The atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point.

Yuan Wanli struggled to speak:

"Are you joking?"

"He's not joking."

Wei Qingqiu's expression was calm.

"The Donghong royal family is the most ruthless and cold-hearted. Sixth Prince, I can go with you, but I want to trade—resources, treasures."

"Do you really need those?"

Wei Shun smiled gently.

"Are you planning to give them to your so-called friends in the Great City? Like this little fatty?"

He looked with interest at Yuan Wanli.

"Hmm, interesting, interesting."

Wei Qingqiu's expression slightly changed as she issued a warning:

"Wei Shun! Don't act recklessly, or else—"

"Or else what?"

Wei Shun smiled faintly.

"When you were young, didn't you often play tricks on me? Now, can't I have some fun with you?"

Yuan Wanli looked around in confusion.

"Was that even playing tricks?!"

Wei Qingqiu suddenly exploded with rage.

"You killed my loved ones, exterminated my friends! Wei Shun! I warn you now! If you keep acting recklessly..."

Her playful demeanor vanished, and with hands on her hips, she looked like an angry shrew:

"I'll blow you up!"

A look of surprise appeared on Wei Shun's face:

"Little sister, it seems the Great City has something you truly care about."

He chuckled, reminiscing:

"When you were six, I put your beloved pearl rabbit into a meat grinder and had the royal chef make meatballs for you. When you were eight, I beheaded your maid and hung her head on your door so that you would see it first thing in the morning."

As Wei Shun recounted these stories, a chill spread among the crowd. Even Wu Mengling, who stood nearby, couldn't help but shuffle sideways.

She couldn't believe that the seemingly gentle and cultured Sixth Prince of the Donghong Kingdom could be so... perverse?!

Wei Shun's smile remained:

"But every time, you were never this angry. What is it that you hold dear?"

"Pervert."

Wei Qingqiu glared at Wei Shun.

"How can you call me that?"

Wei Shun looked puzzled.

"Isn't that what we were taught from a young age? What I did was correct; Father always rewarded me for it."

Yuan Wanli swallowed hard. What the hell kind of royal family is this?! The Donghong royal family of the Donghong Kingdom?!

He was terrified.

Wei Shun stepped closer and said softly:

"Just like this time I came to the Great City. While sailing in the spiritual realm, a false god attacked me with heavenly envoys. I can guess that it was one of our brothers or sisters playing tricks on me."

After a pause, he continued:

"Little Seven, quickly tell me what you value in this city. I'm very curious; I want to play tricks on you again."

"Enough."

A deep voice echoed from an unknown source.

Everyone froze for a moment. Wu Mengling felt the voice was somewhat familiar. She scanned the surroundings and suddenly saw shadows twisting in the backlight of the distant building.

No, not just that building.

The shadows of all nearby floors and hovering vehicles twisted simultaneously, writhing together to form a colossal mass of darkness!

A young man with a solemn expression stepped out from the shadowy mass.

"Old Chen!"

Wei Qingqiu gritted her silver teeth.

"Boss!"

Yuan Wanli exclaimed in surprise.

A hint of astonishment appeared on Wei Shun's face:

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"Hmm? A dweller of shadows? Little Seven, is this your friend? You really have made many friends in the Great City. I can play tricks on each of them, one by one."

"Old Chen, leave!"

Wei Qingqiu let out a nearly desperate low shout.

"Don't leave."

Wei Shun said with a smile:

"Let me introduce this young brother; my name is—"

Before he could finish his sentence, a loud thud interrupted him, and he turned in surprise.

It was Wu Mengling.

The old woman was suddenly prostrated on the ground, her teeth clattering and trembling, her body shaking.

"Vice Director Wu? What's wrong with you?"

Wei Shun asked in confusion.

She didn't answer but merely trembled, her mind involuntarily replaying the images from the spiritual realm.

Endless pure white mist stretching for tens of thousands of miles, the blurry figures sleeping within, and the shadowy forms of extraordinary items,

Among them was her own bell.

This meant that the one sleeping in the pure white mist, crossing the nine dimensions, had been bathed in the blood of the outer gods.

That was this seemingly ordinary young man.

He was He.

Wu Mengling's prostration left everyone dumbfounded.

Chen Xiang's expression darkened as he stared at Wei Shun for a long time, then turned to Wei Qingqiu:

"Little Wei, you never told me your family was this twisted?"

After a pause, he said solemnly:

"Seems like your father is not just odd in naming; even his educational methods are bizarre."

"You even know this?"

Wei Shun asked with surprise.

"Little Seven, did you tell him our names? Good, good, good, little brother. It seems you are what Little Seven cherishes. How about coming with me? I'll grant your family wealth and glory. Don't be afraid!"

He spoke with a smile:

"After your pearl rabbit was made into meatballs, all of its brothers and sisters were rewarded with abundant resources and became extraordinary beings.

After your maid was beheaded, her father was granted a title."

"You come with me, and I'll grant your family wealth and glory—"

Chen Xiang slapped him hard.

"Resistance?"

Wei Shun looked confused.

"What good will that do? I don't like resistance; besides, it's just like an ant shaking a tree, pointless—"

BAM!!

In the astonished eyes of Wei Qingqiu, her Sixth Brother was sent flying.

Wei Shun's body soared into the air before crashing heavily to the ground, carving a long trench in the earth!

