Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Qi Xinge, nicknamed Qi Laoliu, is the lord of the third outer island of Bliss City, a professional Black Emperor, and a man with six hundred mechanical evil god offspring.

After nearly four years of wandering abroad, he's back!

"The City of Bliss has changed a lot! I, the eternally powerful Qixinge, will henceforth be stationed in the city. You can all rest assured!"

The Black Emperor strode into the council hall, his hands behind his back, his eyes bright, calmly surveying his surroundings with a gentle smile on his face, exuding a certain air of authority.

By this time, the conference in the council hall had already ended, most of the participants had left, and even among those who remained in the hall, many did not recognize Zisinger.

"Who is this person?"

"Where did this beggar come from?"

He said he was a powerful figure for all time!

"I can't see his attribute information!"

"This guy has quite the nerve, but he's dressed so shabbily; he doesn't look like a master at all..."

Discussion arose among the crowd.

Krul and Cthulhu took flight simultaneously, their faces cold as they arrived on either side of Qisinger.

Qi Xingge chuckled sheepishly, quickly cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "Wife, elder sister, I, Old Qi, am back! How are the children...?"

Before he could finish speaking, Krul and Cthulhu attacked simultaneously. Krul landed a heavy punch on Zisinger's abdomen, while Cthulhu grabbed his ear.

"Ouch! Why are you attacking me the moment we meet? Let go, let go! Be careful, I'm really strong now, if I accidentally fight back, you won't be able to handle it! I'm afraid I'll hurt you..."

Zisinger was beaten so badly he cried out, his image completely ruined. Some people in the hall couldn't help but laugh, but most were completely baffled.

A few moments later, Zisinger was beaten to the ground and could only beg for mercy.

Deedlit stepped forward and said, "Alright, if we keep fighting, our Third Island Lord will be killed. Let's leave him a breath, let him recover, and then we can continue the fight!"

Upon hearing this, the hall erupted in another burst of laughter.

Some people began to explain Qi Xingge's deeds to the unsuspecting others, but everyone in the hall, including Zhao Zilong, thought Qi Xingge was just a comedian and took his previous statement about being in charge of the City of Bliss as a joke.

After Cthulhu and Krulhu had vented their anger, Zisinger awkwardly got up from the ground, now standing behind Krulhu in a bowing and scraping posture, all his previous arrogance gone.

Deedlit, Yanwei, Outletie, and the others ignored him and gathered together to seriously discuss many issues.

Their primary concerns now are how to integrate their forces for defense and whether to launch a proactive attack.

Without a doubt, in their hearts, the Pacific Ark, the Black Sail Force, the Beast Warship, the Elysium Fortress, and the people who control the Faith Artifacts, such as Kumbadon, Yuan Yuanzi, Xiuya, and the Blue Moon Cult Leader, are the pillars of the nation today.

Players like Zhao Zilong, Bai Yuqing, and Jiang Shengzi were in a much better mood; they came to catch up with Qi Xinge.

Qi Xingge started rambling on and on in front of them, gradually becoming more boastful as he recounted his many extraordinary adventures, such as falling off a cliff and finding a secret manual, receiving instruction from a celestial being in a dream, spending the night in an ancient temple and encountering a fox demon, surviving a near-death experience and entering a secret realm, and so on. Each of these stories sounded incredibly unbelievable.

Everyone thought this guy was just bragging and didn't believe a word he said.

Krul, unable to bear his endless chatter any longer, gave him a merciless slap on the bald head and said, "Stop, stop, Sixth Hero, don't be so arrogant. Let's talk about something practical. You say you're very powerful, so what level are you now?"

Qixinger said, "I'm level 600 now, and I expect to reach level 601 in a month at most. Then I'll be a high-ranking god!"

"Only level 600!" Su Su looked at him with disdain.

Krul continued, "Look at everyone here, who's lower level than you? Even that little goblin who makes batteries in Fengbo Mansion has reached level 700! You're only level 600. What have you been doing all these years? Stop talking big and making a fool of yourself. I think you should just come back to Evil God Island with me and work hard to create ten thousand children!"

Qi Xingge's face paled. He said, "Having children, having children, all you know is having children. What else do you know? Can your level 600 be the same as mine? Level is just a useless statistic. It's foolish for you to use it to measure combat power. Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore. Where's Lei Chi? Where is Lei Chi? Why isn't he here?"

"Lei Chi is in seclusion!"

