Chapter 4541

Zuo Tianzheng glanced at Mr. Shi, snorting coldly with a look of obvious disdain in his eyes.

To him, Mr. Shi didn’t resemble a master at all. His aura was so faint, it was practically nonexistent—a level so weak that any cultivator could trample him.

In Zuo Tianzheng’s understanding, the presence of a true powerhouse should make the void tremble, even collapse entirely under their might. Yet Mr. Shi appeared so effortlessly, as though he had materialized out of thin air, with not a single ripple of aura to be felt.

Luo Ta turned his gaze to Mr. Shi and smirked. “So, are you the so-called strong man behind Kai?”

But Mr. Shi ignored him entirely, not sparing him even a glance.

Instead, he looked at Kai with a faint smile. “Have you improved your realm again?”

Kai nodded. “This time, I advanced by two minor realms at once.”

“Still too slow. Far too slow,” Mr. Shi said, shaking his head.

Kai froze for a moment, then responded awkwardly, “The resources I require to advance are ten or even a hundred times more than others. That’s why…”

Kai’s slow progress was understandable, given how much he needed for each step forward.

“If you can’t find the resources, then take them by force,” Mr. Shi advised bluntly. “Or are you still clinging to some saintly ideals?”

Kai was taken aback, unsure how to respond. In all his time in the Heaven Realm, it had never occurred to him to rob others of their resources. More often than not, he found himself on the defensive—like when the Demon Sealing League used a century’s worth of offerings to hunt him down.

He could have flipped the situation and plundered the Demon Sealing League’s resources instead. Their influence spanned the entire Heaven Realm, and Kai could have targeted their weaker strongholds.

Xiao Yuanshan and the others listened to Mr. Shi’s words in silence, uncertain how to react.

Encouraging Kai to rob resources wasn’t entirely out of place in a world like the Heaven Realm, where strength ruled supreme and the strong preyed on the weak. Still, it felt morally unsettling.

“If you want to rob resources, you’d better have the strength to back it up,” Luo Ta sneered, abruptly throwing a punch at Mr. Shi.

Mr. Shi…
Ignoring him had already infuriated Luo Ta.

Boom!

As his punch landed, the sky darkened, and the earth trembled. A terrifying gust of fist wind engulfed everyone, creating an oppressive atmosphere of suffocation.

Even the Mahayana realm masters were overwhelmed; many buckled under the force, some collapsing to their knees, unable to stand. Just one punch had subdued countless powerful figures of the Xiao Dynasty, forcing them to bow and kneel.

This crushing display of power left the Xiao Dynasty’s warriors pale with despair.

Kai’s expression shifted dramatically. His body surged with energy, releasing a boundless aura to counter Luo Ta’s attack. Yet even with all his strength, Kai struggled to breathe under the immense pressure.

At that moment, Mr. Shi turned to Kai and calmly waved his hand—like swatting away a mere fly.

Boom!

Before anyone could process what had happened, the terrifying fist wind dissipated entirely.

Luo Ta stood frozen, his body locked in the posture of throwing the punch. He didn’t move, didn’t even twitch.

“Mr. Luo! Mr. Luo!”

Zuo Tianzheng called out anxiously, stepping closer to check on him. But Luo Ta remained motionless.

Tentatively, Zuo Tianzheng reached out and gave him a light push.

In an instant, Luo Ta’s massive body crumbled to dust, scattering with the wind.

He was gone—reduced to ashes.

The crowd stood in stunned silence, their minds blank with shock.

The members of the Demon Sealing League were utterly dumbfounded, their wide eyes betraying their disbelief.

What just happened?

Was Luo Ta really gone? Reduced to ashes with a mere wave of the hand?

Zuo Tianzheng’s body trembled, as did the others in the Demon Sealing League. Some were so terrified they lost control of themselves.

It was too unreal, too absurd to comprehend.

Luo Ta, who had once been an untouchable figure of immense strength, was wiped out as though he were nothing more than an insect.

Xiao Yuanshan, his eyes wide, could only mutter in disbelief: “F*ck… that’s incredible.”