Ren Yuanhao brushed it off with a casual excuse, and the two then hurried towards the Dongfang family's sky fort.
The weather changed rapidly, and with the car’s swift speed, the wind felt somewhat cool against their faces.
The grey stone city always exuded a sense of coldness and solitude, especially on such a gloomy afternoon. In a bakery by the road, a woman holding a child was shoving a middle-aged man. In the midst of their argument, the sheepdog the woman was holding bit the man.
The argument in the rearview mirror continued, and new disputes began to unfold.
A middle-aged woman threw a wad of cash in a store clerk's face; a young couple broke up resolutely under a streetlamp. Even the rats in the sewer had become active, chasing a stray cat in groups of three or five.
These creatures seemed to have their emotions influenced by the oppressive air, becoming extremely anxious and irritable.
Of course, it might have been Ren Yuanhao's exhaustion, or perhaps this street was ensnared by some curse, causing everyone who came here to act strangely.
And at that moment, Ji Fu suddenly slammed on the brakes.
"Little pervert, don't you think something's not quite right?" Ji Fu pointed to a blue sign on the side of the street that read 'Civilized Demonstration Street.'
"Civilized Demonstration Street? I'd say it's a violent district."
Before Ren Yuanhao could finish speaking, three or five drunken men carrying bottles rushed forward and began smashing the windshield!
"Hey, little lady, how about coming out to play with us big brothers."
A dishevelled, unshaven man climbed onto the hood again, acting as if he were in a disco, swaying his limbs uncoordinatedly left and right.
Soon, the car doors also began to be pounded.
"Come out and play! You slut!"
The drunkard, without anyone knowing where he found it, grabbed a crowbar and smashed through the windshield.
Ren Yuanhao, holding the somewhat startled Ji Fu, swiftly leaped out of the Porsche.
"Yo, little lady, you're really good-looking. How about playing with us brothers? If you make us happy, this big pile of cash is yours! What do you say!"
The man with the crowbar threw his wallet onto the ground and reached out to grab Ji Fu!
But in the next second, the man was like he'd been hit by a missile, crashing directly into the traffic light control box. The traffic lights flashed erratically, almost going out.
"If you don't want to be crippled, I suggest you disappear within three seconds."
Ren Yuanhao twisted his neck, his eyes darting, and the dazed men seemed to snap back to reality. They stood frozen, as if afflicted with amnesia, dropping their 'weapons' and fleeing as if from a ghost.
"These people are definitely not right. It's like their minds are being interfered with by something."
Ji Fu felt that the various people around them had instantly turned into violent monsters, starting fights over minor issues, and the entire street was completely filled with violence.
But strangely, only the two of them seemed unaffected!
Just then, a system notification suddenly came urgently to Ren Yuanhao's mind!
"Run, I sense a terrifyingly powerful esper approaching!"
Ren Yuanhao's heart lurched. He immediately grabbed Ji Fu's hand and quickly got into the Porsche. Starting the engine, releasing the handbrake, and flooring the accelerator were all done in one fluid motion. The Porsche shot out into the turbulent air like an arrow loosed from a bow.
"What's wrong?"
Ji Fu seemed to sense the abnormality in Ren Yuanhao's expression.
"It's an esper. Hold on tight!"
Ren Yuanhao drove the Porsche, pushing the accelerator to the floor, speeding at over two hundred kilometers per hour away from the street consumed by mad, negative emotions. However, his heart did not find peace due to the speed; the frequency fluctuations belonging to the esper were pounding his heart like a drum!
Just as he momentarily lost focus, a red Ferrari appeared in the rearview mirror, approaching rapidly at an even faster and more frenzied pace.
"Is there anywhere less crowded nearby?"
Ren Yuanhao suddenly asked.
"Turn right, and there's a small park about 700 meters ahead. There's usually no one there at this time."
"Alright, make sure you hold on tight."
Just as they were about to turn, Ren Yuanhao didn't slow down at all. He violently jerked the steering wheel, the wide tires screaming against the asphalt, trailing thick smoke like clouds. After a brief loss of control, the car returned to the lane and then sped like lightning towards the park entrance.
Ren Yuanhao quickly parked the car, and at that very moment, the red Ferrari, like lightning, crashed towards the Porsche without any intention of braking!
"Get out quickly, dodge!"
In a moment of desperation, Ren Yuanhao, disregarding the gender divide, tightly embraced Ji Fu. His true qi surged to his toes with his will, and he leaped upwards. Before he had gone far, he felt a blast of energy surge from behind him!
Immediately after, an explosion resonated all around.
Scattered metal fragments shot out like projectiles from a volcano, or like falling meteors. Ren Yuanhao, holding Ji Fu, ran for a full hundred meters before he finally stopped. Turning back, he saw that at the collision point of the two cars, flames soared. From the blown-open car door, a man, engulfed in flames, with his lower body almost torn apart, slowly crawled out. Still seemingly bewitched, he crawled towards them!
"Little pervert, wh-what's happening?" Ji Fu gripped Ren Yuanhao's collar tightly, her body trembling slightly. However, Ren Yuanhao's breath on her face inexplicably gave her a calming strength.
Ren Yuanhao gently put Ji Fu down, not answering, and spoke coldly towards the nine o'clock direction, "Since you're here, why hide your face?"
"Hahahaha, Master Zhenren said your strength was not bad. To think you're only discovering me now, you're truly disappointing."
As he spoke, a man suddenly appeared before the flowerbed. Clad in snow-white robes, his face was so pale it looked unhealthy. A long saber dragged on the ground, slowly making its way towards them, leaving a long, bloody trail.
"Your Master Zhenren truly makes use of everything. Just as Leng Wuhuan was dealt with, it's transferred to you. Aren't you afraid that your Senior Brother, whose corpse has barely cooled, will knock on your window at midnight?"
Ren Yuanhao saw that his ability to retort was improving. At the same time, he was somewhat worried that this man's esper ability felt even more dangerous than Leng Wuhuan's. Moreover, they shared a common characteristic – brutality.
"Senior Brother Wuhuan sacrificed himself for the Chi Xiao Sect. He was a pioneer, a hero. We already held a ceremony last night. Brother is surely in the highest heaven, you don't need to worry about him."
The man twisted his neck, the long saber pointing, dripping blood.
"If a man like your brother, who did so much evil, could reach the highest heaven, then the heavens would be blind."