For a hundred years, there had always been those who said that Matt had become the strongest awakened one in all of Dragon Country.
He was even considered the most promising existence in nearly a thousand years to break through to the tenth order and reach that truly invincible realm.
Now another hundred years had passed, and Matt had become even more unfathomable, his combat power renowned...
Could it be that he had already taken half a step in?
The oldest and most experienced individuals in many powerful families speculated this way.
As a result, they issued a death order to their entire families – under no circumstances were they to have any further dealings with Matt.
They didn't want to bear the risk of even positive influence, choosing not to provoke this greatest harbinger of doom in Dragon Country, or perhaps even on the entire Blue Star.
Not only that, but they also secretly issued family edicts.
If anyone were to offend anyone from Matt's lineage, the family would not bear any responsibility for protection.
On the contrary, for the sake of the entire family's interests, they would unhesitatingly hand over the offender, who would then have to bear all the self-inflicted consequences.
And now, Lin Ran, who had just made a name for himself and gained fame throughout the world in the freshman exchange competition, was standing right in front of him. He had almost crashed into Lin Ran with his flight vehicle.
This was even Lin Ran's hometown, and he had been boasting about killing the civilians here...
Countless large beads of sweat trickled down. Lu Chen felt as if he was about to faint.
Lin Ran, with remarkable kindness, flicked his finger, lifting Lu Chen's body into the air.
And in his heart, he continuously prayed, "Dad, please pick up this time!"
Unfortunately, before three seconds passed, his communication request was ruthlessly rejected by Lu Zhanguo.
Sensing Lin Ran's slightly displeased gaze, Lu Chen truly wet his pants, and once again sent a communication request.
After going back and forth like this two or three times, just as the half-minute limit Lin Ran had mentioned was about to be reached, Lu Zhanguo finally answered.
A displeased voice came from the other end:
"What is it, Chen'er? I'm in the middle of a family meeting..."
"If it's not an emergency, we can talk later!"
However, to Lu Zhanguo's immense surprise, he was not answered by Lu Chen's familiar tone, but by a strange voice:
"Lu Zhanguo, Mr. Lu... the head of the Weiyang Lu family... right?"
Lu Zhanguo's heart skipped a beat. He slammed the table in anger and roared:
"Who are you, daring to kidnap my Chen'er? Do you think my Lu family is without people?"
Lin Ran chuckled:
"Not at all... Patriarch Lu, I am merely an amateur meteorologist."
"The reason I'm using this unconventional method to contact you this time is mainly to remind you and the Lu family."
"In about two hours, two meteorites, with a direct contact area of over ten thousand meters with the ground, will fall in the very center of the area where your family territory is located."
"Such a major event, if I don't inform you in advance, I fear it will bring unimaginable and severe losses to the entire Lu family!"
Lu Zhanguo's face changed drastically:
"What did you say?"
"Where did this charlatan come from?! How dare you spout such nonsense!"
"If such a world-shattering event were to occur, you wouldn't need to remind me... the entire Dragon Country would know!"
"Do you think I'm that easy to fool?"
"If you know what's good for you, release my Chen'er immediately, and I might consider letting bygones be bygones! Otherwise..."
Lin Ran didn't give Lu Zhanguo a chance to ramble further, and said coldly:
"Oh, and one more thing to remind you, Patriarch Lu..."
"My name is Lin Ran!"
Lu Zhanguo, exasperated, said:
"Lin Ran? Who cares what your name is! Let alone you Lin Ran, even if you were..."
"What?! You're Lin Ran?!"
After repeatedly babbling without end, Lu Zhanguo finally realized what Lin Ran had said and was struck with terror.
Lin Ran smiled:
"Yes, that's right, I am Lin Ran."
"Just now, your son Lu Chen, piloting a small flight vehicle, came over Jianggu City and gave me the great gift of a crashed flight vehicle..."
"I've always been someone who repays kindness, so I thought I'd send you a return gift..."
"As the saying goes, a drop of kindness should be repaid with a gushing spring."
"Since we are both arriving from outside the heavens, I'll give you the biggest one."
Due to extreme shock, Lu Zhanguo almost crushed the desk in front of him.
His foolish son went out just once this year and offended Lin Ran?
Why was he such a jinx!?
Now, whoever mentioned Lin Ran, the first thing that came to mind was the two sky-obscuring meteorites that had landed in the Ruined City that day.
With these two meteorites, Lin Ran not only annihilated the entire Fallen Army's portal forces, crushed the Blood Sacrifice Portal and Ling Xiao, who had nearly inflated to an eighth-order awakened one by relying on the Blood Sacrifice.
He also directly destroyed more than half of the Ruined City, stirring up countless dust waves that buried, destroyed, and swept away buildings.
Even in the Ruined City, where buildings were not particularly dense, the power was already terrifying...
If the meteorites were to fall into a densely populated area with concentrated buildings, and where energy equipment was everywhere and large amounts of energy crystals were stored, the destructive power would be unimaginable.
For example... their family territory!
Although no one knew how Lin Ran, hidden by Luo Qingyan within the Chaos Breath, had accomplished all that that day.
It was undeniable, however, that Lin Ran absolutely possessed the power to replicate that scene.
Coupled with his elusive spatial abilities, dimensional escape abilities capable of evading the attacks of the tenth-order expert Su Lie (Divine Might Virtualization), and various other increasingly infuriating abilities...
It would be incredibly easy for Lin Ran to drop meteorites on their heads.