Chapter 173: Chapter 173: "Sun’s" Strength

"Heh, finally came out, huh? Rat from the sewer."

Sun lifted his eyes and sneered, every word dripping with disdain.

Although he looked like he was completely restrained and unable to move, his mouth still didn’t let up, cursing nonstop.

Reno stared at Chiyo Eine as she stepped out from the crowd, his expression growing more serious, brows furrowed tighter.

A top-three in the world—of course players knew someone of that level. But that didn’t mean Reno was afraid. Rather...

Was something wrong with the player lineup in this game instance?

Top thirty... no, top twenty! Five of the top twenty players were here?

You had to know—with millions of players participating at the same time, they had to open many separate games.

Statistically, top-ranked experts were usually scattered into different games to avoid overlapping, a "kings never meet" setup.

What does this mean...

At the same time, Wu Changkong was also frowning—but his gaze was fixed on Sun.

As fellow Huaguo folks, he naturally paid attention—and Sun’s Tiandihui had a bit of a notorious reputation.

But just now, he saw it clearly—when Sun was about to throw the fireball into the crowd, he only stepped forward with one foot. His upper body barely moved!

Which meant... that action was probably faked!

Faked, which meant his real purpose... was to force this world No.3 to reveal herself!

Wu Changkong’s expression grew extremely solemn. That previously mindless brute image Sun had shown now seemed completely off.

This guy... isn’t a brute?

How did he know she was here?

......

Yes, Sun knew.

Because he was born with Spirit Sense.

People like Lu Ce had an initial Spirit of 0—he didn’t even know what it was at first.

But Sun’s starting Spirit wasn’t empty. He was an outlier among the crowd, born with “Yin-Yang Eyes.”

So, he was the only one who could master the game’s current sole berserk skill—Merciless Scorching Sun—and was noticeably more sensitive to people with high Spirit.

To him, Chiyo Eine had always stood out like a sore thumb.

"Your Spirit is high." Chiyo Eine looked at Sun and nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

"But you abuse your talent, kill without reason, treat life as nothing in someone else's country."

"Is that how you Huaguo folks behave?"

"Hahaha!" Sun suddenly laughed, face twisting into a ferocious grin as he looked at Chiyo Eine.

"You're quite the little b*tch with words. But when you people acted recklessly in other countries, how come you didn’t think about the word 'innocent'?"

Chiyo Eine: ......

"Also......" Sun’s face twisted like a warped door god pasted on a gate. "Do you think I’m f***ing scared of you?!"

Next moment, as if completely unrestrained, the ten-meter-wide fireball in his hand slammed straight down—

Onto himself!

BOOM!

An explosion rang out, bricks flew everywhere, and the ground nearby melted instantly. The blast wave flipped nearby people like falling wheat stalks!

The next second, from within the massive crater and rubble, a figure walked out.

Engulfed in raging flames, each step left behind scorched-earth footprints. His height surged from 1.9 meters to 2.5 meters, his insides no longer looked human—like molten lava flowing beneath.

For a moment, the entire world seemed to fall silent.

The visual impact—it was like a game boss had just stepped out in real life!

On the audience feed, after a brief pause, the comment barrage exploded: [Is that a human?!]

【: Is that a human?!】

【: No way, is that even a player? Where’d this guy come from?】

【: I didn’t really follow him before. I’ve always watched “Sin’s” POV in the First Game!】

【: What is Tiandihui? I want to join Tiandihui!】

Even Xie Antong in the crowd was stunned. The All-Seeing Eye could withstand that heat—but it couldn’t extract any useful data.

Is this really a person?

Huh?

Why is he only ranked seventh?!

"Hey, Japanese woman." A hoarse voice, like rusted iron, came from within the flames.

"Don’t you want to say something to me?"

Chiyo Eine remained silent.

Sweat formed on her forehead. The pressure from this man was enormous.

She was confident in her own strength, but this guy... was too extreme.

"If you’ve got nothing to say, then I’ll say something."

With that, the flame giant took a heavy step forward—thud.

Then, he raised his head, inhaled deeply, and everyone could feel the searing heat in the air. The tension was overwhelming.

"The world belongs to Tiandihui!"

His voice boomed like a bell, echoing in all directions. After the echo faded, the flame giant seemed to hesitate, then added gently:

"Welcome to Tiandihui. Once you’re here, you’re one of us."

Chiyo Eine: ?

Wu Changkong: ?

Reno: ?

Lu Ce up on the Tokyo Tower: o(￣︶￣)bbbb.

"Why are you advertising at a time like this?!" Wu Changkong felt like his brain was about to evolve.

"The traffic’s high right now." Sun replied.

In the crowd, Xie Antong felt dizzy—was she in the wrong script?

But the farce ended the next second. Sun’s face turned faster than flipping pages—another huge fireball exploded in his hand.

This fireball was deep red, even more terrifying than the last.

"Come on, Japanese chick—how about trying that again?"

As he spoke, Sun wickedly thrust the fireball forward, pretending to throw it at the crowd.

The crowd instantly screamed and scattered. Chiyo Eine floated backward, slapped a hand onto the ground, and black lines leapt and spread, forming a magic array in an instant.

Overhead, an extremely irritating voice suddenly rang out from the sky.

"Hey hey hey, start fighting already!"

"You two, don’t just stand there! Ambush! Cheap shots! Do you guys have any battle experience or not?"

"The rest of you, don’t sit around either! Hidden players, start backstabbing! Lurking creepers, record everything! Everyone else, film some short videos already!"

The teasing voice echoed from the sky like a signal, instantly silencing the scene—battle flames about to erupt were all put on pause.

Everyone looked up at once, gazing in that direction.

——No.1, Sin!

"Heh, so you’ve finally shown yourself....." Sun raised the fireball and turned to speak.

"What do you mean finally? I’ve been here the whole time." Lu Ce said, even spread his hands, "So, are you gonna throw it or not?"

Sun let out a few loud laughs toward the sky, then turned and hurled the fireball—directly at Lu Ce!

He knew—that guy was the real key!