Chapter 236 – Don’t Underestimate A Young Person Just Because They Are Currently Poor

Inside the shuttle.

Xun Yue, slightly plump and wearing a Golden Bear uniform, sat on a white couch, his right hand fingers lightly snapping continuously.

Each time his finger snapped, a small tuft of pale blue flame would emerge from his fingertips.

Just like a lighter.

“Snap!”

The flame jumped out.

“Snap!”

The flame extinguished again.

Xun Yue did it tirelessly.

But in truth, he was a bit restless.

“Have you found out anything?”

Xun Yue was talking with someone on the communicator.

“No.”

The voice on the other end sounded helpless. “The information on this person is highly classified, even with level 5 access, I couldn’t view it. All I know is…”

The voice paused.

Xun Yue quickly pressed, “What do you know?”

“I know he was just screened out through the new blood assessment trial this year. And once he joined the organization, he was immediately promoted to the Golden Bear position…”

“Just joined this year… got promoted to Golden Bear right away…”

Xun Yue’s face darkened slightly, his eyes flashing with thought as his brain worked rapidly.

“You mean this person has a deep background, possibly related to some top-tier big shot?”

“Highly likely.”

The voice responded.

Xun Yue spoke a bit exasperatedly, “I hate dealing with these rich kids the most. You have no idea, before coming here, I greeted him politely several times… but he didn’t even bother to respond. Now, as we’re nearing the place, forget about a welcoming committee, there’s not even someone holding a small flag leading the way…”

“Haha, he’s here to gild himself, living comfortably in the old city circle without having to go on external duties or enter secret realms, living like an emperor. Now, with you coming to take over, of course, he’s not happy,” the voice comforted him with a laugh. “But since Lord Wu sent you to take over, it proves that this person, or the actions of the big shot behind him, have already drawn the ire of the other lords. So don’t worry too much. Just follow the procedures.

If necessary, give him a little shock. After all, Lord Wu is backing you. I saw in the records that he is only seventeen, promoted to Golden Bear due to his Talent. Despite his noble status and strong background… his actual strength is likely mediocre, you can easily handle him…”

As the voice was speaking, it suddenly paused. Then it quickly turned serious and urgent.

“Old Xun! I just received a message from Sky Eye’s surveillance. A level SS+ evil energy wave is heading your way, less than five kilometers from your location!”

“SS+?!”

Xun Yue’s snapping fingers came to an abrupt stop, and he sprang up from the couch like a coil.

With a swift move, he darted out of the lounge, only to find chaos already unfolding outside.

Scanning the surroundings, he saw countless virtual screens flashing with piercing red warning lights.

“Lord…”

A Red Bear was about to report to Xun Yue, but he raised his hand to interrupt and then grimly pulled up the external real-time surveillance.

The moment he saw the outside scene, Xun Yue’s face turned severely somber.

Underneath the shuttle, a colossal figure over five meters tall was charging forward at full speed.

Each step it took sent ripples through the ground like waves.

The terrifying evil energy twisted the air around it, forming a dreadful wave-like aura that was pushing forward mightily.

“Emissary level!”

Xun Yue gritted out these words between clenched teeth.

His fists tightened, and beads of sweat started to form at his temples.

An SS+, and moreover, an SS+ emissary-level entity was not something a mere Golden Bear like him could handle.

Xun Yue quickly pressed the person on the other end of the communicator, “Quickly initiate the Zenith Sword for me, now, immediately…”

The person on the other end of the communicator sounded equally anxious and replied swiftly, “The application has been submitted. Considering the review time, you’ll need to hold off the entity for about…”

Before the voice could finish, it was suddenly drowned out by a burst of electronic static.

All instruments and displays inside the shuttle went haywire in an instant.

A terrifying wave of sound, indescribable by words, swept through the shuttle like a raging tide.

Xun Yue fell into a momentary state of deafness, his entire body instinctively quivering violently.

