90: Chapter 90 The Ninefold Divine Sea Realm Overwhelms the Commander

The smell of blood, thick like a tangible fog, shrouded the entire Demon Locking Array.

As Commander Xiao Xuan, Pojun, and Honglian, leading a group of Demon Slayers, rushed into the breach with high expectations.

Everyone was so shocked by the terrifying scene before them, which resembled a slaughterhouse, that their scalps went numb and their livers and gallbladders felt like they were splitting.

The ground was covered in corpses, dense and layered, headless corpses.

There were demons, there were evil cultivators, but most of all, there were those clad in black heavy armor—the Blood Wolf Guards who should have been their "allies"!

Three thousand corpses were neatly laid out across the earth, as if it were a grand and eerie sacrifice.

The blood and deathly silence permeating the air made even these Demon Slayers, who were accustomed to life and death, feel nauseous and turn pale.

"This... what on earth... happened here?"

Pojun, an iron-blooded general who had killed countless people on the battlefield, felt dizzy and his legs went weak looking at the sea of blood and mountain of corpses before him.

He had never seen as many corpses in his entire life as he had seen today.

What frightened him even more was that all the Blood Wolf Guards had died in the same way.

Killed with a single strike, their bodies dismembered!

What kind of terrifying strength was this?

What kind of cruel methods were these?

Honglian's face turned pale with fright; she instinctively covered her mouth to keep from vomiting on the spot.

Her gaze searched frantically through the sea of blood and mountain of corpses.

Finally, it settled on the only figure still standing.

Lin Feng, acting as if nothing had happened, was squatting beside a corpse, searching through it with extreme seriousness and care, muttering to himself.

"Tsk, so poor! A dignified general in the Divine Sea Realm, and he doesn't even have a life-saving Magic Treasure on him. The Materials of this armor are also subpar; not even worth recycling... What a waste of such a good head."

His relaxed and comfortable looting action created a sense of dissonance with the surrounding Hell-like scene that was enough to drive someone mad.

"Lin Feng!"

Commander Xiao Xuan's voice carried a tremor that even he hadn't noticed.

Suppressing the raging waves in his heart, he walked quickly to the side of the headless corpse with the highest status that Lin Feng was searching.

When he saw the token on the corpse's waist, made of pure gold and engraved with a ferocious Blood Wolf totem.

That old face, which had always been as calm as an ancient well, finally lost all its color.

"The Blood Wolf Token... it really is the Prince of Runan's personal troops! Demon Lord Xuetu, General Zhao Lie!"

Commander Xiao Xuan's heart instantly sank into an abyss.

He finally understood that he, along with the entire Qingzhou Demon Suppression Division, had been used as a tool.

Played in circles by one person!

And that person was... Lin Feng!

He turned around abruptly, his eyes, sharp as a hawk's, locked onto the culprit who was still regretting his "zero harvest," his voice filled with suppressed fury.

"Do you not owe me an explanation?!"

Lin Feng slowly stood up, brushed the non-existent dust off his hands, then looked up at the furious Commander Xiao Xuan with an extremely innocent, confused, and sincere expression, and shrugged.

"I don't know!"

"Pfft!"

Even with Commander Xiao Xuan's centuries of cultivation and mountain-like Heart-Nature, he was so angered by this reply that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

You don't know?! You cut down over three thousand people, and you tell me you don't know?! Do you take me for blind or a fool?!

"They rushed in, and without a word, tried to kill me, shouting strange things about bonds, loyalty, and the like."

Lin Feng's expression was as innocent as could be, "I couldn't just stretch out my neck and stand there letting them chop me, right? Commander, you be the judge, isn't this self-defense?"

The reasoning was so righteous, so... impeccable.

The Demon Slayers present looked at each other, wanting to laugh but not daring to, their faces turning red from holding it in.

Self-defense? Isn't your defense a bit too "self-defensive"? Three thousand people! You just cut them down like that!

"You!" Commander Xiao Xuan pointed at Lin Feng, stammering for a long time, only to find himself speechless.

Because he knew that what Lin Feng said was very likely the truth.

Combined with the appearance of the Blood Wolf Guards, the Prince of Runan's intentions were already clear.

From a legal standpoint, Lin Feng's actions were indeed faultless.

