Brooksdale High-Speed Rail Station, a scorching summer's day.
Amidst the bustling crowd, a lean figure emerged.
The figure belonged to a young man, wearing a T-shirt, a baseball cap, and a canvas bag slung over his shoulder.
Quite ordinary.
In my hand was an ID card, displaying the name David Johnson.
"Five years."
I walked towards the exit of the station, but when the tallest building in Brooksdale appeared before me, I suddenly stopped.
I looked up, my eyes sharp like an eagle's, and muttered:
"Brooksdale! I, David Johnson, have finally returned! Five years ago, at the banquet at Mistwood Manor, my entire Johnson Family was massacred, leaving only me to survive. If not for my mother's last effort pushing me into Deepwater Lake, perhaps there would be no Johnson Family left in Brooksdale!"
At this point, my fists clenched suddenly, and a powerful wave of Evil Qi spread outwards in all directions, making the surrounding tourists feel as if an invisible hand had gripped their throats!
In an instant, it was like Hell!
"Gary Davis! The Sovereign! And all those who coldly watched as my parents were murdered! You surely think David Johnson is dead!"
"Maybe I should even thank you. If it weren't for you, my master wouldn't have saved me, and I wouldn't have returned with magic that shakes the heavens and frightens the gods!"
"This time, I swear, I will make anyone involved pay a thousandfold!"
...
Several seconds later, I finally released my grip, hailed a taxi, and headed for downtown.
If he had delayed a few more seconds, perhaps none of the passersby would have survived.
Along the way, memories surfaced continuously, almost suffocating me with pain.
Originally, I was born into a prestigious family, lacking nothing and, although often called a waste by the social circle, the family of three lived happily together.
But it was the gathering at Mistwood Manor five years ago that completely altered my destiny!
My father offended a high and mighty man to save a little girl!
The man flew into a rage, slapped my father on the face, and even killed him in front of countless people!
No one stood up to stop it during the whole process!
Including the families that once flattered the Johnsons!
Including those who were once my father's friends!
Even including the uncle I had always trusted!
I was frantic, I struggled, and at that time, I even picked up a dinner knife and rushed at that man!
But in the end, I was stopped by that man with one hand!
I vividly remember the man's indifferent gaze and cold words:
"What is the Johnson Family of Brooksdale? Even if you're a top family, I can exterminate you with my hand! And you, this overreaching little thing, I've heard you're famously useless here? Haha, and you want to kill me? Even given a hundred years, you can't change the fact you're a waste!"
To everyone's surprise, a woman suddenly rushed over at this time, using all her strength to push me into Deepwater Lake!
At the moment of falling into the lake, I witnessed my mother rushing at the man!
With a resolute determination to die.
I thought my life would end there, but I did not expect to be saved downstream of Deepwater Lake by an old man.
The old man took me to an isolated place, taught me supreme Alchemy, and the cultivation of the Nine Heavens Profound Yang Technique.
In those five years, in that ethereal place, no one knew what happened to me.
Only that a demon had risen unexpectedly there, code-named The Crimson Fury!
...
Oakhaven Apex Ventures.
I glanced at the note in my hand, then at the emblem on the entrance, confirming I was in the right place before entering.
This time, I had intended to go straight to Silverwood in search of the man from Mistwood Manor, because in the past five years, I most wanted to kill this person, and as for clues about him, I only knew he was called The Sovereign by those around him and came from Silverwood, the rest was blank.
However, before leaving, the old man insisted I first go to Brooksdale and find a girl named Jessica Brown.
The old man had once traveled to Brooksdale and had some emotional entanglement with Jessica's grandmother, and I even suspected that Jessica might be this old man's granddaughter.
Three days ago, the old man operated the Heavenly Mechanism to break through a formation, discovering Jessica would face a major disaster within a hundred days, and this disaster could lead to her bitter end. My Life Chart happened to be the Wyrmrest Chart, undetectable by the Heavenly Dao, so to break the situation, there was no other way but me.
