47: The Seven Deadly Sins' target: the System Treasure Chest!

The prosperous Tianhe City, illuminated by dazzling lights, shimmered like a pearl embedded in the vast land.

Night fell, and all sounds ceased, yet the city's pulse continued to throb ceaselessly.

People immersed themselves in the unique rhythm of intertwined hustle and tranquility, each finding their own nocturnal symphony.

Some strolled along the brightly lit streets, some gazed out their windows at the sleepless city, while others attended friends' birthday parties.

And there were those, like Han Fei, who chose to distance themselves from the world's clamor, immersing themselves in a world of self-improvement.

Tens of thousands of people in Tianhe City lived according to their own habits, completely unaware of a strange dark cloud silently emerging above the city.

The dark cloud did not originate from a change in weather, but from an indescribable mysterious power.

It silently permeated, like an invisible giant hand, shrouding the prosperous Tianhe City.

The dark clouds obscured most of the moonlight, and a pitch-black door suddenly appeared, as if pulled from nothingness by an unseen force, silently suspended above Tianhe City.

The door was immeasurably deep, and the surrounding space seemed to twist slightly, like a massive black hole, mercilessly devouring the surrounding starlight, revealing an aura that transcended dimensions.

With a soft creak, all surrounding light was sucked into the black hole.

The door slowly opened, as if a rift in space-time was being torn apart, and three eerie figures stepped out one by one, hovering above the city.

They seemed to come from another dimension, bringing an indescribable exotic aura, forming a stark contrast with the brightly lit city below.

One of them was cloaked in black, his figure appearing extremely sinister under the faint moonlight.

A gentle breeze brushed by, taking away some of the deep night's silence, yet also stirring the edges of the wide cloak.

Through the gaps in the cloak, one could vaguely see his skin, like a parched riverbed, crisscrossed with fissures, the cracked patterns glinting with a cold silver light under the moonlight.

His bloodshot eyes were deeply sunken, like two bottomless abysses, flickering with a sickly red glow.

He raised his eyes and gazed into the distance, where the brightly lit Tianhe City shimmered in the night.

However, all of this failed to evoke any appreciation or praise in those bloodshot eyes; instead, it stirred up an intense jealousy and resentment.

He let out a sharp sigh, "This city is too beautiful... I am so jealous. Why must such a beautiful city appear before me?"

"Such peerless beauty, only through destruction can my heart find peace!"

Every word uttered in his sharp voice was laden with deep malice.

Like a flower of evil blooming from the depths of a decaying Soul, it wantonly unfurled in the night wind.

Behind him was a disheveled man.

His messy hair was tangled like weeds, his face covered in an untrimmed beard, emitting a pungent stench.

He walked lazily; as soon as he stepped out of the black door, he casually tossed his tattered, hole-ridden clothes into the air, letting them drift with the wind.

Immediately after, he lay on his back on the tattered clothes, as if it were the most comfortable bed, without a care in the world.

He mumbled, his voice indistinct, "So troublesome, I really want to go back..."

The last one was a fat giant, two meters tall.

His corpulent body almost burst his clothes, his belly was round as a drum, and his flab trembled as he walked, appearing both comical and eerie.

His right hand clutched a large bag, while his left hand continuously delved into the bag, rummaging for all sorts of strange foods, ceaselessly stuffing them into his mouth.

While chewing, his gaze greedily swept over Tianhe City below, and a muffled gurgle came from his throat: "There seems to be a lot of delicious food down there, I really want to eat it all..."

The three stood in different spots, muttering strange words that others found incomprehensible.

If they were on a bustling city street at this moment, instead of high above the clouds, they would probably be regarded as lunatics by passersby, and might even be arrested by the Guard Team.

But if the Special Guard Team discovered them, they would undoubtedly pull the nation's highest-level red alert without hesitation.

Once this alert was sounded, it meant that the entire nation entered the highest state of alert, and all institutions and resources related to national security would be immediately mobilized.

At the same time, the strongest A-Rank Experts in the Special Guard Team would gather at the fastest speed, attempting to forcibly expel these three from the country.

Why expulsion, and not arrest or killing?

The reason was that these three were all A-Rank Experts with the power to overturn the world.

A-Rank Experts are like Incarnations of disaster walking among humans; their power far exceeds the comprehension of ordinary people.

