Published: February 20, 2025
With a flick of his palm, he headed towards Simon.
The encounter with Miss Qing Qiu Mingyue and Li Meng's mother was just a small episode, although it surprised Chen Chu a bit.
As he walked into the courtyard, Chen Chu casually asked, “Mom, isn't Xiao Hu going to Tian Nan for the national competition? Aren't you going there to cheer for him?”
“I don’t have time,” Zhang Xiaolan shook her head. “The metal company has been very busy lately. The workshop has been running almost around the clock. I also have to help oversee things down there.”
The metal refining company she worked for was a semi-state-owned enterprise, primarily producing special steel used for constructing some missile shells inscribed with runes.
After two major battles, coupled with the impending outbreak of the civilization war, all departments across Blue Star were in a frenzy to produce supplies.
In this context, as the deputy general manager of the company, Zhang Xiaolan felt too embarrassed to take leave.
Especially as Chen Chu's status rose, she felt even more pressured to maintain a good image, at least not to embarrass him, so she continued her regular work schedule.
Of course, her nine-to-four job was only possible after the chairman of the metal company repeatedly requested her to leave early.
Just as Chen Chu was about to follow Zhang Xiaolan into the living room, he suddenly paused and turned to look towards the station in Mist City.
“Are you in such a hurry to die?”
A train was arriving, and as the doors opened, a throng of people surged out. Among the crowd, a man over two meters tall, dressed in a black suit, with dark skin from the Northern Continent stood out prominently.
There was no way to ignore his rugged appearance, reminiscent of an unevolved gorilla.
However, in this extraordinary era, there were all sorts of people, including those who were part human and part beast, so the surrounding crowd only cast a curious glance before losing interest.
Disguised as an indigenous person coming to admire the southern heaven martial high, he spread out a map of Mist City, looked at the route marked for southern heaven martial high, and muttered to himself.
“It’s a bit late today. I’ll find a hotel to stay at first and visit the great divine martial’s school tomorrow.”
Under the vigilant gaze of the guards at the station, the dark-skinned man exited the station and naturally walked in the direction of a hotel, following the map.
But as he walked, his figure suddenly froze, and the surrounding space fell into a standstill.
A pitch-black chain slowly emerged from the firmament, obscuring the sky.
The terrifying waves of soul laws emanating from it enveloped the entire city, visible only to those with high cultivation; the stronger the individual, the stronger the suppression felt.
For instance, the tyrannosaurus king Kavalora, who had initially planned to show off, now stood frozen at the street corner, staring up in horror.
Looking at the black soul chain traversing through the void, merely gazing at it sent sharp pains to his soul. Facing it directly could lead to instant obliteration.
Roar!
A roar containing terrifying pressure reverberated through the air as the black chain, which shrouded Mist City, suddenly descended from above, impaling the dark-skinned man like a black demon dragon.
At this moment, the demon god puppet merged with a strand of Dioreus's soul had no resistance, turning to ashes under the soul chain's piercing.
Simultaneously, a transparent phantom, towering over a hundred meters and looking fierce, was ensnared by the soul chain, sealed in the void.
“Dioreus, I’ll find the time to settle the matter of you infiltrating Blue Star to harm my kin.”
“Chu the Dominator, how can you be in Blue Star!?” The soul phantom that was sealed looked at Chen Chu's slowly emerging figure with shock and disbelief.
Wasn’t it said that the Human Race had an empty pool of powerful fighters within Blue Star? It was one thing for the heavenly god Gaius to suddenly appear; now, the very target of the assassination, Chu the Dominator, was also present.