298: Chapter 299 Light Speed ​​Slide

Sagiri's heart instantly leaped into her throat.

She looked around and saw those covetous experts, two full-strength genius teams, nearly thirty Class Transferees over level 100, and those two investigation team masters radiating a suffocating aura. In her eyes not long ago, any one of these people was an unattainable existence that could have crushed her as easily as an ant.

However, what happened next completely exceeded her expectations.

As Lin Muyang led them out of the secret realm, the massive vortex radiating streams of dark gold and deep purple light actually flickered behind them a few times before completely dissipating like a candle in the wind. Not even a trace of spatial fluctuation remained, as if it had never existed.

Cleared. And it was a complete clear; with the secret realm core destroyed, the entrance naturally vanished.

This sight fell into the eyes of everyone surrounding them, leaving them all stunned.

"This..." The burly man's mouth hung open, and the tower shield in his hand almost slipped.

"Clearing a mythical-rank secret realm in six hours?" For the first time, a crack appeared on the Ice Spell Mage's cold face, her knuckles turning white as she gripped her staff.

That was a Level 101 mythical-rank secret realm! According to Stanro City's past experience, even for the most elite level 100 team with the best logistics and most perfect tactics, it would take at least two or three days just to initially explore and attempt to conquer the first guardian boss! As for a complete clear... the fastest record in history was set twenty-nine years ago by the Golden Generation of that time, taking a full seventeen days!

And now, six hours, cleared.

This fact was like a heavy hammer smashing into the hearts of everyone present, leaving their minds blank and causing them to forget to breathe.

The first to react was the middle-aged man from the investigation team. His name was Kandas, Level 325, a veteran expert of the Discipline Division with rich experience and lightning-fast reactions. The moment the secret realm entrance dissipated, he realized something and almost reflexively asked a youth from the Gray Hawk team beside him, "When did they go in?"

"A... about six hours ago..." the youth replied with a tremble.

Six hours! Clearing a mythical-rank secret realm!

Kandas's expression instantly became incredibly solemn. Several key pieces of information flashed through his mind: the rapid clearing of a mythic secret realm, the appearance of one male and three females when the secret realm showed only two people, the boy's calm and composed posture, and the unfathomable aura beneath the two girls' exquisite beauty...

A Summoner! This boy was a Summoner! And he was a terrifying-level Summoner the likes of which Kandas had never seen, or even imagined!

In Atlantis, Summoners were already a scarce and noble profession. A Summoner with a B-rank talent had resource priority comparable to other professions with an A-rank talent. What this boy before him displayed could no longer be measured by talent ranks. It was a mythic-like existence that transcended the scope of cognition!

In a flash, Kandas made a decision.

With a "thud," under everyone's astonished gazes, this Level 325 SS-Rank Expert and senior expert of the Stanro City Discipline Division actually dropped to one knee in Lin Muyang's direction!

"I wonder which lord is conducting business here? This lowly Kandas is willing to serve you, My Lord!" His voice was loud and respectful, exceptionally clear in the silent night.

???

Everyone around was dumbfounded.

They stared with wide eyes, unable to believe what they were seeing. The reinforcement they had invited, the high-and-mighty senior expert, actually knelt to a boy who looked no more than eighteen or nineteen?

Some slow-reacting team members were still holding their weapons in combat stances, now frozen in place, caught in a dilemma.

Kandas knelt without hesitation. He knew exactly what he was doing. This boy before him possessed the potential and strength to overturn the cognition of the Atlantis World. Offend such a person? Forget him, even the higher-ups of Stanro City behind him would probably have to think twice. As for whether Virgil's son was killed by the other party... what did that have to do with him? It was Virgil's son who died, not Kandas's son!

Lin Muyang looked at the middle-aged man who had so decisively knelt and was also momentarily stunned.

This fellow certainly knows how to read the situation.

