229: First stop, Fan's House in Magic City

This was an artificial domain force field created by Elric, combining the Power of Rule mastered by the two Temple Knights commanders, and utilizing the power of alchemical runes to mimic a Rule Domain!

This was also the main reason they could evolve to Epic-level as mechanical lifeforms.

"Mon... monster!!!"

"Epic-level! Three Epic-level enemies!!!"

"Run!!!"

Fear spread like a plague; many of The Fan Family of Modu's private soldiers and low-ranking guest elders were scared out of their wits, dropping their weapons and turning to flee!

Family honor, generous rewards—in the face of absolute power and death, they were worthless!

"Hold steady! Form ranks! Activate the 'Profound Ice Sealing Demon Array'!!!"

Fan Hu's eyes were bloodshot as he forcefully suppressed the fear in his heart and roared hoarsely.

He knew that to run was to die!

Only by fighting with all their might could they possibly buy time for the Family Head to emerge from seclusion!

Within The Fan Family of Modu's core area, several powerful auras erupted, one of which was particularly cold and bone-chilling!

At the same time, in the core of the estate, a massive azure magic array instantly lit up, emitting an icy chill!

Countless profound ice runes intertwined in the air, drawing forth immense Ice Power of Rule. The air temperature plummeted, thick ice instantly condensed on the ground, and countless sharp ice spikes materialized out of thin air, forming a colossal ice cage that enveloped the Alien Queen and Lin Feng!

This was one of the foundations upon which The Fan Family of Modu relied to establish itself in Modu—a powerful array, presided over by peak Transcendent experts, capable of temporarily trapping or even harming early Epic-level entities!

"Hmph, a mere trifle."

Lin Feng snorted, not even moving.

The Alien Queen behind him moved!

Facing the overwhelming ice cage that radiated powerful freezing energy, the Alien Queen let out a low hiss, a sound that contained a hint of... excitement?

Its massive body suddenly took a step forward!

Fusion Stomp • Chaos Field!

Boom!!!

The Queen's forefoot stomped down!

It wasn't pure physical strength, but rather a chaotic shockwave imbued with destruction, disorder, and a trace of "resonance" that it had just deciphered from the Ice Rule!

A visible, chaotic shockwave, mixed with dark purple, crimson, sickly green, and icy blue, erupted from the point of impact!

Crack!

Crackle crackle!

The seemingly indestructible ice cage, upon contact with the Chaos Field, shattered with an unbearable cracking sound, like ice cubes thrown into molten lava!

The ice spikes were torn, pulverized, and melted by the chaotic energy!

The Ice Power of Rule was forcibly twisted, repelled, and decomposed!

The entire force field formed by the "Profound Ice Sealing Demon Array" violently vibrated from the Queen's stomp, its light flickering erratically. The several Transcendent experts presiding over the array simultaneously grunted, their faces pale!

"How is this possible?!"

Fan Hu's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

The array The Fan Family of Modu was so proud of was actually shaken by a single stomp from the opponent?!

But this was only the beginning!

The Alien Queen's cold compound eyes locked onto the points with the strongest energy fluctuations at the core of the array, as well as the location where the strongest icy aura had just erupted.

An ice crystal tower deep within The Fan Family of Modu!

There, a stronger, Epic-level aura was awakening!

The Queen opened its massive maw, and deep within its throat, a dark purple light spot, so profound it seemed to swallow all light, rapidly condensed and expanded!

Annihilation Breath • Rule Annihilation!

Buzz!!!

A torrent of dark purple energy, condensed to the extreme and over five meters in diameter, erupted from the Queen's mouth like a judgment light from the end of the universe!

Wherever the torrent passed, space let out a mournful wail, forcibly torn and twisted, leaving behind a long-lasting, unhealing black trail radiating destructive energy!

Its target was the ice crystal tower!

And the last few peak Legendary experts of The Fan Family of Modu who were attempting to block it in front of the tower—

"No!!!"

Fan Hu let out a desperate roar, channeling all his battle qi and Ice Power of Rule, and swung his great axe, unleashing a massive ice slash!

