Chapter 64 This grab shattered the heavens.
"So noisy..."
These three words were as light as a lover's whisper against an ear.
Yet at this moment, they uncannily pierced through the roaring artillery fire, drowned out the Demon Ape's mountain-shattering roar, and drilled with absolute clarity into the depths of every living creature's eardrums present.
Between heaven and earth, it was as if a pause button had been pressed along with these three words.
On the city wall, Jiang Chen, who had appeared to be teetering and on the verge of being blown away by the wind the next second, slowly raised his right hand.
His movements were slow, as slow as an old man practicing Tai Chi in the park in the early morning, and even carried a hint of lethargy from not having fully woken up.
But the star dream emperor pillow in his arms blossomed with an eerie, extreme purple light at this moment.
The light was not blinding, but it carried a nobility and coldness that made the Soul tremble.
【Ding! Waking Up Anger charge value: MAX (Off the charts)!】
【Detected that the host's resentment has pierced the sky; forcibly linking to the "Abyssal Empress" Divine Thought...】
【Synchronization rate: 100%!】
【Skill "Only Hand Covers the Sky" is ready. host, please be careful not to crush the Earth.】
"Boom—!"
Behind Jiang Chen, the Void Realm seemed to be violently torn apart by an invisible giant hand.
Darkness.
Boundless darkness instantly devoured the light.
The originally gray sky turned into a deep purple-black.
And in the center of that darkness, a peerless phantom, a hundred feet tall and wearing purple-gold imperial robes, slowly opened its eyes, carrying a coldness that looked down upon the ages and treated all living beings as dust.
In that instant, heaven and earth lost their color.
The Beast King—the Earth-Shattering Demon Ape—a Half-step Grandmaster who was charging violently and attempting to smash the city wall with one punch, felt the emotion known as "fear" for the first time in its blood-red eyes that were usually filled with brutality and slaughter.
Its massive body stopped abruptly in mid-air, and the black-gold scales all over its body stood on end due to extreme terror.
It wanted to flee, it wanted to kneel and surrender.
But that absolute suppression from the level of the Soul made it unable to even move a single finger, and it could only hover in mid-air, shivering like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
"Since you have disturbed my sleep, then... die."
Jiang Chen's lips did not move, but a cold, majestic female voice, as if coming from above the Nine Heavens, echoed between heaven and earth.
There was no killing intent in that voice, only the impatience of someone whose peaceful sleep had been disturbed.
Jiang Chen made a gentle grasping motion towards the Void Realm.
Very casual.
It was just like swatting at an annoying fly.
"Crack."
A crisp cracking sound rang out, as if crushing a dry biscuit.
A hundred meters away.
The Demon Ape, whose defensive power was comparable to an alloy fortress and whose fur couldn't even be blasted open by missiles, suddenly saw the space around its body begin to twist and collapse.
"Roar—!!!"
The Demon Ape let out an extremely shrill scream, but the sound was cut off by an invisible force the moment it left its throat.
A giant, sky-covering hand, completely condensed from purple Mental Energy, appeared out of thin air.
The giant hand was too real; every palm print was clearly visible, exuding an ancient and vicissitudinous Aura.
It nonchalantly gripped that hundred-meter-tall massive body in its palm as if it were grabbing a little chick.
Immediately after, Jiang Chen's fingers closed slightly.
"Too noisy, be quiet."
Splat!
It was just like crushing a ripe watermelon.
A rain of blood fell across the sky.
That arrogant Beast King, that Half-step Grandmaster existence that had brought despair to the entire Northern Frontier defense line, was directly crushed!
Along with its iron-hard demonic core and its bones, which were said to be indestructible, everything turned into dust under this one grasp!
A purple Mental Energy storm swept through, evaporating the falling blood rain directly in mid-air, not even leaving a trace of the bloody scent.
Because... the Abyssal Empress disliked the filth.
【Ding! Killed a Half-step Grandmaster Beast King.】
【Obtained experience points: Massive (The System is calculating, and it is expected to make the host level up until they want to vomit).】
【Obtained loot: Demon Ape essence blood (purified), crushed demonic core powder (top-grade soothing incense ingredient).】
With the fall of the Demon Ape, that terrifying Abyssal Empress phantom slowly dissipated.
But in the moment before it dissipated, those purple eyes seemed to lower slightly, looking at Jiang Chen standing on the city wall, and the corners of its mouth hooked into an imperceptible arc.
It was like a smile yet not a smile, like a pout yet not a pout.
Jiang Chen's body trembled, and the purple light in his eyes quickly faded.
Following that came a wave of exhaustion, surging like a tide, almost drowning him.
