With the Body of a War God, Face the Beast King?!

It can only be said that the luck of this Phantom Cat Emperor was truly abysmal.

If it had hidden in any other continent, it might have remained at large for a while longer. But as fate would have it, it ran straight into Lin Yuan, who had just mastered his divine technique and was in desperate need of a sufficiently sturdy "sandbag" to test his strength.

And as fate would further have it, Lin Yuan happened to be in Europe.

Europe, West Sea Base City.

A cold, drizzling rain fell beneath the gloomy sky, shrouding the entire base city in a suffocating atmosphere.

Just a few hours ago, news that an elite squad composed of three high-level War Gods had been completely wiped out hung over everyone's hearts like a massive boulder.

On the military airfield, a pitch-black King-level intelligent fighter jet tore through the curtain of rain, landing steadily on the runway with a piercing sonic boom.

The military representatives and high-ranking officials from the martial arts halls who had been waiting there immediately stepped forward, but their faces held no anticipation; instead, they were etched with gravity, or even... despair.

"It's here."

General Ivanov, the highest-ranking military officer in charge of the reception, was a burly Russian man, but at this moment, his brows were locked in a tight frown.

He glanced at the data he had just verified via satellite, then looked at the burly man carrying a giant axe beside him, his eyes filled with incredulous questioning.

That look clearly said:

This is the reinforcement your Extreme Martial Arts Hall sent? A green kid in his early twenties?

Standing beside him was the high-level War God stationed here by the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, codenamed "Frost Axe."

Frost Axe wore a bitter expression. He had, of course, heard of Lin Yuan's great name—the youngest Honorary Inspector in history, a peerless genius favored by both the Hall Master and Thunder God.

But a genius is a genius, and potential is just potential!

"What on earth is headquarters thinking?!"

Frost Axe lowered his voice, his tone carrying a complaint he could no longer suppress. "We are facing a high-level Beast King! And it's a Phantom Cat Emperor that specializes in mental illusions and is extremely cunning!

Even a veteran War God squad died without knowing what hit them; what use is sending a newly promoted War God? Is this a suicide mission?"

"They should have sent a powerhouse at the Councilor level! Even asking a Councilor from the Thunderbolt Martial Arts Hall to intervene would have been better, so why a mere War God?!"

Amidst their whispered complaints, the fighter jet's hatch opened.

Lin Yuan, dressed in a black combat suit, stepped out with an indifferent expression.

He did not carry an umbrella, yet the raindrops slid away automatically as they neared within three inches of his body, as if an invisible barrier isolated him from the world.

"Inspector Lin."

Despite his inner dissatisfaction, constrained by protocol, Frost Axe still braced himself to salute, though his tone was stiff and devoid of respect.

General Ivanov was even more blunt. He stepped forward and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Lin, while I am grateful for the support from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, forgive my bluntness, but the danger level of that beast far exceeds your imagination.

If you do not possess Councilor-level strength, I suggest you return immediately. I do not wish to see another human genius fall here."

The atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing.

Lin Yuan stopped in his tracks, his calm gaze sweeping over the two men.

He glanced at the anxious Ivanov, then at the indignant Frost Axe.

"Heh."

A faint, cold laugh escaped his lips.

There was no anger in that laugh, only a condescending indifference, as if a dragon had heard the questioning of ants.

Lin Yuan ignored Frost Axe and looked directly at Ivanov, asking indifferently, "General, where are the coordinates of the Phantom Cat Emperor's last sighting?"

"You..."

Ivanov was stunned, his expression hesitant. "Inspector Lin, did you really understand what I said? This is not child's play, this is..."

"Enough."

Lin Yuan spoke suddenly, cutting him off.

His voice was not loud, yet it seemed to carry a strange magic that made the noisy sound of the surrounding rain seem to stall for an instant.

Lin Yuan's eyes, deep as the abyss, stared straight at Ivanov, his tone cold and overbearing: "My mission is to hunt it down, not to listen to your complaints here.

You do not need to question, nor do you need to cooperate."

As he spoke, he tilted his head slightly, his gaze scraping across Frost Axe's face like a blade before settling back on Ivanov:

"The only thing you need to do is find someone to prepare for the cleanup."

Ivanov and Frost Axe's complexions changed drastically; their breathing hitched, and they subconsciously took half a step back!

That feeling was as if they were being stared at by an ancient ferocious beast, their very souls trembling.

"This... this pressure!"

Ivanov's pupils contracted violently, and the words of dissuasion that had reached his lips were forced back down.

