Chapter 430: Player of the Fourth Scourge (10)

"Have you heard? The boss of the Stormlands has been soloed."

"What? That is the boss that has occupied the Stormlands for ten thousand years. How many great experts went there and never returned?"

"Could it be the legendary War God, Lord Shangguan Yi?"

"It must be. Lord Shangguan Yi once declared that once he broke through to Emperor rank, he would challenge the Stormlands boss, the Storm Ruler, alone. A few days ago, news of Lord Shangguan Yi's breakthrough to Emperor rank spread throughout the Storm Realm. It must have been War God Shangguan Yi who eliminated the Ruler boss of the Stormlands!"

"Lord Shangguan Yi is badass!"

"..."

This should have been the show-off moment Shangguan Yi had longed for.

Yet Shangguan Yi could not feel happy at all.

"Fuck! Who the hell stole my boss?"

Shangguan Yi was furious. He had planned to deal with the Storm Ruler after breaking through to Emperor rank so that he could harvest a massive amount of show-off value.

Yet now the Storm Ruler had been taken by someone else first.

Most infuriating of all, the system had rated it as invalid showing off, resulting in zero show-off value.

The Showing-Off System was Shangguan Yi's reliance.

Originally, Shangguan Yi had been an ordinary person on a small asteroid, fantasizing about one day overturning fate and living a satisfying life. Although he spent every day thinking of doing nothing, the goddess of fortune still favored him.

When the "Mandate of Heaven" game descended, while everyone else struggled bitterly, Shangguan Yi awakened a system that allowed him to grow stronger simply by showing off.

Perfect.

While others worked hard to become stronger, he only needed to show off and could gradually walk toward invincibility.

Thus, the more he showed off, the stronger he became, and the stronger he became, the more he could show off. This earned Shangguan Yi not only the title of King of Bluffing in the Storm Realm but also the honorific of War God!

The Storm Ruler of the Stormlands had been the grand display moment Shangguan Yi had planned for a long time... and now someone else had stolen it first!

Shangguan Yi decided to head to the Stormlands to see what had happened.

Outside Storm City, countless onlookers had already gathered. The Storm Ruler was the strongest existence in the Storm Realm, the nightmare of successive generations of Players. Who knew how many great god-level Players had died at its hands? Now that nightmare-like existence had actually been defeated!

The swirling snowstorm parted, revealing a passageway. From the end of the passageway, a figure emerged. If the swirling snowstorm before them was a painting, then that figure seemed to have stepped out of the painting itself.

Yet something appeared slightly off.

"That person... that person is actually not War God Shangguan Yi?"

"I do not recognize him. How is that possible? A great figure like this cannot possibly be unknown in the Storm Realm!"

"..."

Su Chen looked at the many watching Players. He had long grown accustomed to such scenes. After killing the Storm Ruler, whose strength was comparable to a Two-Tribulation Ruler, Su Chen's cultivation had already reached Emperor rank. There was nothing left here worth lingering for.

Just as Su Chen prepared to leave,

"Stop right there!"

A sharp shout rang out, causing everyone in Storm City to tremble.

"It is War God Shangguan Yi! Lord Shangguan Yi has arrived!"

"It must be this person who stole Lord Shangguan Yi's boss! Anyone who steals Lord Shangguan Yi's boss will certainly not be let off lightly!"

"Although Shangguan Yi loves to show off, is petty, and seeks revenge for the slightest slight, his strength is not to be underestimated. He is the undisputed number one of the Storm Realm. The person before us is probably in for misfortune."

"..."

An ordinary-looking youth of unremarkable build stepped through the air and blocked Su Chen's path.

This person was Shangguan Yi.

Enjoying the worship of the crowd made Shangguan Yi feel rather pleased. Although all sorts of strange remarks mixed in, those did not matter. They were merely the jealousy of a group of incompetent people toward him.

"The person before me killed the Storm Ruler and stole my boss. If I can suppress and kill him, would the show-off value I gain not exceed even that of directly killing the Storm Ruler?"

Shangguan Yi thought to himself.

With that idea in mind, Shangguan Yi said, "Without my permission, you dared to kill my boss on your own. If you do not give me an explanation, this matter will not end so easily!"

Su Chen stopped. He had already been about to withdraw from the "Mandate of Heaven," yet now he returned to the Storm Realm once more.

He sized up Shangguan Yi.

Not a rebirth. Rebirths did not possess such boldness.

Su Chen's face remained expressionless.

He casually slapped forward with one palm.

It was simple. Shangguan Yi wanted an explanation, so he would give him one.

Shangguan Yi remained calm and unconcerned. He raised a hand, intending to block.

The next scene, however, caused Shangguan Yi's expression to change drastically.

The hand he had extended exploded with a boom.

Shangguan Yi's face turned deathly pale. The intense pain left him unable to breathe. More fatal than the pain was the crisis of death he sensed.

Before he could react, a barrier appeared over Shangguan Yi's body, seemingly intending to resist Su Chen's attack.

That terrifying hand did not fall, as if it had been successfully blocked. Shangguan Yi felt a sense of relief, an absurd feeling of having escaped death.

Yet before that breath of relief could fully leave him, the voice that reached Shangguan Yi's ears made his scalp tingle and nearly explode.

"A system? Could it be someone from the Transmigrator Alliance?"

That person... actually knew he possessed a system!

This terrifying scene had not yet fully registered with Shangguan Yi when the barrier directly exploded before his eyes. The fair hand transformed from palm to claw and reached forward. Shangguan Yi felt as though every bone in his body had vanished, turning him into a pile of soft mud as he collapsed.

"System... system..."

Shangguan Yi called out desperately in his mind, yet to his despair, no matter how he shouted, the system gave no response. When he looked at the youth's palm, it seemed to be clutching something. Then it lightly squeezed... black electric currents intertwined.

Immediately afterward, it shattered with a boom!

In the next moment, Shangguan Yi also lost consciousness.

"I did not expect the Transmigrator Alliance's hand to have reached into the Fourth Scourge as well. It seems they are plotting something."

Su Chen felt that everything was becoming even more interesting. He then left the Storm Realm, leaving only the crowd staring at one another in bewilderment.

What had they just witnessed?

Shangguan Yi was dead, casually slapped to death by that mysterious youth with a single light palm.

"Just what is the background of that youth?"

Among the crowd, some people knew the answer to that question.

"I did not expect there would still be people who dared to provoke that man without fear of death..."

They silently mourned for him in their hearts.

...

Su Chen returned to the Xiao family continent.

A full year had already passed.

Su Chen met Xiao Hongyuan once more.

Xiao Hongyuan was living quite well.

"Father, I am about to leave the Starry Sky Alliance."

Xiao Hongyuan froze. He had known this day would eventually come, yet he had not expected it to arrive so quickly.

"Go. Go. This place is not your stage."

Su Chen smiled.

"Father, take care."