「Ten minutes before Xu Lai opened the door.」

Alphonse spent a few banknotes to easily inquire about Ruan Tang's room from the front desk. He then proceeded with three middle-aged men in plain clothes toward the seventeenth floor of the hotel.

"Isn't the boss being too cautious?" in the elevator, a burly middle-aged man flicked his wrist and said disdainfully, "He sent all three of us just to deal with two people from Hua Country."

"Shut up, Spike, you idiot. A true powerhouse never underestimates anyone. Have you forgotten what the boss said?" someone retorted.

"Heh."

Spike sneered. It's said that even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit, yet the intelligence clearly indicated that the targets were just an ordinary woman and her husband. For such a combination, any one of their 'Hunters' could easily capture them and toss them into the boss's cellar.

Yes, they were the boss's nurtured Hunters, specialized in capturing those targeted by the boss from all around the world. Unfortunately, in twenty years of working for the boss, they had only managed to capture a Spiritual Body once, in Sakura Country. It was that time they each received a reward of several million euros.

Could this be the second one? Thinking of the reward for a successful mission, Spike couldn't help but swallow.

"Gentlemen, same rules as always," Alphonse Bodi spoke with a respectful attitude. "If that woman from Hua Country is not a Spiritual Body, please leave her alive." He had a deep interest in Ruan Tang.

"One day, a woman is going to get you killed," Spike said, his eyes filled with contempt.

So boring. Even though he earned a decent amount, he was still obsessed with women. Blood and carnage are the games best suited for the strong.

Facing the mockery, Alphonse wasn't angry. On the contrary, he gave a servile laugh. Who could blame him when the others were the boss's confidants, while he was just a seemingly glamorous worker who could be replaced at any time?

"Do we knock, or do we kick the door in?" Spike looked back at his two companions. Their boundaries were comparable to a Seventh Grade Martial Ancestor of Hua Country.

However, the West had no concept of Martial Dao; they preferred to call themselves Ability Users. In Hua Country, the various abilities known as 'Talent Seeds' that appeared after the Seventh Grade were called Elements in the West. The three of them were Ability Users who all controlled the Fire Element. This was one of the reasons they often undertook missions together; by using a special method to stack their attacks, they could unleash power far beyond their own level!

But—

The door suddenly opened on its own.

"Do you gentlemen need something?"

Xu Lai's indifferent voice left Alphonse and his men stunned. What is going on? Why did the target come out on his own?

But Alphonse reacted extremely quickly. He scrambled to a safe distance and shouted, "That's him! Kill him and take his wife back to the boss!"

BOOM!

As Alphonse's words fell, terrifying waves of Spiritual Energy radiated from Spike and his two companions. Balls of flame condensed in the palms of their hands, instantly enveloping their bodies and emitting an intense heat, making them look like men made of fire!

This sight made Alphonse's scalp tingle and his entire body tremble from afar.

Too strong. Way too strong! This was the reason he was so willing to work for the boss. It wasn't for the inexhaustible money, nor for the women from all over the world. It was to witness these scenes that defied common sense and science. Even the gods from Western myths were probably nothing compared to this, right?

"..."

Xu Lai had a bit of a headache. It seemed his wife had fallen for the Immortal's Trick, although her company hadn't been taken advantage of at all.

Fearing the fight might affect his wife's cooking, Xu Lai stepped out of the room and shut the door behind him. If she got scared and blew up the kitchen, he'd have to compensate the hotel!

"Look at that man. We've scared him senseless. He's not even running, and he thinks that door can stop us?" Spike twisted his neck, producing a series of cracking sounds. His body was wreathed in flames, and his voice took on a harsher, more irritable tone.

"Cut the crap and kill him! Let's grab Ruan Tang and complete the mission!" His two companions didn't want any unexpected trouble.

Before their bodies were engulfed by the flames formed from Spiritual Energy, they had already destroyed the surveillance equipment. At that moment, all three charged at Xu Lai, their bodies slowly merging into a gigantic fire being! Despite his earlier complaints, Spike acted without hesitation, immediately employing their strongest combined technique.

"Hmm?"

Xu Lai raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised to see such a high-fidelity 'Union Body' formation on Earth.

What a pity. If three Quasi-Emperors had used the perfect version of this formation, they might have had the capital to exchange a move or two with him. As for these three rabble...

Disinterested, Xu Lai waved his hand impatiently.

The massive flame giant instantly froze in place. Without a sound, without another movement, it simply dissipated bit by bit. Like dandelion seeds scattered by the wind, it faded from sight.

Alphonse was completely dumbfounded.

Thinking it was an illusion, he blinked vigorously. After confirming what he had seen was real, he gasped.

The boss's most capable men were all dead!

Alphonse frantically mashed the elevator button behind him, desperate to escape this nightmarish place.

SQUEAK...

The elevator, unoccupied on the seventeenth floor, opened promptly.

"Hurry up... Hurry up and close, damn it!" After Alphonse stepped inside, his fingers trembled as he frantically pressed the button for the first floor. Large drops of sweat rolled down his forehead, pattering on the ground.

DING.

The elevator doors slid shut. Seeing that Xu Lai hadn't followed, Alphonse collapsed to the floor, gasping for breath. He didn't know Xu Lai's name, only that he was Ruan Tang's husband. The scene he had just witnessed replayed in his mind, leaving him paralyzed with lingering fear.

Three invincible, god-like hunters, turned to ash just like that… What a terrifying thought!

"You fat pig, you really are quite the handful, aren't you?" a voice echoed eerily from behind him.

Alphonse's body went rigid. He didn't dare turn around, because through the elevator's reflective walls, he could see Xu Lai standing behind him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. That smile looked like a devil's death summons, making goosebumps erupt all over his skin. He shrank into the corner of the elevator, his voice trembling. "Devil… You're a devil! You killed Spike and the others! God will punish you for this!"

"God?"

Xu Lai pursed his lips. There was no God in the Western Immortal Domain. After the Black Dragon Clan, which had conspired with the Thirteen Celestial Clans, was suppressed, the Domain Masters who now controlled the Western Immortal Domain were the Twelve-winged Archangel sisters, who had been the first to submit to Xu Lai. They wouldn't dare punish Xu Lai. On the contrary, they would be eager for him to punish them as he had in the past...

"You have ten more floors," Xu Lai asked slowly. "Do you want to meet God, or would you prefer to meet Satan? Think it through."

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