"Wow, it's so bright!"
"What is that?!"
"Did something catch fire over there?"
"How is that possible? A fire wouldn't be this bright! Besides, we don't have such tall buildings in Cangnan City!"
"Hurry, hurry! Take a picture and post it on social media!"
"..."
This towering pillar of light was too dazzling. People from half of Cangnan City noticed it, and pedestrians stopped in their tracks, excitedly speculating about the reason behind its appearance.
Some said it was an explosion, others suggested an optical experiment, and some believed it was a miraculous event. However, only a few knew what the appearance of this light pillar truly meant.
Two minutes ago, in the old town.
On the deserted streets, ripples in space gently stirred, as if someone had lifted a corner of the canvas that covered the old town. Immediately, five figures wearing black and red cloaks emerged.
One of them looked around, took a step forward, and picked up the "No Entry" sign on the ground, closing it.
As the sign was put away, the silent old town seemed to burst like a bubble, revealing the true interior.
Blood stained the old streets, turning them red. Fragments of grotesque and mutilated limbs were scattered everywhere. If Lin Qiyue had seen this scene, he would have recognized that these were the remains of the monsters he faced!
Countless, at least thirty-four!
"Recollection completed for [Forbidden Zone Without Restraint]." The person holding the sign casually spoke. "The logistics team can come clean up the battlefield now."
"What about Old Zhao?"
"He went after those two fleeing masked figures."
"...We overlooked it." The injured woman covered her right shoulder, looking somewhat disheartened.
"Don't say that, Hongying. No one expected a Masked King to be among these masked figures." The man beside her tried to console her.
"The captain facing a Masked King alone should be fine, right?"
"Of course, the captain is a Three Realms 'Chuan' Realm powerhouse. Nothing will happen." The man paused. "Just hope that those two escaped masked figures won't cause casualties among ordinary people."
As soon as he finished speaking, another pillar of fiery light erupted from a different direction, illuminating half of the sky!
The five turned their heads simultaneously, their eyes filled with astonishment.
"That is..."
"A Forbidden Zone is being born. The energy fluctuations are unbelievably strong!"
"This is at least the power of a Five Realms 'Immeasurable' Realm expert, or even a Six Realms 'Klein' Realm... In the small Cangnan City, how did it attract such a powerful being?"
"No, this doesn't seem like a human Forbidden Zone." The man furrowed his brow.
Hongying suddenly seemed to realize something. "Are you saying..."
"It looks like a divine Forbidden Zone, namely... Divine Zone."
Upon hearing the word divine, the gaze of the few people froze.
"Which deity?"
"Burning, sacred, powerful, and with this aura of creation. If I'm not mistaken, this should be..." The man stared fixedly at the gradually fading light pillar and spoke each word slowly:
"Divine entity designation 003, the King of Angels, Michael."
...
Lin Qiyue felt uncomfortable.
In the center of this golden light pillar, his body had completely lost control, eerily suspended in mid-air. Endless energy surged from his eyes.
Lin Qiyue felt as if he had returned to ten years ago, seeing those eyes through the vast universe once again.
That supreme and sacred aura, he still remembered it vividly.
The difference was that, ten years ago, this aura came from the moon. Now, it came from... his own eyes.
The aura of the Archangel Michael and the divine power erupted from Lin Qiyue's eyes. His eyes were like two burning suns, seemingly about to melt everything into nothingness.
Ten years ago, the Archangel Michael exchanged glances with him through the moon.
Ten years later, Lin Qiyue opened his eyes, and the lingering power of the Archangel Michael erupted completely!
Fortunately, the residual Archangel power in Lin Qiyue's eyes wasn't too much. The light pillar lasted for seven or eight seconds before gradually dissipating. Lin Qiyue's body fell from mid-air, staggering to stabilize himself.
In his eyes, the radiant golden light gradually dimmed, leaving only a faint golden halo.
If the previous brightness was equivalent to the sun, the current brightness was more like a candle.
The power that erupted earlier was extremely formidable, but it didn't belong to him. Now, the faint golden halo in Lin Qiyue's eyes was truly under his control.
A faint trace of Archangel power.
Lin Qiyue took a deep breath, slowly raising his head.
The pitch-black night sky, the worn-out streets, terrifying monsters, and blood-soaked ground—when this far from beautiful picture unfolded before Lin Qiyue's eyes, he smiled.
He smiled very happily.
After ten years, he finally saw the world again with his own eyes.
At this moment, in Lin Qiyue's eyes, even the monster covered in blood seemed a bit cute.
Since the eruption of the Archangel's power from Lin Qiyue's eyes, these two monsters had been pressed firmly to the ground by the divine power, almost flattened into meat patties.
Only when the golden light pillar disappeared did they recover, looking around in confusion, then locking their gaze back onto Lin Qiyue with a hint of bloodthirst in their eyes.
"Yeaahh!"
One of the monsters roared, charging towards Lin Qiyue once again!
Compared to before, Lin Qiyue was visibly calmer now. The moment the monster showed signs of movement, he judged its trajectory in his mind. Anticipating its actions seconds in advance now gave him valuable time to dodge.
It wasn't that he could predict the future, but after opening his eyes, his perceptual abilities had undergone a tremendous change.
One change was in the range of his mental perception, expanding from ten to twenty meters. Previously, it took Lin Qiyue five years to achieve a ten-meter range, and now it had instantly doubled.
The other change was in dynamic vision.
Within this twenty-meter range, Lin Qiyue possessed dynamic vision nearly three times that of an ordinary person. His reflexes were extraordinary, and in close-quarters combat, he could almost predict the future.
As for the other abilities these eyes brought, Lin Qiyue hadn't felt them yet.
But given the current situation, he couldn't afford to explore slowly.
Like an arrow leaving the bow, the monster rushed past the spot where Lin Qiyue had just stood, crashing into a large wall. Springing off the wreckage with force, it shot towards Lin Qiyue once again!
This time, Lin Qiyue didn't dodge.
Gripping the half of the blind cane tightly, his eyes firmly locked onto the monster's eyes.
"Yeaahh!"
The monster's sharp claws reached out directly towards Lin Qiyue's neck.
In the instant before it touched Lin Qiyue, his eyes suddenly contracted!
The faint golden halo in his eyes, as if fueled by firewood, suddenly brightened, like two blazing furnaces!
A strand of divine power, using Lin Qiyue's eyes as
a medium, poured violently into the monster's body.
At that moment, the monster's perception of Lin Qiyue changed. He transformed into a supreme deity with six wings, emitting a terrifying aura, in its eyes!
Under this divine power, its body experienced a brief stiffness.
In that short time, Lin Qiyue, with the half-blind cane in his hand, decisively stabbed it into the monster's right eye!