14: Does anyone have any objections?

The scene in the shadow-recording stone plunged the entire Deliberation Hall into dead silence.

The truth was revealed to the world!

"Now," Lin Chen retracted the shadow-recording stone, his cold gaze sweeping across the hall, "who approves, and who objects?"

The hall was utterly silent.

However, just when everyone thought the situation was settled, the White-Haired Grand Elder, seated at the head, slowly spoke.

Her voice was ancient and calm, yet it carried an undeniable authority.

"The evidence, we have seen it. Lin Feng and Wu Jun deserved their deaths."

"But..." She changed her tone, and her cloudy old eyes instantly locked onto Lin Chen!

"You crippled the foundation of their bloodline inheritance; your methods were too vicious! Publicly assaulting the Law Enforcement Team Captain is an even greater disregard for clan rules!"

"Merit is merit, and fault is fault!" The White-Haired Grand Elder's voice suddenly became sharp. "Lin Chen, though you had reason, your actions were perverse and must be slightly punished! I declare that your merits and faults cancel each other out! And you must be confined for self-reflection and hand over what you obtained from the treasury to the family for safekeeping. It will be returned to you once your temperament is stable!"

Although these words were much more subtle than the previous version, their essence was still favoritism and suppression, aiming directly for the black dragon bracelet in Lin Chen's hands!

"Ancestor!" Lin Zhan was both shocked and enraged, not expecting the other party to remain so unyielding in the face of ironclad evidence.

"No need to say more!"

The White-Haired Grand Elder snorted coldly, and a pressure far exceeding that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator suddenly erupted from her body!

Half-step Golden Core!

Her cultivation was not truly at the Golden Core Stage, but she had touched that threshold, reaching the "Half-step Golden Core" realm, where her magical power quality far surpassed that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators!

This pressure was still enough to suppress the entire hall!

Under this pressure, Lin Zhan and Lin Ziyan both changed color, feeling their breathing become difficult.

"Lin Chen, this old one is also doing this for your own good." The White-Haired Grand Elder looked down at Lin Chen, her tone carrying a hint of condescension. "Although a Dao Artifact is good, possessing a treasure makes one a target. With your current strength, you are not strong enough to protect it. Handing it over for the family to keep is the safest choice."

In her opinion, she had already given him enough leeway.

For a Half-step Golden Core expert to personally offer to "safeguard" a junior's item was already a tremendous show of respect.

However, Lin Chen smiled.

"Safeguard?" He looked at the old woman at the head, who thought she controlled everything, and shook his head. "Old hag, speaking so righteously, aren't you just trying to openly rob me?"

"Presumptuous!"

The White-Haired Grand Elder was completely enraged, her eyes revealing murderous intent!

"It seems if I don't teach you a lesson, you won't know your place!"

She suddenly raised her hand, and a gigantic azure palm, condensed from Half-step Golden Core magical power, instantly appeared above the hall, descending fiercely towards Lin Chen with power far exceeding that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators!

With this palm strike, she did not intend to kill, but rather to capture and suppress Lin Chen alive, forcing him to hand over the Dao Artifact!

Facing this world-shattering attack, a trace of solemnity finally appeared on Lin Chen's face.

This was the strongest enemy he had encountered since his transmigration!

But in his eyes, there was no fear; instead, a raging fighting spirit burned!

"Good timing! I'll just use you to test my current limits!"

Lin Chen roared, no longer holding back in the slightest!

"Open!"

The hundred dragon elephant particles within his body erupted simultaneously at this moment!

Boom—!!!

A physical blood energy, pure to the extreme and overbearing to the extreme, surged like a volcanic eruption, soaring into the sky! Instantly shattering the Half-step Golden Core's pressure!

Under the horrified gazes of everyone, a hundred roaring phantom images of ancient dragon elephants appeared on Lin Chen's body surface!

He seemed to have transformed into a young War God from ancient times!

"This... what kind of power is this?!"

The three Grand Elders at the head all cried out in shock!

They had never seen such terrifying physical blood energy! This was simply not a power that humans could possess!

"Break... for me!"

Lin Chen did not use any fancy moves; he simply gathered the power of a hundred dragon elephants onto his right fist and, with a simple punch, struck out at the azure giant palm in the sky!

"Roar—!!!"

The hundred dragon elephant phantoms seemed to condense into one at this moment, transforming into a golden torrent that surged against the heavens!

The next second, fist and palm met!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Only a grating "creak" that made one's teeth ache!

The azure giant palm, condensed from Half-step Golden Core magical power, was actually... forcefully blasted with cracks by that golden fist energy!

A stalemate!

It was actually a stalemate!

A Body Tempering Realm youth, relying on pure physical strength, actually directly clashed with the divine ability of a Half-step Golden Core expert!

This scene completely shattered the worldview of everyone present!

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" For the first time, a look of shock and disbelief appeared on the White-Haired Grand Elder's wrinkled face!

She felt as if her magical power giant palm had struck an unshakeable ancient divine metal!

"With just this much strength, you want to snatch my things?"

Lin Chen's voice, like thunder from the nine heavens, boomed!

"Shatter for me!"

The black dragon bracelet on his wrist, at this moment, glowed with intense black light!

A ten-fold gravity domain instantly enveloped the azure giant palm!

"Crack!"

The already cracked magical power giant palm, under this sudden immense pressure, could no longer hold on and exploded with a crash!

"Pfft—!"

With her divine ability broken, the White-Haired Grand Elder was struck hard, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, her aura instantly wilting!

One punch shattered a divine ability!

He directly challenged a Half-step Golden Core and even injured her!

Lin Chen stood with his hands behind his back, his clothes fluttering, his gaze sweeping across the hall with unparalleled dominance!

"Now,"

He looked at the pale-faced, white-haired old woman whose eyes were filled with fear and regret.

"I will say this one last time."

"No one can take my things. No one can touch my people."

"Who else has an objection?"