Give them a few minutes, and they can turn a first-tier city into ruins.

If pushed to a desperate situation, they would undoubtedly cause a disaster that would sweep across the nation, and even affect the world, if they fought to the death.

Therefore, expulsion became the only rational and necessary choice.

Besides their strength, another point that the Special Guard Team valued was their identity.

These three were not simple; they were all core leaders of the notorious international criminal organization, the "Seven Deadly Sins."

The organization was infamous for its brutal actions and sinister methods; its countless crimes could fill thousands of historical records, and it had long become the common mortal enemy of governments worldwide and all forces of justice.

Even the top A-Rank Experts in the Special Guard Team had to be fully focused when facing these three; any slight oversight could lead to extremely severe consequences.

This was no exaggeration.

Not long ago, the Seven Deadly Sins orchestrated and carried out a shocking terrorist incident in Eagle Country.

A third-tier city was turned into Hell, and tens of millions of innocent lives withered like grass.

Blood flowed like rivers in the streets and alleys, corpses lay everywhere, piled up like mountains, as if the end of the world had arrived, utterly terrifying.

Facing such a tragedy, the high-ranking officials of Eagle Country were enraged to the extreme.

They immediately mobilized all top A-Rank Experts across the nation, forming an unprecedented elite joint army, vowing before the media that no matter the cost, they would completely eradicate the Seven Deadly Sins to console the innocent Souls and restore the public's confidence in the nation's power.

However, the outcome of that encirclement battle was beyond everyone's expectations; it could even be said to have overturned people's understanding of the world.

Eagle Country, a Superpower, invested countless resources and elites, but ultimately could only end with a tragic situation where both sides suffered heavy losses.

Although Eagle Country successfully dealt a heavy blow to the Seven Deadly Sins, its own top A-Rank Experts suffered severe casualties, and the nation's comprehensive strength was heavily impacted, a truly crippling blow.

Later, under the pressure of reality and helplessness, Eagle Country had to make choices in its global strategic deployment, reluctantly giving up many strategically important interest areas in order to stabilize the domestic situation and gradually restore national strength.

This encirclement battle, hailed as the largest of the century, made the world deeply realize the terrifying strength of the Seven Deadly Sins, especially its seven core high-level A-Rank Experts.

Sin of Pride.

Sin of Jealousy.

Sin of Wrath.

Sloth.

Sin of Greed.

Gluttony of Sin.

Sin of Lust.

These seven monster-like A-Rank Experts, under the siege of Eagle Country's strongest force, the A-Rank Experts of the Sino-Eagle Bureau, managed to carve out a bloody path with lightning speed, ultimately retreating completely unharmed.

Such a feat shocked the entire world; governments and forces of all nations took notice, and their apprehension towards the "Seven Deadly Sins" reached an unprecedented height.

The decision-makers of countless countries immediately convened meetings, solemnly listing the name "Seven Deadly Sins" in their respective highest-level threat lists, regarding them as a dangerous existence capable of overturning the international order.

The Treasure Chest Alliance even unreservedly gave them a horrifying evaluation: "The most terrifying organization of this century!"

At this moment, Sloth, still on his tattered clothes, scratched his buttocks without any pretense and asked Sin of Jealousy, who was hiding in his cloak, "When will the others arrive? Can't they hurry up?"

Upon hearing this, Sin of Jealousy's body under the cloak trembled slightly, and a sharp, metallic-friction-like voice suddenly rang out, "How should I know!"

Gluttony of Sin, while chewing something, chuckled and said, "I think they should still be at the Dragon Country border, having a great time playing with that group of Special Guard Team members. Hehe, without them attracting attention over there, it wouldn't have been so easy for us to sneak in."

"Then how much longer are they going to dawdle? Are we just going to wait here for them? It's tiring to float in the air all the time."

Sloth's voice carried endless weariness and dissatisfaction, as if every word resisted the current wait.

However, just as his complaining words had not yet dissipated into the vast sky, a shiny leather shoe stepped out from the pitch-black door.

The appearance of this leather shoe was like a silent command, instantly sweeping through the space for a thousand miles.

An invisible force, like an iron wall, suddenly enveloped, tightly binding every wisp of breeze, every current of Qi.

Gluttony of Sin, Sin of Jealousy, and Sloth, facing this sudden change, their expressions instantly froze, and their eyes flickered with unconcealable fear and tension.

