Chapter 116: Vector Control · Lan Feng【Monthly Ticket Bonus Chapter】

Arrogant. Haughty.

Though Tian Dao’s face and silvery-white hair were completely concealed beneath the mask and hood, only his unmistakable cerulean eyes remained visible.

Yet that alone—combined with the sheer, unshakable arrogance in his voice—was enough for the Dimensional Audience to instantly pinpoint his identity.

After all, the cosmos teemed with overconfident figures.

But few could boast such an aura of absolute dominance.

There was only one being in the entire Stellar Realm who could carry himself with such effortless supremacy—Tian Dao.

‘Go ahead, play your game, Lao Tian. Keep pretending. Who among the stars could ever outwit you?’

‘Title: “About the Mysterious Masked Man Who Thinks He’s So Secretive—But Actually, He’s Not At All.”’

‘We know Lao Tian has completed his Stellar Core Awakening. His Star-Eclipse Eye must have gained even more unique abilities. I wonder what they are?’

‘Hey, didn’t you notice Lao Tian just suddenly pulled out chips and soda from Kong? That’s clearly not Vector Control.’

‘Wait—could it be…?’

‘Could it actually be that this isn’t Lao Tian at all? Just some trick by the production team?’

‘Impossible! Absolutely impossible!’

Having already firmly convinced themselves that the masked figure was none other than Tian Dao, the Dimensional Audience’s focus had shifted entirely away from whether Chen Kong and Liu Ma could escape safely from the mysterious woman of the Hidden Star Society · Xian Nv Zuo.

Now, their attention was fixed on one thing: just how powerful Tian Dao had become.

After all, even Chen Kong and Liu Ma—two of the lowest-ranked Stellar Prodigies—had undergone transformations so profound they were like reborn beings.

So what kind of evolution had the peak of the Stellar Realm, Tian Dao, undergone?

The audience couldn’t even begin to imagine.

As for whether Tian Dao might lose to the current Hidden Star Society · Xian Nv Zuo?

One word: irrelevant.

From Season 1’s premiere to its final episode, every appearance of Tian Dao had signaled the end of a crisis.

Even during the devastating final battle of Season 1—when every Stellar Prodigy had fallen into despair—Tian Dao had still managed to carve out a path to perfection from absolute impossibility.

He had found the one chance in a million.

So even though Xian Nv Zuo had just effortlessly crushed Chen Kong and Liu Ma like discarded toy cars, the Dimensional Audience remained utterly relaxed.

To them, the so-called "Hidden Star Eight" and "Xian Nv Eight" were nothing more than obstacles in the way of a single, unstoppable force.

And that force was Tian Dao—the ultimate luxury war machine of the Stellar Realm.

In their eyes, no matter how many stars there were, they all shared one inevitable fate when facing Tian Dao.

They would be crushed.

Crushed without mercy.

But Chen Kong wasn’t the only one who had noticed the eyes.

As he stared at the masked figure from a distance, his mind raced.

Though the Stellar World was no stranger to unusual eye colors—cerulean blue wasn’t exclusive to Tian Dao—there was something about the sheer, overwhelming arrogance radiating from the man that struck a deep chord in Chen Kong.

He had only ever felt that kind of aura from one person.

The kind of confidence forged through countless victories—absolute, unshakable.

Still, despite the growing certainty in his heart, Chen Kong couldn’t be as certain as the Dimensional Audience that this masked figure was truly the long-lost peak of the Stellar Realm—Tian Dao Siming.

He needed more proof.

Like Tian Dao’s signature Hei Cang.

Or the rare, almost mythic Cang Zhi Hei Shan—a technique known to only a handful of Stellar Prodigies.

Thinking of this, Chen Kong’s heart pounded with a mix of excitement and nervous anticipation.

He was now determined to watch the masked man closely.

Because the moment he used any of those signature abilities, Chen Kong would finally know if his suspicions were true.

But Tian Dao had no intention of letting him find out.

After all, he hadn’t donned the mask and black hood just to make identification easy.

If things went according to plan, no one would confirm his identity until the climax of Season 2’s Above the Heavens arc.

If the mystery wasn’t mysterious, then what was the point of wearing a mask?

To obscure his identity and scatter false trails, Tian Dao would not use his most iconic techniques—Hei Cang or Cang Zhi Hei Shan—against the Hidden Star Society · Xian Nv Zuo.

Instead, he would unleash a far more dazzling, flamboyant style.

A style he called—Lan Feng.

Though not the strongest of Tian Dao’s abilities, Lan Feng was unmatched in visual impact and sheer theatrical flair.

And for this opponent? It was more than enough.

Torrential rain poured down.

Acidic, corrosive drops hammered into the ruined remains of the Abandoned Factory—now half-collapsed and strewn with debris—each impact echoing like a sharp drumbeat.

Feeling the cold rain against his skin, Xian Nv Zuo suddenly tilted her head upward, her voice thick with nostalgia.

“How nostalgic… this feeling of absolute freedom.”

“I can’t even remember the last time I truly ‘freed’ myself.”

“No matter how well I pretend… I’ll never truly become ‘human’.”

With that, her silver hair writhed wildly in the storm.

Then, with sudden motion, she raised her four spider-legs and pressed them against the lute cradled in her arms.

“Listen, arrogant little insect. This is the requiem I play for you—death’s elegy.”

As her fingers danced across the strings, intertwined with the delicate joints of her spider limbs, a piercing, crystalline plucked note tore through the air.

Instantly, countless translucent blades of sound sliced through the rain.

Zipping through the storm at impossible speeds, they streaked toward Tian Dao like a storm of death.

Yet Tian Dao stood still—motionless, as if surrendering completely.

But just as the blades were about to strike…

Whoosh!

A wall of violent, invisible wind erupted before him.

The sound of the blades colliding with the wind barrier was deafening—like metal screeching against metal—before shattering into scattered gusts that exploded outward, slamming into the ground around him.

[Vector Control · Lan Feng: Compressing and manipulating the surrounding Kong Qi to achieve a wind-like effect, mimicking the power of 'Lan Feng'.]

Vector Control had many applications.

Compressing Kong Qi to create wind-like forces was one such method—and this was exactly what Tian Dao was using now.

But if it were just wind, the technique wouldn’t be called Lan Feng.

Because true Lan Feng wasn’t just controlled air.

It was wind—charged with deadly beauty—enhanced by special tools, hiding lethal intent within its elegance.

(End of Chapter)

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