18: We're hitting your pride.

“Kneel.”

“Slap yourself a hundred times.”

Lin Chen’s understated words, like the most venomous curse, instantly ignited all the anger and pride in Bai Ruoxue’s heart!

“Lin Chen—!”

A shriek filled with endless killing intent and humiliation erupted from Bai Ruoxue’s mouth!

“Boom!”

The bone-chilling pressure, no longer held back, erupted like a volcano! The temperature of the entire courtyard instantly dropped to freezing, and a thin layer of frost even condensed on the ground!

Her beautiful eyes were now completely crimson!

“How dare you humiliate me like this?! If I, Bai Ruoxue, do not kill you today, I swear I am not human!”

She was completely enraged!

The so-called future of the family, the so-called peace talks, at this moment, were completely shattered by her utterly trampled dignity!

She would rather die standing than live kneeling!

“Xue’er, no!”

Bai Fengyi’s expression changed drastically; she hadn’t expected her daughter’s reaction to be so intense and quickly moved to stop her.

However, it was already too late!

“Ice Phoenix Descends Upon the World!”

Bai Ruoxue formed hand seals, and accompanied by a clear phoenix cry, a gigantic ice phoenix, condensed from extremely cold spiritual energy, appeared out of thin air behind her!

The ice phoenix was lifelike, exuding a terrifying aura capable of freezing all things. With a flap of its wings, it carried world-destroying power and fiercely pounced towards Lin Chen!

This was the strongest divine ability of her Ice Phoenix Bloodline!

This strike, born of hatred, held nothing back!

“Good timing!”

Facing a strike that would make even ordinary Late Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators blanch, Lin Chen’s face revealed an excited smile!

He had been waiting for this moment!

Constant crushing was too boring.

Only by ruthlessly trampling the enemy’s proudest possession underfoot, in their most confident domain, in the most domineering way!

That was the ultimate way to show off and slap faces!

“Let me show you what true power is!”

Lin Chen roared, no longer suppressing anything!

“Roar—!!!”

The roaring phantom images of three hundred Primordial Dragon Elephants suddenly appeared behind him, converging into a golden ocean!

That pure, ultimate physical qi and blood soared into the sky, instantly shattering the icy domain!

The temperature inside the courtyard, instead of dropping, rose dramatically, becoming incredibly hot, as if one were in a massive furnace!

“Break, for me!”

Lin Chen stomped his right foot fiercely, and his entire body shot up like a cannonball. Without using any fancy moves, he simply and directly punched, meeting the giant ice phoenix head-on!

On one side was a magnificent, dazzling, and chilling divine ability!

On the other side was pure, ultimate, and incomparably domineering physical strength!

This was the most primitive, most brutal collision!

Under the horrified gazes of Bai Ruoxue and Bai Fengyi, the golden fist collided fiercely with the giant ice phoenix!

“Crack… crack… boom—!!!”

There was no stalemate whatsoever!

The seemingly mighty and unparalleled ice phoenix, capable of freezing mountains, was like the most fragile glass before Lin Chen’s fist, which contained the power of three hundred Dragon Elephants!

Starting from its head, it shattered inch by inch!

Cracks spread like a spiderweb, instantly covering its entire body!

Finally, with a deafening explosion, it burst apart!

Transforming into scattered ice crystal fragments, flying everywhere!

Meanwhile, Lin Chen’s figure, unstoppable, passed through the sky full of ice crystals, like an invincible young War God, instantly appearing before the already dumbfounded Bai Ruoxue!

“Pfft—!”

With her divine ability broken and her bloodline connected, Bai Ruoxue violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, her pretty face instantly turning pale, and her aura extremely weak.

She stared blankly at the man so close, radiating golden qi and blood, her once incredibly arrogant beautiful eyes now filled only with deep fear and… despair!

She lost!

She lost terribly!

Her strongest trump card was so vulnerable before him!

Lin Chen slowly reached out, pinching her snow-white and delicate neck, lifting her with one hand like a small chick.

“I gave you a chance.”

His voice was cold and indifferent.

“Unfortunately, you are too foolish.”

“Now, I’ve changed my mind.”

Lin Chen looked at her beautiful face, tear-streaked and filled with fear, a cruel arc forming at the corner of his mouth.

“Death is too easy for you.”

“I will keep you by my side, and let you witness with your own eyes how I ascend to the peak step by step.”

“I will let you witness with your own eyes how those Holy Land Maidens and Peerless Empresses, whom you once regarded as your goals, willingly submit to my feet, one by one.”

“I will let you drown in your endless regret and pain for all eternity!”

As his words fell, he didn't even glance at the already terrified Bai Fengyi beside him. He simply carried the half-dead Bai Ruoxue, turned, and walked back into the depths of the courtyard.

Domineering!

Powerful!

Demonic flames soaring!

This was the ultimate punishment for a favored daughter of heaven!