today's damages."

"Clean up upstairs; don't let it affect my sleep."

Having settled everything, he turned around and waved his hand at his group of frozen teammates as if shooing away a swarm of bothersome flies.

"Go back, all of you."

"The show is over."

That composure—as if it wouldn't matter even if the sky fell—instantly extinguished the panic in the hearts of Qian Duoduo and the others.

Their pillar of support had arrived!

The group hurriedly followed behind him, escaping back to the Heaven-grade private room.

Before leaving, Wang Baobao looked longingly in the direction Lin Wan had flown off and muttered softly.

"Big sister... flew away..."

"My pastries... flew away too..."

Back in the room, Su Chen flopped back onto his exclusive lounge chair and closed his eyes as if he were exhausted and about to fall asleep.

But everyone knew the boss was thinking, and no one dared to disturb him.

After a long time, Su Chen opened his eyes, his gaze landing precisely on Wang Baobao.

"Baobao, come here."

Wang Baobao immediately ran over to him obediently, looking up with her little face.

Su Chen looked at her still innocent face, and his internal monologue started up again.

[Damn, this little ancestor is a walking nuclear silo!]

[However, Lin Wan's final gaze... it clearly wasn't about revenge; she wants to 'possess' Baobao! She's set her sights on Baobao's walking 'cheat code' of a body!]

He reached out and patted Wang Baobao's head, his tone more serious than ever before.

"Baobao, remember."

"From today on, that flying big sister is a bad person."

He spoke each word distinctly.

"In the future, when you see her, you must run far away, just like when you see vegetables you don't want to eat, okay?"

Wang Baobao nodded as if she partially understood.

Su Chen withdrew his hand and looked out the window at the deepening night, his gaze gradually turning cold.

He knew this scene was just the opening act; the real trouble was only just beginning.