........

Boom, like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

Zhao Feng sat on the ground, the feigned panic in his eyes replaced by genuine disarray.

Zhao Shaolin, Zhao Shaolin...

If Zhao Feng didn't like this son, he wouldn't have given him this name.

Even if he did give this name, he would have used "Lin" meaning unicorn instead of "Lin" meaning scale.

Because he genuinely loved him, he worried his son couldn't bear such an auspicious name, that their family didn't have enough fortune to support it.

Now his beloved son was gone.

Zhao Feng momentarily lost control of his emotions.

"How... how is this possible, impossible, Shaolin he... he..."

At this moment, no matter how strong Zhao Feng's mental fortitude was, he couldn't quite withstand this blow.

Frantically, he reached into his chest pocket to pull out his phone, wanting to call Zhao Shaolin.

Just then, a hand reached over and stopped Zhao Feng's movement.

Lu Ding stretched out his hand.

Beside him, Fu Xinghe very understandingly handed over a tablet.

Lu Ding casually took it and placed it before Zhao Feng, then lightly tapped play.

This was an excerpt from surveillance footage.

In the footage.

Zhao Shaolin, with half his body shattered and blood gushing out like a fountain, was trying to explain to Lu Ding.

"Grand Duke Lu, it's all a misunder—"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Ding's Inner Landscape pressure crushed down, turning the 1.8-meter-plus Zhao Shaolin into a fist-sized solid meatball.

All the blood in his body was instantly squeezed out and splattered.

Zhao Feng watched the sudden change in the footage and immediately let out a wretched scream: "Ah!!!!!!!!"

He reached out to grab the tablet: "Shaolin!!! Shaolin!!!!"

This time, the sob in his voice seemed utterly genuine.

Lu Ding reached out and patted Zhao Feng: "Hey."

Zhao Feng looked up, his eyes bloodshot, watching as Lu Ding gestured to indicate Zhao Shaolin's original height.

"Your beast of a son, who was this tall."

"With a snap, I compressed him down to this small."

Lu Ding made a grasping gesture, the size exactly matching that meatball.

He looked at his hand: "Shouldn't be far off, I measured by eye."

At this moment.

His handsome, majestic appearance seemed so ferocious and vicious in Zhao Feng's eyes...

"You murderer!!!!!!!!"

Zhao Feng could no longer control his emotions, immediately erupting, his Three Restrictions late-stage cultivation revealed without doubt.

On the surface of Xiankong Town, he was the undisputed number one.

But only in Xiankong Town.

A palm swirling with imposing force, striking with full power, intending to kill Lu Ding.

Unfortunately.

The idea was beautiful, but reality was cruel.

By the time his arm swung to directly face Lu Ding.

The palm that should have been radiating power and divine light, along with half his body, instantly shattered on the spot, minced meat-like fragments splattered, blood breaking free from the dissolved and shredded skin, flesh, and bones to burst forth.

Like a water pipe exploding.

The highest spray even reached the wall dozens of meters away.

Lu Ding made no movement, the smile still on his face, his eyebrows and eyes filled with arrogant dominance.

Zhao Feng froze in place, the too-intense pain and overly severe injuries forcing his brain to shut down momentarily to block the agony.

In other words, he went numb.

Lu Ding stepped forward, turned, roundhouse kick.

The movement casual, the posture elegant.

Boom!!!!

A 'gentle' kick sent Zhao Feng, frozen in place, flying toward Chen Yan and Shen Qixue in the crowd.

Blood scattered through the air along the parabola like rain.

Chen Yan instinctively reached out to catch Zhao Feng.

But the tremendous force made his bones and flesh ache, his internal organs churn, his qi and blood chaotic.

His body couldn't stop retreating backward.

His feet dissipating force, the floor tiles shattered piece by piece, the hard ground leaving deep pits, stained with blood within.

One foot deep, one foot shallow, he looked utterly disheveled.

