In the City Lord's Mansion of Li Tian City.
Ye Litian asked with a gloomy expression, "Have you investigated thoroughly what happened to the west of our Li Tian City?"
Du Shankui, a burly man, lowered his head in shame and replied, "Your subordinate is incompetent. I was unable to determine the cause of the disappearances."
"Useless," Ye Litian said coldly. "Half a month has passed, and not a single piece of news has been found."
Du Shankui hesitated and said, "During this time, we have sent out hundreds of people to investigate, but they have all gone and never returned. Moreover, the range of the strange phenomenon is getting closer and closer to our Li Tian City."
Ye Litian frowned, deciding to risk going to investigate himself.
Just then, a guard walked in, "Reporting to the City Lord, King Qin An is here to visit."
"King Qin An?"
Ye Litian's expression was somewhat grim and uncertain. "Did he say why he's here?"
The guard replied truthfully, "He was brought to the entrance of our City Lord's Mansion by a passerby, and he explicitly stated that he wishes to see you, the City Lord. As for the reason, your subordinate dared not ask further."
Du Shankui guessed, "City Lord, could this King Qin An be here to seize our Li Tian City?"
"Highly likely," Ye Litian's eyes flashed with a sharp glint.
Du Shankui said indignantly, "This King Qin An must be afraid of you, City Lord, growing too fast and wants to strike you down prematurely, disregarding your agreed-upon challenge time."
He paused and then asked hesitantly, "City Lord, what percentage of confidence do you have against King Qin An now?"
Ye Litian glanced at his subordinate and said calmly, "Less than fifty percent."
In his heart, he thought, "From the many circulated videos, it is known that King Qin An's strength is unfathomable. At this moment, my chances of winning are probably less than thirty percent."
Du Shankui stammered, suggesting, "City Lord, why don't you temporarily avoid him? Wait until you have a hundred percent confidence, then come out to challenge him. When he enters, we will say you are out cultivating."
Ye Litian showed a hint of interest on his face.
Ye Jincheng, who was beside them, objected, "No, if the other party truly intends to annex Li Tian City, whether you are in the city or not, he will likely make a move. At that time, you will have no choice but to show yourself."
Ye Litian thought it made sense. He glared at his subordinate and said proudly, "So what if he is the number one person on Blue Star? Let me, Ye Litian, break his myth!"
Looking up, he instructed the guard, "Have him come in."
Soon, Qin Shilei walked in with the guard.
As soon as he stepped into the grand hall, he saw a handsome young man sitting in the central seat.
Seeing him enter, the other party neither stood up to greet him nor invited him to sit down. Qin Shilei was immediately displeased.
He thought to himself, "Although I don't stand on ceremony, it doesn't mean I expect others to roll out a red carpet, but this guy in front of me is too rude!"
After a three-second standoff, Ye Litian asked calmly, "King Qin An, are you gracing us with your presence to bring the challenge forward?"
"Challenge? What challenge?" Qin Shilei asked, completely confused.
"The challenge between you and me," Ye Litian felt he might have misunderstood something.
"When did we agree to a challenge?"
Qin Shilei was a little bewildered and blurted out, "Who are you?"
"Ye Litian!" Ye Litian suppressed his anger and said word by word.
"Ye Litian?"
Qin Shilei frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head, "I don't recall any agreement for a challenge between us."
Ye Litian's face instantly turned as dark as if it could drip water.
The other party's expression of not recognizing him at all felt like a great mockery.
He had just been thinking about temporarily avoiding the other party.
Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have never even heard his name.
Thinking that he, a dignified supreme expert of the Golden Realm, was being ignored like this by the other party.
Ye Litian felt his anger was about to explode.
He said in a deep voice, "I, Ye Litian, hereby issue you a challenge again!"
Qin Shilei glanced at the other person, frowned, and asked, "Here or outside? Shall we add some stakes?"
Because of the other party's rude attitude, he also wanted to teach him a lesson, so that the other party would understand the etiquette required when meeting King Qin An.
"Uh?"
Ye Litian's face immediately became awkward.
He thought to himself, "I must have been so angered that I was momentarily stunned. That's why I forgot the agreed-upon time when I proposed the challenge earlier."
Now, he found himself in a difficult position. To say again that he would challenge in two months would weaken his momentum; if he didn't, he didn't have much confidence right now.
What should he do?
Fortunately, his father came to his rescue. "My son left a message in your live broadcast room a month ago, stating that he would challenge you in three months. Calculating from then, the time should be another two months away."
Qin Shilei said with a half-smile, "Are you sure you want to challenge in two months?"
"What?" Ye Litian immediately became tough again. "Are you afraid?"
"Heh heh."
Qin Shilei chuckled, "If I were you, I would challenge you immediately and get beaten up by me. Otherwise, I'm afraid that in two months, you won't even have the courage to make a move."
Ye Litian's face turned very unpleasant again.
He had indeed proposed three months hoping to give himself more time to catch up.
However, according to the leaderboard, the other party had already leveled up again within a month.
On the contrary, he was still a bit short of advancing.
The other party was simply a cheater, and his own strength improvement could not keep up with the other party's.
Ye Litian said with a cold face, "Don't think you have me completely figured out. Higher cultivation doesn't necessarily mean stronger strength."
Qin Shilei's expression darkened, and he said coldly, "So what if I have you completely figured out?"
As the words fell, a powerful aura erupted from Qin Shilei's body.
Ye Jincheng and Du Shankui felt as if they had suddenly arrived in a sea of corpses and blood. Their faces instantly turned pale.
They were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, muttering, "No, don't come closer."
Ye Litian also felt a powerful killing intent pressing down on him, making it difficult to breathe.
His body also trembled slightly, and a chill ran from his back to the back of his head.
At this moment, Qin Shilei wasn't using any illusions; he was simply releasing his own killing intent.
From the apocalypse until now, he had killed countless mutated beasts and zombies, and even an innumerable number of humans had died by his hand.
The killing intent accumulated on his body was so dense that it was almost taking shape.
When fully released, those who had not reached the Golden Realm, like Ye Jincheng, naturally could not withstand it.
Immediately after, Qin Shilei teleported in front of Ye Litian and struck him with the flat of his sword.
Bang!
Ye Litian was sent flying out of the hall like a cannonball, crashing through the wall.
As soon as he sprang up, a sword blade as wide as a door panel struck him flying again.
After being sent flying twice in a row, Ye Litian was driven mad.
His figure suddenly transformed into a mass of black shadow. At the same time, the surrounding light seemed to be absorbed by this mass of shadow, making the area within a hundred meters pitch dark.
Suddenly, ten thousand bolts of lightning descended from the sky, instantly dispelling the surrounding darkness.
Ye Litian, who had already stealthily approached Qin Shilei from behind, was also forced to reveal himself by the dazzling lightning.
Bang!
Another strike with the flat of the sword sent him flying again.
This time, before he could get up again, a sharp giant sword was already placed at his throat.