Spirit Realm Invasion

In just a few breaths, the elite Night Watchers brought by Chen Lingfeng collapsed and fell unconscious.

Lin Xu was surprised to find that after being refined by divine power, the penetrability of the spells released by the spirit lamp was greatly enhanced, to the point that even these battle-hardened elites could not resist his mind-hypnosis.

"Chen Lingfeng, you allowed a cult to perform sacrifices in the city; you must be colluding with them. Today, we will execute you!" Lin Xu's eyes flashed with a sharp light. "Elder Jiang, help me hold him off!"

No matter how powerful you are, once you die, everything is gone!

"Stop it, all of you!" Xia Jingyi was both shocked and furious. She hadn't expected Lin Xu to be so reckless, launching a fight without warning.

He was about to intervene in the battle when Wei Xiuyuan suddenly appeared in his path, blocking his way. "Inspector Xia, we are enforcing the law, please cooperate!"

But then, Elder Jiang was already fighting Chen Lingfeng. Her expression changed, and a pair of dragon and phoenix rings suddenly appeared in her hand as she charged towards Wei Xiuyuan.

"Phew~"

A nimble fire serpent suddenly streaked across the space, coiling towards Chen Lingfeng.

Caught between two attackers, he was immediately put in a sorry state.

"You old bastard, you dare to oppose me? Today I'll make sure your Jiang Clan line ends!" Chen Lingfeng was filled with hatred, but he was in a sorry state as he was chased by the fire snake.

His longsword repeatedly slashed through the fire serpents, but within moments it would return to normal.

With Elder Jiang's cooperation, the scene, though brief, created the illusion of a dancing blade.

"Get out of here!"

Chen Lingfeng unleashed his inner energy, forcing Elder Jiang back. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he pounced on Lin Xu, his expression ferocious. "Boy, die!"

Lin Xu's eyes turned cold and sharp. Under his suddenly changed gaze, a second and a third fire snake quietly appeared.

Chen Lingfeng hurriedly stopped, only to be surrounded by three fire snakes, attacking from three directions simultaneously. Feeling the intense heat of the flames, he sensed the approach of death, and his expression changed drastically.

"Damn it!" He unleashed his inner energy, his longsword drawing an arc as he tore apart an incoming fire snake, then rolled away in a sorry state to dodge the attack of two more fire snakes.

Ah~

With a short, painful scream, Chen Lingfeng felt a burning pain on his back, the marks from the flames.

"I was careless!" He was furious. He never expected this kid to be so good. He should have used an anti-aircraft gun to sweep him around!

But in the next instant, Chen Lingfeng had no time to think, as the three fire snakes attacked again, forcing him to flee in a sorry state.

Elder Jiang leaned on his knife and retreated to the side, panting. He was old and could only muster explosive power, not last long in a fight.

But at this moment, he didn't even need to fight. Lin Xu controlled the fire dragon, which chased after Chen Lingfeng and burned him so badly that he screamed repeatedly and was almost driven to the brink of death!

"Stop!" Xia Jingyi rushed into the battlefield, blocking Chen Lingfeng's path. Her expression was panicked. "Stop! Something is breaking through the barrier of reality and descending upon Meng City!"

Lin Xu was slightly taken aback, snapping out of his killing intent and subconsciously glancing out the window.

Before anyone knew it, a thin mist quietly enveloped the distant streets, and the aura of the Spirit Realm spread out without any concealment. Twisted building outlines vaguely appeared in the mist.

"Stop! Meng City has been invaded by the Spirit Realm!" Chen Lingfeng shouted, his voice filled with righteous indignation. "All personnel on alert! Activate the Level One Spirit Realm Response Plan!"

However, given his half-burnt hair and the cold sweat remaining on his face, the scene was undeniably comical.

Lin Xu's expression was grim, his eyes flashing with murderous intent. "A bunch of useless trash!"

That's the Third Ring Road area, the very place where cultists perform their sacrifices!

He had already interrupted the cultists' sacrifice, yet Chen Lingfeng still allowed the ritual to begin!

"Lin Xu, you can't kill him! If you kill him, Meng City is finished!" Xia Jingyi looked at him warily. "You don't know how dangerous Spirit Realm invasion is. This concerns the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city!"

"Director?" Wei Xiuyuan scrambled to his feet, his expression tense, and approached him. "My family is still on the Third Ring Road! They—"

"Immediately withdraw all Night Watchers, seal off the Third Ring Road area, and prepare for rescue!" Chen Lingfeng touched his singed hair, breathed a sigh of relief, and gave the order without hesitation.

He had barely finished speaking when he turned and ran towards the window behind him without hesitation—just a moment ago, he had felt the breath of death!

"Yes, Director Chen!" Wei Xiuyuan's face lit up with joy. He didn't bother to read Chen Lingfeng's expression and turned to rush off. "Quick! Director Chen has ordered the Third Ring Road area to be sealed off immediately and preparations for rescue!"

Seeing Chen Lingfeng turn and flee, Lin Xu's gaze sharpened, and the flame of the spirit lamp in his hand surged, about to unleash a fiery serpent.

But the next moment, Xia Jingyi stepped in front of him, looking at him sternly. "Stop! Your matter can wait until the Spirit Realm invasion is over!"

