34: Dare you touch my woman?

In the banquet hall, Lin Tian's rhetorical question, filled with absolute dominance and icy killing intent—"Do you have an opinion?"—was like an invisible, Soul-freezing sword of ice, pressed firmly against Kyle Austin's throat.

The air seemed to solidify at that moment.

Kyle's handsome face, filled with aristocratic superiority, was completely twisted by extreme anger and humiliation. He stared intently at Lin Tian, his azure eyes burning with a rage that could incinerate everything. His S-Rank [Holy Light] Ability uncontrollably emanated from him, forming a blinding, destructive golden light field around his body.

As the most favored Young Lord of the "Holy Mountain" organization, when had he ever suffered such a great humiliation?!

To be publicly ridiculed, to have his "plaything" publicly killed, and then to be publicly questioned, "Do you have an opinion?"!

This was no longer a simple loss of face; this was his dignity, the face of the entire "Holy Mountain" organization, being pressed to the ground and ruthlessly, repeatedly, and violently trampled upon!

"Very good... very good!" Kyle squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth, his voice as cold as ten-thousand-year-old profound ice. "Lin Tian! You have successfully enraged me!"

He stopped wasting words, sharply waved his hand, and issued the coldest command to the elite guards behind him, who were already poised for battle, their Aura all at Martial Ancestor Rank or above.

"Attack!"

"Teach our Long family friends what true... rules are!"

"Yes!"

Several elite guards from the "Holy Mountain" organization simultaneously erupted with violent Holy Light energy, charging towards the Long family's seats like tigers released from their cages!

"Protect the heirs!"

The Long family's guards also showed no weakness, unleashing powerful Auras and preparing to meet the attack.

A top-tier faction clash, capable of leveling this luxurious banquet hall, was on the verge of breaking out!

However, at this moment—

"Everyone, retreat."

A voice, equally cold but filled with endless majesty, came from the Long family's heir seats.

It was the number one heir, Long Qingtian.

He slowly rose, Battle Intent surging in his sharp, eagle-like eyes.

But before he could make a move, two figures beside him stepped forward even faster.

"Big Brother, why use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken? There's no need for you to personally deal with these few 'Holy Mountain' trash!"

It was the number three heir, Long Ao!

After a year of tempering, and having his spirit completely shattered by Lin Tian's overwhelming duel, he had broken through and stood anew, his state of mind becoming increasingly steady. This was the perfect opportunity for him to show his loyalty to his new master!

He took a step forward, activating his S-rank Talent [Indestructible Sword Bone] to its utmost! In an instant, thousands of incomparably sharp Sword Qi erupted from his body, forming a sword blade storm around him capable of shredding everything!

And beside him, the seventh heir, Dragon Snow Phoenix, as cold and aloof as a ten-thousand-year-old ice mountain, slowly raised her ice-blue beautiful eyes.

"Noisy."

She simply uttered two words blandly.

The next second, an absolute zero cold Qi capable of freezing the Soul surged out from her, centered on her!

S-Rank [Frost Phoenix] Ability, activated!

Crack! Crack, crack, crack!

The temperature of the entire banquet hall plummeted by tens of degrees! Countless ice crystals condensed in the air, and the floor, walls, and dome were instantly covered by a thick layer of solid ice, shimmering with an eerie blue glow!

Half of the venue, in that instant, was directly transformed by her into a frigid Domain of ice and snow!

The "Holy Mountain" guards, who were rushing forward aggressively, suddenly froze the moment they touched this Domain. Frost instantly covered their bodies, drastically reducing their speed!

And at this very moment, Long Ao's sword blade storm arrived!

"Die!"

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Under Long Ao's full-power, space-tearing Sword Qi shredding, combined with Dragon Snow Phoenix's all-slowing freezing Domain, this battle, from the very beginning, presented a one-sided, crushing, overwhelming momentum!

Those Martial Ancestor Rank powerhouses, who could dominate a region in the outside world, were now like lambs to the slaughter. They couldn't even put up a decent resistance before being instantly pierced, torn, and shredded into a sky full of blood and ice crystals by the endless Sword Qi!

In just a single exchange!

All the elite guards Kyle brought were annihilated!

This sudden scene made all the observing guests gasp in cold air!

"Too... too strong! Is this the strength of the Long family's direct heirs?!"

"That Long Ao, I heard he awakened the [Indestructible Sword Bone], a Sword Dao Prodigy born for battle! And that Dragon Snow Phoenix, her [Frost Phoenix] Ability is an S-rank Talent, a top-tier elemental S-rank Talent said to be capable of freezing all things! The two of them together are simply a perfect match!"

"It is said... that the number one heir Long Qingtian's [Heavenly Tribulation Body] is the absolute bane of all elemental abilities! I can't imagine what a terrifying scene it would be if he were to go all out!"

Amidst the awestruck discussions of the crowd, Kyle's handsome face was completely twisted, looking extremely ugly!

He watched helplessly as his most elite guards were so effortlessly slaughtered in front of the entire world!

He had lost all face!

What a great humiliation!

Completely consumed by endless rage and humiliation, he no longer cared for any of the composure or status befitting a top-tier Prodigy, and decided to... personally enter the fray!

Boom!!!

A Holy Light energy far more violent and dazzling than ever before erupted from his body! He himself seemed to transform into a golden sun descended upon the human world, capable of purifying all evil!

However, his murderous gaze did not choose Long Ao, who was at his Peak battle strength.

Instead, it suddenly shifted, locking firmly onto the beautiful young woman—Dragon Snow Phoenix—who had just finished releasing her large-scale freezing ability, whose Aura was in a declining phase, and whose face was slightly pale!

"Bitch! Die for me!"

He roared, actually choosing the most dishonorable and despicable... sneak attack!

S-Rank Forbidden Art—[Holy Light Judgment]!

A golden destructive light beam, condensed from all his power, filled with destruction and purification, capable of instantly wiping a small city off the map, roared out from his palm, shooting towards the target—the relatively weakest and most out-of-state person in the entire hall—at a speed beyond thought!

This strike was fast! Ruthless! And vicious!

Dragon Snow Phoenix's ice-blue beautiful eyes suddenly contracted to pinpricks!

Facing this fatal blow, capable of instantly severely injuring even a Martial King of the same rank, feeling the destructive Aura that made her Soul tremble, her heart was filled only with endless coldness and despair!

She knew she... simply couldn't defend in time!

And... simply couldn't block it!

Just 0.01 seconds before that destructive light beam was about to hit her graceful, delicate body—

A white figure, without any warning, as if traversing the dimensions of time and space, instantly appeared in front of her.

It was Lin Tian!

He did not choose to dodge, nor did he choose to block.

Instead, he directly used his seemingly not broad, yet incredibly solid and reliable back, to face that Holy Light capable of destroying everything!

Boom!!!

The destructive light beam squarely, solidly, slammed into Lin Tian's back!

The entire banquet hall trembled violently under this one strike!

"No—!!!"

Dragon Snow Phoenix, looking at the back that had blocked the fatal blow for her, let out a heart-rending scream filled with terror and disbelief!

And Lin Tian, after taking that blow head-on, just slowly turned his head.

He looked at Kyle, who had a face full of surprise and disbelief, and then looked at the ice-cold beauty behind him, whose face had long since lost its color and was covered in tears. For the first time, his deep eyes ignited with a truly furious rage, capable of incinerating the Nine Heavens!

He slowly, word by word, uttered the cold words that would make the entire world tremble.

"You dare to touch my woman?"