74: Chapter 74 Butler Wang is a member of the Illusion Demon Clan

Chaos is the best cover.

Under a pile of corpses less than thirty meters from the off-road vehicle, a pair of murky eyes stared intently at the young man meditating on the roof of the car.

Steward Wang was hidden among the beasts, holding his breath.

As a spy who had been lurking in the Wang family for thirty years, he had witnessed the rise and fall of the Wang family and personally orchestrated countless hunts targeting human geniuses.

The original plan was seamless: use the fool Wang Tianba to control the economic lifeline of Jianghai City, then obtain the Jianghai City's defense map, and with the beast tide coordinating from inside and out, capture this Level 3 base Jianghai in one fell swoop.

But all of this was ruined by the young man named Lin Fan before him.

The Wang family fell, Wang Tianba became a cripple, and even his painstakingly built underground intelligence network was uprooted.

“Damn human variable.”

There was no anger in Steward Wang's heart, only cold killing intent.

Now that the entire Wang family was arrested, he had no choice but to leave the Wang family. And as an alien race, failing to complete the mission meant he had no value.

As long as he killed this logistical core that continuously provided strange weapons, Jianghai City's defenses would collapse without a fight.

This was his last chance, and his final glory as a Phantom Demon Clan. Phantom Demon Clans are a branch of alien beasts, skilled in stealth and disguise; even someone a realm higher would find it difficult to see through them.

Steward Wang moved.

There was no earth-shattering aura, nor any hint of killing intent. His body seemed to melt, transforming into a puddle of black liquid, flowing silently across the blood-stained ground towards the modified off-road vehicle.

Phantasm Talent: [Absolute Stealth].

Twenty meters.

Ten meters.

Five meters.

Lin Fan still had his eyes closed, seemingly unaware of the impending death. The fatty next to him was busy distributing blind boxes to the soldiers, and the One-armed Captain was directing the battle.

No one noticed this deadly shadow.

He arrived.

Steward Wang lurked in the shadow under the wheel, all his power erupting in that instant.

“Die!”

The black shadow burst forth.

A dark green dagger, poisoned, shot out like a venomous snake's tongue, piercing straight towards Lin Fan's back.

This strike gathered all of his quasi-Lord Level (Half-step Grandmaster) cultivation.

Fast.

So fast that even the air was torn apart, yet no sound was made.

Just as the tip of the dagger was about to touch Lin Fan's clothes.

A hand appeared.

The hand was slender and fair, seemingly without any strength, yet it was precisely as if it had been rehearsed countless times, firmly gripping Steward Wang's wrist holding the dagger.

“Crack.”

The crisp sound of bones breaking was exceptionally clear amidst the noisy battlefield.

“Ah!!”

Steward Wang let out a short, sharp cry, his body instantly forced out of its shadowy state back into human form. He looked up in horror, meeting Lin Fan's calm eyes.

There was no surprise in those eyes, only amusement.

As if looking at a monkey that willingly jumped into a cage.

“Steward Wang, no, Alien Beast, you're the mastermind behind the Wang family's collusion with alien beasts, aren't you? You finally showed yourself. I felt something was off when you disappeared that day!”

Lin Fan's voice was calm, yet it struck Steward Wang's heart like a heavy hammer.

“You discovered me long ago?”

Steward Wang didn't have time to think further, his left hand transformed into a claw, nails growing three inches long and gleaming with a faint blue light, fiercely grabbing at Lin Fan's throat.

This move, called “Throat Shatter,” was a killing technique he had hidden for many years.

Lin Fan sat on the car roof, not even shifting his butt.

He neither dodged nor avoided, allowing the sharp claw to grab his neck.

“Clang!!”

Sparks flew.

It wasn't the sound of flesh tearing, but the mighty clang of metal colliding.

Steward Wang felt as if his claw had struck ten-thousand-year-old cold iron, his nails broke, and a piercing pain shot through his fingertips. Yet, on Lin Fan's neck, not even a white mark was left, only a faint layer of colorful flowing light that flashed and disappeared.

S-Rank Talent: [Indestructible Golden Body].

“This... this is impossible!”

Steward Wang completely collapsed.

The intelligence stated that Lin Fan was just a martial artist who had recently awakened, reaching this point only through luck and that strange blind box talent.

But what was with this physical strength?

Even the Elite Level Ironclad Rhinoceros, known for its defense, wasn't this tough!

“Nothing is impossible.”

Lin Fan backhanded Steward Wang across the face.

“Slap!”

This slap was without any fancy moves, a pure burst of physical strength.

Half of Steward Wang's facial bones instantly shattered, and he was sent flying like a broken rag doll, smashing heavily into the ruins a dozen meters away, kicking up a cloud of dust.

“Enemy attack! Protect Brother Fan!”

Only then did the surrounding soldiers react.

Fatty Zhang Hao let out a cry, immediately activating his Tyrannosaurus Armor, transforming into a steel beast and blocking in front of Lin Fan. Hundreds of soldiers instantly turned their muzzles, surrounding the ruins tightly.

“Cough cough... cough...”

Violent coughing came from the ruins.

