137: Chapter 137 Get lost! Don't disturb my meal!

After Lin Yuan said this, no one in the suite made a sound.

Sustenance! He had actually referred to those five Emperor Realm monsters, who had suppressed the younger generation of Yan Country for nearly a hundred years, as... sustenance.

For the first time, a crack appeared on Qin Wanshuang's cold, frost-like face.

The muscles in Yan Tianjin's massive hand, which was pressing on Lin Yuan's shoulder, instantly tensed up, and he forgot to pull it back.

Even the usually gentle and refined Azure Nether Sword Emperor felt the muscles at the corner of his eyes twitch almost imperceptibly.

The room was deathly silent.

Bizarrely, after a brief moment of stupefaction, not one of these three pillars of Yan Country spoke up to refute him.

This young man's past battle records had already shattered people's perceptions time and time again.

Silence was consent.

"Hahahaha! Good! Well said, damn it!"

In the end, it was Yan Tianjin who broke the suffocating silence.

He abruptly withdrew his hand and burst into thunderous, wild laughter. The laughter made the entire suite buzz, filled with extreme appreciation and delight.

"I just love this heaven-devouring madness of yours! What bullshit Imperial Family prodigies, what century-old monsters—in the face of power that crushes everything, it's all just bullshit!"

Azure Nether Sword Emperor shook his head helplessly, but the gaze he cast toward Lin Yuan held a hint of appreciation.

"Restrain yourself a little; your path is still long."

Qin Wanshuang did not speak; she simply turned around silently to lead the way for Lin Yuan.

But her back, held straighter than a javelin, betrayed her equally turbulent inner heart at that moment.

...

Night fell. Qianlong Platform, banquet hall.

The banquet hall was brightly lit, with people coming and going.

Gathered here were the top monsters under the age of one hundred from around the globe; every figure represented the future of a massive power.

However, beneath the magnificent facade, dozens of powerful auras were silently colliding and strangling each other in the void.

The air was not filled with the aroma of wine, but with the thick, inseparable scent of gunpowder and killing intent.

This was a banquet hall, but even more so, it was a hunting ground before the start of the qualifying battles.

Everyone was a hunter, and everyone was prey.

When Lin Yuan strolled in, hands in his pockets, wearing a set of washed-out casual clothes, the entire hunting ground fell silent for a moment.

He was completely out of place with the aura here.

Countless gazes filled with scrutiny, contempt, greed, and coldness were cast at him from all directions.

Yet Lin Yuan seemed not to feel it.

He walked through the crowd without looking sideways, ignoring all the figures trying to strike up a conversation, and walked straight to the buffet table.

Picking up a huge plate, his gaze swept over the shimmering, colorful food.

【Deep Sea Lobster, containing Grade 3 Water-element spiritual energy.】

【Volcanic Beef, containing Grade 5 Fire-element source power.】

【Green Marrow Spirit Fruit, can nourish the soul.】

In his eyes, this was not a banquet at all, but a large-scale energy resupply.

Engaging in meaningless socialization with this group of "preparatory sustenance" was far less practical than filling his stomach.

In the corners of the banquet hall, factions were already clearly defined.

Dragon Fights Heaven of the Long Clan Imperial Family was hugging an oak barrel and drinking heavily, his eyes wild, occasionally sweeping across the hall as if provoking everyone.

War Without Injury of the War Clan Imperial Family was holding his giant axe, which was taller than a person, leaning against a pillar with his eyes closed to rest, but the battle intent radiating from him made no one dare to approach within three meters.

Zhu Youli of the Zhu Clan Imperial Family was smiling charmingly at a few foreign prodigies; blood-red wine swayed at her fingertips, but the depths of her eyes held cold, calculating schemes.

North Star Moon of the North Star Imperial Family sat alone by the window, quietly watching the sea outside, like a fairy under the moon isolated from the world.

As for Yuwen Hao, he did not come.

