The officers of the Special Security Detachment nearly jumped out of their skins at the address. What was the commanding officer's relationship with the most popular female musical group in the Federation, "FlyHeart"? "Brother Qin?" What kind of connection was this? Why hadn't the Captain ever mentioned it?

The smile plastered on Little Pluto's face froze instantly under a veneer of ice. A sharp glint shot from his pupils, fixing onto Qin Fen. The performance of the two sisters from FlyHeart felt like a resounding slap across his face.

Cheng Yan looked worriedly at Little Pluto Hades. This was a martial artist who had the potential to become a Divine Beast in the future! Those two dead girls had committed a grave error—how could they possibly offend Hades?

"Long time no see," Qin Fen beamed, a smile blossoming on his face. "Did you get my messages? You didn't even reply to one."

"We did get them~" Ya Fei and Ya Xin stuck out their cute little tongues simultaneously. "We got them right before takeoff. Then the flight attendants told us to turn off our phones. Once we landed, we were immediately swept into interviews."

Chatting intimately as if no one else were present, Little Pluto Hades's expression grew colder. The members of the Special Security Detachment stood agape, their mouths wide enough to swallow two large duck eggs.

"Brother Qin, can you tell which one of us is which right now?"

Ya Fei and Ya Xin looked identical in demeanor, gesture, and tone, smiling sweetly at Qin Fen. It had the air of that bet they had made backstage long ago.

"Do you have signed T-shirts to give away?" Qin Fen asked with genuine interest. These girls were different from many celebrities; they still retained a pure, innocent core.

"We do," Ya Fei and Ya Xin said together again. "Brother Qin doesn't even have to pay for these T-shirts. We've always been preparing for the next time we'd see Brother Qin, so whenever we had time, we made signed T-shirts. We made over five hundred!"

Wu Hui, Lin Feng, and the others had stopped hearing what the FlyHeart group members were saying past that point. The only thing they were certain of was that the vampire-like scoundrel everyone was talking about was their commanding officer.

Qin Fen casually pointed to his left. "The one on the left is Ya Xin. The one on the right is Ya Fei."

Before the two sisters could respond, the surprise etched on their faces confirmed the answer. Yu Xiao scratched his head with his finger. How on earth did he distinguish them? Even the most devoted fan would struggle to tell the two apart at a glance. How did the Captain manage it?

Cheng Yan stared at the strange scene, his eyes darting quickly before he walked over to Little Pluto and urged, "Young Master Hades, please come inside. Come right this way."

"No need."

The frost on Hades's face melted instantly, and a gentlemanly smile reappeared, overlaying an air of unquestionable arrogance.

"I have other matters to attend to. Next time, perhaps."

Cheng Yan was left speechless, watching Hades's departing back. He hadn't used any visible exertion in his movement, yet he walked as if a common man, though the distance covered by his steps seemed warped by a movement technique akin to 'Inch-Shrinking Art.' In the blink of an eye, the young man had vanished down the corridor.

"Qin Fen?"

Hades walked out of the stadium, tilting his head back to gaze at the white clouds drifting in the sky. A strange, unreadable excitement played on his lips. "I never expected that among the young generation—besides the legendary Shangguan Chuan's soaring prowess—there would be martial artists this outstanding. I'm truly looking forward to it—destroying and killing the strongest young martial artist personally. That feeling must be incredible, mustn't it?"

Several armed police officers saw Little Pluto Hades and their eyes lit up with astonishment. The reinforced concrete beneath the young man's feet had silently crumbled into dust as he left. Where had such a powerful youth emerged from?

"Such speed," the officers watched Pluto disappear quickly into the crowd and instinctively gave a thumbs-up. "I didn't expect the younger generation to produce such a formidable martial artist."

"More than just fast. What's more impressive is the imposing aura that accompanied his movement when he left—that air of 'the world is mine to command.' This young man is destined to become a great figure in the future."

"Captain Ke—"

The armed police officer looked in shock at the man who had appeared silently beside him—Ke Xiaosong, renowned as the top master in the armed police corps. For him to praise an unknown young man so highly was only the second time they had witnessed it.

The officers had not forgotten that a few days prior, when they first met the most popular Deputy Director Qin of Tianbei City, Captain Ke had uttered words very similar to these.

