Chapter 586 - 579: Gaze
The ferocious, terrifying Celestial Demon True Form of Seven Desires struggled nonstop in Zhou Yuanjue’s hand. Its hysterical display sent a deep, instinctual shiver of fear through everyone present.
’That famous President Yuan... to think he had a monster like this hidden inside him...’
Meanwhile, the female assistant standing below the stage was frozen in place, her mind a complete blank.
She couldn’t accept it. The man who had been nearly perfect in her eyes was actually this kind of monster.
You can know a person’s face, but not their heart. You can never truly know what kind of terrifying demon hides inside a person who appears so perfect.
However, no matter how Seven Desires struggled, it was completely unable to escape Zhou Yuanjue’s grip.
Zhou Yuanjue watched the Celestial Demon True Form of Seven Desires with a calm gaze, then reached out his other hand and casually crumpled it.
Amid a bloodcurdling scream, the Celestial Demon True Form of Seven Desires was crushed into a fist-sized ball of black shadow. It did not die, as the True Spirit System possessed a survivability beyond imagination.
Besides, even if it wanted to die, Zhou Yuanjue wouldn’t allow it. He had not yet gotten the information he wanted from the creature.
TAP TAP TAP TAP!!
Just then, a clamor of hurried footsteps suddenly echoed from all corners of the convention center lobby.
"Hurry!! Lock down the scene!!"
"We’re with the Secret Inspection Bureau! Everyone on site must cooperate with our operation! Put your hands up and don’t make any sudden moves!!"
"..."
In a flash, large numbers of personnel in black Secret Inspection Bureau uniforms flooded in through every entrance of the convention center, quickly bringing the scene under control.
THUD THUD THUD THUD!
A burly man in a commander’s uniform strode forward with heavy steps, quickly approaching Zhou Yuanjue. With a sharp CLICK, he snapped to attention, his expression serious as he saluted.
"Mr. Zhou, I am Luo Mu, Captain of the Secret Inspection Bureau’s East District First Action Squad. Is there anything we can do to assist you?"
Luo Mu said to Zhou Yuanjue in a deep, solemn voice, his eyes barely concealing a sense of excitement.
"Hello. I’ve finished handling things here. You can take care of the rest. Make sure to properly contain this corpse; it might have other uses."
Zhou Yuanjue said with a nod.
"Of course, no problem. In that case, you..."
Luo Mu glanced toward Zhou Yuanjue’s palm. A ball of black mist churned restlessly, emanating a terrifying aura.
"My work here is done. It’s time for me to go. We’ll meet again if fate decrees."
Zhou Yuanjue said.
The next moment, before Luo Mu could even react, Zhou Yuanjue tapped the ground lightly with his toes. His body shot upward like an arrow, ascending in a straight line through the hole in the lobby ceiling that Seven Desires had created, and vanished into the sky, disappearing from sight.
’He really does come and go from on high... an unimaginably peerless figure...’
Watching Zhou Yuanjue vanish in an instant, Luo Mu took a deep breath, his heart filled with awe. ’Such power, such presence and grace... I’m afraid not even our own leader in the East District could compare.’
’He truly stands at the pinnacle of humanity, an existence that not even a nuclear bomb can destroy.’
He then withdrew his gaze, turning to the assembled socialites of Jinhai Prefecture, all of whom wore the same stunned expressions. Not a single person here was simple; they were all exceptionally shrewd. After a brief moment of panic and fear, they had quickly regained their composure. From the events that had transpired and the conversation between the two men, they had already pieced together the truth.
Yuan Zhihe’s true identity was likely that of a Celestial Demon hiding within Donghua, and one of a high rank at that.
And that seemingly invincible figure was none other than the one whose fame resounded throughout Donghua and the entire world—a powerful being hailed as the God of the Earth, an existence that had transcended human limits. He was also, in the truest sense, Donghua’s national Sharp Sword.
Compared to this man, all the power, status, and wealth they possessed and took such pride in were utterly insignificant.
’Wasn’t he abroad? He’s already back? I can’t believe I got to witness such a legendary figure with my own eyes...’
"Everyone, do not worry. Staff will be by shortly to take your statements. As long as you report everything truthfully and conceal nothing, I guarantee you will face no issues."
Luo Mu said in a loud voice to the crowd, finally allowing their tense nerves to completely relax.
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Elsewhere, Zhou Yuanjue’s figure flashed into the void. Just as he was about to tread on the air and depart, he felt a gaze from somewhere far away.
That gaze was as sharp as a sword’s edge.
He snapped his head around, looking in the direction the gaze had come from.
On the rooftop of a nearby skyscraper, three figures in Secret Inspection Bureau uniforms stood.
The one in the lead was a tall, handsome middle-aged man. In the darkness of the night, what drew the most attention were his eyes.
It was as if strange patterns were flowing and circulating within them, capable of devouring a person’s Spirit.
Zhou Yuanjue recognized the flowing shapes in the man’s eyes as the Eight Trigrams of Ancient Donghua.
Hm?
The next moment, he sensed something was amiss in his surroundings.
Wisps of patterns resembling an Eight Trigrams formation abruptly materialized around him.
Then,
ROAR ROAR ROAR!!
Suddenly, several ferocious, roaring dragon heads surged forth from the Eight Trigrams formations, lunging to devour him.
’An interesting ability. It’s clearly an illusory Spiritual Attack, yet it makes it difficult to distinguish illusion from reality...’
Zhou Yuanjue’s expression shifted slightly. This ability was somewhat similar to the terrifying effect Doctor Nightmare had once displayed: Transforming Illusion into Reality.
If an ordinary Martial Artist or Saint Awakening were to be bitten by these dragon heads, any injuries they sustained would not be illusory; they would manifest as real wounds.
This was the result of the body’s cells and magnetic field being "deceived" by an intense Spirit and powerful suggestion.
To be capable of this demonstrated the immense power of the opponent’s mental and Spiritual Cultivation.
The Eight Trigrams birth all of creation; a single thought separates Yin and Yang.
However, even the terrifying attacks of Doctor Nightmare were now useless against him, to say nothing of this person’s current assault.
In mid-air, he gave a light wave of his hand. All the surrounding dragon heads instantly dissipated like smoke, the gesture so effortless it seemed completely casual.
The middle-aged man’s expression remained unchanged at the sight, but the pupils of the young man and woman behind him contracted violently.
They were well aware of how terrifying their teacher’s power was, yet it had just been dispelled with a mere wave of the hand.
The gap between them was as vast as the heavens and the earth.
’The power of one who stands at the pinnacle of humanity is truly unfathomable.’
"An illusion? A Spiritual Attack? It actually has a sense of Transforming Illusion into Reality, with a trace of the flavor of Divine Soul Power. It makes it hard to distinguish what’s real."
"One of the Secret Inspection Bureau’s four Guardians, the Azure Dragon of the East, Zhou Qian? The timing isn’t right. We can speak face-to-face when there’s another opportunity."
The next moment, a resonant voice rang in their ears, sounding as if he were right beside them.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Then, they saw the figure in the air stomp down hard on the air itself, his body breaking into a sprint through the void. He rapidly vanished into the night sky at a speed that even an airplane could not hope to match. It was as if an Immortal had descended upon the world, only to now return to the Celestial Realm.