Perhaps in his view, everyone present was unworthy of sharing a room with him.

Just in this atmosphere of undercurrents, a jarring voice rang out.

In the Western Alliance camp, a blond youth named Kate held a wine glass and spoke loudly in an exaggerated, aria-like tone:

"Oh, how boring. I thought I would be able to see the legendary 'Five Great Monsters' of Yan Country, but who would have thought, are they all just a bunch of cowards?"

He looked around, the contempt in his gaze undisguised.

"It seems that you geniuses of Yan Country are only fit to bully each other on your own turf."

He drained the red wine in his glass and casually threw the goblet onto the ground.

Clatter!

The crisp sound of shattering was like lighting a powder keg.

"As for everyone present..."

Kate grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"You are just a bunch of trash making up the numbers."

"Insolent!"

With an angry shout, Wei Chen of the Yan Country camp rose abruptly, his King Realm Nine-Star Peak aura exploding forth.

"Foreign barbarian, how dare you run wild in my Yan Country!"

A brilliant star intent soared into the sky, almost overturning the roof of the banquet hall.

Kate, however, revealed a smile of a plan successfully executed.

"Oh? Is some trash unhappy? Very well, let me see how heavy you trash are."

The crowd tacitly stepped back, clearing the center space.

Consumed by rage, Wei Chen formed a sword with his fingers and slashed at Kate from a distance!

Hum—!

The starlight filling the sky converged into a ten-meter-long giant sword of starlight, descending upon him with the terrifying momentum to cleave mountains!

Facing this lethal strike, Kate crossed his arms and stood in place, not moving at all.

Just as the sword tip was about to touch the top of his head, a circle of invisible black ripples spread out in front of him.

Talent Ability, Vector Deflection!

That full-strength strike, capable of killing a Peak King Realm expert, the moment it touched the ripples, was like a clay ox entering the sea—it was swallowed up without a sound!

The next second, the black ripples suddenly spat it out!

The giant sword of starlight was violently ejected back at a faster speed and a trickier angle than when it arrived!

Its target was not Wei Chen, nor was it anyone else.

It was shooting straight toward Lin Yuan, who was at the buffet table, focusing intently on dealing with a deep sea lobster!

A trace of malicious delight flashed in Kate's eyes.

He did it on purpose!

Borrowing a knife to kill, killing two birds with one stone!

This strike was enough to pierce through any unprepared King Realm expert!

The lethal sword light tore through the air, emitting a piercing screech, and the fierce wind blew the black hair on Lin Yuan's forehead.

The tip of the sword was less than three inches from the center of his brow.

Qin Wanshuang's pupils shrank, and her aura had already erupted.

However, from beginning to end, Lin Yuan did not lift his head even once.

He seemed completely unaware of the death threat behind him; his left hand still held the crab claw steadily, as if that lobster were the most difficult enemy in the world to deal with.

Just at the moment when everyone thought he was about to be pierced through the skull by the sword.

Lin Yuan's free right hand reached back casually.

There was no earth-shattering boom.

Only a nonchalant sound.

"Clap."

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Everyone in the hall, including those few Imperial Family prodigies, nearly had their eyeballs pop out.

Under their dull gaze, that giant sword of starlight, capable of cleaving mountains and breaking peaks, was just grabbed and stopped in mid-air by a single palm.

Then.

Crack!

Lin Yuan exerted a slight force with his five fingers.

That giant sword, condensed from high-density energy and laws, was crushed by him with one hand into starlight powder that danced all over the sky.

The debris slid down through his fingers, like silver sand.

He picked up a napkin, wiped the starlight off his hand in a leisurely manner, and finally slowly lifted his head.

Those pitch-black eyes looked for the first time at Wei Chen and Kate, who were full of shock and looked as if they had seen a ghost.

His voice was very calm, yet it caused the temperature of the entire banquet hall to plummet to freezing point.

"I'm eating. Are you blind?"