Ke Xiaosong frowned slightly, looking back toward the stadium. "He came out of here? I heard that the Golden Star's Little Pluto Hades was visiting Tianbei City. Could that young man just now be Hades? The descendant of a Divine Beast is indeed extraordinary. Already reaching the Blood Replacement and Rebirth, True Innate realm at such a young age. Does that mean his target this time is Qin Fen?"

Ke Xiaosong's pupils contracted sharply, tiny pinpricks shining with starlight. "Qin Fen, you've truly encountered a formidable rival this time. I wonder what assessment he would give if he encountered Hades?"

"A formidable rival. In my entire career, besides Xue Tian, he is the first true rival. A tiger's cub is indeed worthy of its father. I am certain of my victory over Little Pluto Hades."

Qin Fen nodded slightly, no longer displaying the previous indifference he showed when sparring with Hades, but confirming his statement with firm nods while answering questions from the FlyHeart members and Caesar.

Without direct engagement, just watching from a screen, Qin Fen couldn't gauge Little Pluto Hades's true strength. But in the brief clash of auras just now, it was no different from a concrete physical confrontation. This Little Pluto Hades had clearly forged his own martial path, and it was a path Qin Fen was familiar with: the Slaughterous Martial Way of Pojun (Army Breaker). Such a person's fighting style was saturated with aggression and bloodlust; the goal of the battle was to kill the opponent, not merely defeat them.

From that brief contact, Qin Fen smelled a scent of blood on Little Pluto Hades. Who knew how many people this man had killed.

Xue Tian felt everyone's gazes shift to him and hastily waved his hands. "Don't look at me like that. I'm not Old Qin's first rival. Taking a punch from him could ruin my face. I don't want to be disfigured and unable to find beautiful women."

"Everyone, to be honest, I haven't really—(reading novels all day, PC site w||w\w.1|6|k.c|n)—met Little Pluto Hades," Qin Fen said, sitting on the grass and looking at the group. "He probably knows a lot about me. This is a bit unfair to me. Although I'm not afraid of him, knowing more is always better."

The group sat on the grass, exchanging glances. Caesar finally spoke slowly. "Then I will explain. Little Pluto Hades's martial arts lineage comes from his father, the White Tiger. The martial arts he practices are the Six Brilliant Extinctions. His internal cultivation method, the Brilliant Stars of the World, was created solely by the White Tiger. If cultivated to the supreme realm, he can truly unleash the power of the stars."

Qin Fen shrugged. He hadn't even heard of such an internal cultivation method name. As for whether cultivating it to the highest realm truly granted star power, he didn't care to investigate. If Little Pluto Hades had truly pushed the Brilliant Stars of the World to its absolute peak, he would likely be close to a Divine Beast level master. If so, Qin Fen wouldn't even be strong enough to fight him.

"Of course, Little Pluto Hades has clearly not reached that level," Caesar chuckled. "The Six Brilliant Extinctions are divided into the Gold Extinction, Fist Extinction, Leg Extinction, Blade Extinction, Transformation Extinction, and the Brilliant Stars of the World internal art."

"Gold Extinction? Transformation Extinction?" Qin Fen frowned. The others seemed relatively understandable, but these two 'Extinctions' sounded utterly obscure. Caesar's lips twitched, and he spoke with admiration. "These two are extraordinary. The Gold Extinction is a unique body-protecting divine art created by the White Tiger. I don't know what ancient and new martial arts he referenced, but he forcefully created such a unique defensive technique. Rumor has it that when mastered, it earns the moniker of the Invincible Golden Body, its defensive power surpassing even the top body-protecting divine arts."

The knowledgeable Lin Liqiang nodded repeatedly, his face filled with agreement. "It's rumored that Little Pluto Hades's Gold Extinction is cultivated to the point of being impervious to blades and bullets. Although the Thirteen Great Protectors' art, when perfected, is also called impervious to blades, it pales in comparison to Little Pluto Hades's invulnerability. Ordinary police firearms cannot harm him in the slightest."

Police firearms couldn't hurt him? Qin Fen felt a slight surge of surprise. He had underestimated the heroes of the world. He thought he was the only one in this age bracket whose divine body technique had reached the level of being impervious to police guns, but apparently, others had achieved it too.

A faint self-mockery touched Qin Fen's lips. Looking back, it wasn't strange at all. Who was Little Pluto Hades? The son of the White Tiger. He must have received focused care and cultivation from the moment he was born. Spending nearly two decades beside a Grandmaster of martial arts like the White Tiger—unless he was an idiot, he wouldn't be weak.