Only when Shen Qixue intervened, the two working together, did they barely manage to catch Zhao Feng. Chen Yan stabilized his posture, his shoes torn, flesh blurred and bloody.

Looking again, Zhao Feng's breath was feeble, like a candle in the wind, not long for this world.

Where his back had taken Lu Ding's whip kick, white bones jutted starkly within the flesh.

Looking at Lu Ding, Chen Yan's expression gradually grew heavy.

He thought to himself.

"This person's physical body is actually so terrifying..."

"I don't recall having provoked him, so why does his action seem targeted at me... why is that?"

Chen Yan couldn't understand.

Earlier when he arrived, he had already sensed the atmosphere in the scene was wrong.

To be safe, he had remained silent the whole time.

But even so, the dangerous spearhead still came pointing at him.

Leaving Chen Yan completely baffled.

Gently setting down Zhao Feng, Chen Yan adopted his usual martial world approach, cupping his hands toward Lu Ding: "Sir, is there some misunderstanding between us?"

Lu Ding, standing sideways, glanced at him.

"So you killing Fang He's father was also a misunderstanding?"

Chen Yan's heart sank, not good!!!

How did he not know Fang He actually knew someone like this.

His face serious, he hurriedly asked: "Is Sir seeking to stand up for Fang He?"

His eyes lingered on Lu Ding's shoulder insignias.

In principle, he should have heard the surrounding crowd's discussions about Lu Ding's identity.

Unfortunately.

Who told him to hang around with Zhao Feng, the local bully.

Once Zhao Feng arrived, the surroundings immediately fell silent, no one dared make a sound, thus indirectly causing Chen Yan to not know Lu Ding's identity.

He could only judge from the shoulder insignias that he was a 749 Bureau investigator.

He immediately spoke: "I see Sir is also a 749 Bureau investigator. The matter between me and Fang He has long been resolved, it's all recorded in the files."

"If Sir has doubts about this matter, I'm willing to cooperate with the investigation."

It was only because Lu Ding appeared too formidable, otherwise Chen Yan wouldn't have spoken these words.

If it were Fang He here today.

Chen Yan would definitely say something like: Right or wrong, I have no heart to explain, come take revenge if you want!

Him saying these things now.

Was merely adjusting his behavior to the person.

It was also to use words, in front of everyone, to put Lu Ding in a difficult position.

But did Lu Ding care about these things?

He didn't.

Lu Ding said casually: "Don't misunderstand, I'm not here to champion Fang He."

"I just heard about this matter and simply feel that Fang He's father died for nothing. As for your father..."

Hearing this, Chen Yan's heart tightened, a foreboding feeling just arising.

Lu Ding then delivered a devastating blow right to his face: "Your father deserved to die, your father was trash, your father was also a thief, a pickpocket, your father couldn't have children by his own ability, could only harm other people's children."

He shook his head: "Still died too late."

Wrapping up, Lu Ding curled up the corner of his mouth.

Words prepared long ago, speaking them out felt so damn satisfying!

Zhan Tingzhou listened nearby, thinking, this mouth... is truly vicious...

This smile infinitely magnified in Chen Yan's eyes, completely igniting his fury.

His father's death was originally a forbidden zone for him, an inverse scale that no one was allowed to touch.

Now not only had Lu Ding mentioned it publicly before everyone, he had even openly insulted him, even if it was the truth!

He couldn't endure it!!!

Chen Yan's mind buzzed, instantly red-hot, his angry emotions directly maxed out.

"Don't you dare insult my father!!!!!"

Raising his hands to circulate qi, behind him extraordinary phenomena emerged—a divine mountain standing tall, rumbling and shaking. This was 【Earth Shakes Mountain Moves】. Then whooshing sounds were heard, wind tunnel sounds coming from the hollows of the divine mountain.

This was 【Wind from Empty Cave】.

Chen Yan brought his palms together, immediately pulling out his ultimate move.

"Wind Calamity Absolute Annihilation Slash!!!"