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Hanjiang City, North District.

The commercial complex, originally planned as a city landmark, has now been completely reduced to ruins.

Three 100-meter-tall office buildings broke in half, and the ground was covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

Outside, three hundred fully armed members of the Tian Shu perimeter set up a blockade.

Heavy psionic armored vehicles lined up in a row.

Right in the center of the ruins.

A bizarre A-rank "Blade Armor Spider Queen," over ten meters long and equipped with six blade-like legs, was emitting a piercing hiss.

The dark green bone plates covering its body were mostly broken, and thick green fluid was flowing out.

"Damn bug, its skin is really thick."

A figure hovered ten meters above the mother of the Blade Armor Spider.

Xiao Zong.

Fifth Garrison Commander, Central China Region.

Wearing a loose black hoodie, her silver-gray hair danced wildly in the night wind.

She wore an obsidian earring in her left ear and was chewing a piece of gum.

The Blade Armor Spider Mother raised its head, and its six bladed legs suddenly launched it forward, heading straight for Xiao Zong in mid-air.

The blade tore through the air, producing a sharp sonic boom.

"It's so noisy."

Xiao Zong exhaled a bubble.

With a "pop," the bubble burst.

He raised his right hand and casually snapped his fingers at the charging Blade-Armored Spider Mother.

Superpower: Spatial cutting.

"Buzz!"

The space around the Blade Armor Spider Mother instantly distorted.

The massive, ten-meter-long body came to a sudden halt in mid-air.

next second.

The Blade Armor Spider Mother looked like a ham that had been sliced ​​by a slicer, neatly split into hundreds of evenly thick slices of meat.

Green blood mixed with chunks of flesh rained down on the ruins.

Outer perimeter blockade.

Several captains of the Tian Shu branch swallowed hard as they watched this scene.

"That's too powerful..."

A captain muttered to himself.

"The strangeness of a peak A-level cultivator is such that even a snap of his fingers couldn't withstand it."

"Nonsense, that's Xiao Zong."

The other captain's eyes were filled with awe.

"The Fifth Garrison Commander of the Central China Region, an A+ level spatial ability user—in the entire Central China region, besides those four monsters mentioned earlier, who can suppress him?"

"Boss's skills have improved again."

Xiao Zong landed lightly on a relatively clean concrete slab from mid-air.

He glanced disdainfully at the green slime stuck to the sole of his shoe, then rubbed it against the steel bar next to him.

"Fall back, clean up the floor."

Xiao Zong waved to the outside world and stretched lazily.

"I can't stand this lousy job any longer."

He took out his phone and glanced at the time.

"At 12:10 AM, my promotion match has been flagged as AFK by the system."

Xiao Zong scratched his hair in frustration.

"When I get back, I have to beat Black Wukong ten times in a row. Nobody will let me leave the house."

He turned around, preparing to walk towards the SUV parked outside the cordon.

Sudden.

"drop!!!"

A sharp, piercing alarm suddenly blared through the night sky.

The sound came from the black, specially made terminal on Xiao Zong's left wrist.

On the terminal screen, a blinding scarlet light flashed wildly.

The entire screen displays only one giant "S".

Outside the blockade line, all the members of Tian Shu froze instantly.

The highest-level transfer order.

Xiao Zong stopped in his tracks.

The nonchalant look on his face vanished instantly.

Looking down at the red light on his wrist, his eyes became sharper than ever before.

From the terminal came the deep and urgent voice of Zhou Ce, deputy director of the Tian Shu headquarters.

"Xiao Zong, the Fifth Garrison Commander of Central China, immediately put aside all his affairs."

"Punctuation has been sent. Dragon Kingdom No. 1 psionic spacecraft 'Red Sky' has landed at Han River Military Airport."

You have five minutes to board the plane.

"Destination: Jiangcheng."

Xiao Zong didn't ask why, nor did he mention his game promotion match again.

"receive."

Two words: clean and concise.