"Just as well, I lack someone familiar with the local situation." Lin Muyang glanced at Kandas and made a plan. With a wave of his hand, he set Kandas as a friendly unit.

The moment he raised his hand, several Class Transferees who hadn't yet recovered from their shock reflexively activated defensive skills. Staffs lit up and weapons glowed with battle qi, as they thought a fight was about to start.

Unfortunately, before Lin Muyang, they didn't even have the qualification to resist.

He didn't even need to act personally.

"Blood Shadow Flying Dagger," Alice's cold voice rang out.

In an instant, dozens of energy daggers, crimson as blood and thin as cicada wings, condensed out of thin air. Immediately after, a multicasting effect was triggered—one became ten, ten became a hundred! Hundreds of Blood Shadow Flying Daggers whistled toward the dazed Class Transferees like an infuriated swarm of bees!

Too fast! So fast that most people on the field couldn't even see the shadows of the daggers!

"Pfft!" "Slash!" "Ugh—!"

The dull thuds of sharp weapons penetrating flesh and short screams of agony rang out almost simultaneously.

The members of the Gray Hawk and Anvil teams, including the two captains, had their hastily raised shields easily torn like paper, and their fine armor was directly pierced. The Blood Shadow Flying Daggers accurately penetrated their hearts, throats, foreheads, and other vital points, bringing forth bursts of blood.

In just one encounter, nearly thirty Class Transferees around level 100, including two captains with SSS-Rank Talents, fell like mown wheat, their life force instantly extinguished.

Sagiri stared blankly at this scene, her small mouth slightly agape. She knew Alice was strong, but she hadn't expected her to be this strong. Those geniuses who were unattainable in her eyes were as fragile as scarecrows before Alice.

Hundreds of Blood Shadow Flying Daggers seemed to possess lives of their own, tracing lethal arcs in the air, each one accurately finding its target. Some people hadn't even realized what happened before they lost consciousness.

A thick scent of blood permeated the air. The night wind blew, carrying a nauseating stench. Sagiri forced back the discomfort in her stomach and tightly gripped the corner of Lin Muyang's clothes. This was the first time she had witnessed such a scene with her own eyes.

As for the female investigator, an SS-Rank Expert at Level 338, she was the only one besides Kandas who could still react. The moment Alice moved, her face changed drastically. Three layers of different colored magic shields instantly lit up on her body—one ice blue, one pale gold, and one emerald green, representing ice defense, Divine Protection, and Natural Sanctuary respectively. Simultaneously, she retreated rapidly, pointing her staff at Alice as an ice-blue Polar Ray shot out, causing tiny ice crystals to freeze in the air it passed through!

However, Gui Wanwan moved.

Her movements didn't seem fast, even appearing somewhat lazy, yet she happened to block the path of the ray the moment before it was about to hit Alice.

"Yamas Secret Incantation," she whispered, extending a fair finger and lightly pointing in the female investigator's direction.

There was no light, no loud noise, only an invisible, eerie power that struck the soul across space, instantly hitting the target. The female investigator's delicate body trembled violently, the light in her eyes suddenly scattering. The Polar Ray she had just condensed dissipated out of control, and she collapsed backward like a puppet with its strings cut; her soul had been forcibly blasted out of her body!

A translucent figure, looking exactly like the female investigator, floated out of her body and hovered in the air, her face filled with blankness and terror. That was her soul, its connection to her physical body now forcibly severed.

Before the displaced soul could restabilize, the underworld energy in Gui Wanwan's hand had already condensed into the phantom of a massive death scythe wrapped in gray mist. The scythe was three meters long, its edge flowing with dark red light as if soaked in the blood of countless lost souls. She swung it elegantly, her movements like a dance of death.

"Death Harvest."

The scythe phantom traced a hauntingly beautiful arc, as if slicing through the boundary between reality and the underworld, quietly sweeping through the female investigator's fallen body and her drifting soul.

There was no sound, no light.

But everyone felt that something had been completely severed. It was the final connection between life and soul, the dividing line between existence and nothingness.

