House Seizure

Lin Feng flipped his wrist, and a savage, terrifying python's head, its blood not yet dry, was hurled to the ground with a dull thud.

The python's head was enormous. Its scales reflected a gloomy sheen beneath the setting sun, while its severed neck was jagged and uneven, foul-smelling snake blood gushing from it.

"Wang Teng's head is here." Lin Feng's voice was hard as iron, each word striking down like an ice bead. "Look carefully! The human prodigy you spoke of, your beloved son, was nothing but a demon transformed into human form!"

Wang Xiong's pupils suddenly shrank, as though they had been pricked by needles.

He stared fixedly at the python's head. The composure and mockery on his face froze in an instant, replaced by disbelief and bewilderment.

That aura... He could not have mistaken it. It truly carried Wang Teng's unique origin fluctuations, mixed with a demonic strangeness that disgusted him from the depths of his soul!

But how was that possible?

The shock lasted only an instant. The deep cunning he had cultivated through years in a position of power, along with his concern for his family's reputation, instantly overwhelmed that trace of doubt.

He absolutely could not admit it!

His hair and beard immediately bristled, and he shouted harshly, his voice turning somewhat shrill from his desperate denial.

"Nonsense! Utter absurdity! This must be a demonic illusion you conjured—the head of some vile beast you found God-knows-where, disguised to look like my Teng'er!

Lin Feng, don't even think you can deceive me with such despicable tricks and throw my Wang Family into chaos!"

Before he could continue his sophistry, Lin Feng's voice suddenly rose, exploding like thunder from the Ninth Heaven and carrying biting killing intent and unquestionable authority.

It rang clearly throughout the area before the Wang Family residence, even reaching the ears of some watchers lurking in the distance.

"The evidence is conclusive, yet you still dare to quibble!

The Wang Family colluded with demons, indulged a demonic offspring in infiltrating a human sect, and even plotted to murder Imperial Brocade Guard Banner Commander Zhou Gang to silence him!

How is such conduct any different from that of demons?"

His gaze flashed like lightning as it swept over the Wang Family members whose expressions had changed dramatically, finally locking onto Wang Xiong. Word by word, he announced the final verdict:

"I, Lin Feng, as the newly appointed Northern Commander, have been ordered to take charge of Black Rock City and purge the Demonic Evils!

Today, I have been ordered to investigate and deal with the Wang Family! Wang Xiong, as the chief culprit who colluded with demons, why are you still not submitting to execution?"

The words "rebellion" struck every Wang Family member's heart like two invisible, thousand-jun-weight hammers!

The Wang Family experts, who had been imposing only moments ago, now all had deathly pale faces, their eyes filled with terror and panic. Colluding with demons and plotting against the Imperial Brocade Guard—either crime alone was enough to bring about the seizure and extermination of a family!

If confirmed, the Wang Family would be doomed beyond redemption in the blink of an eye!

Wang Xiong was even more furious, his whole body trembling—half from shock and rage, and half from the panic of having the secret in his heart exposed.

He pointed at Lin Feng, his finger trembling slightly as he roared with bravado masking fear, "You... you're slandering me! Slander! This is blatant slander!

My Wang Family has been loyal and righteous for generations. How could I allow a brat like you to frame us recklessly?"

At that moment, a cold notification sound that only Lin Feng could hear rang emotionlessly in his mind:

Quest triggered: Execute Wang Xiong.
Reward: 7,500 Slaughter Points.

A cold glint flashed through Lin Feng's eyes, like the edge reflected by ten-thousand-year-old ice. The killing intent in his heart had already climbed to its peak.

This system quest made his resolve even firmer.

Wang Xiong had to die!

"Courting death!"

Wang Xiong was utterly enraged, both by Lin Feng's "slander" and by the fear and humiliation caused by the possible truth being exposed before everyone.

The overwhelming aura of a Sixth Rank Perfection martial artist erupted without restraint!

His thick true qi was like a tangible mountain, carrying crushing pressure as it descended over Lin Feng's head!

His figure moved, swift as a ghost, leaving behind only a faint afterimage.

His entire body lunged like a hawk pouncing on prey, and he threw a punch!

The force of the punch was fierce beyond compare. It tore through the air with a shrill whistle, and before the fist even arrived, its sharp astral wind had already scraped Lin Feng's face painfully.

This punch was launched in fury, gathering all the power he had cultivated throughout his life. He swore to kill Lin Feng beneath his fist!

Lin Feng did not dare to be careless. The Seventh Rank Perfection true essence within his body circulated at full speed as he swung his saber to block.

The saber lay across him, and crimson-gold Geng Metal True Essence instantly covered its blade!

"Clang—!"

Fist and saber collided, producing a deafening crash of metal!

A terrifying force, vast and unstoppable like a breached flood, surged through the saber!

Lin Feng's palm split open instantly, blood pouring freely. His entire arm throbbed and went numb, while his chest churned with violently surging qi and blood. His throat turned sweet, and he nearly spat out blood.

His body slid uncontrollably several yards backward at high speed, carving two deep furrows into the ground beneath his feet before he barely managed to steady himself.

The difference in cultivation was displayed here in all its devastating clarity.

Against Sixth Rank Perfection, Seventh Rank Perfection faced a chasm between major realms, like a heavenly moat—nearly impossible to cross!