As for how to break the situation, the old man never mentioned; he just told me to take one step at a time.
...
"Stop!"
Suddenly, a cold voice rang out, and two burly men, both over six feet tall, stood in my way. They wore security uniforms, had dark skin, sharp eyes, and muscular arms that were visually impactful.
I raised an eyebrow, naturally not wanting to engage with these security guards, and explained: "Hello, I'm looking for Jessica Brown."
One of the guards, hearing Jessica's name, sneered: "You're looking for Ms. Brown, you think you can? Ha, do you have an appointment?"
"No," I answered truthfully.
"Then may I ask if you have a work ID from Radiance Group?"
"I don't have that either."
Hearing this, the guard's arrogance intensified, looking down on me, pointing at the door, disdainfully: "Since you have neither, there's the door, please leave!"
As one of the top enterprises in Eldoria and certainly Brooksdale's leading company, Radiance Group's security naturally had a sense of superiority.
They didn't need to look at anyone's face, just expel those who loiter around!
At this moment, a few men in suits got out of a Mercedes E200, walked to the front desk to inquire, seemingly also seeking Jessica Brown, and of course received the same result as me. They shook their heads, deliberated for a few seconds, then decided to wait on a nearby sofa.
I also didn't plan to entangle with the two guards, and pointed to the hall's sofa: "Then I'll just wait there for a while."
With that, I headed straight to the sofa.
But after only a few steps, I was blocked by the two guards again.
"Kid, are you deaf or something? Martinez't make me say it a third time, that's the door, get out!" one guard demanded fiercely, pointing at the door.
I frowned; I had just arrived in Brooksdale, I hadn't even offended these two, so why such difficulty?
Pointing at the men in suits, I inquired: "Why can they sit and wait, but I can't?"
One guard scanned me from head to toe, mocking: "A bumpkin like you wants to see Ms. Brown? Look at yourself, go ahead and leave; if you don't, I might just throw you out."
I shook my head helplessly; I understood, these guards were flaunting their power, and apparently, my attire wasn't worthy of waiting!
Unexpectedly, even after five years, Brooksdale remained the same!
"What if I don't want to leave?" My face darkened.
"Martinez't want to leave? Then you're courting death!"
At his words, one guard placed a hand on my shoulder, his arm muscles tensing!
His mouth curled into a cruel grin; just a slight push, and the frail guy in front would fly three meters away!
Just a few days ago, another equally ignorant bumpkin challenged his authority and ended up being thrown out by him with one hand, now lying in the hospital!
The guard exerted force abruptly, but I remained unmoved!
Gradually, the guard's smile froze! His face turned to panic!
For he realized the young man before him was like a mountain! Impossible to lift!
At the same time, a sense of impending death spread from his arm to his back!
He was drenched in sweat!
The other guard noticed something was wrong with his partner and joked: "Rock, can't even handle this? So much sweat in daylight, did your wife drain you last night? Let me do it."
Saying this, he reached a hand towards me.
"Get lost! I have no desire to kill."
Suddenly, my icy voice rang out, like a rolling Thunder Shock!
An instant surge of energy appeared around me, crashing into the two guards!
The two felt a powerful force slam into their chests!
Both were drenched in sweat, for they felt the young man before them was like a mountain! Impossible to move!
Their whole bodies felt it!
One of the guards sensed something was off, laughing: "Rock, you can't do it, sweating like this in daylight?"
The other guard's hand shot at me.
"Get lost! I don't want to kill you."
Suddenly, my cold voice boomed like rolling Thunder Shock!
In that moment, my left foot slightly tapped the ground, my aura forming a powerful stream that rushed at the two guards!
Both guards felt a tremendous force hit their chests!
They crashed into the lobby's tempered glass with a loud bang!
"Boom!"
The whole glass shattered and collapsed with a loud crash!