171: One punch shattered the Heavenly Pillar, I can't afford to pay for it!
Immediately after, it was like knocking over a row of dominoes.
Geniuses from various races fell to their knees in droves, unable to control their bodies, trembling all over. The way they looked at Su Jue was filled with awe and panic.
Even that knowledgeable King Realm Reception Envoy, Yun Xuan, felt his eyelids twitching wildly, his Adam's apple bobbing, unable to utter a single word for a long time.
He had misjudged.
Terribly wrong!
This was no promising Genius!
This was clearly a peerless, ferocious god who had come to the newbie village to stomp on noobs!
He even suspected that even if he were to step up himself, facing that punch just now, he probably wouldn't get any advantage!
Su Jue ignored the people kneeling all over the ground.
He walked straight up to Yun Xuan, tilted his little face up, and asked in a milky voice:
"Can we go test now?"
"I'm in a hurry."
"Ah? Oh! Y-yes! Of course!"
Yun Xuan snapped out of his trance, nodding and bowing repeatedly, squeezing out a smile that looked worse than crying.
"Great... no, little friend, this way please! This way please!"
He no longer dared to act arrogant, lowering his posture significantly, even using honorifics, as he personally led the way for Su Jue.
Just kidding, if he let this master stay here any longer, he was afraid the entire Seventh Reception Star would be dismantled by him!
Under the gaze of countless eyes filled with awe, fear, and envy.
Su Jue held Capybara and followed behind Yun Xuan with high spirits, walking toward the towering registration tower.
Wherever he passed, the crowd automatically parted to both sides, like Moses parting the sea.
No one dared to stand in his way anymore.
...
Inside the registration tower.
Yun Xuan brought Su Jue into a gigantic room filled with a sci-fi atmosphere.
In the center of the room stood a ten-meter-tall test pillar made of unknown crystal.
The pillar was covered in mysterious and complex runes, emitting faint energy fluctuations.
"Little friend, this is the 'Talent Ranking' testing instrument, the 【heaven-reaching divine pillar】."
Yun Xuan introduced respectfully.
"It will comprehensively evaluate the tester's strength, speed, Law affinity, Divine Soul strength, and other Data based on their attack, ultimately giving a rating of 'A, B, C, D'."
"Each Rank is further divided into three grades: Lower, Middle, and Upper."
"The higher the Rank, the higher the initial resources and permissions obtained after entering the Cosmic Temple."
"With your strength, little friend, obtaining an 'Upper A' Rank should be effortless."
As he spoke, his eyes were filled with anticipation.
On the Seventh Reception Star, it had been over a thousand years since a Genius with an 'Upper A' Rank had appeared.
If Su Jue could achieve this, then he, as the Reception Envoy, would also receive massive rewards from the Cosmic Temple.
"Oh."
Su Jue responded indifferently, seemingly uninterested.
He walked up to the 【heaven-reaching divine pillar】 and examined it.
"Just hit this?"
"Yes." Yun Xuan nodded.
"Just hit it with your strongest attack."
"Strongest attack?"
Su Jue tilted his little head.
My strongest attack?
I'm afraid I'll accidentally blow up this whole planet.
He thought for a moment and decided to hold back a little.
Just use a little bit of strength to get it over with.
And so.
Under Yun Xuan's expectant gaze.
Su Jue raised his little, fair, and tender fist.
Then, he threw a plain, unremarkable punch at the crystal pillar, which was thicker than his own body.
For this punch, he didn't even use ten percent of his strength.
However...
The moment his fist made contact with the crystal pillar.
A sudden change occurred!
Hum — —!!!
The entire 【heaven-reaching divine pillar】 suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, blinding nine-colored divine light!
The light shot up into the sky, piercing straight through the dome of the registration tower and into the clouds!
Immediately after!
A piercing alarm sounded throughout the room!
"Warning! Warning! Energy injection severely exceeds limits!"
"Warning! Law model cannot be parsed! Unknown error occurred!"
"Warning! Pillar structure is collapsing!"
"Please evacuate immediately!!!"
In Yun Xuan's terrified gaze, as if he had seen a ghost.
That 【heaven-reaching divine pillar】, which had stood for countless years and remained unscathed after enduring the full-force attacks of countless Geniuses.
On the surface...
"Crack..."
A... tiny crack appeared.
Then, the crack expanded rapidly.
"Bang!!!"
The entire divine pillar shattered with a roar!
Turning into crystal fragments flying all over the sky!
It... it shattered?!
One punch...
And it... shattered the 【heaven-reaching divine pillar】?!
Yun Xuan stared blankly at this scene, feeling his brain had completely stopped thinking.
Meanwhile, Su Jue retracted his fist with a somewhat innocent look.
Then, he turned his head, looked at the petrified Yun Xuan, and spread his little hands.
"Uh..."
"This thing... the quality doesn't seem very good."
"Do I... have to pay for it?"
Yun Xuan's brain had completely turned into mush.
Pay?
Is this a question of paying or not?!
This 【heaven-reaching divine pillar】 was a supreme treasure bestowed by the Cosmic Temple, the Foundation and face of the Seventh Reception Star!
It was a Magic Treasure that transcended the Saint Realm, containing the Laws branded by the great powers of the Temple, indestructible; even if a Saint King powerhouse were to come in person, they might not be able to damage it!
But now...
It was just like this, by a human Infant who looked only one or two years old...
One punch...
Was...
Shattered!
If this news got back to the Temple, let alone a small King Realm Reception Envoy like him, even the entire management of the Seventh Reception Star would be in deep trouble!
This was no longer a simple assessment accident!
This was a provocation!
A naked provocation against the majesty of the entire Cosmic Temple!
"It's over..."
"It's all over..."
Yun Xuan's face turned ashen, his legs went weak, and he almost knelt directly to Su Jue.
He felt that his career, and even his Life, had come to an end.
His mind was filled with miserable images of himself being dragged away by the Temple's Law enforcement team, thrown into the "Soul-Devouring Star Prison," and tortured forever without hope of reincarnation.
"Hey."
Su Jue reached out his little hand and waved it in front of him.
"Why are you dazing off?"
"I'm asking you, how much does this thing cost to pay for?"
Su Jue was genuinely a bit troubled.
Since he was little, the concepts instilled in him by his dad Ao Yuan and his mom Elizabeth did not include the concept of "compensation."
In the Demon Dragon Star Domain, if you broke something, there were only two possibilities.
Either you were stronger than the owner of the item, so if it was broken, it was broken; the other party would even have to kowtow and apologize to you, thanking you for not breaking him along with it.
Or, you were weaker than the owner of the item, and what you broke wasn't the item, but your own Life.
As for "compensation" based on equivalent exchange?
What was that? Could you eat it?
He had only just preliminarily understood the concepts of "money" and "transaction" at the First Bank in Star River City, from that Bank President named Wang Fu.
At this moment, looking at the broken crystal pillar and then at the distraught Yun Xuan beside him, he was seriously thinking about what "price" he should pay.
He frowned, and started rummaging through the dimensional pocket of his onesie.
"Is this... enough?"
He first took out a stone the size of a human head, burning all over with seven-colored flames, and tossed it onto the ground.