168: Outrageous! You call this a baby? [Thanks for the gifts and positive reviews from our customers!]
However, he had only taken a few steps...
A three-meter-tall man with bulging muscles and the head of a bull—the Ox-Headed Brawny Man—blocked his path.
The Ox-Headed Brawny Man looked down at Su Jue, his eyes, the size of copper bells, filled with mockery and disdain.
"Little guy."
He spoke in a muffled, booming voice that sounded like rolling thunder.
"This is no place for someone like you."
"Scram back and find your mother for some milk."
"Otherwise, your Grandpa Ox's fists won't have eyes to see who they're hitting."
As he spoke, he deliberately cracked his knuckles, his fist larger than Su Jue's entire head, producing a series of popping sounds.
The threat was unmistakable.
Find Elizabeth for milk?
Su Jue looked up and stared at him expressionlessly.
Then, he asked in a childish, tender voice.
"Are you... talking to me?"
"Huh?"
Hearing Su Jue's soft question, the Ox-Headed Brawny Man acted as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world and burst out laughing on the spot.
The geniuses of various races watching the commotion also erupted into laughter, looking at Su Jue as if he were an idiot.
"Hahaha! Is there something wrong with this brat's head? If Brother Niu isn't talking to you, is he talking to the air?"
"Brother Niu, stop wasting your breath on him. Just slap him to death and be done with it. He's an eyesore."
"Exactly. A piece of Domain Transformation Realm trash thinks he's worthy of standing before us? It's an insult to us geniuses!"
In the crowd, various voices egged him on, one after another.
They delighted in such scenes of the strong bullying the weak; it gave them a bit of entertainment while they endured the tedious wait in line.
The Ox-Headed Brawny Man clearly enjoyed being the center of attention.
He grinned, revealing a row of stark white teeth, and his expression became increasingly sinister.
"Little guy, it seems you really don't know how to spell the word 'death'."
"In that case, Grandpa Ox will teach you today for free!"
As soon as he finished speaking!
His massive fist, devoid of any fancy techniques, smashed directly toward Su Jue's small head!
For this punch, he didn't even use a divine ability; it was purely physical strength.
But with the enhancement of his Shen Tong Realm Fourth Level cultivation, the power of this single punch was enough to easily shatter a small mountain!
In his eyes, dealing with a Domain Transformation Realm Infant was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
He could already imagine the bloody scene in the next second, where this ignorant brat's head would explode like a watermelon.
The surrounding spectators also wore expectant and cruel smiles.
However.
Facing this lethal strike.
Su Jue didn't even bat an eyelid.
He didn't even bother to use Chaos Unity or his Gravity Domain.
Because that would be too wasteful.
For trash of this level, he had a simpler and more interesting method.
Just an instant before that massive iron fist was about to land on his head.
Su Jue simply... reached out his chubby, fair little hand.
Then, using the tip of his index finger, he lightly tapped the descending fist.
At that moment, time seemed to enter slow motion.
Everyone could clearly see.
That tiny finger and that massive fist collided... in a completely disproportionate manner.
There was no world-shaking boom.
Nor was there a shockwave from an energy explosion.
"Crack..."
A crisp sound of shattering echoed across the square.
The smiles on everyone's faces froze.
They watched with their own eyes.
As bloody cracks appeared on the Ox-Headed Brawny Man's massive fist!
Immediately following.
"Crack! Crack, crack!"
The cracks, like living vines, spread frantically!
In the blink of an eye, they covered his entire arm!
"Gaaaahhhhh—!!!"
A shrill scream of agony suddenly erupted from the Ox-Headed Brawny Man's throat!
His previously sinister and mocking face was instantly replaced by endless pain and horror!
He wanted to pull his hand back!
But to his horror, he found that a bizarre force was emanating from the boy's fingertip, pinning his arm firmly in place, unable to move!
That force wasn't massive.
One could even say it was quite weak.
But it was utterly unreasonable!
It was a force that disintegrated and collapsed things from their most basic material structure!
It was pure Decay!
"Bang!!!"
Finally, under everyone's gaze.
The Ox-Headed Brawny Man's thick arm, comparable to refined steel, held out for less than three seconds before it shattered like weathered rock!
Starting from the fist and moving upward, flesh, bone, and even the power of laws covering it all turned into a cloud of flying... grey dust!
One finger!
With just one finger!
An arm belonging to a Shen Tong Realm Fourth Level expert was... gone!
"..."
"??????"
"!!!!!!"
Shocked!
Stiffened!
Dazed!
Dumbfounded!
Holy mother of...!
The entire square fell into a complete, deathly silence!
The geniuses of various races who were laughing and mocking just moments ago were now like ducks being choked by their necks; their mouths were wide open, their eyes bulging, but no sound came from their throats.
One phrase was written across all their faces.
Utter disbelief!
A Domain Transformation Realm Infant had crippled a Shen Tong Realm Fourth Level expert with a single finger?!
What kind of hellish plot twist was this?!
Even the most monstrous Saints from the top civilizations couldn't possibly achieve such a feat, right?!
Could it be... they had misjudged him?
Was this Infant in Animal Pajamas actually some supreme old monster playing the pig to eat the tiger?
In an instant, the way everyone looked at Su Jue changed.
From the previous disdain and mockery, it turned into deep horror and wariness.
Meanwhile, Su Jue acted as if he had just done something insignificant.
He withdrew his finger and even wiped it on his Animal Pajamas with a look of disgust, as if he had just touched something dirty.
Only then did he look up at the Ox-Headed Brawny Man, who was kneeling on the ground clutching his severed arm, screaming in agony as blood pooled around him.
His gaze was as calm as a still well, as if he were looking at a stray dog on the side of the road.
"Too weak."
He shook his head and uttered those two words in his tender, childish voice.
Then, he turned his head, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding onlookers who were completely dumbstruck.
"Anyone else?"
Those two simple words were like heavy hammers smashing into the depths of everyone's hearts!
Arrogant!
So damn arrogant!
But... no one dared to talk back!
No one even dared to meet his eyes!
Everyone his gaze swept over instinctively lowered their heads or looked away, terrified of becoming this little devil's next target.
You've got to be kidding!
He could cripple a Shen Tong Realm Fourth Level with one finger!
With that kind of strength, anyone here who stepped forward would just be asking for death!