The other experts also used their trump cards, and various energy barriers and Rule defenses instantly layered in front!

However, in the face of the Annihilation Breath, all was futile!

Hiss!

The ice slash was instantly annihilated without a trace, like a bubble in the sunlight!

Boom boom boom!!

Layer upon layer of energy barriers were pierced and decomposed like thin paper!

The Rule defenses of those peak Transcendent experts, upon contact with the breath, made a harsh "sizzling" sound like metal thrown into strong acid, their Rule structures forcibly disintegrated and collapsed!

The dark purple torrent devoured all the figures blocking its path without hindrance!

Fan Hu and the others didn't even have time to scream; their bodies, along with their weapons and armor, instantly turned into basic energy particles under the terrifying Annihilation Rule, completely disappearing as if pencil drawings erased by an eraser!

The torrent, its momentum unabated, slammed fiercely into the ice crystal tower that radiated an Epic-level aura!

Rumble rumble rumble!!!!

An earth-shattering explosion rang out! The incredibly sturdy tower, made of ten-thousand-year profound ice and enhanced with runes, collapsed and disintegrated like a sandcastle under the impact of the Annihilation Breath!

Countless ice crystal fragments were directly vaporized in the Annihilation energy!

A massive crater, its edges flickering with destructive lightning, appeared where it once stood!

The Fan Family of Modu, this behemoth that had been entrenched in Modu for a century, founded on talismans and arrays, was now enveloped in an invisible, suffocating terror.

The former grandeur of its vermilion gates and high walls, the circulating brilliance of its arrays, dimmed like candles in the wind; the energy of its protective family array let out an unbearable wail under the crushing force of some higher-level power, flickering erratically, as if it would completely collapse at any moment.

Lin Feng stood suspended in the air, his cold gaze piercing through the chaotic courtyard below and the terrified fleeing figures, landing precisely on The Fan Family of Modu's core area.

Behind him were the Metal Knights, silently arrayed like steel sculptures, and the graceful Alicia.

A murderous aura, solid as substance, weighed heavily on the heart of every Fan Family disciple.

Deep in the courtyard, a gaunt old man in a butler's uniform suddenly looked up, his cloudy old eyes narrowing into pinpricks the instant they caught sight of the figure in the air!

It was Fuhai!

The old butler who, during the professional college entrance examination, had used an energy avatar to deal with Lin Feng in order to stand up for his young master, Fan Zhe.

Fan Zhe's death was a hatred Fuhai could never erase from his heart!

For months, he had been immersed in bone-deep hatred and malice, secretly watching for any opportunity to retaliate.

Yet now, as the young man he once considered an ant truly descended with a disdainful posture, as that invisible, suffocating pressure from a higher life level rolled over every inch of The Fan Family of Modu's land like a tangible tsunami, Fuhai realized with utter despair how minuscule and laughable his pathetic hatred and Gold-level strength were.

All the blood in his body seemed to freeze instantly, even his breathing stopped, leaving only bone-deep terror and an incomprehensible sense of absurdity.

"Mere months!"

"Only a few months, what on earth did this young man experience?"

"Young... young..."

Fuhai's lips trembled as he tried to utter the words "Young Master," which had once been his sole spiritual pillar for revenge.

However, a cold, absolute, undeniable force field, like an invisible grinding stone, instantly enveloped the area where he stood.

It was a domain force field from a Metal Knight, activated purely to clear away bothersome dust.

There were no earth-shattering explosions, no tragic screams.

In the instant Fuhai's face, twisted by extreme fear, froze, his body, along with the butler's uniform that symbolized his status, disintegrated and scattered like paper thrown into an incinerator.

Silently decomposing, turning into a plume of extremely fine dust, shimmering with a dull metallic luster, which, with a gust of wind, completely vanished into the oppressive air.

Not even a trace of blood mist or a muffled groan was left behind.

Gold-level, in front of an Epic-level, was more fragile than an ant.

Meanwhile, a disheveled figure leaped out from the ruins of the shattered courtyard...