When he heard the sound behind him, akin to a life-taking talisman, Cheng Shuangming's hair stood on end. He leaped forward without even glancing, his whole body enveloped by internal force, shouting: "Sound Shakes a Hundred Miles!"

The moment he spoke, a piercing noise erupted from his body. Everyone present instinctively covered their ears, even Pei Yan, who was poised to strike, was forced to retreat a few steps. Despite the mask, it felt as though his eardrums were about to be deafened by the dreadful sound.

Without Pei Yan needing to prompt, the system automatically equipped him with earplugs, making him feel slightly better. Cheng Shuangming too realized Pei Yan was recovering from his attack, immediately whispering: "Nowhere is Safe!"

"Ah!" Pei Yan was enraged at the sudden attack, ready to take his opponent's life. Yet that piercing noise once again rang in his ears, leaving the earplugs provided by the system ineffective.

"Metal Storm! Auto Aim!" The high-decibel noise left Pei Yan in a state of temporary deafness. Dazed, he spread his arms wide, and dense gun barrels extended from his chest.

Seeing the situation worsen, Cheng Shuangming suppressed Pei Yan with his abilities while desperately sprinting away: "Quick! Block him for me, or we'll all die!"

But before his companions could react, countless bullets had already poured from within Pei Yan. In merely an instant, Cheng Shuangming was reduced to a heap of flesh without even a final scream, his remaining half-body propelled away by the bullet impacts.

After killing Cheng Shuangming, Pei Yan removed the ear protection, stuck his finger in his external auditory canal, and felt it moist inside. Upon pulling out his finger, he found his ear had bled from the vibrations.

Thanks to Cheng Shuangming, he now found everything he heard muddled. Alarmed, he urgently used his essence to repair the ear injury.

"He can't hold on anymore! Attack him now and finish him off!" Seeing his friend brutally killed, Deng Shufa first glanced at Han Lihu, who had been silent since entering Jiezhi Space, and then turned to command the others loudly.

Yet the rest glanced at one another, clearly shaken by Pei Yan's consecutive killings, and then turned to Liu Ling, held and equipped with a restraint ring by the investigation hall personnel. In the moment, some began to contemplate surrender.

Seeing this, Deng Shufa aggressively incited: "Do you really think surrendering means they'll spare us?"

Upon saying this, he turned around, pointing at Liu Ling, and shouted: "Liu Ling, don't T M forget you have police blood on your hands, just like us! The investigation hall's handling of us isn't clear, but it's a fate worse than death! Fighting our way out is our only chance of survival; otherwise, we'd be better off dying here!"

Upon hearing Deng Shufa's words, including Liu Ling, who had already surrendered, every drug dealer shuddered. Han Lihu hadn't gone easy on them about the investigation hall's methods for dealing with superpowered criminals recently. Even if only thirty percent of it were true, it was enough to frighten them.

"Ah! Finally quiet!" At this moment, the demon's long sigh terrified the group once more.

"Investigation hall, we are willing to surrender! But we have conditions!" Ignoring Deng Shufa's iron-gritting, disappointed gaze, facing Pei Yan's chilling mechanical eye sweeping over them, the sensation akin to being watched by a wild beast, Wu Xianmin summoned courage, stepped out, and raised his hand probing.

"Sorry, we don't accept!" Pei Yan lowered the hand rubbing his ear, reactivated his facial shield, and responded coolly.

The cold refusal left Wu Xianmin devastated, hysterically questioning: "Why! We superhumans are willing to surrender and work for the investigation hall! We can tell you everything about the Divine Will!"

Holding the camera, watching from the side, Ye Jiumu showed a mocking expression and coldly responded on Pei Yan's behalf: "Because you're no longer qualified to work for us. As for the intelligence you mentioned, captured, you'll have to disclose it whether you want to or not."

"You heard what my colleague said. Either crawl over obediently like him and let my colleague put the restraints, or face being injured or dead. I've just acquired new abilities and can't guarantee I'll go easy! This is your last choice!" Pei Yan pointed at Liu Ling by Wang Wenze's feet, disdainfully.

Facing Pei Yan's contempt, anger, and fear overcame reason. Wu Xianmin shouted furiously, yelling: "M D! There's no way forward for us! Brothers, fight him!"

Despite saying this, as he saw his brothers get stirred up one after another to charge forward, Wu Xianmin kept his eyes fixed on Pei Yan, yet his steps retreated towards Han Lihu.

"Just full of words!"

When Pei Yan vanished from his sight amid a silver streak, he sensed something was wrong when the rushing wind and taunting words pierced his ears. He had already prepared, enveloped by thick internal force, as endless mud surged from him.

But as he was about to activate his ability, merging entirely into the quagmire, he suddenly felt suffocated. His neck was gripped tightly. Wu Xianmin clawed at the iron hand, struggling in vain.

After a crisp snap, Wu Xianmin fell to the ground with unwilling eyes. To his death, he couldn't understand why his internal force protection was pierced like paper by the iron hand, nor why his internal force was slowly drawn into the opponent's body!

"Can anyone subdue Pei Yan at stage two awakening? No, can anyone even at stage three?" Wang Wenze watched Pei Yan kill left and right, his mouth agape. After a while, turning to his other companions, he asked in astonishment.

At this moment, Pei Yan in everyone's eyes was unstoppable and majestic. As Gu Shenghui said, Pei Yan, having fused with Song Mingyuan's abilities, was indeed like a tiger with wings. The powerful mecha body, coupled with high-speed and computer-like reaction capability, made Pei Yan, who had undergone two months of combative training, like a precise killing machine.

Within the scene, flames, ice, and thunder erupted jointly, and the silver mechanical figure navigated within effortlessly. Those who understood Pei Yan knew that he hadn't used his full strength. From the start to that moment, he attempted to resolve opponents with melee attacks. He wasn't fighting—he was adapting people's lives to his new machine body!

Even so, these criminals found it difficult to resist. Gathered by Divine Will from society, these superhumans were exactly as Song Mingyuan said—useless without abilities. These lower-ranked superhumans in Divine Will's internal ability assessment solely relied on their powers for combat and hadn't received professional training in fighting or shooting, being used as cannon fodder on the front line by Divine Will.