108: Beetle, you dare to make noise in front of me?

Taihe Hall Plaza was deathly silent.

Kyle's words, filled with extreme insult, were like the dirtiest venom, splattered on this land that should have been sacred and solemn, causing all the proud Prodigies present to feel a physiological discomfort.

The Elders of the Qin Family all had ashen faces and clenched fists, their S-rank terrifying Qi surging wildly within them, almost unable to be suppressed, ready to rush onto the stage and kill this madman on the spot!

On the high platform, Qin Yubing's beautiful face, as cold as snow, lost all color, turning deathly pale. In her eyes, which were like an ancient ice lake, all the calmness and stubbornness were replaced by towering rage and humiliation. She bit her lower lip so hard that she even tasted a hint of bloody sweetness.

However, Kyle regarded all of this as the impotent rage of the weak.

His smile grew more smug and rampant. He reveled in the feeling of trampling a high and mighty Phoenix into the mud. He wanted the whole Universe to see how helpless and humble the woman Lin Tian protected, even at the cost of opposing the world, was before him!

He stepped down from the stage, step by step, ignoring the murderous warning gazes of the Qin Family Elders, and walked directly to the foot of the high platform, in front of Qin Yubing.

He reached out his hand, that hand encased in golden Holy Light armor, with a blasphemous pleasure, slowly attempting to pinch Qin Yubing's smooth, jade-like chin.

"Beauty, don't look at me like that. You should thank me. If it weren't for me, your 'master' would probably have been a coward for his entire life..."

The ultimate humiliation was about to descend.

Qin Yubing closed her eyes in despair.

However, just a split second before Kyle's cold, Holy Light-infused fingers were about to touch Qin Yubing's skin—

Crack!

A crisp sound, like shattering glass, unexpectedly echoed in front of Kyle!

The space in front of him, the air that should have been empty, instantly became covered in spiderweb-like black cracks, as if a mirror had been struck by a heavy hammer!

Immediately after, amidst a series of grating "cracks," that space completely shattered! A pitch-black void, with a diameter of over three meters and edges shimmering with chaotic dimensional energy, appeared out of thin air!

Under the astonished and terrified gazes of everyone present, which subverted their understanding.

A figure, clad in a dark golden battlesuit they had never seen before, like a living entity, full of streamlined beauty and explosive power, stepped out from it, calmly.

Behind him were two equally gorgeously dressed, peerlessly beautiful women.

It was as if he hadn't crossed space, but merely opened the gate to his own garden.

A Heavenly God's arrival!

Kyle was so startled by this sudden change, completely beyond his comprehension, that his heart skipped a beat, and his outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

He suddenly looked up and clearly saw the newcomer's face.

Lin Tian!

"You...!"

Shock, within a mere second, was replaced by a stronger, indignant rage at having his prey stolen!

He didn't have time to ponder how the other party appeared; his mind was filled only with the thought of "completely defeating him in front of his face"!

"You finally dared to crawl out!"

Kyle roared, unleashing his S-rank Seraphim Holy Light power without reservation! His hand, frozen in mid-air, instantly formed a fist, enveloped in brilliant Holy Light capable of melting steel, and with the force of a thunderbolt, fiercely slammed towards Lin Tian's close-at-hand, still indifferent face!

[Holy Light Judgment Fist]!

However, facing this full-power strike that would make even a strong person of the same level change their expression, and even require them to temporarily avoid its edge.

Lin Tian didn't even give him a direct glance.

His gaze simply fell calmly on Qin Yubing, who was already stunned beside him, her eyes filled with disbelief and ecstasy.

It was as if, in his eyes, Kyle's world-destroying punch was nothing more than an annoying summer mosquito, not even worthy of his slightest attention.

Just as the fist, enveloped in brilliant Holy Light, was about to strike his face—

Hum—!

A thin, cicada-wing-like layer of faint golden Qi, carrying a hint of Chaos and profoundness, automatically activated from beneath his dark golden "Azure Dragon" battlesuit!

[Pangu Body] protective Qi!

Boom—!

A muffled, extreme roar, as if the entire space trembled!

Kyle's powerful [Holy Light Fist], the moment it touched that layer of faint golden Qi, was like hitting a wall of sighs made of a cosmic singularity, absolutely unshakeable!

His Holy Light energy, capable of melting gold and breaking jade, was effortlessly neutralized, decomposed, and devoured!

Immediately after, a pure, unreasonable rebound force, hundreds of times stronger than his attack, surged back along his arm!

"Pfft—!"

Kyle was struck as if by lightning, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood! He, along with his magnificent Holy Light fist, was violently and miserably sent flying, like a ball hit head-on by a high-speed maglev train!

He drew a tragic arc in the air, finally landing with a "bang" on the white marble ground more than ten meters away, even creating a shallow pit in the hard surface.

One move.

In fact, it wasn't even one move.

Merely the rebound from a "passive defense" completely crushed an S-rank Prodigy who had awakened the Seraphim Legacy!

This... what kind of terrifying, dimensional-level disparity in strength was this?!

The entire venue once again fell into a deathly silence.

In this deathly silence, a clear, pleasant girl's voice, full of innocence and curiosity, suddenly broke the suffocating atmosphere.

Behind Lin Tian, his delicate and adorable "foodie" cousin, Jiang Luoling, was blinking her pure, innocent big eyes, curiously pointing at Kyle, who was struggling to get up from the ground, enveloped in golden Holy Light armor, and asked Lin Tian:

"Cousin, what new species of exotic beast is this... this 'big beetle' that's glowing all over?"

She tilted her head and added, with the professional judgment of a top-tier foodie.

"It looks... like it doesn't taste very good."

"Pfft—!"

Someone, for the first time, couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

Immediately after, suppressed laughter, like a raging wildfire, instantly spread throughout the entire venue! Those Prodigies who had previously been angry but dared not speak out against Kyle's arrogance could no longer hold back and erupted in deafening laughter!

Big beetle?!

This innocent yet extremely insulting nickname, like the sharpest, most venom-laced dagger, fiercely pierced Kyle's already crumbling pride, which was reeling from his crushing defeat!

"You... you all... are courting death!"

Kyle struggled to get up from the ground, his blazing white eyes bloodshot, his entire being driven to madness by the extreme humiliation!

However, Lin Tian merely smiled faintly upon hearing this.

He seemed to highly approve of his cousin's "naming," and turned his head, looking at Kyle with a contemptuous gaze, as if he were looking at a real insect.

Then, casually, from a distance of more than ten meters, he swung his palm through the air in Kyle's direction.

Slap—!

An extremely crisp and loud slap, as if it struck deep into everyone's Soul, echoed throughout the venue!

Kyle, who had just gotten up, didn't even have time to react before he was once again sent flying backward, as if struck head-on by an invisible Heavenly God's hammer! This time, he flew directly over a hundred meters, slamming hard into the distant palace wall made of special alloy, creating a huge human-shaped dent in the hard wall, then slid down the wall like mud, completely unconscious.

Having done all this, Lin Tian slowly withdrew his hand, as if he had merely swatted a truly noisy insect.

He surveyed the entire venue, his indifferent gaze slowly sweeping over Saint Arthur, over Ye Fan, and finally landing on Marquis Champion Huo Qubing of the military, who had remained motionless throughout.

In a tone that was both utterly calm and utterly domineering, he spoke faintly to the entire venue, and to the entire Universe:

"A mere beetle, daring to be noisy in front of me?"

"Alright."

He paused, and a hint of genuine playfulness, like a monarch choosing his next opponent, ignited in his deep eyes.

"Who's next?"