"What the fxxk?!"

The White Eagle Empire spectators on the sidelines were all dumbfounded.

He surrendered?

Their proud White Eagle Warrior was brought to his knees, begging for mercy, by a little girl from Great Xia in just two moves?

This was an absolute, utter humiliation!

Meanwhile, William, who was in the middle of brutalizing Shen Yixuan, also heard that shrill cry of "surrender."

His movements halted abruptly. He sent Shen Yixuan flying with a punch and turned his head to look.

When he saw Jason pinned to the ground like a stray dog, still screaming for help, the red light in William’s eyes flared violently. An uncontrollable, tyrannical rage shot straight to his head!

It was a side effect of the Emperor Beast Core—extreme emotional instability!

Humiliation!

This was the greatest humiliation for him and for the White Eagle Empire!

"Useless trash!!!"

William roared, unexpectedly abandoning Shen Yixuan right in front of him. With a flash, he appeared at Jason’s side.

"Captain... save me..."

Seeing William approach, a glimmer of hope appeared in Jason’s eyes.

But in the next second, what he saw was William’s face, twisted like a demon’s, and a massive foot wreathed in roaring flames!

"Who told you to surrender?!"

"The White Eagle Empire has no cowards who surrender!!"

BANG!

William viciously kicked Jason in the chest, and terrifying flames instantly poured in through the breach in his Battle Armor!

"AHHHH—!!!"

The scream Jason let out was a hundred times more wretched than when he was pinned down moments ago.

He struggled frantically in the fire, but the special flames were like maggots clinging to his bones, impossible to extinguish.

In just a few seconds, the agonizing screams came to an abrupt halt.

The silver-gray Battle Armor was now glowing red-hot, and the person inside... had been reduced to a pile of charred remains.

Dead.

Burned to death by his own captain.

The entire arena fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was stunned by this scene.

So ruthless!

So insane!

This William... he was a complete madman!

The flames continued to rage, crackling and popping.

William stood beside the charred corpse, his chest heaving violently, the red light in his eyes flickering erratically.

Several seconds passed before he seemed to snap out of his trance-like state.

Looking at the corpse at his feet, a fleeting hint of annoyance flashed through his eyes.

’Damn it... I lost control again.’

’The guy deserved to die, sure, but killing a teammate in public... those old geezers are probably going to nag me about it again when I get back.’

’But...’

’What’s done is done.’

William snorted coldly and kicked the charred corpse aside as if it were a piece of trash.

He slowly raised his head.

His eyes, still filled with tyrannical killing intent, pierced through the swirling black smoke and locked onto Gu Yuexi in the distance.

’It’s all because of this woman!’

’If it weren’t for her, that useless trash Jason wouldn’t have surrendered, and I wouldn’t have lost control!’

"You... are very good."

William’s voice was terrifyingly low, each word seemingly forced through gritted teeth.

"I was planning to save you for last and have some fun."

"But now... I want you to die, right here, right now!"

BOOM—!!!

This time, the flames enveloping William were no longer crimson red, but had transformed into a more terrifying, deeper shade of dark purple!

This was the sign of flames compressed to their absolute limit!

Under this intense heat, the stone slabs on the ground began to melt, turning into pools of lava.

"Die!!!"

With no fancy moves, William shot forward like a cannonball fired from its barrel, instantly tearing through the air and crashing down right in front of Gu Yuexi!

He moved so fast that even Shen Yixuan, who was some distance away, had no time to help!

"Sister Gu, watch out!"

Shen Yixuan yelled, desperately trying to rush over and provide support, but he was tied down by two other teams that had taken the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Faced with this world-ending blow, Gu Yuexi’s expression finally changed slightly.

She could clearly feel that the power of this attack was infinitely close to a full-power strike from an Eighth-Grade master!

’This madman’s strength is even greater than I anticipated!’

"Divine Thought Cage! Defend!"

In that critical moment, Gu Yuexi didn’t hesitate for a second, instantly mobilizing all of her Mental Power!

VMMMM!

A translucent, golden, spherical shield materialized out of thin air, enveloping her completely.

The next second, RUMBLE—!!!

A colossal wave of dark purple flame, like a tsunami, crashed violently against the Divine Thought Cage!

In an instant, Gu Yuexi’s world was swallowed by endless purple fire!

The entire hemispherical shield was completely enveloped in the purple flames!

TZZZ! TZZZ!

That was the sound of the Mental Power shield being frantically scorched by the intense heat!

"Break for me!!!"

William pressed both hands against the shield, madly channeling his Flame Energy, his expression as savage as a demon’s.

He was going to roast this woman alive inside it!

Inside the Divine Thought Cage.

Fine beads of sweat instantly appeared on Gu Yuexi’s forehead.

’Hot!’

’The terrifying temperature of these flames can actually penetrate the Divine Thought Cage and seep inside!’

