Chapter 175 A Sudden Turnaround: The Despair of the Lin Family's Eldest Daughter
"Boom!"
In the silent barracks, fire and ice crystals exploded simultaneously.
Facing the overwhelming black chains, Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue did not hesitate, immediately activating their strongest combat power.
"Nine Changes of the Phoenix, Fire Dancing Red Lotus!"
Su Qingyue shouted, and the phantom of the Heavenly Phoenix behind her flashed and disappeared. With a wave of her hand, the scorching Nirvana True Qi transformed into dozens of spinning red lotuses. The moment they touched the black chains, they emitted a sizzling sound like acid corrosion, forcibly burning them into nothingness.
"Domain of the Ice Phoenix, Everything Freezes!"
Mu Qingxue was even more direct. A layer of thick profound ice instantly formed on the ground beneath her feet, and the blue, extreme cold Qi swept across the entire area like a shockwave.
The Shadow Guards attempting to sneak in had their speed slowed by thirty percent instantly. Several weaker ones were frozen into ice sculptures, remaining in their pouncing postures.
"Your coordination is not bad." Lin Yan moved like lightning, weaving through the rain of fire and ice, not even a speck of dust touching her clothes.
She held a slender, soft sword wrapped in cyan Qi, her eyes cold as knives.
"Unfortunately, in front of a Peak Great Grandmaster, your growth... is still not enough!"
Lin Yan swung her sword, and the cyan Sword Qi transformed into a giant cyan eagle in mid-air, shrieking as it tore through Su Qingyue's red lotuses, forcing both women back several steps.
"Pfft." Su Qingyue's face turned pale; she knelt on the edge of the bed. The over-expenditure of her phoenix blood left her exhausted.
"Protect Jiang Chen..." Mu Qingxue gritted her teeth. Although her ice sword had shattered, she still used her body to block the front of the bed.
Lin Yan walked closer with an elegant cat-like gait, her soft sword emitting a heart-palpitating tremor in the air.
"Jiang Chen, do you not plan on waking up yet?" Lin Yan looked down at Jiang Chen, who was still fast asleep, her eyes full of prejudice and arrogance. "Still using these two women as your shields? A man like you living in this world is simply an insult to the words 'the strong'!"
She couldn't even be bothered to use a Move, directly reaching out to grab Jiang Chen by the collar, intending to carry him away like a dead dog.
"Since you love sleeping so much, I will take you to the Lin Family's 'Earth Fire Ghost Prison' to sleep to your heart's content!"
Lin Yan's fingers were slender and fair, carrying the pressure of a Great Grandmaster's True Qi, about to clamp onto Jiang Chen's collarbone.
However, at the millisecond her fingertips touched the fibers of Jiang Chen's pajamas.
【Ding! Detected extremely narcissistic and provocative low-frequency noise.】
【host's current state: In deep sleep, currently dreaming of rubbing the back of the Empress and reaching the 'extended session' stage.】
【Severe interference warning! Severe interference warning!】
【Waking Up Anger autonomous defense mechanism activated: Dream realization—A massive slap!】
Jiang Chen, on the bed, suddenly furrowed his brows into a "river" shape.
He seemed to feel a giant fly buzzing in his ear, disturbing his beautiful dream that had just started to improve, causing it to shatter instantly.
"It's really noisy... so annoying..."
Jiang Chen murmured in his dream, and then, his body moved naturally, like rolling over to find a blanket, and he casually swung his right hand.
This slap looked soft and powerless, like swatting a mosquito in his sleep.
But from Lin Yan's perspective, the scene before her twisted drastically!
The ordinary barracks disappeared, replaced by a pitch-black Void Realm. And that slap, in mid-air, magnified infinitely, directly evolving into a materialized giant hand that was dark purple, even wreathed in wisps of golden thunder!
That was the absolute manifestation of War God Realm Mental Energy!
"What?!" Lin Yan's pupils contracted violently. In that instant, she felt her Soul was locked by that slap.
That suppression of status made her, this so-called Peak Great Grandmaster, unable to even muster a thought of resistance.
"Slap!!!"
A crisp, loud sound, echoing across the entire Northern Fortress, suddenly exploded.