The female investigator's body twitched slightly and then became completely still. The three layers of magic shields on her body hadn't even had time to fully dissipate, but she herself was already dead. The soul that had floated out vanished into the night sky like a broken bubble, silent and traceless.

Lin Muyang estimated the damage. Gui Wanwan's combo had dealt just enough damage. If the opponent's health had been any thicker, she might have needed another strike. But this was just right—clean and efficient.

It couldn't be helped; although the current Gui Wanwan was only Level 120, her attributes had already exceeded two million, a level typically reached only by Level 500 experts. With the support of various God-Tier Auras, she could crush even a Level 500 Class Transferee. The only thing to watch out for was that this world had sky-opening grade equipment and skills, and some effects might suppress abilities below the mythic grade.

Watching Gui Wanwan nonchalantly resolve the powerful woman who had made her feel suffocated, Sagiri's shock could no longer be described in words. She knew Gui Wanwan was strong, but not to this extent. The aura radiated by that female investigator had made even breathing difficult for her, yet before Gui Wanwan, she couldn't even take a single move.

Is this the power of My Lord? Sagiri looked at Lin Muyang's back, her eyes filled with awe and worship. She finally understood why he didn't care at all about Stanro City's investigation. Before absolute power, all schemes and intrigues were futile.

"Fortunately, I've also started arming myself with sky-opening grade equipment and skills." The corner of Lin Muyang's mouth curled slightly. Once he optimized and equipped the sky-opening grade gear from this harvest, his strength would rise to another level. By then, even if the strongest person in the Atlantis World came in person, he would have the power to fight.

When he looked up again, the surroundings had fallen silent.

Aside from Kandas kneeling on the ground and the three girls beside him, there wasn't another person standing in the field. The nearly thirty Class Transferees from before, along with that powerful female investigator, had all become cold corpses on the ground. Some had even been turned to ash under the terrifying power of the Blood Shadow Flying Daggers, leaving no remains.

The night wind blew, carrying a wailing sound that intertwined with the blood-scented air to form a cruel and eerie picture. The carefully arranged magic barriers were still emitting various lights, but the prey that was supposed to be trapped within them was now standing in the center of the barriers, while the hunters who had set them up had become corpses.

Kandas knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed against the cold earth, cold sweat soaking his back. He could clearly hear his heart beating frantically like a drum. If he hadn't knelt and pledged loyalty without hesitation just now, he would have already become a speck of dust in this world.

This seemingly young boy and the two impossibly beautiful girls beside him were simply death gods walking the earth! Kandas had served in the Stanro City Discipline Division for over forty years, seen countless heinous criminals, and experienced countless life-and-death battles, but he had never felt so close to death as he did now.

The scene of those hundreds of Blood Shadow Flying Daggers firing at once, the method of that ghostly girl lightly pointing her finger to make a Level 338 expert's soul leave her body, and that silver-haired girl maintaining an elegant and composed posture throughout... all of this indicated that the strength of these three had exceeded his range of understanding.

"My... My Lord..." Kandas's voice trembled slightly, but he forced himself to remain calm. "This lowly Kandas is willing to serve as your humble servant. Whatever My Lord commands, I shall do even if it means ten thousand deaths!"

Lin Muyang looked at the kneeling Kandas and said indifferently, "Stand up. I need someone familiar with the Atlantis World, especially the situation around Stanro City. Since you've chosen this path, do your job well. If I find you have second thoughts..."

He didn't finish, but the chill in his words made Kandas shudder.

"I wouldn't dare! This lowly one absolutely wouldn't dare!" Kandas hurriedly pledged his loyalty. "Whatever My Lord wishes to ask, I will tell you everything I know!"

Lin Muyang nodded, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding mess. The night wind rustled his clothes. Behind him, Alice and Gui Wanwan stood quietly like the most loyal guards. Sagiri followed closely by his side.