Steward Wang staggered to his feet. His originally kind-looking face was now completely twisted, his skin began to fester and peel off, revealing black scales and grotesque muscles beneath.

Since he was exposed, there was no need to disguise anymore.

“Roar!”

An inhuman roar echoed across the battlefield.

Steward Wang's body rapidly expanded, surging from 1.7 meters to three meters. His spine pierced through his skin, transforming into sharp bone spurs, his legs became reverse-jointed beast hooves, and a thick tail swung behind him, shattering the concrete ground.

Phantasm Demon True Form.

The aura of a quasi-Lord Level alien beast was released without reservation, making the surrounding low-level soldiers turn pale.

“Lin!”

The monstrous Steward Wang spoke human words, his voice like two pieces of raw iron grinding together, “You have repeatedly ruined our race's plans! Today, even if I die, I will drag you down with me!”

“For the Beast God!!”

Steward Wang stomped hard on the ground with both feet.

Boom!

A large pit collapsed in the ground.

He transformed into a black afterimage, charging frantically towards Lin Fan, braving the dense rain of bullets. The bullets struck his hard scales, only sparking, unable to stop his advance.

This was a fatal blow.

He burned his life essence, and his speed and strength briefly broke through to true Grandmaster Level at this moment.

“Brother Fan, run!” Fatty's eyes were bloodshot, he wanted to rush forward to block, but was sent flying by the shockwave generated by Steward Wang's casual swing.

No one could stop a rampaging quasi-Lord Level alien beast.

Except Lin Fan.

Lin Fan stood on the car roof, looking at the increasingly close, hideous giant beast, and sighed softly.

“It seems I can't hold back anymore!”

[Indestructible Golden Body] was fully activated, revealing Lin Fan's early Martial Master cultivation without a doubt.

Too fast!

His advancement speed, constantly opening blind boxes during the great battle, was like riding a rocket, breaking through to the Martial Master level in a short time, and soon he would be assaulting the Grandmaster Level.

A Grandmaster is a top expert who guards a Jianghai.

If this appeared in a student, how explosive would that be? It's unimaginable how intense the discussions within the country would be.

...

In an instant,

Golden light condensed on Lin Fan's fist, solidifying, and the surrounding air began to distort due to the high temperature.

Closer.

Ten meters.

Five meters.

Steward Wang's gaping maw was already within reach, he could even smell the nauseating stench.

“Die!!”

Steward Wang gathered all his strength into the single horn on his head, fiercely ramming towards Lin Fan.

“Scram.”

Lin Fan uttered a single word.

His right fist blasted out.

Simple, direct, violent.

No flashy moves, only power pushed to the extreme.

“Boom!!”

Fist met horn.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Immediately after, a terrifying shockwave spread outwards from the two. The off-road vehicle's windows instantly shattered, and the surrounding soldiers were pushed back by the air current.

“Crack!”

The indestructible alien beast's horn was actually blocked by a high school student who had only recently awakened.

Steward Wang's massive body froze in mid-air, his beast eyes filled with disbelief.

He had burned his life, unleashing Grandmaster Level power, yet...

He couldn't even force this young man back?

Is this even human?

“What... what kind of monster are you? How can a human possess such a powerful physique?”

Steward Wang's lips moved with difficulty, his life force rapidly draining away.

Lin Fan retracted his fist, “Do only you alien beasts get to have powerful physiques?”

Steward Wang looked at Lin Fan's excessively young face and suddenly laughed.

A desolate, desperate laugh.

“Human race, what a human race, another formidable figure has emerged.”

“Lin Fan, you won. But the human race... is doomed to lose.”

The light in Steward Wang's eyes suddenly turned wild, and the remaining energy core within him began to violently tremble, emitting a piercing hum.

“No! He's going to self-destruct!”

The One-armed Captain Chen Gang's face changed drastically, he roared, “Everyone, get down!!”

The self-destruction of a quasi-Lord Level alien beast had the power of a small tactical nuclear bomb.

Lin Fan frowned slightly.

At such a close distance, even if he could withstand it, the fatty behind him and this vehicle full of supplies would be finished.

“For our race!!”

Steward Wang let out his final roar.

But he didn't rush towards Lin Fan; instead, he abruptly turned around, using his last ounce of strength to charge towards the Jianghai wall fifty meters to his rear-left.

That was the support point for the entire western defense line.

It was also the core of the defensive array.

“Boom!”

A small mushroom cloud rose into the air.

The terrifying explosion instantly swallowed that section of the Jianghai wall. Rubble flew, and dust obscured the sky.

The intense tremor made people within several kilometers unable to stand steadily.

When the dust cleared.

The once sturdy Jianghai wall had been blasted with a massive thirty-meter-wide gap. The light curtain of the defensive array flickered violently a few times, then completely extinguished.

“Roar!!”

Outside the gap, the beast tide, already poised, let out excited roars.

Countless alien beasts, like a black tide, surged madly through the gap.

The defense line was broken.

Steward Wang died.

But he used his life to toll the death knell for humanity.

As a lurker, he failed.

But as an alien warrior, he succeeded.

“Damn it, this old dog...”

The fatty climbed up from the ground, looking at the huge gap with a desperate expression, “Brother Fan, this is big trouble.”