Luo Ming was flying desperately in mid-air, cold rain mixed with cold sweat plastered on his face.

His heart pounded wildly in his chest, and the silver-haired figure behind him, like a maggot clinging to bone, pursued him relentlessly.

He dared not look back.

He didn't even dare to pause for a moment.

He only knew that he had to escape back to Tianyu Guild as quickly as possible.

Only there would he be safe.

However, just as he was about to rush out of this street.

The dark figure appeared above him without warning, pressing down like a mountain.

"Boom—!"

Luo Ming felt as if his back had been violently struck by a heavy truck moving at high speed.

His vision went black, and his protective stone shield shattered instantly.

He fell straight down from dozens of meters in the air, like a kite with a broken string.

"Bang!"

He crashed through the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor of an office building, glass shards scattering like raindrops.

His body tumbled through the office, knocking over countless desks, chairs, and documents, but still not losing momentum, he crashed through the wall on the other side again.

Finally, he slammed heavily onto the wet street below.

The hard asphalt road was smashed into a spiderweb-shaped pit several meters in diameter.

The huge sound carried far into the quiet night.

...

"What the hell! What was that sound?"

"An earthquake?"

In a 24-hour internet cafe on the corner, a few young people who were gaming all night were startled by the commotion, taking off their headphones and peering outside.

"Look! Over there! It looks like someone is fighting!"

One sharp-eyed youth pointed at the deep pit not far away and shouted excitedly.

"Let's go! Let's go take a look!"

The few of them immediately perked up, abandoning their keyboards and mice, and rushed out of the internet cafe.

Soon, many curious passersby gathered around the ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) deep pit.

When they saw the disheveled figure at the bottom of the pit, with blood at the corner of his mouth, gasps erupted from the crowd.

"Isn't that... isn't that Luo Ming of Tianyu Guild?"

"My god! Luo Ming, known as one of Donghai City's two great Prodigies, was actually knocked down from the sky by someone?"

"Who did it? So fierce?"

"Quick, quick, quick! Record it! This is big news! Usually, this guy acts like he's too good for everyone, I didn't expect to see him in such a sorry state!"

Countless phone cameras were aimed at the struggling figure at the bottom of the pit, flashlights illuminating the scene.

Luo Ming staggered and climbed out of the pit.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his chest heaving violently, his eyes filled with shock and apprehension.

He looked up.

The silver-haired man was slowly descending from the sky, his posture elegant, like a demon god descending to the mortal world.

"You... who exactly are you?"

Luo Ming's voice trembled slightly with anger and fear.

"I don't even know you! We have no grievances between us!"

Zhou Huai, controlling Moria, looked down at him from above, a hint of sarcasm on his lips.

"I've investigated you."

"You've done a lot of bad things in Donghai City."

"How can you be so sure that there's no enmity between us?"

These words made Luo Ming's pupils constrict sharply.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but he still couldn't recall when he had offended such a terrifying figure.

"What exactly do you want?!" Luo Ming gritted his teeth.

Zhou Huai couldn't be bothered to waste any more words with him.

Moria's figure moved again.

He didn't use any skills, merely relying on his superhuman speed, turning into an afterimage and instantly closing in.

"Damn it!"

Luo Ming's face changed drastically, the Staff of Calamity in his hand glowed brightly, and countless gray-black curse energies, like spilled ink, poured out wildly in all directions.

However, these attacks, which would have made an ordinary Rank 50 expert flustered, seemed like child's play in Moria's eyes.

His body moved through the dense curse energy like a ghost.

His figure constantly flickered in the shadows, precisely avoiding all attacks.

His posture was relaxed and carefree, as if he wasn't fighting, but strolling leisurely in a garden.

Luo Ming's heart sank little by little.

His proud attacks couldn't even touch the opponent's clothes.

Although Moria and Luo Ming also had a 20-Rank difference.

However, the attribute bonus gap between SS-Rank and A-Rank had already compensated for the attribute gap brought by the Rank difference.

What's more, it was night now.

Under the enhancement of the 【Night Demon】 state, Moria's five-dimensional attributes had already soared to an unimaginable level.

Crushing an A-Rank Calamity Caster required no effort at all.

"Bastard! Bastard!"

