310: The Arrogant Messenger of the Central Galaxy
Inside the main control room, the atmosphere was as cold as iron.
The crowd, who had just recovered from the terror of the high-dimensional natural disaster, were now filled with a rage that almost ignited the air.
"Those sons of bitches! Who do they think they are? Demanding the Boss go and pay his respects the moment they arrive?" Fatty Zhang's fat was trembling with anger; he couldn't stand anyone showing disrespect to Lin Fan.
Zhao Linger, Li Hanyue, and the others also had their brows tightly knit, their eyes filled with coldness.
Although the Immortal Alliance was not yet a top-tier power in the Universe, it had been baptized by several great calamities and was no longer a soft persimmon that anyone could squeeze.
This so-called Central Star River Alliance fleet had arrived with a condescending, commanding posture, practically grinding their dignity into the dirt.
However, Lin Fan ignored the envoy's arrogant face.
His gaze seemed to be firmly attracted by a magnet, fixed dead on the emblem of that golden flagship.
A star ring and a sharp sword.
He would recognize this pattern even if it were turned to ash!
When Yue Xi was ambushed in the depths of the starry sky and nearly died, eventually falling to the mortal Realm heavily injured, it was exactly the work of a group of assassins carrying this mark!
Central Star River Alliance... In the depths of Lin Fan's eyes, there was no anger, only an extreme coldness and a dangerous calm.
He had originally planned to wait until he was stronger before investigating this old debt.
He hadn't expected the other party to deliver themselves to his doorstep.
Very well.
It saves him the trouble of searching for them.
"Lin Fan, we..." Zhao Linger was about to speak when Lin Fan raised his hand to interrupt her.
"No rush."
Lin Fan withdrew his gaze. A gentle smile even appeared on his handsome face, as if he hadn't just seen enemies, but a group of guests from afar.
He turned to look at Fatty Zhang.
"Fatty, go out there for me."
"Huh? Boss, me?" Fatty Zhang was stunned.
"Yes." Lin Fan nodded and said in a casual tone, "Just tell them I'm in seclusion, comprehending the Supreme Dao, and have no time to see them."
Fatty Zhang understood instantly.
The Boss thought the other party's rank wasn't high enough and didn't care to bother with them!
He immediately puffed out his chest, a knowing, wretched smile appearing on his face. "Got it, Boss! I'm an expert at this! Guaranteed to handle it perfectly!"
"Remember," Lin Fan added, his voice kept extremely low so only the two of them could hear, "be as arrogant as possible. Be as punchable as you can. It would be best if you can piss him off enough to make him attack on the spot."
Fatty Zhang's eyes lit up, and his smile became even more radiant.
"There's such a good deal?"
Isn't this just asking him to play himself!
He patted his chest, accepted the 'imperial decree,' and turned to walk out of the main control room with a grand, swaggering air.
Zhao Linger looked at Fatty Zhang's back, somewhat worried. "Lin Fan, won't this directly escalate the conflict?"
"It will," Lin Fan's answer was simple and direct.
He wanted to escalate the conflict.
He needed a reasonable excuse, a perfect stage, to test the new ability he had just acquired.
And this group of enemies who delivered themselves to him were the best test subjects... Outside the Immortal Alliance's territory, in the cold void of the Universe.
Hundreds of massive starships floated silently, forming a river of steel that emitted a suffocating pressure.
Inside the flagship's bridge, the young envoy dressed in lavish robes, Xiao Jing, was looking at the timer with an impatient face.
"A bunch of natives from a barbaric land dare to make this envoy wait so long?" A contemptuous sneer hung on the corner of his mouth.
As a direct descendant of the Xiao Family within the Central Star River Alliance, he looked down on these upstart powers rising from remote Star Domains from the bottom of his heart.
If it weren't for the Alliance's order to integrate all known Star Domain forces to deal with the future calamity, he wouldn't deign to come to such a place.
Of course, he had a private purpose for this trip as well.
His cousin, the former Family Prodigy Xiao Chen, had met his downfall in this Star Domain, his Dao Heart shattered, becoming a cripple.
And the perpetrator of all this was the man named Lin Fan.
"Lin Fan..." Xiao Jing muttered the name, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes.
This time, he would definitely make this native Alliance Leader kneel at his feet in front of everyone to restore his cousin's honor!
Just then, a streak of light flew out from the distant Qingmu Star.
But what arrived was not the large welcoming party he expected, but a... fat man?
Fatty Zhang hovered in front of the fleet and, from a distance, shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hey! You over there! Who's the one in charge? Come out and talk!"
That arrogant attitude and overbearing tone made everyone in the flagship's bridge freeze for a moment.
