Gao Wu: I became the minor villain that the protagonist was about to destroy.

The leading squad recognized the newcomers at a glance.

"Oh no, it's that old man!"

Upon seeing this, Guo Haihuang laughed and said, "Oh ho ho, I didn't expect that you vermin would recognize me. I remember seeing me a few months ago, those people should all be dead by now."

"But it doesn't matter, we're going to die anyway."

The squad leader immediately shouted, "Retreat!"

"It's too late."

In an instant, an astonishing aura surged from Guo Haihuang's body. He slightly raised his hand, and an invisible giant hand appeared out of thin air. Guo Haihuang pressed down slightly, and the giant hand, like a mountain, pressed down on everyone, directly embedding dozens of people deep into the ground.

"Honestly, they could have just stayed in the shadows and survived, but they had to come out and cause trouble. These young people nowadays."

"Let's clean this place up; we'll be open for business as usual tomorrow."

&: "It's Mr. Guo!"

Guo Haihuang, SS-level converging pulse type

Inherent Characteristics: [Energy Dissipation: Defensive Energy Dissipation: Can neutralize all energy attacks from enemies (within tolerable range) and store it within the user. Offensive Energy Dissipation: Returns the opponent's energy and power to them, and can also store 10% for personal use.]

【Sea Emperor (Guo Sea Emperor Exclusive Version): The pinnacle of martial arts. When activated, it reduces the damage of all moves by 20%, increases the power of psionic skills by 3 times, can restore the user's youthful, peak physical body, and enhances physique by 20 times】

Acquired characteristics

[Martial Artist (Fist - Red): Proficient in all martial arts, possessing unparalleled understanding of the martial way, increasing the power of martial arts skills tenfold]

[Dexterity: Exquisite control over the body]

[Tier 4 Spirit Body: Increases physical constitution by 50 times]

[Tier 3 Spirit Weapon: Spirit Weapon's Spiritual Energy Skills Amplified 7 Times]

The Formless Body (Tier 4) is endowed with characteristics by the Formless Body Forging Technique - Black (out of 9 tiers).

[Tier 1 - Broken Skin Appearance - Copper Skin (Draws a large amount of spiritual energy to polish the skin, making it tough and unbreakable, increasing physical strength by 2-5 times)]

[Second Tier - Breaking Through Flesh Form - Iron Flesh (Muscles are like refined iron, as firm as steel, yet can swell and ripple freely like flowing water, increasing strength by 4-6 times and physique by 5-10 times)]

[Third-Tier - Tendon Breaking Stage - Jade Tendon (Refines all the major tendons in the body. Tendons are the strings of power; when stretched, they are like bowstrings; when snapped, they are like thunderbolts; when tough, they are like ancient vines. Increases agility by 5-10 times and strength by 5-8 times.)]

[Fourth Tier - Bone-Breaking Aspect - Golden Bones (Tempers all 206 bones in the body. From the outside in, refines the bones to be as dense and hard as refined gold, while containing vitality like chalcedony. Physical constitution is enhanced by 15-30 times, spiritual energy recovery speed is increased by 20%-50%, and spiritual energy is increased by 20%-50%)]

Here on a desolate mountain, four people stand, overlooking the city below.

"The Black Dragon Society arrived to provide support really quickly. It's just an entertainment venue, yet they sent that old guy out. It seems that, just as that person said, the Black Dragon Society is only relying on those few people."

"If we had worked together back then, we wouldn't have been defeated one by one by that brat."

"Now that our major forces have joined forces, we may not necessarily be unable to take it down."

"It's not advisable to attack today; we don't currently have the strength to engage them in direct combat."

&: "Seconded."

Just as the group was preparing to leave, a whooshing sound came from the sky, and they looked up slowly in confusion.

"boom--!!"

An unidentified object crashed to the ground, shattering the earth and leaving a huge crater, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Gentlemen, are you leaving already? Perhaps that's inappropriate."

The four people were startled when they heard the voice, because they were very familiar with it. The person who came was none other than Ye Ming, the leader of the Black Dragon Society.

With a wave of his right hand, Ye Ming instantly stirred up a gust of wind, scattering the smoke and dust.

Ye Ming looked at the four people and a slight smile appeared on his lips: "Who do we have here? It's you four old dogs. You're still alive."

"But I'm more curious about how you got out of prison. Why don't you sit down and tell me? I'm really curious."

