And the man standing beside this woman was also keeping silent with a gloomy and uncertain expression on his face, clearly realizing that he had ended up in trouble. He and the woman beside him were just ying their parts in a casual fling, each taking what they needed.


    It was all fun and games.


    But now he had clearly stirred up a mess.


    This was not someone he, an 8th-level Magician, could afford to mess with, and he couldn''t withstand this kind of firepower. Damn it, are these really gunmen? Why has their firepower be so fierce? If gunmen are this powerful, who would want to switch to being a Magician? Damn!


    He had just leveled up and was quite happy about it, but now he didn''t feel happy at all.


    Wait a minute...


    The man''s eyes suddenly narrowed as he realized something. A few days ago, there was a random event where a siege boss named Grave Digger appeared outside Fengtian City. This eventter caused quite a stir, not because it caused any damage.


    It was because this boss was the first siege boss in the history of Fengtian City to be killed solo, with one hundred percent of the damage dealt by a Transcendent named Chen Miao.


    Afterward, the Enforcement Bureau disseminated a message to the public seeking this person.


    From this inference, this person should have no significant background, and now that Chen Miao''s actions in the major event had attracted the attention of many, this meant that after the event ended, many were likely to seek out Chen Miao for a talk.


    Such a young and powerful individual with a clean background, no power would not want to court him.


    No matter which power he joined, it would be an existence beyond his capacity to provoke, and he suddenly realized a very serious matter—this might be thest opportunity he had to run away...


    But where to run?


    "Broken Pot City," he thought.


    With his mind made up, he didn''t even bother to sell off his physical assets or pack his belongings, but instead immediately got up from the bed and walked straight out to buy a ticket to Broken Pot City, nning to flee overnight.


    As a Transcendent, he understood all too well the brutality of conflicts among Transcendents. To the ordinary Lifestyle upation, society was still stable, at least without Transcendents ughtering people in the city center. But for Transcendents, when conflict arose between them, death was always the best way to end the struggle.


    ...


    The woman, who was still lying on the man''s bed watching the livestream, looked at the streaming footage with aplex expression and didn''t notice that her man had been gone for over ten minutes, simply assuming he had gone to use the bathroom.


    Watching a major event livestream was a matter of prestige.


    Because only Transcendents, or those with a Transcendentpanion, could watch major event livestreams; ordinary Lifestyle upations couldn''t ess them at all. Although she was a Lifestyle upation, she boasted about having a Transcendent partner and often shared information about Transcendents in her social circle.


    This was her way of subtly hinting that her social status was now slightly different from others.


    It also garnered her quite a few likes,pliments, and ttery.


    Human nature is bothplex and simple; when you''re on top, you''ll find that those who you thought were too aloof will actuallye back to fawn over you, surprising you with how much they have to say.


    She intended to use today''s viewing of the major event livestream as a topic of conversation. She didn''t expect to see someone she recognized.


    After a while.


    The woman realized the man had not returned, and after being removed and blocked by her friends online, she was confused for a moment before she suddenly came to a realization—her man... had he just run away directly?


    Without any hesitation?


    What should she do now?


    ...


    Meanwhile, in the secretnd, Chen Miao had started to go all out.


    In his recent observations, he noticed that the bullets didn''t bounce back, possibly because the trees weren''t very hard, causing the bullets to embed or prate the trunks; this meant almost zero risk.


    The asional stray bullets, thanks to his protective vest, posed no threat at all.


    "What''s the point of buying protective gear if not to use it at times like this?"


    So—


    Chen Miao climbed out of the pit, stood still, and shook off the dust from his body, then he took a deep breath and held the deluxe version of the Thompson Submachine Gun in his hand, aiming towards the nearby forest.


    "Ratatat!!!"


    The rapid gunfire resounded once again; the area enveloped by the Metal Storm had all its trees'' branches and underbrush shattered to pieces, trees were sliced in half at their trunks. In the forest, even an Apollo Armed Helicopter picking up its mounted Gatling gun and strafing the woods wouldn''t have much of an impact.


    The forest was simply too vast.


    The might of nature meant that a few bullets were nothing to a forest, and although the bullets from his Thompson Submachine Gun didn''t have the same pration as those of a Gatling, hepensated with a high rate of fire and plenty of ammunition.


    It was rough, but it cleared quickly.


    Along with the effect of the Tao Wood, every eleventh bullet he fired exploded, and the sounds of explosions mixed with gunfire echoed nonstop!


    Under the unbridled devastation of the Metal Storm, this secret realm seemed to be Chen Miao''s backyard. He strolled leisurely through the forest, leaving silence in his wake. Up to now, he hadn''t seen a single yer.


    But his panel informed him that he had already killed 17 yers.


    He didn''t even hear any of these people speak to him or beg for mercy.


    These people were very aloof.


    Not willing to show their heads even before death.


    ...


    Meanwhile, outside Fengtian City, numerous Transcendents watching the livestream were silent, rooted to the spot. Logically speaking, in such a low-level event, a Senior Transcendent who underwent multiple job changes and downgraded to rebuild would be smashing thepetition on a different level.


    But aside from these rebuilt Transcendents.


    What they feared most was encountering monsters. After the world underwent Transcendentalization, what wasn''tcking? Opportunities!


    Who didn''t have opportunities? Everyone had them!


    It all depended on whose opportunity was greater. When encountering a monster that harnessed tremendous fortune and also appeared in the same major event, they could only be thankful that due to this being an event for low-level Transcendents, there was a protection mechanism in ce; otherwise, core members from many influential forces would have been annihted.


    This is also why in this world, when seeking vengeance, people tend to wipe out their enemies entirely.


    There were just too many opportunities in this world, and no one knew what chance the person you carelessly let go today might seize tomorrow, in what manner they might reappear before you, living the rest of their life in constant fear and anxiety.


    Either don''t act, or clean it uppletely.


    This had almost be a mantra in the hearts of all Transcendents in this world, as these kinds of incidents had happened countless times.


    ...


    As time passed.


    Chen Miao killed more and more people.


    Members sent by countless influential forces like the ck Hand Gang, the Chi Family, and the Autumn Chamber of Commerce didn''t even have a chance to resist before they were eliminated, especially the young princess from the Chi Family. After being gunned down randomly, she couldn''t help but pout in the waiting area, her lips forming into a little pearl, and it was unbearable not to want tofort and pinch them.


    It really hurt, okay.


    "Get ready, get ready!!!"


    At that moment, a man from the ck Hand Gang with a fierce look on his face was growling, preparing to start an ambush.