Chapter 482: Chapter 382: Mending the Heavens and Strengths_2

Thinking of this, Zhao Ping pointed a finger, and sixteen strands of sword silk instantly pierced the ground beneath his feet, and he himself swiftly dove into the earth, disappearing from sight.

Following his disappearance, the cut-open hole was refilled by the stirring of the sword silk, turning into a mound of soil.

Over the past few days, Zhao Ping had been using the sharpness of the sword silk to escape through the ground, dodging his pursuers.

But as Zhao Ping was retreating underground, his gaze suddenly sharpened, and he reached for his palm with some confusion.

In the center of his palm, the word “time” was clearly etched.

“Time?”

“Could these marks be from the sword silk?”

“Did I carve it myself?”

“But why would I etch the word ‘time’ onto my palm?”

A strong wave of questions surged within Zhao Ping’s heart, and he faintly felt that he had overlooked something, something very important.

…

On the other side, inside a trash site.

Streaks of bloodlight shredded the twisted shipping containers into smithereens.

Sensing that Zhao Ping had vanished without a trace, the Sky Beast let out an infuriated roar and bellowed into the sky.

“Zhao Ping!”

At the same time, over ten experts from New Country had already arrived at the outskirts of the trash site, looking in shock at the scene before them.

The trash site, covering tens of thousands of square meters, seemed as though it had just experienced an earthquake and a storm.

Scattered everywhere were fragments of various items such as cars, electronics, building materials, and more.

Even the ground itself was churned up and shattered, exposing crisscrossing gorges that revealed much of the trash that had been buried for unknown years.

Numerous pits also densely dotted the battlefield, of different sizes, as if it had just been pummeled by a meteor shower.

And even at this moment, the sky was still filled with falling debris, the result of the final strike’s collision and explosion that sent innumerous pieces of trash soaring into the sky, now falling like rain.

Such a trace of the battlefield naturally stirred waves of emotion in the hearts of the arriving experts from New Country.

“Is this the destructive power of a third-generation powerhouse? Terrifying.”

“The Sky Beast wasn’t this strong before, this rate of progress… its talent is just too formidable…”

“Is Zhao Ping dead? To have the Sky Beast exert this much effort, this person can’t be underestimated.”

While everyone was lost in their varied thoughts, they saw the Sky Beast walking over a sea of blood to stand before them.

“Who allowed you to come?” The Sky Beast angrily looked at the people: “Do you realize that you’ve ruined my big opportunity?!”

“I was just about to blow Zhao Ping’s head off, and you lot scared him away…”

Mr. Fan stood at the forefront of the group, being the one who made the decision to lead the team in support of the Sky Beast to capture Zhao Ping.

He hadn’t expected that his well-intentioned support for the Sky Beast, in an attempt to encircle Zhao Ping, would result in a scolding from the latter.

However, considering the Sky Beast had just engaged in a fierce battle with Zhao Ping, erupting with such astonishing destructive force, it must have driven its power to madness.

Under such circumstances, a disturbed mind and a restless heart were normal—Mr. Fan took a deep breath and slowly said, “Sky Beast, considering you have just fought and are now unsettled, I won’t take offense…”

“Not taking offense?” The Sky Beast snorted coldly, its emotions escalating under the influence of the Inner Dust Gu within: “Without you trash interfering, I would have captured Zhao Ping long ago.”

One of Mr. Fan’s subordinates frowned and said, “Sky Beast, how dare you speak to Mr. Fan like that?”

The Sky Beast let out a cold laugh, a surge of bloodlight swelling around him, casting a bloody mist toward the people.

The one who had spoken reached out to repel the blood mist with a column of Gang Qi, hoping to withstand it.

But upon contact with the force of the blood mist, his face changed dramatically, feeling as if the mist weighed as much as a mountain, the pressure causing his bones to creak, as if they were about to be crushed.

“This blood mist is too heavy! We can’t take it head on! Retreat!”

Witnessing this, others rushed to assist but were successively blown away by the blood mist.

Several shadows leaped out from behind Mr. Fan, seemingly wanting to block the blood mist, but they were swiftly crushed, the walking corpses’ hand bones shattered by the mist.

His expression changed drastically, and he backed away in distress, finally looking towards the Sky Beast with a face ashen.

The Sky Beast looked nonchalantly at Mr. Fan and spoke, “The times have changed. You old guys might have been formidable once, but lacking in potential, you haven’t progressed as much as me over the years. Don’t act high and mighty in front of me, or I won’t be considerate to your feelings.”

Mr. Fan clenched his teeth, suppressing the anger in his heart and said, “Sky Beast, I will report your actions today to the President as they are.”

The Sky Beast, feeling the blood coursing through its body, thought to itself: “If I continue to grow stronger, perhaps… I might indeed have a chance to contend against the Immortal Emperor one day.”

As its power increased and its strength grew, ambition and desire also began to flourish in the heart of the Sky Beast, becoming ever more intense as provoked by the continual agitation of the Inner Dust Gu.

With this thought, the Sky Beast couldn’t be bothered to entangle with Mr. Fan any longer. It needed to seize the moment, to go back and further explore and harness the power of its own blood.

Watching the departing figure of the Sky Beast, Mr. Fan sighed inwardly: “Maybe… the times have indeed changed.”

As a high-ranking member of New Country, he could feel the newer generation of powerhouses becoming stronger and stronger, their temperaments growing ever more arrogant and domineering with the increase of their powers, disregarding the older generation.