But before he could recover from this sudden shock, he saw—

In his field of vision, a comet-like streak of silver light appeared.

This silver light seemed to traverse the sky at a visually “slow” speed.

Everything in his view was neatly sliced in half by this silver light, leaving behind a slightly warped trail in the air.

The silver light swiftly approached the emissary-level elephant man.

The terrifying evil energy field surrounding the elephant man was effortlessly sliced open like soft butter by the silver light.

The silver light hit the elephant man.

The creature’s steps came to an abrupt stop.

Then…

“Boom!”

Brilliant silver light burst forth, causing the ground to shake violently.

Centered on the exploding silver light, a gigantic white mushroom cloud slowly rose, with ripples spreading out on the ground below like water waves…

“Boom!”

This impact seemed to strike Xun Yue’s heart just as heavily.

His heart momentarily halted as his eyes quivered.

When the mushroom cloud dissipated.

Xun Yue saw the situation below clearly, and his pupils contracted fiercely.

He saw—the emissary-level elephant monster was now pinned to the ground by a completely silver spear, roaring and bellowing like a hunted beast captured by a hunter.

“Hiss—”

Xun Yue drew in a sharp breath, immense shock surging from his heart like a tidal wave.

He looked in the direction from which the silver light had come, and from afar, on the peak of a mountain, he saw a figure over two meters tall, with wild black hair, standing there quietly.

This figure’s arm was still in the post-throw position, with a Golden Bear insignia gleaming brilliantly on the left side of their chest in the sunlight.

The person seemed to notice Xun Yue’s gaze and slightly lifted their eyes.

Their gazes crossed through the distance of the shuttle.

Xun Yue’s body trembled, unsure if it was due to shock, panic, excitement, or fear. Dazed, he muttered into the communicator, “How did you describe that rich kid earlier?”

“Why are you asking this now? Did you get the situation under control?”

“Speak.”

The voice hesitated briefly but quickly replied, “Highly esteemed background, influential…”

“Not that part, the latter part…”

“Not really strong, easy to handle…”

“Damn it!”

The voice was cut off by Xun Yue’s curse.

His face turned beet red, and it was hard to tell what emotions he was brewing.

His tightly pressed lips trembled.

After a long moment, he squeezed out a sentence through clenched teeth.

“Handle… more like he’s handling me!”

…

Liao Yu stared blankly as the silver spear pierced through the sky, effortlessly splitting the terrifying black wave-like aura into two streams.

The spear then penetrated the towering form of the elephant man monster, pinning it firmly to the ground.

He stood like a statue.

Images from a scene kept replaying in his mind like a looping movie, and he couldn’t hear any other sounds around him, just the “buzz buzz buzz” of a brain on overload.

He didn’t know how long he remained in this state until a calmly spoken voice brought him back to reality.

Startled, Liao Yu snapped his head around.

He found himself staring into a pair of slightly scarlet eyes, exuding an overwhelming presence yet as serene as a frozen lake.

“Mr. Liao.”

Liao Yu heard the other person speak softly, “How do you think my move looks?”

“Buzz—”

Liao Yu shuddered as if struck by lightning, his entire body trembling before falling into a daze.

The person, seeing Liao Yu’s state, didn’t say another word. They slightly curled their lips and then stomped the ground, creating a large pit beneath their feet before shooting like an arrow toward the elephant man.

Liao Yu watched the figure recede, dumbfounded, with a single phrase whirling in his mind—

“Seize the Initiative… Seize the Initiative…”

So…

This is what “Seize the Initiative” means…

…

“Boom!”

Lu Yuan landed, the impact causing the hard rocky ground to splinter into cracks.

He stared straight ahead, watching the over five-meter-tall elephant deity emissary struggling furiously under the silver spear he had thrown.

And it was nearly breaking free.

Lu Yuan felt a slight twinge of regret.

This spear-throwing kill move was something he had painstakingly practiced for more than half a month.