The surrounding space distorted, and the person turned into a silver afterimage, disappearing from the spot in an instant.

……

Hanjiang Military Airport.

A giant, all-black aircraft, shaped like a sharp sword, was parked in the middle of the runway.

Dark blue psionic patterns flowed across the surface of the aircraft.

This is the product of the combination of the Dragon Kingdom's highest technology and Taoist formations, the Crimson Sky Ship.

"Bang."

The airflow in front of the hatch was violently torn apart.

Xiao Zong landed steadily in front of the gangway.

He took a deep breath, calmed the surging supernatural power within him, and strode up the gangway into the cabin.

The cabin interior is extremely spacious and filled with a cold, metallic feel.

Xiao Zong stepped through the isolation gate.

His steps abruptly stopped.

Looking at the scene inside the cabin, his pupils involuntarily contracted.

There were no ordinary combat personnel from Tian Shu inside the cabin.

There were only four people.

On the left-hand side, by the window, sat a giant man over 2.2 meters tall, with muscles as bulging as rocks.

He was holding a piece of sandpaper, expressionlessly wiping a six-barreled Gatling gun.

Lei Shan, the "Mad Beast," was the fourth garrison commander of Central China.

On the right front row, a woman wearing a red cheongsam with an extremely hot figure is crossing her legs.

The Second Garrison Commander of Central China, Ye Hongyu, also known as "Red Lotus".

In the shadows of the corner, a gaunt man crouched.

He was wearing a hood, so his face was obscured, and he was constantly washing a worn-out tarot deck.

The sound of shuffling the cards sounded particularly eerie in the quiet cabin.

Mo Yuan, the "Ghost Hand," is the third garrison commander of Central China.

At the very front of the cabin, in the command seat, sat a middle-aged man with gray hair, wearing a Zhongshan suit.

He closed his eyes, his hands folded on a black cane, his breathing as steady as if he were fast asleep.

Shen Cang, the first garrison commander of Central China, known as "Taiyue".

Four people, four A+ level peak monsters.

Xiao Zong stood there, feeling his breathing become somewhat labored.

These five individuals represent the strongest fighting force of Tian Shu in the entire Central China region.

Normally, they are scattered across five provinces, each suppressing a region.

The unwritten rule between them was that no two kings should meet.

The immense pressure emanating from the five of them was enough to cause an ordinary person to suffer a mental breakdown.

Nowadays.

Everything has arrived.

"You're here too?"

Xiao Zong looked at Lei Shan cleaning his gun, his voice dry.

Lei Shan stopped what he was doing, looked up at him, and spoke in a deep, muffled voice.

"I just tore apart a thousand-year-old zombie with my bare hands in western Hunan, and I hadn't even washed my hands before I was called here."

Xiao Zong turned to look at the woman in the red dress.

"Sister Ye, you're here too?"

Ye Hongyu blew the powder off her fingernails and glanced at him with her narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes.

"Old Zhou called personally, how could I dare not come?"

Mo Yuan, who was in the corner, let out a hoarse chuckle, flipped over a tarot card, and slammed it on the ground.

The card depicts the Grim Reaper.

"A very bad omen."

Mo Yuan laughed hysterically.

"Over in Jiangcheng, blood is everywhere, and the air is thick with yin energy... It's been so long since I've smelled such a delicious aroma."

On the command seat, Shen Cang slowly opened his eyes.

"Now that everyone is here..."

Shen Cang spoke, his voice not loud, but it suppressed all the noise in the cabin.

"take off."

The hatch slammed shut.

The psionic thrusters at the stern of the Crimson Sky emitted a ghostly blue tail flame.

A deathly silence fell over the cabin.

None of the five people spoke again.

The atmosphere was so oppressive it was horrifying.

Xiao Zong leaned against the cabin wall, reached into his pocket, and tried to take out a cigarette, but his hand trembled.

"Boss."

"This Jiangcheng..."

"What exactly happened?"