62: Divine means

Inside the restaurant, diners threw down their helmets and armor, scrambling and crawling towards the exit, their screams and cries echoing through the streets.

The front desk woman, who had just been so acrimonious, was now sprawled on the floor, a foul odor emanating from beneath her.

She didn't run.

It wasn't that she didn't want to run; her legs had turned to jelly, paralyzed with fear.

She stared at the slender back blocking her, her mind a complete blank.

A liar?

A gold-digger?

A pauper?

Every word she had hurled earlier now felt like a resounding slap across her own face.

She was an immortal!

A True God!

And she, just now, had been pointing her finger at an immortal and cursing!

The woman trembled uncontrollably, consumed by regret and terror.

Li Qingyuan paid no attention to the woman behind her.

She merely scanned the chaotic restaurant with a vigilant, deeply furrowed brow.

Something was wrong.

Terribly wrong.

This was Chengdu's most bustling commercial street, with an extremely high population density and abundant Yang Qi.

How could demons suddenly appear in such a place?

And immediately display the strength of Qi Condensation Rank 3.

According to the academy's data, demons of this Rank typically only appeared in deep mountains and old forests rich in Spiritual Qi, or abandoned places where malevolent Qi gathered.

An anomaly suggests a demon.

Just as she was about to contact her classmates using a Jade Slip, an even stronger sense of crisis made her hair stand on end!

“Boom—!”

The ceiling above suddenly exploded!

Fragments of rebar and concrete, mixed with the wreckage of chandeliers, rained down like a storm.

Amidst the swirling dust, six massive, twisted black figures, carrying a nauseating stench, crashed to the ground through the hole in the ceiling!

Six more!

The aura of each one was comparable to the monster she had instantly killed with a single move!

“Hehehe…”

Seven monsters surrounded Li Qingyuan and the paralyzed woman.

Their crimson eyes were filled with greed and a bloodthirsty desire.

Li Qingyuan's expression turned utterly cold.

She didn't retreat in the slightest; instead, she took a step forward, shielding the woman even more thoroughly behind her.

The spiritual energy within her Dantian circulated furiously!

“A bunch of beasts, daring to run wild in the human world!”

Her hands moved like phantoms, forming a hand seal in front of her chest that was several times more complex than before.

Blinding electric light gathered at her fingertips, and a scorched smell permeated the air.

“Boom!”

She moved!

Her entire being transformed into a streak of lightning, actively charging towards the four-armed demon closest to her!

...Outside the restaurant.

The street had long been cordoned off.

A dozen team members, dressed in black special combat uniforms and armed with specialized firearms, stared grimly at the restaurant, which had already become a ruin.

“Captain! Detecting a sharp increase in internal spiritual energy fluctuations!”

A team member reported urgently, watching the wildly fluctuating readings on the instrument on his wrist.

“The readings are still climbing! My God… based on the energy reaction, there are at least seven targets inside! All of them are Rank 3!”

“Seven?!”

The square-faced man, referred to as the captain, his pupils contracted sharply.

“Didn't headquarters say there was only one? What is the intelligence department doing?!”

“Captain, the support team won't arrive for at least fifteen minutes! We…”

The square-faced captain glanced at the flashing lightning and non-human roars emanating from the restaurant, clenching his jaw.

Fifteen minutes?

By then, everything would be over!

Were there any survivors inside?

He didn't know.

But he knew that if they waited any longer, this restaurant, even this street, could turn into Hell!

“No more waiting!”

The square-faced captain pulled down the visor of his tactical helmet, his voice resolute.

“Team One and Team Two, frontal assault! Team Three, flank cover! Objective: eliminate all demons, at all costs!”

“Yes!”

The dozen team members responded in unison, raising their weapons and forming a tactical formation, charging towards the restaurant's breach.

They were prepared for a brutal battle.

Even prepared for sacrifice.

However.

The moment they rushed into the restaurant.

Everyone froze in place.

The anticipated battle between humans and demons did not occur.

The anticipated bloody roars also vanished without a trace.

The entire restaurant was deathly silent.

On the ground, seven massive, charred monster corpses lay scattered.

Each corpse emitted a strong burnt smell, and the air still carried the scent of ionization.

And in the center of this mountain of corpses and sea of blood.

A girl in ordinary casual clothes stood quietly.

She was spotless, not even a single strand of her hair was out of place.

The square-faced captain and his team members were all dumbfounded.

They stood there, weapons in hand, staring blankly at the extremely bizarre scene before them, their brains crashing.

What was happening?

The battle… was over?

Seven Rank 3 demons, just like that… all dead?

Killed by whom?

Could it be… her?

This girl, who looked seventeen or eighteen at most, and was unarmed?

The square-faced captain felt his worldview being repeatedly trampled on.

He swallowed with difficulty, trying to make his voice sound calmer.

“Who are you?”

“The monsters here… did you kill them?”

Li Qingyuan slowly turned around.

She looked at these uninvited guests who had suddenly burst in, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.

Official personnel?

She saw the special emblem on their uniforms.

Troublesome.

The Dean had said that, unless absolutely necessary, the academy's existence must not be exposed.

These people had seen her act; they had to be dealt with cleanly.

But she couldn't actually kill them.

Li Qingyuan instantly made a decision in her heart.

Deterrence.

Make them feel fear, make them not dare to investigate.

“Sizzle—!”

No answer.

Li Qingyuan simply raised her right hand.

Several small golden electric snakes appeared out of thin air at her fair fingertips, dancing playfully.

The next second.

Throughout the entire restaurant, a dense thunderclap sounded out of nowhere!

“Boom! Crack!”

Several violent bolts of lightning, as thick as arms, tore through the air, condensing out of nothing and hovering in mid-air.

Each bolt of lightning contained terrifying energy capable of blasting a tank into scrap metal.

The lightning illuminated the pale faces of all the team members.

Their specialized firearms, at this moment, looked like laughable toys.

Li Qingyuan was expressionless, and with a gentle flick of her finger.

The seven bolts of lightning instantly changed direction, like coiled venomous snakes, precisely pointing at the heads of the square-faced captain and every team member behind him.

The sizzling sound of electricity became the only sound at this moment.

An aura of destruction enveloped everyone.

The square-faced captain's blood ran cold.

He could feel that with just a thought from the other party, he and his brothers would be completely wiped from this world in an instant, leaving not even a speck of dust.

His team members behind him didn't even dare to breathe, their bodies stiff as statues.

Cold sweat soaked their combat uniforms.

Fear.

Extreme fear, shot from the soles of their feet straight to the top of their heads.

What kind of power was this?

The art of controlling thunder?

This was the means of a True God!

Who exactly was this girl?

What exactly was she?!!