Far away.

Above the rooftop of a dilapidated old building.

Tie Wu sat cross-legged in the air, hands resting on his knees, eyes narrowed, clicking his tongue and sighing, "The people from Hua Zhi... aren't up to par. Looks like I have to step in."

The scene of that old house was still a blur.

His mental energy was blocked, and there seemed to be some kind of sealed object in the old house where the target resided. No matter how hard he looked, he could only see a vague light of fire.

It seemed to be... a lantern?

Regardless of what it was... to be able to shield his mental perception, it was already a considerable sealed object.

But unfortunately, the shielding effect was limited.

The "lantern" couldn't stop him from seeing the other scenes around Shizi Alley in the night. Nearly thirty transcendent beings were stationed in the nearby streets, inside and out. It was a rather "grand" defense, but these people were of varying strength and couldn't be considered strong.

Roughly... around the third or fourth level of the Deep Water Zone?

The overall level of transcendent beings in Dongzhou was indeed lacking.

Tie Wu saw the squad break up and be defeated one by one... He knew it was the woman's "feigned retreat," but unfortunately, the woman's battle also ended quickly.

"Lao Qin... are Zhao Xilai's people this trash?" Tie Wu stroked his chin and said, "They surrendered before the fight even started... How can someone like that get a secure job under a councilor?"

"..." Lao Qin was silent.

He said softly, "That young man in the suit is not simple."

"I saw it, he's indeed not simple." Tie Wu said lightly, "He can avoid the mental lock of 'Spirit Eyes' with his agility and speed in narrow terrain, which means he's very fast, but I don't know if he's strong. He should be the only one worth paying attention to in Shizi Alley tonight."

"Mm..."

Lao Qin suddenly said, "There's also a young woman. Her blade... be careful."

Tie Wu was a little surprised.

He knew who Lao Qin was talking about... the woman in the trench coat who drew her blade in the alley.

"A power attacker, probably at the seventh or eighth level of the Deep Water Zone... She's probably just condensed her blade domain. Is that worth my attention?" Tie Wu said helplessly, "Lao Qin... aren't you being too cautious?"

"It's never wrong to be careful."

"I'm very familiar with the killing intent on that girl. A desperate person is capable of anything." Lao Qin murmured, "And... if I'm not mistaken, she's hiding a very powerful weapon on her."

Tie Wu narrowed his eyes and nodded.

He knew that in terms of mental perception, Lao Qin was several times better than him.

Besides, that sentence was indeed correct... it's never wrong to be careful.

Lao Qin said quietly, "It seems that the people from Hua Zhi can't be relied on. I suggest you act now... or things will change."

"That's exactly what I was thinking."

Tie Wu moved his wrist and said expressionlessly, "Then I'll have to trouble you to open your 'domain' and envelop this area."

"...Mm."

Lao Qin nodded blankly and retreated into the night. He seemed to blend into the long night. In the gentle evening breeze, his black trench coat fluttered like seaweed, like ink.

Lao Qin's body seemed to become part of the darkness.

A black lightning bolt spread towards the dome, touching the top, and scattered like a waterfall, shooting in all directions, spreading from the highest point, like a slowly inverted bowl... condensing half of the old city within it.

An invisible, dark domain.

Similar to the "sky curtain" cast by Su Cha of the Chengxin Society in the battle on the Jiangtan, but completely different.

This black domain, like an inverted bowl, tightly enveloped Shizi Alley and the surrounding streets, as if dragging them into an unawakable "black dream." Outsiders couldn't see any signs of a barrier, but once they got close, they would find their sense of direction distorted. No matter how they walked, they couldn't get closer to the final distance...

This was a huge domain that could not be entered, isolating external objects.

This domain was called Xuyu.

This was the great power bestowed by the god behind Lao Qin through the token... After being enveloped by Xuyu, the nature of this area would be completely changed.

Tie Wu slowly stood up, stretched his body, and bursts of crackling sounds like popping beans came from all over his body. Along with the crackling sound, the windbreaker that swayed in the wind also slowly floated up.

He gave one last yawn.

The expression on his face also became serious.

Time to get to work.

From the abandoned old building behind him, came the cracking sound of shattering.

An old air conditioner outdoor unit, already rusted, sat in the corner of the roof, covered with moss. A slight sound of breaking wind swept out of the air conditioner outdoor unit’s vent... The already broken axial fan rotated automatically without wind, turning faster and faster, and fine copper rust debris was thrown out. Then came the condenser, the throttling pipe, and the fragmented compressor. The air conditioner outdoor unit was disassembled in an instant, turning into dozens of steel parts, like streamers one after another hitting Tie Wu, and finally hitting the air wall, hovering behind Tie Wu.

Similar noises sounded densely on the roof.

Those abandoned, obsolete electronic components, old-era waste products made of steel, were reawakened from their dead state. They seemed to feel a sublime call.

"Whoosh," "whoosh," "whoosh"...

In just a dozen seconds, Tie Wu's back was like a peacock spreading its tail, with one piece of iron after another floating, most of which were rusted and lost their luster.

But as he stretched out his finger and smeared a semicircle.

As if someone had wiped the surface of these bronze, alloy, and steel products with their palm—

A sudden bright light flickered.

It was truly like a peacock spreading its tail.

Dull iron, renewed.

Tie Wu jumped down from the roof, and a shiny axial fan instantly swept forward, landing under his feet, making him like stepping on wind and fire wheels, towards the old house in Shizi Alley, with an extremely swift momentum, crashing rumblingly.

Behind him.

The parts mixed with steel and copper rust, under the cohesion of transcendent power, disobeyed their instincts and huddled together, reshaping their forms, and drawing a streamlined arc across the sky. Because of the high-speed friction, the large ball of steel alloy burst out with blazing fire.

The transcendent beings stationed near Shizi Alley looked up in a daze.

They first heard a slight trembling sound at the end of the night.

Then the sound grew louder and louder... and finally condensed into a rolling roar.

Blazing fire swept down from the high sky.

Countless pieces of iron scattered from the huddled state, turning into a strong and powerful rain of iron, shooting down!