This slap landed solidly on Lin Yan's exquisite and arrogant face.
"Boom!"
Lin Yan was like a kite with a broken string, even her scream stuck in her throat due to the sheer speed.
Her Great Grandmaster True Qi barrier, which was sufficient to withstand missile bombardment, shattered like a soap bubble the moment it touched the purple-gold giant hand.
Thud!
Lin Yan hit the reinforced titanium-alloy wall of the barracks at an angle that defied physical laws.
The half-meter-thick alloy wall was smashed into a human-shaped indentation twenty centimeters deep by this impact.
Lin Yan was "embedded" in the wall, foaming at the mouth, her eyes rolling back. The hand that had been holding the soft sword hung limply, and the soft sword fell to the ground with a clang.
Silence.
Dead silence.
The remaining Shadow Guards saw their Young Miss being "slapped into the wall," so scared that their Dao Heart shattered on the spot. One even collapsed to the ground, a puddle of yellow liquid seeping out from between his legs.
And Jiang Chen on the bed, after swinging that slap, finally felt that the "mosquito" had been swatted away.
He smacked his lips with lingering satisfaction and tilted his body to the side.
"Mm... why is this blanket short again..."
Jiang Chen kept his eyes closed, his large hand reaching out dominantly to the side, just happening to scoop Su Qingyue, who was sitting limp on the edge of the bed from exhaustion, into his arms.
"Ah!" Su Qingyue let out a cry of surprise. Before she could react, she was tightly hugged by Jiang Chen as if she were a large body pillow.
Jiang Chen's head naturally buried itself into Su Qingyue's chest, which was rising and falling rapidly from the recent fierce battle. His scorching breath sprayed onto her collarbone, bringing a wave of trembling numbness.
"Jiang... Brother Jiang Chen..." Su Qingyue's pretty face flushed as if it were about to bleed. She wanted to push him away, but because her True Qi was exhausted, she was soft and couldn't exert any strength.
Plus, the domineering yet stable aura on Jiang Chen's body caused the phoenix blood in her body to spontaneously start nourishing her damaged Meridians.
"Jerk... you only know how to take advantage..." Mu Qingxue, watching this scene from the side, felt a flash of "resentment" in her originally cold eyes.
She looked at Lin Yan, who was flattened on the wall, and then at Jiang Chen, who was hugging a beauty in his arms. Finally, she could only sigh helplessly, sat quietly on the other side of the bed, and pressed one of Jiang Chen's hands onto her own cool legs.
"Profound Yin conditioning... this is also for Cultivate." Mu Qingxue found a lame excuse for herself in her heart.
【Ding! Detected that the favorability of two high-quality sleep companions continues to be off the charts.】
【System automatically scanning remaining enemies...】
【Capture successful! Utilizing "Divine Soul Dream Guide" to steal the memories of the remaining Shadow Guards...】
Although Jiang Chen was sleeping, the System's black tentacles had quietly drilled into the minds of those terrified Shadow Guards.
【Reading... Found Lin Family's core secret.】
【Acquired: Lin Family's sub-space vault coordinates—Deep in the East Sea Secret Realm of the Magic Capital.】
【Acquired: Information on the second "God's Secret Key" fragment.】
Jiang Chen seemed to sense something in his dream, a satisfied arc curling at the corners of his mouth.
He subconsciously tightened his hold on Su Qingyue in his arms. The soft, sweet tactile sensation made him feel that although this Northern training trip was a bit noisy, the meal and accommodation subsidies... were indeed well worth it.
And Lin Yan on the wall, at this moment, barely opened one eye, looking at the man who was sleeping with such satisfaction while hugging a stunning beauty, and feeling her own face, which had completely swollen into a pig's head...
An unprecedented despair and shame welled up in her heart.
That was the sound of a Prodigy's dream shattering.
In front of this man, so-called hard work, so-called Realm, really... were not as good as a nap.
"Master... this mattress is indeed soft." Iliya didn't know where she had crawled out from, turning back into her little fox form, lying extremely obediently at the soles of Jiang Chen's feet. She was the most oblivious one in the whole scene.
The morning light began to rise; the dawn of the North, amidst Jiang Chen's snoring, appeared exceptionally peaceful.