Sin of Jealousy knelt without hesitation, in the most humble posture, before the leather shoe, expressing supreme reverence to its owner.

Sloth sprang up from the tattered clothes as if electrocuted, no longer showing any trace of nonchalance in his eyes. He quickly put away the tattered clothes and knelt steadily in mid-air, awaiting the owner of the black leather shoes.

Gluttony of Sin laboriously stopped his seemingly endless devouring, exerting all his strength to bend his heavy body.

Despite his clumsy movements, his reverence was fully displayed in every subtle action.

Amidst the reverent kneeling of the three, a man in a suit with a perfectly golden ratio body slowly emerged from the black door.

Every step he took landed precisely on a certain rhythm, as if he were walking in a fashion show tailored for him.

His model-like stride, coupled with his gleaming leather shoes, created a solemn and elegant melody high in the sky.

The man in the suit did not cast even a single glance at the three kneeling in mid-air; his gaze remained fixed on the brightly lit, prosperous, and bustling Tianhe City in the distance.

He strolled unhurriedly through the clouds until he found an excellent vantage point overlooking the entire city, only then did the man in the suit finally stop.

He gently straightened his crisp suit and adjusted his tie to the most perfect angle.

Then, his deep and magnetic voice echoed in the silent night sky.

"Sin of Wrath and the others are entangled with the Special Guard Team; we four will have to take care of things here."

"This time, no matter what, we must find the System treasure chest that the organization lost!"

"Even if it costs our lives."

"We will not hesitate!"

The last five words, like a solemn oath, reverberated deep within the Soul of everyone present... Tianhe City Third Hunter University.

Ocean Major Male Dormitory.

The soft and tranquil light from the ceiling illuminated Han Fei's focused figure.

At this moment, he was concentrating on following Luna's guidance, delving deeper into the vast ocean of magic.

Luna leaned against the bed, eating a magic cake, and teasingly said, "I really envy you, kid. If you didn't have such superb Magical Aptitude, with your Comprehension Ability alone, you probably wouldn't touch the threshold of Forbidden Magic for hundreds of years."

In this world, whether Cultivating magic or martial arts, the foremost and crucial factor is one's own Aptitude.

It influences the strength of energy surging within the body and, more importantly, determines when the body can break free from its cocoon and undergo a metamorphosis.

Comprehension Ability, on the other hand, is like a whetstone; though indispensable, it ultimately takes a secondary role, not as important as Aptitude.

The third-tier magic cake acted as a miraculous catalyst, instantly elevating Han Fei's originally ordinary Magical Aptitude to a level rarely seen in a century.

With such terrifying Aptitude, even if his Comprehension Ability was only average, he could still rapidly improve in the Domain of Forbidden Magic at an astonishing speed.

Gazing at the faint glow emanating from his hands, Han Fei's eyes sparkled with uncontrollable excitement and anticipation.

"In one more day, I should be able to use my new ability."

The faint light on his hands, like fragments of stars, foreshadowed the new ability he was about to master.

Under Luna's meticulous guidance, his understanding and application of Magical Culinary Arts had reached a level far beyond what it was before.

Not only could he precisely control the power of "Deliciousness Capture" and "Deliciousness Exchange," but he had also unearthed a brand new skill—"Deliciousness Bomb."

"Deliciousness Bomb," as its name suggests.

Anyone who tasted Han Fei's dishes and found them delicious could have an invisible bomb silently implanted deep within their Soul by Han Fei.

This bomb could be detonated by Han Fei at any time.

Once detonated, the target would, for a short period, completely become Han Fei's Puppet, willingly obeying his every command without any power to resist.

Just as Han Fei was immersed in the joy of soon mastering this new ability, Luna timely poured a bucket of cold water on him.

"You haven't even entered the introductory stage yet; you're celebrating too early."

"If you had entered, you wouldn't need others to taste your dishes to apply the effects."

Han Fei chuckled and nodded at her.

He now clearly realized that he still had endless potential to uncover on the Dao of Magical Culinary Arts.

His previous application of Magical Culinary Arts could be said to have remained on the shallowest surface.

It was like a naive child clutching a powerful smartphone, yet only seeing it as a hard object for cracking walnuts, completely oblivious to the endless possibilities contained within that small device.