The inside of the cage was now like a pressure cooker rapidly heating up!

’These flames... they’re close to the Origin Realm!’

However, Gu Yuexi wasn’t anxious. Instead, the sharp glint in her eyes only intensified.

She reached out, about to draw her sword.

Just then... a buzzing sound came from the pocket on her chest.

"Bzz? Bzz bzz! (What the hell is going on? Why is it so hot? Can’t a guy get some decent sleep?)"

"Bzz! (Turn on the AC, already!)"

"..."

A hint of helplessness flashed through Gu Yuexi’s sharp gaze.

Meanwhile, from her inner pocket, Chu Sheng finally woke up and flew out from her clothes.

The moment he popped his head out, "What the fuck?!"

Chu Sheng was instantly wide awake.

’Where the hell am I?!’

Before him was a world of purple and red, with raging flames everywhere. The world outside seemed to be distorting.

Through the translucent shield, he saw a huge, savage, and twisted Western face right in front of him.

’Who’s this red-haired freak?’

’How did a fight already start?’

Chu Sheng was completely baffled.

...

「At this very moment.」

The three hundred thousand spectators in the arena, along with billions of netizens around the world, were all staring intently at the massive purple fireball.

The flames were so intense that no one could see what had happened to Gu Yuexi inside.

In Great Xia’s livestream chat, the bullet comments were flying like crazy.

"It’s over, it’s over! The temperature must be over a thousand degrees in there, right?!"

"Is Gu Yuexi still in there? Don’t tell me she’s already been incinerated, right?"

"The shield is shaking! It looks like it’s about to break!"

"Captain Shen is blocked and can’t get through! This is really the end!"

Just as everyone was losing hope, the intelligent broadcast system on the arena’s big screen, which possessed top-tier AI capture technology, suddenly caught an extremely minute detail and quickly magnified it onto the main display.

"Huh? What’s that?" someone exclaimed.

On the surface of the Divine Thought Cage, which was wreathed in layers of purple flame, something suddenly... emerged.

It was a black dot.

The camera zoomed in quickly.

It was a... mosquito?!

A perfectly ordinary, unremarkable-looking mosquito!

The entire audience was stunned.

’Wait, these flames are over a thousand degrees hot!’

’Even an iron mosquito would have melted, right?’

’How could this mosquito possibly emerge from inside completely unscathed?!’

Under the gazes of countless disbelieving eyes, not only did the mosquito emerge, but it also casually flapped its wings, passing through the curtain of purple fire—hot enough to melt gold and iron—as if it were taking a stroll.

Then, it flew right in front of William, who was still frantically pouring out his power.

It hovered.

Right in front of William’s nose.

William, who had been laughing maniacally, suddenly froze, the smile stiff on his face.

His pupils contracted violently as he stared intently at the small thing that had suddenly appeared before him.

’A mosquito?’

’Where the hell did this mosquito come from?’

’Why isn’t it afraid of my fire?!’

Before his brain could even process this completely off-the-charts information, the mosquito stabilized itself in mid-air, and then...

It slowly raised its slender right foreleg, which looked like it would snap at the slightest touch.

The big screen gave the action a close-up.

It even considerately slowed down the playback speed.

The mosquito raises its leg... Gathers power...

No matter how you looked at it, the posture was just like someone winding up for a slap.

"What’s it doing?"

"Is it trying to hit William with its leg?"

"Hahaha! Is this mosquito here for comic relief? What kind of damage could that even do—?"

A White Eagle spectator’s mocking laughter hadn’t even faded.

On the screen, that seemingly delicate and powerless mosquito leg swung down violently!

The movement was so fast it left an afterimage!

SMACK!

Although they couldn’t hear the sound through the screen, everyone automatically supplied a crisp slapping sound in their minds.

The mosquito’s leg landed squarely on William’s face.

A mosquito’s leg. Would getting hit by one hurt?

The answer came immediately—

BOOM—!!!

A terrifying, deafening sonic boom suddenly erupted in the center of the Beast Fighting Arena!

What followed was a scene that made the entire world question reality!

The arrogant William Smith, who seemed like a Flame Demon God, the instant that mosquito leg struck his cheek, his entire face distorted in an instant, as if it had been hit head-on by a high-speed train!

Then,

WHOOSH—!!!

His entire body, like a golf ball struck by a club, flew backward at a speed impossible for the naked eye to follow, trailing a sky full of purple fire!

BOOM! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!!!

His body smashed through three layers of protective barriers in succession before crashing violently into the ground, gouging out a bottomless crater!

Dust and smoke filled the air.

In that instant, the once-raucous arena of three hundred thousand people fell so silent you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone remained frozen with their mouths agape, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets:

Holy shet???

...

(PS: A two-in-one mega Chapter! QAQ)