“You really are a Superpower Knight!” The junior high school student stared at Lu Bai with eyes shining brightly.
“To be honest, I don’t know any Superpower Knight. The time of my birth was much earlier than that.”
Lu Bai took a sip of Happy Fat House Water and said in a tone almost like a chant: “In ancient times, when chaos had not yet separated heaven and earth, vast and hazy with no one in sight, since Pangu broke through Hongmeng, creation from then on changed clear from turbid…”
The two junior high school students sat on small stools, their expressions growing increasingly excited.
Although they couldn’t quite understand the meaning of these words, they instead felt that Lu Bai was even more mysterious and powerful.
“And then? And then?” The junior high school student couldn’t help but ask eagerly.
“…I walked on the ground and saw the human world in desolation, so I named myself Desolate, spreading the gospel to the ancient people, and gradually, people began to call me Heavenly Emperor…”
…It can be said that I, the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, have lived up to everyone except Yun Shan in the Star Dou Great Forest. It’s all because Yun Shan arranged the marriage, forcing Yun Ling to marry Xiao Wu, causing Tang Shan to rob Shi Hao of his million-year soul ring to save Xiao Wu; otherwise, Shi Hao would have been nine red and one blue gold…
…Gradually, I grew tired of these trivial matters and decided to vanish from sight, but because I had made a pact with the most primitive humans, the later Illuminati concealed my deeds and uniformly referred to me internally as—the Old Ruler.
The junior high school student nicknamed Chicken Neck had a somewhat strange look in his eyes.
He subtly poked his bad friend beside him, who was excited with a flushed red face.
Seeing that his bad friend seemed completely convinced, Chicken Neck could only refute softly: “Uh, to be reasonable, this does sound absurd, right?”
Chicken Neck was at least a junior high school student, and his results were quite excellent, so even having witnessed Lu Bai’s inhuman actions, he found it hard to believe what Lu Bai was saying.
But,
“Master! Please, I’ve dreamed of apprenticeship since I was little. I’ve finally met you—take me as your apprentice!”
The other junior high school student clearly accepted all those settings wholesale and was so excited he wanted to kneel immediately and kowtow three times to make Lu Bai take him as a disciple.
Lu Bai was very satisfied with this reaction. He patted this junior high school student’s head and chuckled lightly: “This is called the immortal stroking my head, tying my hair to receive longevity.”
Chicken Neck saw his bad friend tremble all over with excitement like chaff upon hearing this, and he tugged at him wistfully: “Ya Bo, calm down a bit.”
However, before Ya Bo could calm down from his exhilarated emotions, a shout came from outside the store.
“oi!”
Looking in the direction the sound came from, one could notice a group of three people arriving at the entrance of this convenience store.
Chang Tiger leaned back slightly, his right hand extended flat at a forty-five-degree angle: “Chatting, everyone?”
Lu Bai lazily picked up the remaining half bottle of Happy Fat House Water, filled the disposable paper cup in front of him, and chuckled as he evaluated: “You still dare to appear before me now—commendable courage.”
The junior high school student nicknamed Chicken Neck hadn’t realized what was happening yet, but Ya Bo reacted quickly and pressed his friend down.
In a voice filled with fear mixed with excitement, he whispered: “See, as soon as the ancient Desolate Heavenly Emperor appears, enemies indeed come knocking. These guys must be the combat personnel known as Death Fighters in the Illuminati.”
“Heh heh.”
Chang Tiger grinned: “I originally didn’t want to come, but isn’t there someone who wanted to see you?”
As he spoke, he nodded his head toward the Glasses Man on his left, then subtly stepped back two steps.
In fact, Chang Tiger’s style seemed carefree but was actually extremely cautious, always preparing an escape route in advance.
He did not trust the Glasses Man, even if they were nominal partners.
The Glasses Man was well aware of this but showed no concern, even stepping forward proactively.
He calmly raised his eyelids, his tone neither humble nor arrogant: “The online public opinion, videos, and photographs targeting you, as well as the pressure on the Special Affairs Bureau from official channels—these are all results of my guidance.”
The Glasses Man carefully observed Lu Bai’s expression, trying to detect any emotional change in Lu Bai’s face.
However, there was none.
They say the eyes are the windows to the human soul.
But from beginning to end, he saw not the slightest emotional fluctuation in Lu Bai’s gaze.
Only a faint sense of heartfelt joy?
Damn it, this smiling face mixed in the alphabet circle?!
Guan Shen pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose, steadied his mind, and continued: “I must admit, you’re strong beyond normal reason, forcing me to unite all the remaining Death Fighters to take you down together.”
The smile on Lu Bai’s face grew even gentler.
He rested his elbow on the convenience store’s glass display case, palm supporting his chin: “So, what now?”
Guan Shen said calmly: “Nearly forty Death Fighters have gathered around this convenience store. You can try to see if you can still fly.”
As if echoing Guan Shen’s words.
The next second, invisible telekinesis dismantled the convenience store’s roof and four walls entirely, followed by a bizarre fluctuation that turned the shattered bricks and tiles into powder.
A large amount of building powder fell in irregular trajectories. In just this short time, the convenience store had become an open-air stall.
Looking around, one could see figures of at least twenty Death Fighters or more, with vague shadows flashing on some eaves.
Saying nearly forty Death Fighters was probably no exaggeration.
Lu Bai experimentally suspended himself for a moment and felt a heavy force pressing him down—the higher he went, the heavier the oppression, clearly some anti-flight power existed in this area.
Realizing this, he landed back on the ground, suddenly turned his head to look toward Guan Shen and Chang Tiger, teeth chattering, utterly horrified, his tone filled with disbelief: “Ma… Masaka?!”
Seeing this, the Chang Tiger was just about to open his mouth in mockery when he saw Lu Bai’s expression return to his usual kindly smiling face, chuckling as he said.
“Just joking, since everyone’s all present…”
Once the cooldown time for Five Immortals Seeking Bestowal reached zero, he quickly transferred the anchor point to Ya Bo.
In an instant, endless power surged out like a raging tide.
“Quit playing tricks!”
The Chang Tiger didn’t know where Lu Bai’s fearless due to backing confidence came from, so he simply decided to strike and probe.
His left hand condensed a bone axe over two meters in diameter, connected by a flesh strip, which he flung high into the air before smashing down unstoppable toward Lu Bai.
Lu Bai raised his right hand, as Long Fang extended a blade from his empty-gripped palm.
Clang!
A piercing gold and iron clash rang out.
The slender blade actually steadily withstood the bone giant axe’s crashing blow, the entire scene filled with a sense of dissonance that defied physical laws.
Lu Bai shook his wrist, deflecting the giant axe, and took a step forward.
In an instant, the sky shifted from bright to dark, gale winds howled, and dark clouds rolled in.