Luo Ming became even more frantic, waving his staff faster, letting out incomprehensible roars.

All his attacks were like stones sinking into the sea, not stirring up a single ripple.

Just as he lost his composure due to anger.

Moria's figure appeared behind him without warning.

A cold hand gently rested on his shoulder.

Luo Ming's body stiffened suddenly.

A chill shot from his tailbone straight to the top of his head.

"Too slow to react."

Moria's calm voice sounded in his ear.

Luo Ming didn't even think, the energy in his body instantly went wild, and he was about to forcefully turn around and counterattack.

However, Moria's hand was like an iron clamp, firmly fixing him in place.

"Don't move."

Zhou Huai's voice carried a hint of playfulness.

"This is the city, if you unleash some big move here, a lot of people will die."

Luo Ming turned his head, his eyes filled with hysterical madness.

"I don't care!"

"You forced me!"

He roared, broke free from Moria's hand, and retreated violently, trying to widen the distance between them again.

However, he opened his mouth and just uttered a syllable.

"Slap—!"

A crisp, loud slap suddenly rang out.

Moria's figure had appeared in front of him again at some unknown point.

That slap landed squarely on Luo Ming's face.

The immense force spun him 360 degrees in the air, and finally, like a broken sack, he fell heavily back into the deep pit.

Several blood-stained teeth arced through the air, clinking as they landed on the ground.

This slap directly stunned Luo Ming.

He lay at the bottom of the pit, feeling the world spin, his ears ringing, and blood constantly seeping from the corner of his mouth.

The onlookers from afar were also stunned by this scene.

Luo Ming struggled to get up from the ground.

A foot wearing a black leather boot stomped heavily on his back.

"Bang!"

His body, which had just propped up halfway, was once again pressed heavily back to the ground, his face making intimate contact with the cold asphalt road.

"I said, don't move."

Zhou Huai, controlling Moria, spoke with a cold voice.

"Cooperate obediently, and I might just make you suffer a little less."

Luo Ming lay on the ground, feeling the mountain-like pressure on his back, and let out a burst of crazed laughter.

"Hahahaha... Hahahahaha!"

"No one can threaten me!"

"Kill me! If you dare, kill me!"

He roared, his limbs still struggling fiercely, trying to break free from the restraint of that foot.

Zhou Huai looked at his unyielding appearance and shook his head helplessly.

"It seems you still haven't figured out the current situation."

He pressed down slightly with his foot.

"Crack!"

A bone-chilling sound of bone breaking rang out.

Luo Ming's left arm twisted outward at a strange angle.

"Ah—!"

A heart-wrenching scream tore through the night sky.

The onlookers, one by one, turned pale, instinctively stepping back two paces.

"Too... too cruel..."

"Who is this guy? So vicious?"

"He's going to completely offend Tianyu Guild!"

However, Luo Ming still did not give in.

He gritted his teeth, supporting himself with his other hand, trying to stand up.

"Crack!"

Another crisp sound.

His right arm also broke in response.

"Ah ah ah ah—!"

The screams grew louder and louder.

Just as Zhou Huai was about to stomp on both his legs as well.

"Roar—!"

A high-pitched, clear Dragon roar suddenly came from above the clouds.

Everyone looked up sharply.

They saw a huge Silver Dragon, breaking through the rain curtain, circling in the sky above the city.

The Dragon's scales, illuminated by the neon lights, reflected a cold, metallic luster.

The terrifying Dragon's might, originating from deep within its Bloodline, instantly enveloped the entire street.

"It's... it's Li Qiu!"

"The other Prodigy of Tianyu Guild!"

"He's here!"

The Silver Dragon let out a roar and slowly descended.

The strong wind whipped up the accumulated water and dust from the ground, making it difficult for everyone to open their eyes.

Li Qiu stood on the Dragon's head, arms crossed, looking down, his black trench coat flapping in the wind.

His sharp eyes pierced through the crowd, accurately locking onto the silver-haired figure below who was stepping on Luo Ming.

Letting out a heavy yawn, Li Qiu spoke somewhat lazily.

"My friend down there, I don't care what grievances you have with Luo Ming."

"I advise you, right now, immediately, at once."

"Let him go!"