Indeed, Qin Fen nodded unconsciously. His own strength had skyrocketed as if riding a rocket after receiving guidance from those seven masters for only a short time. This person had received nearly twenty years of tutelage from a Divine Beast level martial artist; his current strength was hardly surprising.

"As for the Transformation Extinction?" Caesar's expression was quite strange; he shook his head repeatedly. "This truly shows the White Tiger's genius. He is indeed a Divine Beast level master, and this technique is almost like cheating. It corrodes the opponent's internal energy during combat. Although it cannot be used by the wielder, well..."

Caesar shook his head incessantly, his head bobbing like a rattle drum. The other young martial artists either grinned or sighed regretfully.

Corroding the opponent's internal energy? Qin Fen's eyebrows shot high up. This was indeed a martial art that bordered on cheating. Especially when both sides were evenly matched, the internal energy would be slowly eroded and neutralized during the clashing of fists and feet. As time went on, the advantage or disadvantage would quickly become overwhelmingly apparent.

"Oh, right," Caesar continued, his eyes holding a trace of hesitation. After a pause of several seconds, he said, "I heard a rumor just before I came. The moment Little Pluto Hades reached the Blood Replacement and Rebirth, True Innate realm, he instantly ascended to the ranks of a Ten-Star martial artist."

"What?"

"Really?"

"That fierce?"

A commotion broke out on the grass. The eyes of these young elites, gathered from all corners of the world, were almost shining with disbelief.

Typically, a Nine-Star martial artist, after completing Blood Replacement and Rebirth into the True Innate realm, required a brief period of consolidation before using that solidified physique to challenge the bottleneck of the Ten-Star level. The shorter the interval between consolidation and successful Ten-Star breakthrough, the purer the internal energy, the more significant the instantaneous power increase, and the broader the scope of martial understanding the martial artist would possess.

Achieving the breakthrough to Ten-Star the very moment Blood Replacement and Rebirth was complete—what did that imply? Little Dragon King Yang Lie's eye twitched repeatedly. No wonder the outside world often rumored that Little Hades had a good chance of challenging the Divine Beast level in the future; his foundation was too solid.

"Qin Fen," Solomon quietly broke the tranquil air. "What about you? Are you Ten-Star yet?"

"..."

Qin Fen nodded gently. The assembled young martial artists let out a soft gasp. Although they had speculated this might be the answer, hearing it confirmed made it impossible to suppress their astonishment.

How long had it been since the Recruit Tournament? Three months, at most. That Eight-Star Qin Fen had already reached Ten-Star?

Caesar’s sigh was filled with resignation. He had access to potent elixirs and endured arduous training while seeking famous masters for guidance, only to reach the pinnacle of Eight-Star strength. Even against the Qin Fen from the Recruit Tournament, he felt confident in a one-on-one victory.

Little Dragon King Yang Lie’s bitter smile was also heavy with futility. He had struggled to reach the peak of Eight-Star and was beginning to challenge the Nine-Star threshold, yet Qin Fen had already shattered the Ten-Star barrier that took many others years to cross. Truly, comparing people was a killer.

Kaitian Brooks sat up from the grass, removed the cap shading his face, revealing his appealing features, and asked with genuine curiosity, "Then, how long after your Blood Replacement and Rebirth to True Innate did you break through to Ten-Star?"

"Old Qin didn't undergo Blood Replacement and Rebirth."

Xue Tian lay lazily on the grass, a blade of green grass dangling from his mouth, leisurely watching the white clouds float by.

"What?"

Everyone turned to look at Qin Fen. Qin Fen looked back at Xue Tian with an expression of surprise—this lazy genius. Could this fool see everything?

Qin Fen's expression confirmed that Xue Tian’s answer was correct. At that moment, everyone stared at the two before them in utter amazement. How could Qin Fen reach Ten-Star without Blood Replacement and Rebirth? And how did Xue Tian figure it out?

"Don't all look at me like that," Xue Tian pointed at his nose. "I smelled it. Martial artists who have undergone Blood Replacement and Rebirth to True Innate emit a special, very faint fragrance on their bodies. If one's sense of smell is extremely acute, it's not strange to detect it. Old Qin doesn't have that scent, which obviously means he hasn't gone through Blood Replacement and Rebirth."

