URBAN VILLAIN SYSTEM

The terrifying, immense golden light radiating from the sky completely froze the entire city of Mumbai.

The roaring elemental spells, the shattering barriers, and the massive, translucent hand of spiritual energy that Ancestor Long had unleashed were all completely paralyzed in mid-air, looking like giant statues of glass under the artificial noon sky.

Thousands of cultivators from both armies were stuck in whatever position they were in, unable to move a single finger, their hearts pounding with absolute, biological terror as they felt a pressure that completely surpassed the boundaries of their mortal world.

Floating calmly at the absolute center of the giant golden vortex, Tang Zi slowly descended from the heavens. His pearlescent skin shone with a soft, divine light, and the tiny galaxies swirling inside his eyes looked completely mesmerizing. He glanced over the massive, frozen battlefield with an expression of pure, unbothered indifference, treating the supreme experts of this world like simple dust.

His celestial gaze instantly locked onto the majestic jade carriage where Academy Master Da Vinci was currently frozen, his face still twisted in a mask of greedy triumph. Tang Zi’s brow furrowed slightly with a trace of deep annoyance. He remembered how this noisy mortal had dared to scream and disrupt his previous negotiations on Mount Meru.

"I explicitly warned you before that a mere insect of this lower world should never dare to interfere with my grand designs," Tang Zi murmured softly, his voice carrying the absolute finality of a god.

With a casual, indifferent snap of his long embroidered sleeve, a sharp ripple of invisible spatial energy sliced through the air.

Academy Master Da Vinci did not even have time to register what was happening; the moment the spatial ripple touched his physical form, his high-tier defensive arrays, his supreme cultivation base, and his entire body were instantly snapped into microscopic dust.

The wind caught the grey ash and scattered it across the frozen harbor, erasing the greedy master of the 9 Lotus Academy from the face of the continent forever. The live stream devices hovering in the air immediately went completely blank, plunging millions of online spectators across the globe into a state of absolute, silent horror.

Right at that exact moment, the spatial restriction covering the inner courtyard of the Clark family mansion smoothly dissolved.

Tony Clark walked out of his private quarters with his usual slow, lazy steps, his dark combat cloak billowing slightly in the residual golden light. Directly behind him, Elsa and Lily Frost followed closely. Lily’s beautiful face was completely pale with awe, while Elsa maintained her serene, perfectly brainwashed smile of total devotion.

Tony walked to the center of the open courtyard, looking up at the floating upper-realm traveler. For the first time in a very long time, Tony straightened his posture, removing his standard mocking smirk, and performed a respectful, elegant bow toward the celestial being.

"Greetings, Master Tang Zi. It seems you are a man of your absolute word. The seventy-two hours are up, and I am glad to see you returned right on time."

Tang Zi floated down until his feet gently touched the stone floor of the courtyard, a wide, highly satisfied smile spreading across his handsome face as he looked at the young villain. "I am always exceptionally meticulous when it comes to high-value transactions, young master Tony," Tang Zi said smoothly, his tone full of businesslike eagerness.

"I have completely prepared everything according to your strict terms. I found the terminal mortal inside the Eternal Sun Realm who shares your exact appearance, and I have successfully constructed the soul-swapping catalyst and a specialized spatial shield to protect your physical frame during the dimensional transfer. You will be able to slip past the realm guardians with absolute ease."

Tony let out a low chuckle and casually reached his right hand into his dark cloak, interacting directly with the hidden system interface inside his mind. With a brief thought, he withdrew his hoarded treasures to prove his ultimate leverage.

Two brilliant, emerald-green flashes of light suddenly erupted from his open palm, instantly filling the entire frozen courtyard with a thick, suffocating wave of primordial life energy. Resting side by side in his hand were two genuine, raw World Tree seeds, their vibrant green glows pulsing in a steady, rhythmic pattern that made the surrounding stone walls hum with life.

Tang Zi’s galaxy-like eyes widened to the size of saucers, an intoxicating burst of absolute excitement causing his breath to completely hitch. For five hundred long years, he had been searching through different lower worlds for these legendary artifacts to fuel his return home, and now, two were floating mere inches away from his face.

"Magnificent! Truly magnificent!" Tang Zi gasped, his voice trembling slightly with pure eagerness as he stared at the glowing seeds. He quickly forced himself to regain his majestic calm and looked back into Tony’s dark eyes.

"You mentioned before that you would only hand over the second seed in exchange for a massive, secondary favor right before your departure. Now that I have fulfilled the terms for the first seed, tell me your exact request for the extra one, Tony Clark. What does a cultivator of your ambition desire next?"

Tony casually closed his palm, returning the brilliant seeds back into his system storage, though the thick primordial life aura still lingered in the cold air. He turned his head slightly toward the high observation tower and raised his voice, his tone completely steady. "Ancestor Kent, Leo, come down here immediately."