But the problem was, the people who died were the Prince of Runan's personal troops, not the Moon-Worshipping Cult disguised as them!

This was the face of a reigning prince! This was a shocking case that could cause an uproar in the imperial court!

In the end, all the anger, frustration, and helplessness could only turn into a long sigh.

At this point, pursuing whose responsibility it was no longer had any meaning.

The urgent priority was how to quell this storm and how to handle this mess that couldn't be any worse.

"This matter is of great importance and involves a reigning prince. It must be compiled immediately and reported to the imperial court via an eight-hundred-mile urgent dispatch, to be decided by the Emperor himself!"

Commander Xiao Xuan's voice was filled with unspeakable exhaustion.

It was as if he had aged decades in an instant.

"Oh, then I will trouble you, Commander." Lin Feng nodded, indicating he understood.

Then, in front of everyone, he slowly closed his eyes.

Just when Commander Xiao Xuan and the others thought he was reflecting on the monstrous disaster he had caused.

Lin Feng issued an order in his heart with an unprecedentedly heroic tone.

"System, don't hide! I know you're full! Upgrade my Star Soul-Refining Art!"

[Ding! Consumed 5,000,000 critical hit points, Star Soul-Refining Art critical hit successful!]

Rumble!!!! An unspeakably vast and boundless terrifying pressure, as if coming from the primordial Universe, erupted with Lin Feng at the center!

The sky, at this moment, seemed to be wiped away by an invisible hand!

The bright day instantly vanished, replaced by endless darkness and billions of brilliant stars!

The ground, at this moment, seemed to turn into an ocean of stars!

Countless beams of light, formed from the purest star power, descended from the sky, piercing through the Void Realm, and rushed frantically into Lin Feng's body!

Everyone present, including Commander Xiao Xuan at the ninth level of the Divine Sea Realm, was firmly immobilized by this sudden, terrifying pressure, unable to move a single finger!

They could only watch helplessly as the young man standing at the center of the storm saw his cultivation, like a Dragon breaking free from all the constraints of heaven and earth, soar upwards at a speed that exceeded the limits of their cognition!

Divine Sea Realm Seventh Level! Divine Sea Realm Eighth Level! Divine Sea Realm Ninth Level! Peak!

When the last trace of starlight merged into his body, the celestial phenomena slowly dissipated, and the bright day returned.

Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes.

In that instant, Commander Xiao Xuan felt that what he was looking at was not a pair of eyes, but two endless star seas containing the birth and death of the Universe and the rotation of stars!

That was an absolute suppression on the level of life!

Lin Feng did nothing, simply standing there, yet he made Commander Xiao Xuan, the highest leader of the Qingzhou Demon Suppression Division, feel an urge to prostrate and worship!

Subsequently, he walked up to Commander Xiao Xuan, who had completely turned to stone, his face filled with shock and confusion, and patted him on the shoulder very kindly.

Although it was a light pat, Commander Xiao Xuan felt as if an ancient divine mountain had crashed down onto his shoulders, causing cold sweat to pour down instantly.

Lin Feng said in a very calm, even slightly concerned tone: "Commander, you are the professional when it comes to writing this report. I believe you will be able to write it fairly, objectively, and in detail, right?"

"..."

Commander Xiao Xuan looked at the young man before him, whose aura had even faintly surpassed his own, and then looked around at the three thousand-plus corpses on the ground that were still steaming.

The remaining anger, frustration, and unwillingness in his heart instantly extinguished completely.

Did he still dare to have a temper?

He now didn't even doubt that if he dared to say the word "no," he would become the 3001st corpse on the ground in the next second.

That night, Commander Xiao Xuan returned to the Demon Suppression Division, lit three sticks of "Spirit-Calming Incense" known for their miraculous soothing effects, and still ruined over a dozen drafts of the report.

Finally, before dawn, he finished writing an eight-hundred-mile urgent report.

The content of the report was emotional, touching, and written with great literary flair.

It pushed all the blame onto the remnants of the Moon-Worshipping Cult, who were described as "crazed, colluding with demons, disguising themselves as the Prince's personal troops, and intending to breach the Demon Locking Array to overthrow Qingzhou."

"In this way, he shouldn't be able to find a reason to kill me, right?"