No Blood Replacement and Rebirth? A true monster. The opponents from the Recruit Tournament once again recalled the title Qin Fen earned back then: Monster Qin Fen.

"Sigh," Caesar stretched his shoulders, getting up. "This time, you have indeed taken the lead ahead of me. But the path of martial arts is incredibly arduous. I absolutely will not allow you to remain the undisputed leader of the younger generation forever. Next time, I must surpass you."

"Caesar," Little Dragon King Yang Li also stood up, his previous dejection replaced by soaring fighting spirit. "Being the leader is such tiring work. Let me do it."

Qin Fen scratched his head, watching his friends and rivals stand up, their expressions of defeat already gone. They truly were the top echelon of the younger generation; their ability to adjust their mentality so quickly must be beneficial to their martial path.

"Everyone," Qin Fen also stood up. "Don't focus only on Little Pluto Hades. I have another troublesome matter this time. I wonder if any of you have heard of the terrifying little king, Death Omen?"

"Death Omen?"

The young people spoke the name in unison, then looked at each other, the hint of a knowing smile flickering in their eyes. The path of martial arts was never smooth. They were the leaders of the new generation's first tier and naturally understood the importance of actual combat, especially life-and-death battles, which served as indispensable catalysts for breaking through bottlenecks.

In this world, what better target for a life-and-death battle than a terrorist? To break through their personal strength bottlenecks, they constantly gathered intelligence. Who wouldn't pay attention to such a prime opponent as Death Omen?

"I've been looking for him for a long time," Brooks admitted without concealment. "That guy has practically vanished from the earth. There are even rumors he went to Saturn to establish a new base for their terrorist organization. Has he come here?"

Qin Fen nodded internally, thinking, Good thing you haven't found him. Otherwise, using the outdated data provided by the Federation, you would think he was an Eleven-Star martial artist and probably be beaten to death by him.

An Eleven-Star martial artist, even one at the Ninth rank on the Blood List, possessed Bio-Beasts, and even if Brooks was at the peak of Eight-Star, he would have higher-quality Bio-Beasts, making the chance of victory extremely slim. Qin Fen, at Eight-Star strength, had fought the Ninth rank on the Blood List before and was severely injured by a single punch, even though it was a sneak attack. It showed the terrifying strength of an Eleven-Star martial artist.

"Death Omen? The future star hyped by that terrorist group? Rumor has it he broke through to the Ten-Star realm at twenty-three. Although that seems late among frontline martial artists, I heard it only took him less than an hour after his Blood Replacement and Rebirth to complete the Ten-Star breakthrough."

Xue Tian spoke fluently, his expression as casual as ever, yet his hand had unconsciously moved to the hilt of the Iai sword at his waist. It was clear he held a significant interest in Death Omen as an opponent.

"I heard that fellow plays a different trick every time he carries out a terrorist attack," Xing Wuyi pulled out a palm-sized computer from his pocket, pushing his gold-rimmed glasses up his nose, his tone professionally reminiscent of a military commander. "This person is skilled in sniping and explosives, but his true specialty is planning. His goal isn't just to create terrorist activities; based on my analysis, every incident he orchestrates requires the populace to genuinely fall into terror. I suspect that even those just seeing the reports of the news events can sense the power and terror of the terrorist."

"Furthermore, this man commands a specially trained squad, known as the Death Squad. Every operation is guaranteed to create a sensational effect. Turning the Eiffel Tower into the Leaning Eiffel Tower, even more tilted than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, is one of his signature works."

This series of analyses, resembling combat reports, was merely a summary derived from casually reviewing computer data.

The group looked at Xing Wuyi. Among all the opponents from the Recruit Tournament, this gentleman truly embodied the qualities of a genuine soldier. The others were mostly martial artists. No one doubted that unless Xing Wuyi met an unexpected death, his figure would likely be seen among the future high command of the military. Compared to Xing Wuyi, Lin Lingxu also possessed excellent military qualities, but she appeared more like a supremely capable soldier in solo combat rather than the future commander Xing Wuyi projected.

Clap, clap, clap.

Qin Fen was the first to applaud, spurring a burst of applause from the others. "I've designed a defensive plan. Take a look and help me patch up any loopholes. Everyone who's coming to watch the fight will have to use it too."

"No problem," Little Dragon King Yang Li grinned heartily. "Consider it the ticket price for watching you fight."