"Hmph! The light of a firefly dares compete with the radiance of the bright moon?" Having landed his blow, Wang Xiong's momentum grew even stronger.

He pressed his advantage relentlessly. His figure moved like the wind, his attacks rolling on like waves. Countless fist shadows seemed to weave a net of death, enveloping every vital point around Lin Feng.

The wind from his fists raged, whipping up dust across the ground.

"With such paltry ability, you dare claim you'll kill my Teng'er? You even dare accuse my Wang Family of rebellion? You truly don't know whether you live or die!" As he unleashed a torrential barrage of attacks, he constantly provoked Lin Feng with his words, attempting to disrupt his mind. "That useless Zhou Gang who didn't know how to show proper respect is probably already a cold corpse!

You'll be going down to accompany him soon! On the road to the Yellow Springs, the two of you can keep each other company!"

Lin Feng gritted his teeth, struggling desperately under the violent force of the fists.

Saber light flashed as he did everything he could to block, yet he still appeared to be tottering on the brink, beset by danger at every turn. Every block made his qi and blood roil and his arms ache with numbness.

The suppression from their difference in realm left him completely at a disadvantage, able only to struggle bitterly to hold on.

At this critical moment, Lin Feng's thoughts raced. His mind instantly flashed to the body-tempering martial art emanating an ancient aura that he had obtained from Wang Teng's storage ring—"Pebble True Skill."

This was his only way to break the deadlock!

Now!

Within his sea of consciousness, he silently recited, "System, consume 5,000 Slaughter Points to upgrade 'Pebble True Skill'!"

5,000 Slaughter Points consumed. "Pebble True Skill" upgraded to the Unity of Man and Heaven realm. Pebble True Intent comprehended!

The instant the cold notification sounded, a scorching, boundless, peculiar torrent seemed to emerge from the void and surged into every limb and bone of Lin Feng's body from nowhere!

The muscles and bones throughout his body crackled explosively, as though they were being repeatedly forged beneath an invisible giant hammer. His flesh and blood trembled violently, undergoing a fundamental transformation!

A layer of tough, bronze-colored radiance visibly spread across the surface of his skin, as though he had instantly endured a thousand hammerings and a hundred temperings, forging an indestructible body!

What delighted him even more was that the true essence within his body, which had nearly run dry, seemed to have been injected with a fresh spring. It surged explosively, racing without end in a mighty, roaring torrent!

The cultivation bottleneck that had plagued him for so long shattered with a thunderous crash beneath the impact of this force, as fragile as thin paper!

His cultivation broke through from Seventh Rank Perfection to Sixth Rank Early Stage!

The entire transformation occurred between flashes of lightning and sparks of flint, so swiftly that outsiders could scarcely detect it.

Wang Xiong threw another punch, seizing the opening when Lin Feng's old strength had been exhausted and his new strength had yet to arise. Carrying the force of thunder, it blasted straight toward the exposed opening before Lin Feng's chest.

It seemed certain to land, heavily injuring Lin Feng or even killing him beneath the punch!

Yet at that critical moment, Wang Xiong keenly sensed that the aura around Lin Feng had suddenly changed!

The aura that had originally seemed somewhat dim from exhaustion and suppression instantly became sharp and powerful, like a divine weapon leaving its sheath, its edge fully revealed!

"Hm? What's going on?" Wang Xiong's heart tightened, and his attack involuntarily slowed for an instant.

Lin Feng's eyes erupted with brilliant light, like lightning streaking across the dark night!

The long saber he had previously used only to defend suddenly gave a clear, ringing hum. He shifted from defense to offense!

The crimson-gold radiance on the blade blazed with unprecedented brilliance. A force far sharper, hotter, and more domineering than before burst forth, carrying the resolve to sever everything in its path!

"Kill!"

Lin Feng's tongue burst with spring thunder as he unleashed a heaven-shattering roar!

He no longer retreated. Instead, he suddenly strode forward, the ground beneath his feet cracking inch by inch!

The long saber in his hand transformed into a dazzling crimson-gold streak, as though it ignited and ripped apart the surrounding air. With an unstoppable momentum capable of cleaving mountains and splitting peaks, it fearlessly met Wang Xiong's fist, which possessed enough force to shatter monuments and split boulders!

This saber strike was so fast that it surpassed the limits of what the naked eye could perceive!

It was ruthless, showing no mercy!

It was precise, striking directly at the weakest point in Wang Xiong's fist!

It gathered Lin Feng's pure true essence from his breakthrough to Sixth Rank Early Stage, the immense qi and blood and tough physique brought by "Pebble True Skill" at the Unity of Man and Heaven realm,

as well as the indestructible Crimson Gold Saber Intent that fused the will to burn blood in battle with the sharpness of Geng Metal!

The mockery and easy confidence of victory on Wang Xiong's face froze instantly before this saber strike.

They shattered like a sheet of ice, replaced by unconcealed shock and disbelief!

He clearly sensed the terrifying power contained within this saber strike. Compared with the Lin Feng who could barely defend himself before, this was practically a completely different person!

How could such a transformation be completed in an instant?

"How is this possible?! His aura... Sixth Rank?! And that saber intent..."

Under the horrified gazes of the surrounding Wang Family experts,

the crimson-gold saber light that seemed capable of severing everything collided head-on with Wang Xiong's fierce, unrivaled fist force, which contained the full strength of Sixth Rank Perfection, in an instant and without any flourish—