137: Kill first and then kill

The wind stopped.

The turbulent energy subsided.

Everyone's breath seemed to be sucked out at this moment.

Chen Ao's arrogance, confidence, and the murderous intent that was about to erupt, all froze on his face.

He stood motionless, like a stone sculpture instantly weathered by the wind, maintaining his raised arm.

His mind was blank.

His sanity completely shattered.

What happened?

That mad, asura monster who even dared to slap him... was bowing to some brat who appeared out of nowhere?

This was more absurd than him personally seeing the sun rise from the west.

It completely exceeded the scope of his understanding, overturning the worldview he relied on for survival.

He couldn't comprehend it.

He refused to comprehend it.

In extreme shock and absurdity, Chen Ao made an subconscious movement.

His head subtly, almost imperceptibly, tilted slightly towards his back.

The corner of his eye, glancing over his shoulder, fell upon the quiet, hooded man.

He was seeking an answer.

He was silently asking.

Is this person from the Abyss Domain?

Only this explanation could barely provide a point of support for his collapsing worldview.

Only someone from that legendary terrifying place could possess such incomprehensible means, could make a mythical-level berserker bow down!

Li Mo received his inquiry.

The man who crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood maintained a detached calm from beginning to end.

The moment the asura dharma body knelt, his silhouette, hidden in the shadow of his hood, only moved very slightly.

At this moment, facing Chen Ao's almost pleading glance, Li Mo finally made a clear movement.

He observed Lin Yu.

The young man standing in the center of the ruins, thin in stature, with an ordinary aura.

He carefully distinguished.

Distinguishing whether there was that familiar aura on that person, mixed with madness, slaughter, despair, and the will to survive, an aura unique to the Abyss Domain.

There was none.

Not a trace.

That person was as clean as a blank sheet of paper, as calm as an ancient well.

So, Li Mo slowly shook his head.

This movement was light and slow, yet it was like an invisible heavy hammer, forcefully striking Chen Ao's nerves.

No?

Not someone from the Abyss Domain?

The moment he received this answer, a strange, almost joyful sense of relief surged in Chen Ao's heart.

The giant rock named "Abyss Domain" that had been pressing on his heart, crashed to the ground.

Excellent.

He wasn't some formidable foe from across the river that he couldn't understand or contend with.

However.

This sense of relief lasted less than a tenth of a second.

It was completely drowned out by an even hotter, fiercer emotion.

It was an indescribable, extreme humiliation!

He, Chen Ao, the sole king of Linzhou's black market.

What was he doing just now?

He was wary! He was afraid!

He was scared into stopping his hand by a few threats from an old man and the madness of a monster!

He even put on a pretense of "giving your boss face," waiting here for someone in a theatrical manner!

And the result?

The result was that the other party wasn't some big shot from the Abyss Domain at all!

Just a local kid who got incredibly lucky!

He performed a monkey show for a local kid!

He performed it for his most trusted subordinates to see!

He performed it for Li Mo, who came from the Abyss Domain and already made him feel wary, to see!

He performed it for all the surviving ants in the entire venue to see!

"Heh..."

A scorching stream of air uncontrollably rushed out from Chen Ao's throat.

That wasn't a laugh.

It was the mournful cry of humiliation, squeezed out from the cracks after his dignity was crushed.

He felt humiliated by his momentary paranoia just now!

He felt pathetic for his unconsciously revealed wariness and caution!

When did he, Chen Ao, ever need to consider others' expressions? When did he need to think twice before acting?

Climbing from a street thug to where he was today, he relied on blood, on fists, on the ruthlessness of crushing the bones of all his enemies!

But today, just now, he hesitated.

All because of a vague "boss" and a legend from the Abyss Domain.

This immense sense of humiliation, too great for him to bear, found its only outlet in an instant.

It transformed into tenfold, hundredfold rage and murderous intent, all pouring onto the source of his embarrassment!

It was this kid!

He would return this humiliation, with interest, no, a thousandfold, ten thousandfold!

He would personally grind this kid into a meat paste!

He would let everyone know that he, Chen Ao, never makes mistakes!

Even if he did, he would personally erase the mistake itself from this world completely!

Boom!

An energy fluctuation, more terrifying and more solidified than any before, burst forth from Chen Ao's body!

The six elemental orbs surrounding him instantly transformed from a stable orbiting state to an incredibly violent one!

"Very good."

Chen Ao slowly, inch by inch, turned his stiff head back.

There was no expression left on his face.

It was an absolute calmness that emerged after extreme anger.

"It seems you are the so-called 'boss'."

He no longer looked at the kneeling asura, nor did he pay attention to the old ghost in the ruins.

All his attention was focused on Lin Yu.

This statement was not a question.

It was a judgment.

However, Lin Yu did not respond to this judgment.

He didn't even glance at Chen Ao again.

His gaze bypassed the enraged king, bypassed the ravaged battlefield, and landed in the center of the ruins.

It landed on the cold, stiff corpse in the old ghost's arms.

Seventh Master.

The new effect gained after Vitality Nourishment ascended to the Origin rank was "Physical Body Control."

This itself was just a passive effect, but logically speaking, Vitality Nourishment is an active skill, so could it be effective on Seventh Master?

And just how far could this effect go?

For the living, it was an almost immortal recovery ability.

What about the dead?

A thought, uncontrollably, took root and sprouted in Lin Yu's mind.

Is there a chance?

Perhaps... Lin Yu's momentary silence and disregard, in Chen Ao's eyes, became an extreme provocation, sharper than any words.

That wasn't disdain.

That was a complete, pure obliteration of him, Chen Ao, from the very level of existence.

As if he wasn't a king who made Linzhou tremble.

Just a particle of dust in the air, not worth seeing.

"Good..."

Chen Ao's chest heaved violently.

"Very good!"

He laughed, a twisted ecstasy that erupted after being humiliated to the extreme.

He completely abandoned any thought of communicating with Lin Yu.

Since you look down on me.

Since you don't even deserve to look me in the eye.

Then I'll kill your dog first!

Let you witness with your own eyes how your dog is torn to shreds in front of me, bit by bit!

Boom!

Chen Ao's figure vanished from its original spot.

He did not charge towards Lin Yu.

Instead, with an aura like a thunderbolt, he, enveloped by the six violent elemental orbs surrounding him, fiercely charged towards the Eight-Armed Asura kneeling on the ground!