He climbed out of the trench, half of his face shattered:

"What terrifying power, Saint! You are a saint of the Old Path!"

"No one has ever dared to hit me!"

Wei Shun was furious, his terrifying aura sweeping out, causing the hundreds of thugs to buckle under the pressure, blood streaming from their seven orifices as they fainted one by one!

Under the terrifying pressure, the clouds above roiled, and the ground cracked with spiderweb-like fissures centered around Wei Shun!

Chen Xiang's expression tightened. This pervert was a saint; it was his first time facing a saint.

Very well.

I want to see how strong I am!

He proceeded with extreme caution, choosing to unleash all his power. In the bewildered and shocked gaze of Wei Qingqiu, terrifying black flames ignited around him, and all nearby shadows writhed and coalesced into him!

"Still a dweller of the abyss."

Wei Shun's shattered cheek had already healed. He stood in the void, high above, looking down on everything!

"Unfortunately, it's useless."

The vast four elements converged, and black flames similarly erupted from Wei Shun's body. He was also a dweller of the abyss!

The Donghong Kingdom had always worshipped the Lord of the Abyss, venerating the 【Dancer】, the embodiment of destruction.

"I am of the royal lineage, blessed by my status."

"Above! You!"

Wei Shun smiled and waved his hand:

"Now, the fire on you will be used by me!"

Chen Xiang's heart skipped a beat.

Nothing happened.

"Hmm?"

Wei Shun frowned and waved his hand again.

Still, nothing happened.

He waved his hand once more, yet nothing happened again.

"How can this be?!" Wei Shun was stunned for the first time, confusion written all over his face. He was from the Eastern Hong royal family, the sixth son of the king, the most favored subject of the great master of the abyss!!

His authority should be above all the subjects of the abyss!

But why...

"Is it possible to do this?"

Chen Xiang pondered, raising his hand and gently beckoning at the Wei Shun standing in midair.

A torrent of abyssal black flames peeled away from Wei Shun, obediently and submissively swirling around Chen Xiang, dancing joyfully.

The scene fell into silence.

"My blessing..."

Wei Shun murmured in a daze:

"Is it... being taken away?"

He was filled with unprecedented rage, his eyes turning red:

"My family can bully me, but you cannot!"

"No one is more favored by the great master of the abyss than I, except my father!"

Wei Shun spread his arms, and the void behind him surged violently, revealing the shadow of a dilapidated and terrifying ship!

"The Jiuzhou?" Wei Qingqiu's expression changed suddenly: "Old Chen! Be careful! That's the Jiuzhou, the top-ranked ship of the spirit realm, blessed with divine decree!"

Chen Xiang didn't hear Wei's warning; he was enveloped by a terrifying pressure, yet at the same time, there was a hint of familiarity.

The thousands-of-meters-long wreckage of the Jiuzhou was slowly emerging from the spirit realm, a chaotic mental shockwave bursting forth—it was the aftershock from the subspace!

The Great City was stirred; powerful beings cast curious glances,

but even their gazes were shattered by the residual aftershocks of the Jiuzhou!!

"Not good!" In the inner third ring, the city lord Lu Fenghua suddenly stood up, unable to continue observing the Jiuhuan, his expression grave:

"The Jiuzhou is tainted with the essence of the subspace, already descending and approaching it. It was sealed well before, has Wei Shun gone mad, summoning it now..."

His face showed an expression of fear:

"Pass my orders: red disaster, everyone prepare! If the Jiuzhou erupts completely, the Great City may face annihilation."

"That is no longer a spirit realm ship."

"That is a subspace vessel!"

"Wei Shun..."

Lu Fenghua clenched his fists:

"I should have realized it; having survived the subspace, he, he is also transforming into a [Subspace Being]!"

...

In the Jiuhuan.

The gazes of terrifying beings were torn apart by the aftershocks of the subspace.

The thousands-of-meters-long ruined ship had fully manifested in reality.

Wei Qingqiu, Yuan Wanli, and even Wu Mengling had all fallen into unconsciousness under the terrifying mental shock.

Wei Shun stood in midair:

"Now, you."

He was high above, looking down upon everything. The giant ship behind him trembled, and the shattered super steam engine roared, spraying forth hot, chaotic steam!

"Now, you will die here."

"I am the one most favored by the great master of the abyss!"

The giant ship charged toward Chen Xiang, crushing everything in its path, the space shattered, an endless stream of murmurs layered upon one another, dazzling, blinding, and chaotic light erupting!

The ship stopped just an inch before Chen Xiang.

The shattered steam engine emitted a gentle roar, like a little kitten.

"You, you..."

Wei Shun spoke blankly:

"The black flame was taken by you."

"You want to take my ship, which was gifted to me by my father?"

Chen Xiang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, roughly guessing the reason for the sudden halt of the giant ship.

This ship seemed to have transformed into a subspace vessel.

And if it was a subspace vessel, how could it possibly collide with the master of the subspace?

Chen Xiang touched the giant ship, which was indeed obediently absorbed into the tattoo of the crack.

In the next moment,

he leaped high, landing above Wei Shun's head, and then delivered a side kick!

Caught completely off guard, Wei Shun's bones shattered, and he plummeted to the ground like a cannonball, raising clouds of dust!

Countless powerful and terrifying gazes descended once more, but they only saw Wei Shun lying unconscious in the deep pit.

The others had disappeared without a trace.