Chapter 701: Who Gave You the Illusion That You Could Kill Me?

Feng Kuan, you cannot escape.

Surrender quickly and reveal your connection to the Tianming Sect—there may still be a way to live.

Otherwise, you'll be interrogated, your memories searched, and tortured to death!

Ling Shuang hovered in midair, her crisp voice causing several belowground psychics to freeze in shock.

What?

Is Feng Kuan from the Tianming Sect?

They instinctively refused to believe it—after all, Feng Kuan had spent over a decade at the Lei Ting Wu Guan.

His reputation had always been decent, the very image of a kind old man.

But Ling Shuang didn't seem like the type to speak recklessly.

Just as everyone was puzzled, Liu Shan arrived on the scene, shouting with fury:

"Director Ling, I've worked alongside Feng Kuan for over ten years—do you really think it's appropriate to suspect him like this?"

Yet no sooner had he spoken than Feng Kuan turned toward him with a chilling smile:

"Liu Shan, you truly trust me—no wonder you accepted my suggestion to assign Ling Shuang to that mission location.

But unfortunately, you, a lowly human, are not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath as me, a noble Sacred Clan member."

Puch—

A jet-black beast claw pierced out from just above his ribs.

Puch, puch...

Immediately followed by several more sounds—five beast claws erupted from his body!

At the same time, two sharp horns sprouted from his head, and his eyes transformed into reptilian slits!

"Roar—"

A furious roar burst from Feng Kuan's mouth.

The shocking volume made even the sixth-rank psychics feel their eardrums sting, forcing them to clutch their ears in pain.

Feng Kuan's aura surged violently upward from his eighth-rank lower tier, quickly reaching the eighth-rank middle tier!

"Divine Blood Secret Art!" Liu Shan spat out the words with a grim face.

Although enhanced beast-type psychics, upon activating their abilities, do grow certain animal-like features,

those features are always consistent—for example, monkey-type psychics.

After activation, their body hair grows longer, muscles bulge, fangs emerge—all normal.

But Feng Kuan's chaotic beast claws and horns bore no resemblance to any beast-type psychic trait.

Clearly, this was the Tianming Sect's Divine Blood Secret Art!

"Divine Blood Secret Art! Feng Kuan is truly from the Tianming Sect?"

"Damn, he hid it too well—I never saw it coming!"

"Thank goodness Director Ling was here—if he'd suddenly attacked, who knows how many would've died!"

"......"

The surrounding psychics were also stunned by the sudden turn of events.

"The infamous Divine Blood Secret Art."

Ling Shuang's face twisted with revulsion. "Even if your power has risen to eighth-rank middle tier, what does it matter?

You still can't beat me. My patience is limited—surrender now."

Had she not wanted to extract key information about the Tianming Sect from him, she would've acted already.

"Surrender?"

Before Ling Shuang, eighth-rank middle tier, and Liu Shan, eighth-rank peak, Feng Kuan showed not a trace of panic.

Instead, he spoke calmly: "I admit—I can't defeat either of you.

But my target was never you two. My target is you, Xu Jingming!"

Feng Kuan whirled his head toward Xu Jingming, his jet-black claws pointing directly at him:

"Hunting Domain!"

Hum—

With a soft hum, a peculiar field of energy spread from Feng Kuan.

In an instant, it engulfed Xu Jingming.

"Hmm?"

Ling Shuang frowned, her spatial power surging to teleport Xu Jingming away instantly.

But her spatial power couldn't even penetrate the field to reach Xu Jingming.

Nor could it affect Feng Kuan on the other side.

As if the two of them existed in their own separate space!

"This is...?!" Ling Shuang's expression turned solemn.

The situation was spiraling beyond control.

"Director Ling, don't worry—I'm fine," Xu Jingming said aloud.

In truth, he felt no abnormality at all beneath the field's influence.

"Fine? You'll be anything but fine in a moment!"

Feng Kuan's sharp laughter rang out, thick with triumph and arrogance.

His crimson eyes locked onto Xu Jingming, and he sneered:

"This ability I inherited from the Divine Blood—once the Hunting Domain activates—"

Within this domain, only you and I exist; no one else can interfere.

This ability will automatically dissolve only after one of us dies!

This ability has already earned the status of a domain's prototype!

You all thought I was weak, but with this ability, I can forcibly kill any adept below my level!

By the way, I almost forgot to tell you.

Within the Hunting Domain, your protective talisman will also fail—you cannot activate it.

At these words, the entire crowd erupted in shock.

No one expected Feng Kuan's target to be Xu Jingming!

"It's over—without the protective talisman, isn't Xu Jingming as fragile as paper before Feng Kuan, the eighth-rank Middle Weida Master?"

"Will our Great Xia's prodigy perish here?"

The surrounding adepts murmured among themselves, all expressing disbelief.

Liu Shan, the eighth-rank peak Weida Master, had already activated his ability, unleashing a formidable aura.

After attempting to strike Feng Kuan and realizing he could not even approach him, his expression darkened like still water.

If Ling Shuang dies, I'll only face minor punishment from the Thunder Temple's internal discipline.

With Vice Director Hu Jinyu at headquarters, these matters are easily resolved.

But Xu Jingming is different.

He is currently the number-one prodigy of Blue Planet, watched by countless Great Xia elites.

If Xu Jingming dies here—killed by your own right-hand man—

The subsequent investigation will land you in prison for decades!

"Hunting Domain! This is Feng Kuan's true trump card!"

Among the crowd, Tianyao paused, then immediately grew ecstatic.

With this ability, perhaps he can truly kill Xu Jingming on the spot!

"Ling Shuang, watch closely! This will be a memory fragment you'll carry for life.

Your beloved disciple dies before your eyes because of the trap you set!"

Feeling the myriad stunned gazes cast upon him,

Feng Kuan, accustomed to obscurity, wore a deep sense of satisfaction on his face, his voice growing even more unrestrained and arrogant.

Yet at that moment, an out-of-place, indifferent voice spoke:

"Have you finished?"

"Hm?"

Feng Kuan's smile froze instantly.

He then felt a terrifying aura erupt from the opposite side—from Xu Jingming, whom he had regarded as prey!

Crackling—

A sound like a thousand birds shrieking rose up, as brilliant golden Dou Tian Shen Lei exploded violently!

Simultaneously, Xu Jingming's body swelled abruptly, reaching over three meters tall, like a human Tyrannosaurus!

The golden thunder swirling around him filled those nearby with a heart-stopping sense of danger!

"Who gave you the delusion that you could kill me?"

A voice brimming with authority rang out; in Thunder Form, Xu Jingming turned his brilliant golden dragon eyes upon Feng Kuan,

a golden halo slowly rotating behind him, the whole figure standing like a demonic god.

The aura radiating from him was immense and lethal.