Stronger from Earth
Chapter 274 - 273: Breaking Through with Force
Neon lights, tables and chairs with a strong metallic vibe, service robots shuttling between noisy crowds, countless metal chips placed on the tables.
The most famous place of consumption in Changming City, Changming Entertainment City, draws thousands of visitors every day. This place has any special delicacies visitors want, local specialties, and easily satisfies their appetite.
Luxurious hotels costing over ten thousand Star Yuan a night, wine cellars stocked with rare wines from all over, floors offering various entertainment projects, a palace of chaos for men and women…
All of these things are gathered in a skyscraper over a thousand meters high, each floor like a new realm, making people linger and forget to return. This place is paradise for some, but here, sins and desires spread like Hell.
On the lower floors, several arenas host fights between burly men wielding suitable weapons, blood splattering, while guests below roar and scream like mad beasts.
"Kill him! Kill him! I bet a hundred thousand Star Yuan, kill him for me!"
"Stand up! You trash, weren't you on a ten-win streak? How can't you beat a newcomer?"
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There are still relatively few tourists watching human fights. Although these unprotected life-and-death battles can excite them intensely, after seeing many, the interest wanes.
Human vs. beast duels, and even against alien races, are the hottest projects here. Gambling, drugs, and other vices merely serve as entertainments for those lingering.
"Nv He, aren't you seeing it clearly today? If I hadn't brought you, you'd never see these things in your life." A young man dressed in exquisite luxury spoke proudly to a girl.
The girl felt very uncomfortable amid the chaos created by the uncontrollable crowd, regretting deeply coming here; Jian Zhe surely had ulterior motives.
As the undisputed number one beauty in her school, she certainly knew how many coveted her, including this wealthy second-generation. But she had no choice because her best friend owed twenty thousand Star Yuan, and Jian Zhe offered money for a favor, inviting her for a visit.
"It's too bloody." Nv He witnessed a man in the arena kicked so hard his spine was broken, eventually dying in agony as his hands fell to the ground.
Jian Zhe laughed: "Underneath the clothes of civilization lies repressed animal instincts; this society ultimately values absolute strength.
Animals prize size and sharp teeth, while now we have power brought by cultivation level, alongside wealth, authority, and connections. Without these, you live ordinarily, and one family disaster can ruin everything.
Nv He, you should understand this. You possess great charm, your greatest asset, and I want these things, as I can give you everything you desire."
Jian Zhe sought to influence the girl before him, instilling such ideas, knowing people are easily swayed by intense impacts.
Nv He's face showed a hint of dislike, eager to leave, fearing Jian Zhe had bad intentions; she had hired a "master" just in case.
"I don't want to live like that, Jian Zhe, stop talking."
She wanted to leave, but her best friend pleaded for help, as the twenty thousand Star Yuan debt required the wealthy second-generation's intervention.
Not far away, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy looked up, relieving Nv He upon seeing him. Compared to Jian Zhe, she preferred the self-reliant Hongze.
"Don't worry, I won't let Jian Zhe try anything bad," Hongze, moderately handsome with a body like steel, was the first student from his school sent to study cultivation at Federation University.
The bustling Changming Entertainment City is known to all, yet those who visit are either wealthy or noble; most people come from various parts of Mother Star for the thrill and enjoyment.
Hongze's appearance caught Jian Zhe's attention, but the young man didn't care; at fifteen, at the Peak of Blood Exchange, practicing a new Body Refining Technique to consolidate his foundation, he was immensely confident and strong.
"If it weren't troublesome to kill you, do you think you'd still be alive, Jian Zhe?" Hongze's coldness grew; Nv He was the woman he desired, with their feelings warming. A rich young master suddenly meddling naturally infuriated him.
Suddenly, he felt a sweeping aura approaching like prey seen by a High Level life form, his body stiffening, scalp tingling, and heart pausing.
With the next breath, Hongze noticed everyone around him frozen, standing still as if robots with their power switched off.
Upon closer inspection, their eyes still open, heartbeats consistent, yet neither speaking nor moving, standing dazed as if their consciousness had withdrawn with their spirits.
"What in the world is going on?" Not only Hongze wondered, but many Human Immortal cultivators with firm Will remained conscious.
But as the dreadful aura from afar approached, their thoughts slowed down involuntarily, once thousands per second, now barely one in several seconds.
Outside Changming Entertainment City, two figures approached, Wang Xuan's Spiritual Cultivation radiating outward, enveloping the entire skyscraper ahead.
In the over ten-thousand populated building, it was eerily silent, dead quiet, terrifyingly so, each tourist standing in a daze, their minds blank.
Among these tens of thousands, not only ordinary people, but strong individuals ranging from Bone Refining to Blood Exchange Realm, cultivators from Meridian Opening to Vajra levels. Yet regardless of strength, Wang Xuan hypnotized them all.
Such a display of power was impossible to ignore.
"Who dares to trespass?!" From the highest floor of Changming Entertainment City, floating from a window of a luxurious villa, a man hovered, looking down on Wang Xuan.
This "Lord over all" gaze displeased Wang Xuan, a mere Divinity Transformation Realm dared posture before him!
"Come down," Wang Xuan said calmly.
Jia Yu sneered: "This golden goose, Changming Entertainment City, how dare you act recklessly? If you harm these tourists, no matter if you're an Earth Immortal with bizarre skills, even the underworld won't have a place for you!"
Though merely a representative, his own strength wasn't negligible, Lin Fan in Sky Realm, Wang Xuan in Divinity Transformation Realm were hardly his concern.
Wang Xuan slightly raised his head, disliking the face above, and in the next moment, Jia Yu let out a scream of pain.
Primordial Spirit Skill harmed others; Wang Xuan was highly talented, a single blow wounded Jia Yu's spirit, causing him to fall uncontrollably.
From a thousand meters high, a sonic boom echoed followed by a thunderous crash, leaving a pit in the hard ground, from which a figure emerged coughing and disheveled.
"Who, who are you?! Why did you attack me?" Jia Yu saw Wang Xuan above and involuntarily retreated a few steps.
He had always looked down on others; now, he could only be looked down upon.
"The new master of Immortal Martial Combat Hall. As for my name, your strength is unworthy of knowing." Wang Xuan didn't need to look up at others, feeling much more comfortable this way.