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Lingfeng had already jumped out of the window without a moment's delay.

Seeing Xia Jingyi standing ready for battle, Lin Xu's eyes flickered. He didn't make a move immediately, but a murderous intent was brewing in his heart.

He withdrew his magical power, and with a light step, soared into the clouds, speeding towards the settlement.

Having discovered the hidden connection between his territory and Meng City, he had come to regard Meng City as his own domain.

The Night Watchers acted swiftly; once they received the order, they immediately sped towards the target street, arriving at the scene in just a few minutes with sirens blaring and red lights flashing.

At this moment, Lin Xu and his group had arrived at the Third Ring Road area.

Lin Xu frowned as he looked at the hazy mist before him. Through the light fog, he saw illusory buildings that strangely overlapped and intertwined with real buildings, their wooden and stone outlines swaying like ripples on water.

Animal bones, animal hides, bricks, and earth and wood—the strange and wild style gave him a sense of familiar déjà vu.

"A Spirit Realm territory is anchoring itself to reality..." Xia Jingyi's face was grim. "Judging from the architectural appearance, the invaders of Meng City this time are orcs..."

The Spirit Realm extracts certain elements from the minds of intelligent beings and uses them as templates to create monsters or even complete races; the Spirit Realm beastmen are one such example.

Before she could finish speaking, a deep drumbeat came from the depths of the mist, one beat, two beats, so loud it hurt one's eardrums.

The spirit lamp in Lin Xu's hand suddenly blazed brightly, its light sweeping across the mist.

Several burly figures slowly emerged to the beat of the drums, their rough, enchanted iron armor covering their bulging muscles, baring fangs, and pupils glowing with an eerie green light.

"Roar! Look at you spineless cowards! Listen up! The warriors of our Bone Anvil Tribe have sharpened their teeth and are ready to chew your bones to dust! Don't think you can escape our battle axes by hiding in your Shitou shells!"

The leading orc stared at Lin Xu and his group, then suddenly slammed his axe into the ground, causing the concrete floor to crack violently.

The language of these orcs was automatically translated into Chinese, which humans could understand, by the influence of the Spirit Realm. However, the tone was rough, like the friction of sand and gravel, and every syllable carried a primal fighting spirit.

Chen Lingfeng's face was ashen as he gritted his teeth and glared at the leading orc. "How did you pinpoint the coordinates of Meng City?"

Spirit Realm's descent must have a real-world anchor point for location; otherwise, no one knows where they will appear after their descent.

"Hmph~ We should thank you humans for this. The traces of the blood sacrifice ritual are as clear as a campfire in the dark. We were just scouting along the way, and you even opened a rift for us~" The orc's rough laughter echoed through the street. "A conspiracy? Using our hands against you? I don't care. You brainless cowards, before sunrise, we'll raze your camp to the ground and pile your bones into beacons!"

"It's stalling for time! We can't wait any longer, more orcs are crossing the Spirit Realm rift!" Xia Jingyi's voice was urgent. "We must finish this quickly, we can't let the orcs deepen their connection with Meng City, otherwise the rift will only widen..."

Lin Xu scanned the distant streets; red police lights flashed, and the Night Watchers convoy was speeding in from all parts of the city, gradually converging into a torrent.

Meanwhile, on a certain street, the Night Watchers were already engaged in battle with the orcs.

"Rat-a-tat-tat~" Dense gunfire tore through the fog, and tracer bullets exploded into tiny sparks in the eerie green pupils.

An orc, unable to dodge, was instantly torn apart by the barrage of bullets.

The Night Watchers are an elite anti- Spirit Realm force composed primarily of adventurers from the Spirit Realm.

Besides the Night Watchers, the largest group consists of special operations forces specially trained from the military. After professional skills training, even though the interference of the Spirit Realm with electronic and intelligent devices means that the soldiers can only use relatively old weapons and equipment, they still have strong combat capabilities and tactical skills—as long as they don't face those supernatural beings.

At this time, the invading orcs were mostly strong and ordinary warriors. When they encountered gunfire, their tough skin and strong bodies were torn and pierced like rags, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

These orcs were highly skilled in combat, clearly having been tempered by countless battles. After a brief engagement, they quickly used houses and streets as cover and dispersed to fight from different directions.

The orcs used bows and arrows and thrown bone spears to precisely suppress the Night Watchers's firing positions, the sound of arrows piercing the air and the sharp whistling of bone spears tearing through the air.

Ah~

A fully armed Night Watchers warrior screamed and fell to the ground as a crude arrow pierced his breastplate, the tip protruding through the armor and staining the fog a dark red.

The arrow shaft, as thick as a thumb, pierced through the composite breastplate, and with its momentum still intact, it slammed into the concrete ground, sending debris flying everywhere.

In terms of sheer power, the bone spears and hard bows used by these orcs are no less powerful than firearm bullets!

"Clang~"

A spark flew through the air as a sniper bullet was deflected by the orc warrior's enchanted bone blade, its tip twisting and deforming before flying out at an angle.

Mid-level professionals possess extraordinary intuition, enabling them to discern bullet trajectories and predict ballistics. Combined with their superhuman reaction speed and combat instincts, they are fully capable of withstanding direct fire from modern firearms.