"Seclusion? What's a tower defense lord like him doing in seclusion? I really miss the way he used to squat down in front of me with his head in his hands. Call him over and make him squat down again for me to see! Also, tell him that I'm not going to be the island lord of the outer island anymore. I'm going to be the Black Emperor of the entire Bliss City. From now on, I'll protect all of you! I am the eternal strongman!"

Zisinger's face revealed an undisguised arrogant smile.

"Are you still half asleep?!"

Are you stupid?

"You've fallen on hard times, how come you still have such a big mouth..."

The crowd didn't hold back their mockery, but Qisinger shook his head and sighed, saying, "Disappointing, so very disappointing. I'm so disappointed in you all. You know nothing about this world!"

As he spoke, Qixinger opened his storage space and took out a longsword with an antique style and bronze texture. He held the longsword in his hand and casually twirled it a few times.

Qixinger already had a background in martial arts, and his swordplay was quite impressive.

But if Lei Chi were here, he would recognize that the long sword in Qi Laoliu's hand is exactly the same as the long sword depicted in the eight pictures on the stone plate!

Meanwhile, Lei Chi was still in seclusion on Little Turtle Island.

He muttered something under his breath, his eyes were vacant, and he seemed lost in thought.

What is three years for others is three years plus 10950 years for Lei Chi!

Lei Chi has never missed his daily ten-year seclusion, and now he can be considered a ten-thousand-year-old monster.

Despite years of seclusion and isolation from the world, Lei Chi has not aged at all and still looks like a child. However, inevitably, his soul bears the marks of time, the indifference accumulated over the years, and a profound sense of being detached from the times.

But the Thunder Pool did not decay.

In these more than ten thousand years, he has hardly had a moment of leisure. He is either cultivating or creating new techniques. His thoughts have been constantly active. Now he has completely forgotten about time. Like a tireless machine, he is immersed in his own world, unaware of his own existence, let alone able to extricate himself from it.

He harbors a deep obsession: to truly create his own "Universal Unification Divine Art." If this goal is not achieved, he will likely forget time and himself in the absence of disturbance, continuing to cultivate in this way until the very end, either awakening upon mastering the technique, dying from the exhaustion of his lifespan, or passing away from mental exhaustion.

This is also a form of stubbornness.

Six days after Qisinger's return, Lei Chi's meditative state was broken.

Zisinger came looking for us!

Others dared not disturb the Thunder Pool, but he was not afraid.

Because he is extremely confident in himself.

"Zhao Zilong and the others only think I'm arrogant, little do they know that I have truly obtained the inheritance of an ancient powerhouse! They also don't know that this ordinary longsword of mine is an ancient longsword even more powerful than a main divine artifact. Today, I will dig out the Thunder Pool and teach them a lesson in my power..."

Qi Xingge muttered to himself, and just as he approached within a hundred meters of the Thunder Pool, an invisible force suddenly shot towards him. Qi Xingge felt the hairs on the back of his head stand up, and in a flash of inspiration, he quickly used the Eternal Sword to block it in front of him.

With a clang, Qixinge felt an incredibly powerful force rush towards him. He was knocked back without any power to resist, followed by a sharp pain, as if his entire skeleton was about to fall apart. His right hand trembled uncontrollably, his tiger's mouth was torn, and blood gushed out. He could no longer hold the ancient sword.

"Holy crap, what kind of power is this? Which freak ambushed me?!"

Qixinger roared, then immediately regretted it. His opponent had almost crippled him with a single blow, so his strength must be extremely high. If he were to appear now, he probably wouldn't be able to defeat him in his current state. He should have turned around and run without saying a word.

"Um?"

Suddenly a voice rang out.

Qixinger looked in the direction of the sound and found a stone tablet in the distance. In front of the stone tablet sat a boy who was looking at him, but his expression was very blank.

"Who are you……"

The boy spoke slowly.

At the same time, Zisinger asked, "Who are you?"

The boy's bewildered expression deepened, and he looked somewhat dazed.

He was, of course, Lei Chi, and what had just repelled Qi Xingge was merely a thought of his.

During cultivation, Lei Chi's thoughts automatically dispersed. He did not control the mental weapon, but the scattered thoughts could form a [mental power loop] on their own, automatically protecting Lei Chi.

Those thoughts are naturally invisible to ordinary people. They have undergone tremendous changes compared to three years ago. Now they exist between reality and illusion, and in Lei Chi's sea of ​​consciousness, they are like crystal cubes, crystal clear and full of grains.