That feeling was like pulling an all-nighter for seven days and seven nights, and then running a marathon.
"Finally... quiet."
Jiang Chen muttered, his body swaying as if his bones had been removed, and he fell straight backward.
"Thump."
He did not fall onto the cold, hard stone bricks, but into a soft, fragrant embrace that carried a warm body temperature.
To be precise, he fell into a pile of fluffy tails.
Iliya was completely stunned at this moment.
She stood stiffly in place, even forgetting to resist, allowing Jiang Chen to bury his face in her nine tails, which she regarded as precious as her own life, and rub against them again and again.
"Hmm... this blanket... good quality..."
Jiang Chen closed his eyes and let out an extremely comfortable snore, his hands subconsciously grabbing two tails and hugging them tightly to his chest as if holding a pillow.
"And it has a milky scent... good review..."
In less than three seconds, he was completely fast asleep.
Dead silence.
The entire Northern Frontier Third Fortress fell into a silence even more absolute than before.
Only the sound of the cold wind whistling and Jiang Chen's rhythmic snoring echoed.
Thousands of garrison soldiers still maintained the posture of holding their guns and shooting, but their expressions were like they had seen a ghost, their mouths open wide enough to fit a fist.
The war blade in Lei Heng's hand dropped to the ground with a "clang," hitting his own instep, but he didn't notice it at all, just staring blankly at the empty sky in the distance.
Just now... was there a hundred-meter-tall Demon Ape there?
Was there a giant purple hand?
Was it... crushed?!
"Is... is this something humanly possible?"
The adjutant asked with a trembling voice, a suspicious wet patch spreading at his crotch.
"No... that is a miracle..."
Lei Heng swallowed, his legs went soft, and he actually knelt down in the direction of Jiang Chen, "That is... the miracle of the Sleep God!"
In the crowd, Xiao Jian pushed up the already cracked glasses on the bridge of his nose, but the eyes behind the lenses erupted with unprecedented fanatical light.
"I knew it! I knew it!"
Xiao Jian was shaking with excitement, incoherently grabbing and shaking the shoulders of Little Fatty Chen next to him, "This is Brother Chen's true strength! What kind of bullshit Demon Ape; in front of Brother Chen's Waking Up Anger, it's just a little brother! What do you call this? This is called 'I prefer to kill in my dreams'!"
Little Fatty Chen was already dizzy from the shaking, but he was still gripping a Demon Wolf leg he had just picked up from the ground, muttering to himself: "Then... then for tonight's victory feast, can we have extra food?"
Mu Qingxue stood to the side, her eyes extremely complicated.
She looked at Jiang Chen, who was fast asleep in the arms of that Fox Spirit, and her heart felt both shocked and relieved, but more than that... was an inexplicable sourness.
"This bastard... even at a time like this, he doesn't forget to take advantage."
She bit her red lips, wanting to step forward and pull Jiang Chen away, but seeing Jiang Chen's paper-white complexion, her outstretched hand eventually stopped in mid-air.
"Forget it... this time I'll count it as you performing a meritorious deed."
However, just when everyone thought the crisis was over and were preparing to cheer.
From the distant horizon, a series of rumbling sounds suddenly came.
Several powerful Auras were rapidly approaching; those were several black-painted Federal Inspection Team airships, aggressively approaching the airspace above the fortress.
From the airship's loudspeaker came a sharp, ear-piercing, and arrogant voice: "Listen, fortress below! We are the Federal Ministry of Education's Special Inspection Team! We just detected prohibited energy fluctuations here and suspect someone is colluding with the alien race! Everyone, drop your weapons immediately and accept inspection! Otherwise, we will kill without mercy!"
Xiao Jian's expression changed, and looking at those airships, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
"These flies... they didn't come when the battle wasn't over, but now that it's over, these credit-stealers arrive quite quickly!"
Lei Heng climbed up from the ground, picked up his war blade, a fierce light flashed in his single eye, and he spat fiercely on the ground.
"Damn it! When I was risking my life, they were drinking tea, and now that I've won, they want to come and pick the peaches?!"
He glanced at the still-sleeping Jiang Chen, took a deep breath, and roared at his men: "Everyone listen to me! Keep your mouths shut tight! Whoever dares to tell anyone about what happened with the 'Sleep God' just now, I'll skin them alive! Also... everyone! Form up! Protect Grandmaster Jiang while he sleeps!"
"Yes!"
Thousands of veteran soldiers who had just experienced life and death exploded with astonishing cohesion at this moment.
They spontaneously formed a circle, protecting Jiang Chen, Iliya, and Mu Qingxue in the middle, with their guns pointed outward, aimed at the airships in the sky.
A new storm seemed to be brewing.