He stared blankly at the young man before him, and for some reason, that arrogant remark about "preparing for the cleanup" actually made him feel an inexplicable sense of oppression!

"Coordinates... right here."

Ivanov's hands trembled as he transmitted an electronic map to Lin Yuan's communication watch.

"Very good."

Lin Yuan didn't even glance at the two men, turning to board the aircraft.

The cabin door sealed shut, and the fighter jet shot into the sky, vanishing instantly into the vast curtain of rain.

West Sea Base City, Combat Command Center.

A massive electronic screen displayed the real-time trajectory of Lin Yuan's fighter jet. The entire hall was deathly silent; everyone held their breath, eyes locked firmly on the screen.

"He's arrived."

A technician let out a low gasp.

On the screen, the red dot representing Lin Yuan stopped above a primeval forest three hundred kilometers away from the base city.

However, what baffled everyone was that the fighter jet did not descend to search, nor did it deploy any reconnaissance drones. Instead, it simply hovered silently at an altitude of ten thousand meters, motionless.

"What is he doing?"

Frost Axe stared at the screen, his brows furrowed. "At such an altitude, with the cloud cover so thick, you can't see the ground with the naked eye. If he isn't going down to search, is he just up there enjoying the view?"

Ivanov was equally bewildered, the unease in his heart growing stronger.

What they did not know was this:

Inside the cabin of the fighter jet ten thousand meters above, Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, his expression as calm as an ancient well.

Deep within his sea of consciousness, the liquid sphere of spiritual energy that had just condensed was rotating slowly, radiating a heart-stopping ripple.

"Planetary-level spiritual energy. For my first real combat test, I shall use you to christen it."

Lin Yuan's lips curled upward, and he snapped his eyes open.

Hum—!!!

An intangible yet vast, ocean-like wave of spiritual energy erupted instantly, centered on the fighter jet!

It ignored the distance of space and the obstruction of the clouds, sweeping over the hundred-mile radius below like an invisible storm in an instant!

At this moment, Lin Yuan felt as if he had transformed into a god.

Within his mind, an incredibly clear three-dimensional map formed instantly.

The swaying of every tree, the falling of every raindrop, the crawling of every ant.

Every life activity within this region was presented in his perception with perfect clarity, leaving nowhere to hide!

"Not this one... too weak."

"Not this one either."

Lin Yuan's consciousness acted like a precision radar, sweeping over thousands of monsters and filtering them at lightning speed.

Only three seconds passed.

His gaze suddenly locked onto a seemingly ordinary valley deep within the forest.

There, an incredibly obscure yet massive aura of life was carefully restrained, surrounded by layers of spiritual illusion magnetic fields capable of deceiving both human vision and electronic instruments.

If it were an ordinary War God, they would likely mistake it for nothing more than a rock, even if they walked right up to it.

But under the "Divine Eye" of a planetary-level spiritual master, such camouflage was laughably clumsy.

"Found you, little kitty."

A cold glint flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

BOOM!

The spiritual energy that had been used for reconnaissance instantly transformed into a tangible, heavy hammer, descending upon the valley with the crushing force of Mount Tai!

Crack!

A sound like a shattering mirror echoed through the void.

The illusion field shrouding the valley shattered instantly under the terrifying impact of Lin Yuan's spiritual power!

"Meow-roar—!!!"

A shrill, terrified shriek pierced through the rain curtain and echoed across the sky.

The Phantom Cat Emperor, which had been napping in its lair, felt a terror from the depths of its soul explode. It looked up at the sky in horror.

In its perception, the sky above had collapsed!

An invisible "god" was staring down at it coldly from ten thousand meters above!

Combat Command Center.

"What is going on? Was that the cry of the Cat Emperor just now?!" Frost Axe's expression shifted.

Before the others could react, the image on the screen suddenly changed.

The red dot that had been hovering motionlessly suddenly moved.

It did not circle, nor did it glide; instead, it turned its nose at an extremely frantic, utterly inconceivable angle—

Straight down!

BOOM!

The fighter jet's engine erupted at full power, transforming into a burning meteor, like a sharp sword descending from the heavens, plunging directly toward the ground!

The speed was so great that it even caused a trail of afterimages to appear on the radar screen.

"My God!"

Ivanov sprang up from his chair, his hands braced against the table, his eyes bulging as if they might pop out, and he roared in disbelief:

"A vertical dive?! Is he insane?!"

"That is a High-Level Beast King! Without initiating fire suppression, without conducting a probe, he is just going to slam into it like that with a War God's body?!"

"This is nothing short of suicide!!"