"Cang Yi of the Blood Bone Society, Su Xun of the Dark Abyss Pavilion, Tie Xian of the Black Scale Hall, and Shi Xia of the Broken Mountain Society."

"The four giants of the underground forces in Luoxia City have actually joined forces to do some petty theft. It's quite an eye-opener for me."

Cang Yi said coldly, "There are some things that a small Black Dragon Society like yours cannot know. Luoxia City is just a small place. Compared with the real big powers, you and your Black Dragon Society are just a tiny force."

"Who let the Black Dragon Society appear and touch other people's cake? Breaking the balance comes at a price. Of course, we also let you defeat us one by one because we underestimated you. Now that the four major forces have gathered together, we originally wanted to settle accounts with you slowly, but who would have thought you would be so impatient."

Before Cang Yi could finish speaking, Tie Xian couldn't hold back any longer.

"Damn it, there's no need for so much talk. Yesterday's grudge can finally be avenged today. Kid, back then you were only at the county level, yet you managed to defeat us across realms. Now that I've broken through to the peak of the city level, I'm going to kill you today!"

Tie Xian stretched out his right hand, and an extremely imposing axe appeared in his hand. As Tie Xian poured in his energy, a black tiger phantom materialized behind him.

Iron Idle, S-grade, Collateral Type.

Inherent Trait [Scaled Nether Tiger: When activated, transforms into a jet-black tiger, or half-human, half-beast, covered in scales, reducing physical damage by 30%, gaining the Nether Tiger Power trait, increasing constitution by 10 times, strength by 3 times, and reducing all attributes by 10% within a 10m radius of the user.]

Acquired characteristics

[Tiger Bone (Tier 5): A characteristic granted by the Tiger Bone Body Forging Technique - Blue (out of 5 tiers).]

[Tier 1 - Common Tiger Bone: Increases resistance to attacks by 1-1.5 times]

[Tier 2 - Mystic Tiger Bone: Increases self-healing ability by 3%-9% and spiritual energy absorption speed]

[Tier 3 Crimson Tiger Bone: Imbues with the power of crimson blood, dealing 0.5%-2% of the user's health as damage upon attack. The health damage is related to the user's spiritual energy.]

[Tier 4 - Golden Scale Tiger Bone: Grants the user the characteristics of Golden Scale Battle Bones. The bone is gilded and covered with fine golden scale patterns. Reduces damage taken by 10%-25% and increases strength by 10-30%.]

[Tier 5 - Mountain-Splitting Tiger Bone: The entire body is dark gold, with bone patterns crisscrossing like mountains and valleys, containing immense earth-shattering power. The bones are as hard as refined steel, increasing physique by 5-15 times. It grants the power to split mountains: sacrificing 30% speed, hitting an enemy reduces their physique by 15%.]

"Die, Tiger Roar!"

Tie Xian quickly approached Ye Ming, black scales constantly condensing on his body, and a fierce aura emanated from him. When he was still 10 meters away from Ye Ming, he swung his great axe fiercely.

"Whoosh—!!"

A black axe-like aura was unleashed, forming a ferocious tiger with blue, ghostly eyes, which roared toward Ye Ming.

Seeing this, Ye Ming stretched out his right hand, and a spiked club appeared in his hand. He swung the club fiercely at the roaring tiger.

"Diamond-shaped Diproton"

"Whoosh—!"

A black aura suddenly swung out, directly shattering the roaring tiger in mid-air. Tie Xian looked at the aura coming towards him and was immediately shocked. He never expected that Ye Ming, who was only at the third level of the City Realm, could so easily defeat a level 9 attack.

Immediately, Tie Xian stomped his right foot on the ground, his body pouncing like a tiger. He exerted force with all four limbs, leaping up and instantly expanding into a black tiger covered in scales. Facing the extremely powerful staff energy, he gathered spiritual energy in his right claw and swung it out fiercely.

"Black Scales Crack!"

The enormous tiger claw slammed into the ground, tearing the earth apart with five jet-black shockwaves, which then collided violently with the energy of the staff.

"BOOM—!!!"

A mushroom cloud rose from the ground, and the entire hill began to shake as the two attacks collided.

Tie Xian shouted, "Stop fucking watching! Come help me! This guy's not easy to deal with!"

Cang Yi, Su Xun, and Shi Xia exchanged glances and then activated their special abilities.