Xiao Jing's face instantly darkened.
His figure flickered, appearing outside the flagship, looking coldly at Fatty Zhang. "I am the envoy of the Central Star River Alliance, Xiao Jing. Where is your Alliance Leader, Lin Fan? Why hasn't he come to greet me personally!"
"Our Alliance Leader?"
Fatty Zhang picked his ear and looked at him like he was an idiot, saying exaggeratedly, "Who are you? Our Alliance Leader is in deep seclusion, comprehending the Supreme Dao of universal birth and death, breaking through to the supreme Realm above the Immortal! Is that something a small character like you can see just because you want to?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the air around the entire fleet seemed to freeze.
Small character?
Xiao Jing almost thought he had misheard.
He, a dignified envoy of the Central Star River Alliance and a Prodigy of the Xiao Family, was actually being called a 'small character' to his face by a fat man from a barbaric Star Domain?
A surge of rage rushed straight to his head!
"Presumptuous!"
Xiao Jing shouted sternly, a terrifying pressure crushing toward Fatty Zhang like a mountain collapse or a tsunami. "A mere servant dares to be disrespectful to this envoy! Slap his mouth!"
However, that pressure, which was enough to crush a star, fell on Fatty Zhang like a gentle breeze, failing to cause even a ripple.
On Fatty Zhang's body, an imperceptible golden talisman flickered for a moment.
He remained in that same lazy, indifferent manner, even curling his lip even more provocatively.
"What? You want to fight because you can't win an argument?"
"Does the Central Star River Alliance only have this much grace? It's truly better to hear of you than to meet you, tsk tsk."
His smug, annoying expression completely ignited Xiao Jing's rage.
"Good! Very good!"
Xiao Jing laughed out of extreme anger; he no longer bothered with nonsense.
Since this Lin Fan refused the face he was given, then don't blame him for being ruthless!
He would completely trample their mountain gate in front of the entire Immortal Alliance!
"Since your Alliance Leader refuses to come out, then this envoy will personally 'invite' him out!"
Xiao Jing flipped his palm.
Buzz—!
A nine-story pagoda, shimmering with flowing light and colors and emitting an aura that suppressed the heavens, appeared in his palm!
"World-Stabilizing Divine Tower!"
The moment the pagoda appeared, the surrounding starry sky began to distort, and the Laws wailed!
This was one of the Xiao Family's clan-protecting treasures, a true Universe-grade heavy weapon, possessing the terrifying power to lock down Star Domains and suppress an entire world!
Seeing the pagoda, Fatty Zhang finally showed a 'panicked' expression, backing away step by step and shouting with false bravado, "You... what do you want to do? I'm warning you, according to Alliance Laws, you cannot attack a lower-level ally at will!"
Instead of calming Xiao Jing down, these words were like adding fuel to the fire.
"Laws?" Xiao Jing laughed wildly. "In this barbaric Star Domain, I am the Law!"
"Suppress!"
He activated his Divine Power and threw the World-Stabilizing Divine Tower downward!
Boom!
The pagoda expanded rapidly, instantly becoming larger than a planet. The bottom of the tower erupted with billions of divine lights, turning into a giant net that covered the heavens and earth, suppressing downward toward Qingmu Star, where the Immortal Alliance was located!
That world-destroying power caused every member of the Immortal Alliance watching on Qingmu Star to feel a Soul-deep shudder!
In the fleet, Xiao Jing's adjutant's face changed slightly, and he quickly reminded, "My Lord, this action will leave a record. If the Alliance Council finds out..."
"No matter!" Xiao Jing's face was full of sinister pleasure. "Once I trample this place and capture Lin Fan, I will have the final say! What can a shrinking turtle who doesn't even dare to show his face do to me!"
He seemed to already see the scene in the next second: the Immortal Alliance's mountain-protecting array shattered, and Lin Fan kneeling and begging for mercy.
And at this very moment.
In the secret room on the Qingmu Star base that belonged only to Lin Fan.
Lin Fan was calmly watching the massive divine tower suppressing downward on the light screen.
There wasn't a hint of tension on his face.
In his field of vision, on the brand-new System interface, the '10,000' behind [reality interference points] was so striking.
"When a powerful Magic Treasure is pushed to its limit, a tiny, one-in-a-billion probability of energy turbulence appearing at its core energy node, leading to a chain collapse... This should count as 'reasonable,' right?"
The corner of his mouth hooked into an arc, and he stretched out a finger, lightly tapping in the void.
[Command Confirmed: Correct the probability of energy turbulence in the core node of 'World-Stabilizing Divine Tower'.]
[Consuming 'reality interference points': 1.]
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