With over two hundred tons of terrifying arm strength, the nascent form of combat and hunting True Intent from Mosa, and the extraordinary characteristics of the Silver Spear itself…

It was almost an all-out strike.

Originally, he had aimed for the elephant deity emissary’s heart, but for some reason, the spear had landed in its chest instead.

“A pity… I had a chance to take it down in one hit.”

Lu Yuan saw the elephant man struggling free from the Silver Spear.

Its height and massive build meant that the over two-meter-long Silver Spear barely left much length after penetrating its body.

As the silver light on the spear gradually dimmed, the elephant man took a step forward, completely freeing itself from the spear’s restraint.

“Roar!”

The elephant man lifted its elephant trunk on its face, its mouthpart, resembling that of a lamprey, split open, letting out an enormous roar.

Black phosphorescence blossomed on its massive body, and the wound that had pierced through its chest front and back began to heal rapidly.

In just a few seconds, the wound completely vanished.

Lu Yuan quietly watched all this, making no move to stop it.

The elephant man in front of him was much stronger than the previous elephant deity emissary. Even in its normal form, its size matched the second rank state.

After its injury healed, the single eye on its forehead locked onto Lu Yuan, and it began charging at him with rapid, thunderous steps.

Each step it took made the ground tremble violently.

The terrifying aura of the emissary level was quickly swelling and building up… In Lu Yuan’s eyes, it was as if a pitch-black demon mountain was continuously rising, rising…

Finally.

Finally, the elephant man reached Lu Yuan.

In its third rank ultimate transformation state, the over two-meter-tall Lu Yuan appeared exceptionally small in front of the over five-meter-tall elephant man.

Lu Yuan slowly raised his head, squinting his eyes to look at the elephant man before him.

At this moment, his face and his entire body were completely shrouded in the elephant man’s shadow.

Like a stormy tide, the elephant man’s oppressive force surged forth, blowing Lu Yuan’s waist-length hair wildly behind him.

Lu Yuan’s expression remained calm as he quietly watched the solitary eye on the elephant man’s forehead, which gazed down at him, emanating a fierce and violent light.

Then…

“Roar!”

The elephant man let out a wild roar, raised both arms high, and brought them down fiercely towards Lu Yuan’s head!

“Boom!”

A massive impact ring spread out from where the two stood, covering nearly a kilometer in radius. The ground shattered, sending countless pieces of rubble flying.

Everyone watching the battle felt their hearts skip a beat, their faces reflecting shock and awe.

They desperately searched the cloud of rising smoke and dust for the figures of the elephant man and Lu Yuan, eager to uncover what had happened inside.

Finally…

The smoke and dust dispersed.

Two figures emerged before everyone’s eyes—

The elephant man’s descending arms were firmly held aloft by two bulging, vein-covered hands.

“Pant—Pant—”

Lu Yuan stood with his body half-bent, his combat suit completely torn apart, revealing a well-defined and perfectly muscular physique beneath.

Behind him, an enormous Blood-red Lotus Eye had fully opened.

Dark golden inner strength flowed across his entire body, with nine blood-red lines converging into the shape of a dragon on his chest.

Dense black death energy formed a thin black membrane on the outermost layer, which danced wildly along with his long black hair.

Behind Lu Yuan, a nearly twenty-meter-tall phantom of an elephant man, lifelike and almost identical to the one before him, floated silently.

Lu Yuan breathed heavily, then slowly raised his head.

His bloodshot eyes met the solitary eye on the elephant man’s forehead.

He grinned, revealing a row of stark white teeth, his smile bold and defiant.

“Nine types of external martial arts activated simultaneously, all nine gates open… No, actually ten gates, including the underworld garment!”

“Did your elephant deity ever tell you…”

“The wheel of fortune turns; what was once prosperous may fall, and what was once in decline may rise again…”

“Don’t underestimate a young person just because they are currently poor!”

With that, he finished speaking.

“Boom!”

The aura around Lu Yuan skyrocketed, surging into the heavens like a wolf smoke!