When Zisinger entered the range of the [Psychic Loop], Lei Chi's automatic defensive thought launched an attack on its own, and with just a thought, it repelled Zisinger.

Qisinger stood up, panting. He stared warily at Lei Chi, his right hand still trembling, unable to muster any strength. He said again, his tone fierce but his voice weak, "Hey, say something! Who exactly are you?"

He didn't recognize the Thunder Pool that had transformed into a child, nor could he see its attribute information. He only felt that the child in front of him was incredibly mysterious.

"who I am?"

Although Lei Chi had broken free from his cultivation state, he had been in seclusion for ten thousand years, and his mind was still somewhat rigid. He was not fully awake yet.

"You...you don't know who you are?"

Qixinge had already begun to retreat slowly. The boy opposite him was obviously a monster, definitely stronger than himself. It was best not to provoke him and to go back to heal his injuries first.

However, Qixinger could also tell that the other party was in a strange state and seemed not to be very clear-headed, so he forced himself to say, "You kid, we shouldn't be enemies here. Do you know Lei Chi? Did Lei Chi invite you here?"

"Thunder Pool? Thunder Pool..."

Lei Chi muttered to himself, his thoughts gradually clearing, and after a short while, he finally fully recovered.

Meanwhile, Qixinge had already fled. Lei Chi laughed and with a flick of his sleeve, a magnificent, multicolored Great Tiger appeared behind him. The Great Tiger roared and then sped away.

Upon hearing the tiger's roar, Qixinge, who was fleeing, suddenly felt extremely heavy, then completely powerless. In the blink of an eye, he was snatched into the mouth of the charging Great Tiger.

"Oh dear, what kind of tiger is this..."

Zisinger wanted to resist, but strangely he couldn't muster any strength. He couldn't use any of his supernatural abilities, as if he had suddenly become a mortal and had no way to escape from the tiger's mouth.

Fortunately, the tiger did not harm him. Instead, it carried him to the boy and pressed him under its paws.

Lei Chi looked at Qi Xingge, his smile widening, and said, "Sixth Brother, long time no see!"

"Um?"

Qisinger was filled with fear and confusion upon hearing this, and asked, "You...you recognize me?"

"I haven't forgotten!"

Lei Chi looked up at the sky. He had just realized that he had been away from others, cultivating and creating his own methods in seclusion for more than ten thousand years. Ten thousand years had passed, and everything seemed like a dream. Indeed, many people and things had become blurred in his mind.

"Sixth Brother, it's me, Lei Chi!"

Lei Chi spoke calmly, revealing his identity directly. At the same time, with a wave of his hand, the Great Tiger that was suppressing Qi Xingge immediately dissipated.

"Are you Lei Chi?"

Qisinger was stunned. "Why do you look so different?"

"It's from practicing!"

Lei Chi casually remarked, then added, "Would you mind lending me the longsword you're holding for a look?"

"Hmm?" Qi Xingge's heart tightened, and he quickly hugged the longsword in his arms, saying, "This Eternal Sword is my treasure, you can't just take it from me."

Lei Chi smiled and said, "The Eternal Sword? If you're a brother, hand it over!"

"Don't even try. If you want my treasure, I'd rather sever all ties with you!"

"I'm just doing some research; I won't claim it for myself!"

"Haha, nobody would believe that!"

"Should we give it to them or not?"

"No!"

"In that case, I'll just take it!"

Lei Chi smiled and waved his hand again. The colorful [Great Mighty Tiger] reappeared and immediately pinned Qixinge under its paws, just like a big cat pinning down a little mouse.

"Lei Chi, you're shameless! You have no martial ethics! You have such a sharp eye! How could you steal my treasure..."

Zisinger roared weakly.

Lei Chi ignored this and with another wave of his hand, his powerful mental energy directly snatched the ancient-style longsword from Qixinge's hand.

Once he regained consciousness, Lei Chi immediately noticed the longsword. He knew that this longsword was definitely not simple; it was the same as the Universe Xiqin and could probably cause some changes to the stone disc.

Of course, given Lei Chi's current situation, he wouldn't forcibly seize Qi Xin Ge's longsword. He was more curious and wanted to know what changes would occur when the longsword was used on the stone plate.

"Lend me this sword for one day, and when I return it, I will bestow upon you great fortune!"

Lei Chi uttered a soft sentence, and the next moment a golden light flashed beneath his feet, as he used the Golden Lotus of the Other Shore to escape into the Other Shore World.