"This is impossible!"

After being smashed away, Meteor quickly stabilized his body with transcendent power. His gaze at Feng Ye brimmed with disbelief. What a joke! He was in the Transcendent Realm now—a level that crushed S-Class Awakened beings. A casual burst of speed could shatter multiple times the speed of sound!!

But just now, his move had been seen through by this nobody kid? And he’d even been hit?!

"This must be a coincidence!" Meteor thought. The shame of being struck by a mortal made rage boil over. "You’ve angered me, insect. I won’t give you another chance."

Before he finished speaking, a gust of wind tore through the air. Feng Ye had appeared mid-sentence and attacked. Meteor sneered, bursting away at speed. As he dodged, a magnificent war bow—utterly different from his first—materialized in his hand.

He didn’t draw it. Instead, he swung the bow down at Feng Ye with his left hand. A razor-sharp force swept toward him.

Feng Ye flashed aside, dodging the strike. He swung his hammer back at Meteor.

"Do you think you can hit me now that I’m prepared? The terror of the transcendent is beyond an ant like you," Meteor said. His figure reappeared hundreds of meters away. His right hand grasped the bowstring. As he drew it, Feng Ye felt the hundred-meter space bind under an invisible force, hindering movement.

"Yes, transcendent power is formidable," Feng Ye replied. Not a trace of fear showed on his face. "Pity you’re a fake transcendent who hasn’t even mastered the ‘Domain’."

As he whispered the last words, a terrifying aura erupted from Feng Ye. The heavens trembled. Invisible domain power overturned the entire space.

At that instant, Meteor’s arrow shot out—a bolt of lightning like divine punishment. But when it met Feng Ye’s domain, the arrow froze mid-air. Feng Ye charged straight past it.

"This is impossible! Why can you move under my lock?!" Meteor gasped in shock.

He frantically fired more arrows. All froze like the first. Feng Ye appeared before him. The stone hammer swept horizontally with godlike force—like a deity hurling mountains at the sky. It blasted Meteor away.

A deafening boom scattered piercing shockwaves. At their center, Meteor’s body flew out.

His form crumbled under the blow. Feng Ye had realized Meteor’s power came from a crystal core in his chest. That strike had targeted it directly.

After Meteor’s body exploded into Spirit Energy light and dissipated, Feng Ye reined in his aura. He returned to his ordinary self. He’d only released a sliver of domain power, aimed solely at Meteor. Others felt nothing.

"This should end the attack," Feng Ye muttered. He descended to the ground. Earlier, he’d sensed the monsters were controlled by psychic energy. He’d traced it back to the hidden Meteor.

The area around the building looked bombed. The collapsed tower stood out starkly. One glance, and Feng Ye decided to leave fast. If someone demanded compensation, he’d be doomed.

He didn’t have that kind of money.

...

Lin Tang used a spirit talisman to teleport both to the nearest hospital. She followed them, missing everything after—including the sky battle.

Later, Awakened witnesses recalled the aerial clash like colliding meteors—dazzling beyond words.

But none knew the fighters’ identities.

Without Meteor’s control, the remaining hybrid beasts were cleared by other Awakened.

Feng Ye left before cleanup finished. He received Lin Tang’s message and rushed to the hospital. There, he found her waiting anxiously outside. Seeing him unharmed, the girl rushed over and hugged him. "Brother Feng Ye, I’m so glad you’re okay!"

She’d worried despite knowing his strength. If he’d been hurt, she’d have regretted it forever.

"Don’t worry. Those monsters aren’t my match," Feng Ye said, ruffling her hair—a habit from his sister. Lin Tang’s face flushed as she enjoyed it. If Lin Chuan saw this, he’d burn with envy. He’d once tried petting her head too. She’d called him a pervert, stomped his foot, and fled.

"By the way, is Lin Chuan okay?" Feng Ye asked.

"That idiot’s fine. Dumb guys have natural recovery advantages," Lin Tang replied.

"Hmm, I agree," Feng Ye said. He recalled the Divine Realm ranking battles—a big, dumb guy who kept challenging him. Knocked down, he’d bounce back instantly, full of energy, only to be flattened again...

"But what was his name again..."

"Brother Feng Ye, tell me how you beat all those monsters!" Lin Tang asked, face still red from the head pat. Her eyes sparkled with stars.

"Nothing special. I just smashed through them," Feng Ye said.

"Eh? No cool techniques?"

"If I must say one," Feng Ye replied, "when they all attack together, I sweep through. Faster than smashing them one by one."

Lin Tang: "...". So annoying! Was that a technique? But Brother Feng Ye was so cool!

...

While they talked, in his lab, the Doctor stared in shock at the projected battle. Meteor had used his "Transcendent Crystal Core," entering the Transcendent Realm. He’d reignited the fight with Feng Ye.

But it lasted under a minute. The Doctor watched Meteor get smashed away by one hammer blow. Then his body disintegrated mid-air.

"This guy... who is he?" the Doctor’s lips trembled. He slumped to the floor. He’d provoked something terrifying.

Meteor used an incomplete "Transcendent Crystal Core," yet his power reached the transcendent realm. Flawed, yes—but no S-Class Awakened should withstand it. The footage overturned his worldview. Meteor was crushed one-sidedly, unable to retaliate.

"No... no. If he killed Meteor, my test subjects stand no chance. If he finds me, everything’s doomed," the Doctor thought, terrified. He scrambled to pack. He’d hide at his backup lab until things calmed.

"Oh right—did those two wastes succeed? I must recall the Lü Xiaodao duo," he remembered.

The "Transcendent Crystal Core" research now decided his fate. Feng Ye’s power had shocked him. He craved that strength desperately.

As he shouted orders to his assistants, the lab fell eerily silent. No sound at all.

Sweat poured down the Doctor’s forehead. He instinctively knew: Feng Ye had come. He lunged to his desk, grabbing a rune-tech gun from the drawer. He’d bought it from an Awakened. Its origin? The Rune Continent in the Overdeity’s World.

Powered by strange runes, the gun could obliterate even A-Class Awakened with one shot. It was his ultimate defense.

Flicker flicker.

The lab lights flickered erratically. Eerie green glows from test pods bathed the room in sinister light. The Doctor gripped the rune-tech gun, breath held. He stared fixedly at the door. Soft footsteps slowly approached.