"Truly, a newborn calf fears no tiger."

Wan Lei, clad in armor, effortlessly dealt with the attacks of the four people before him, not showing a trace of panic, gaining the upper hand.

These four were even worse than Scarface and his group.

In terms of combat power, Scarface and his group each probably had the strength of Qiu Tianchi back then, but these four weren't even as good as Qiu Tianchi.

Qiu Tianchi wasn't strong; he wasn't even as good as ordinary Yuanying (Nascent Soul) cultivators. Wan Lei learned about Qiu Tianchi's affairs from Qiu E and realized that he had forcibly condensed his Yuanying by relying on the hearts of many infants. Naturally, he couldn't compare to a Yuanying that had been cultivated properly.

But since there were four of them, it was difficult for Wan Lei to take them all down at once, especially since he wasn't using his full strength.

These four youths were disciples of large families. They had been spoiled and pampered since childhood and had long developed arrogant habits. Now that the four of them were working together and couldn't defeat Wan Lei, they were instead forced to retreat again and again, becoming infuriated and making their attacks increasingly chaotic.

Soon, one of them was struck in the chest by Wan Lei's hammer, spitting out blood and falling to the ground, unable to get up for a while.

The other three were shocked by the sight and immediately retreated, not daring to step forward for a moment.

"Come on, hit me! Weren't you shouting about killing me? Why are you chickening out now? Aren't you going to protect your little goddess Yu?"

"Wan Lei, don't be arrogant! We are disciples of the Liu family."

"Oh? What's this? You can't beat me, so you're going to use your power to suppress me? The Liu family really lives up to its reputation as a great family. They can actually cultivate such outstanding disciples."

Wan Lei's tone was sarcastic, and the leading youth's face turned red.

"I... I didn't mean that. What I meant was, the people of my Liu family compete fairly with their peers. If we lose, we lose. We won't be sore losers. But to ask us to retreat is impossible. We will definitely fight to the death!"

"Oh, a fair fight, four against one, that's really fair. If you have the guts, come at me one by one. That's what I call fair."

"Do you think we're stupid?"

After the youth finished speaking, he immediately called the other two to besiege Wan Lei.

However, they were still at a disadvantage.

Just as Wan Lei was fighting with relish, two teams of people suddenly flew in from the south and the north.

"The Wu family branch of the Protect-Yu Alliance is here! Wan Lei, you little brat, stop acting wild!"

One of the four people from the south shouted.

The team from the north didn't shout such a cheesy slogan. The leading youth just said coldly,

"Huo Xingyuan of the Huo family is here to take your dog life!"

At this time, the Liu family branch, the Wu family branch, and the Huo family branch of the Protect-Yu Alliance, a total of twelve people, surrounded Wan Lei.

This greatly increased the pressure on Wan Lei.

You must know that if they were ordinary Jiedan (Core Formation) cultivators, let alone twelve, Wan Lei wouldn't be afraid of even one hundred and twenty.

But right now, these twelve people were all geniuses qualified to participate in the Myriad Pride Rankings, and their combat power was equivalent to ordinary Yuanying (Nascent Soul) lower-level cultivators.

Especially the two groups that arrived later, judging from their auras, they were much stronger than the four simpletons from the Liu family.

Wan Lei didn't hesitate and summoned a grand formation, surrounding all twelve people in the middle.

"Kill!"

Huo Xingyuan shouted, and a precious gourd appeared in his hand. The gourd's lid was opened, and surging flames poured out from it, rushing towards Wan Lei.

"Lei Yu (Thunder Shield)!"

A layer of protective cover appeared on Wan Lei's body. At the same time, he summoned thunderclouds and the grand formation's lightning, attacking downwards indiscriminately!

The Wu family cultivator followed closely behind, releasing all kinds of supernatural powers and attacking Wan Lei.

The four Liu family simpletons had been badly beaten by Wan Lei earlier. Now that they had reinforcements, they immediately took advantage of Wan Lei's plight, attacking him.

There were simply too many enemies. Wan Lei blocked left and right but was still at a disadvantage, only able to parry and unable to fight back.

"Damn it, this is too much! Kid, I'll go up there and help you!"

The little yellow dog roared and flew straight into the thunderclouds, manipulating the lightning and ruthlessly striking down at the twelve people below.

"Wan Lei, see how long you can be arrogant! You will surely die today!"

The Liu family's big simpleton led his second, third, and fourth simpletons, acting as vanguards and engaging in close combat with Wan Lei.

These four simpletons couldn't give Wan Lei much pressure, but the flames released by Huo Xingyuan's precious gourd were constantly scorching his Lei Yu (Thunder Shield).

Wan Lei's protective cover was visibly thinning.

"Lei Chen Dian Nu (Thunder Wrath Lightning Fury)!"

Wan Lei roared, and a thunderous ferocious beast appeared, swallowing Huo Xingyuan in one bite.

Although Huo Xingyuan was temporarily trapped, the pressure on Wan Lei didn't decrease at all. If Huo Xingyuan couldn't hit him, there would naturally be others who would.

The Wu family youth led the three Wu family members to fill Huo Xingyuan's position, constantly attacking Wan Lei, and Wan Lei's injuries became even more serious.

Seeing that it wouldn't work to continue fighting like this, Wan Lei chose to defend.

And the most suitable place to defend was naturally inside the thunderclouds.

Boom!!!

Wan Lei self-detonated his Lei Yu (Thunder Shield) protective cover, blasting away all the people surrounding him, and soared into the sky, flying towards the thunderclouds.

"Want to run?"

The Wu family youth sneered, and a large bell appeared in his hand.

He pointed the mouth of the bell upwards and slapped the bell hard with his palm.

Buzz!

A bell sound rang out, and Wan Lei, caught off guard, only felt a sharp pain in his sea of consciousness, unable to control his body and falling downwards.

The thunderous ferocious beast instantly dissipated, and Huo Xingyuan escaped from it.

"Wan Lei!!!"

Huo Xingyuan roared and, holding the precious gourd, smashed it down on Wan Lei's head with monstrous flames.

Wan Lei had recovered from his momentary daze. After all, he was the soul of the Thunder God, and his divine sense was strong, so he recovered quickly.

Seeing Huo Xingyuan attacking, Wan Lei roared and, holding the Thunder God's Hammer, smashed it towards Huo Xingyuan.

Dong!!!

Huo Xingyuan's precious gourd smashed into Wan Lei's head, and Wan Lei's hammer also smashed into his face.

Both of them took several steps back.

"Ptooey!"

Huo Xingyuan spat out a mouthful of blood, which contained several blood-stained teeth.

"You bastard, how dare you covet Xiaoyu? Don't you even look at your own background? You're just a mud-legged thing. How dare you fantasize about our Central Domain's most beautiful peacock? Today, I will definitely kill you and skin you alive!"

"Hmph, hahahaha."

Wan Lei's face under the mask was covered in blood, and he laughed wildly.

"What is your Huo family? I am a descendant of the Thunder Emperor. In terms of background, I am countless times more noble than you!"

"Go to your mother's Thunder Emperor's descendant! Five thousand years have passed. The Thunder Emperor has long since disappeared. What is left of your Wan family except for the name of a Thunder Emperor's descendant?

A fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken. Your Wan family is not even as good as a chicken!"

These words ignited Wan Lei's滔天怒火 (tao tian nu huo, monstrous rage).

Yes, he was indeed the Thunder God, but in this life, he was a member of the Wan family.

The Wan family had given him kinship and all the resources he needed when he was weak.

It could be said that he had long regarded the Wan family as his own home.

But this person actually... dared to say in front of him,

That the Wan family was not even as good as a chicken.