The spatial restriction covering Ancestor Kent and Tony’s younger brother Leo instantly dissolved under Tang Zi’s silent command.

The two of them hurried down the tower steps, their faces completely covered in a mix of profound shock, awe, and intense nervous energy as they stepped into the presence of an absolute god-like being.

Leo’s hands were tightly clenched at his sides, his eyes darting between Tony and the glowing celestial traveler, while Ancestor Kent stood tall, his ancient heart pounding furiously against his chest as he realized his grandson’s promised miracle was about to happen.

Tony pointed directly toward his two family members, his eyes locking onto Tang Zi with an unyielding, predatory intensity.

"My secondary demand is entirely for them, Master Tang Zi. I want you to utilize your supreme cosmic laws and upper-realm treasures to completely reconstruct the meridians of my ancestor, Kent Clark, and my younger brother, Leo Clark.

For Ancestor Kent, I want you to instantly force his cultivation base to break through to the absolute apex peak of this entire world, and artificially extend his natural lifespan by at least five hundred years. For my brother Leo, I want you to grant him a matching peak cultivation foundation so that he can perfectly protect our lineage once I am gone. Secure the absolute future of the Clark family, and both seeds are yours."

Tang Zi looked at the old ancestor and the young genius, a slow, highly appreciative smile spreading across his pearlescent face. He shook his head in pure amusement at Tony’s deep strategic foresight; even while preparing to abandon this lower world forever, the boy had managed to use his leverage to turn his family into an absolute, unstoppable empire that could never be crushed by any regional army.

"An incredibly loyal and calculating request, young master Tony," Tang Zi said, his voice smooth and full of casual superiority. "To force a mortal body to the absolute apex peak of a lower world is an extraordinarily simple task for a traveler of my stature. I accept your terms completely."

Tang Zi raised both his hands, his long fingers rapidly forming a series of complex, glowing golden runes in the open air. With a sudden forward push, two massive pillars of blinding celestial light and pure upper-realm laws erupted from his palms, completely enveloping Ancestor Kent and Leo within giant spheres of raw energy.

Inside the radiant pillars, the sounds of cracking bones and roaring spiritual transformations echoed through the quiet courtyard.

Ancestor Kent’s withered, fragile frame suddenly began to expand with immense vitality, his gray hair rapidly turning into a deep, healthy black as centuries of old injuries and stagnant meridian blocks were completely wiped out within a fraction of a second. His internal cultivation pool exploded violently, shattering through his previous limits and rising straight into the absolute apex peak of the world, while a thick wave of green celestial medicine flowed into his soul, anchoring an extra five centuries of life directly into his life force.

Right beside him, Leo let out a powerful roar as the upper-realm laws forcefully expanded his spiritual sea, skipping decades of bitter cultivation to grant him an identical, terrifying peak foundation that caused the ground beneath his boots to crack from the residual pressure.

As the blinding pillars of light finally faded, Ancestor Kent and Leo stood in the center of the courtyard, their bodies radiating a level of terrifying, world-suppressing power that far exceeded anything the continent had ever seen before. They felt like unstoppable gods, capable of wiping out Da Vinci’s entire frozen armada with a single wave of their hands.

"Along with the core breakthroughs, a traveler of my position does not leave a partner empty-handed," Tang Zi said with a bright smile.

He casually waved his hand over the stone table, and several ancient, glowing scrolls containing powerful upper-realm cultivation techniques, along with two magnificent, dark-gold spiritual weapons wrapped in dense cosmic lightning, materialized out of thin air. "These weapons and techniques will serve as the absolute guardian treasures for the Clark family, ensuring your lineage dominates this continent for millennia to come."

Ancestor Kent and Leo looked at their new, divine power and the glowing weapons, their eyes welling up with a profound, overwhelming sense of gratitude. They turned their gazes toward Tony, completely understanding that this massive miracle was entirely bought by his shameless, brilliant bargaining.

Tony let out a satisfied breath, his signature lazy smirk returning to his face as he stepped forward to face the cosmic traveler. He bent his waist and performed a final, respectful bow of genuine thanks toward Tang Zi. Once he straightened up, he casually extended his right hand forward, his palm opening to officially offer the two glowing green World Tree seeds to the celestial entity.

Tang Zi’s hand trembled with absolute ecstasy as he carefully took the two divine seeds into his own palm, his galaxy-like eyes flaring violently as he channeled a thin strand of energy to verify their authentic, primordial structures.

Finding absolutely no defects or hidden tricks, he quickly swept them into his private cosmic storage, a look of profound, triumphant relief spreading across his face after his five-hundred-year search.

"The transaction is perfectly complete, young master Tony," Tang Zi said, his voice echoing with absolute warmth and celestial authority as he looked at the young villain.

"The dimensional veil is aligned, and the dying mortal’s final breath in the upper universe is just moments away. Take a final look at your world, junior, and get yourself completely prepared to leave!"

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