222: The conditions for cooperation!

The Godhead of Samael, the Angel of Death!

Edward Elric's greedy gaze was like a tangible probe, locked onto the jet-black Godhead, as if trying to pierce through the verdant cage of life and thoroughly analyze the ultimate mystery it contained.

"A complete Godhead..."

For the first time, Elric's voice lost its absolute electronic rhythm, taking on an almost imperceptible tremor and craving from the depths of his soul.

He suddenly looked up, his gaze like an electric current shooting towards Lin Feng, the greed in his eyes almost turning into tangible flames.

"Lin Feng! How dare you expose such a divine object in front of me! Aren't you afraid I'll act now and snatch it away?!"

Before he finished speaking, the pressure within the entire Hall of Stars suddenly doubled!

Invisible law power, like billions of cold steel needles, pierced towards Lin Feng from all directions.

The metal floor beneath Elric's feet silently softened and collapsed again, and the converging starlight formed a violent vortex around him, as if in the next moment, this "avatar of god" composed of alchemy and machinery was about to unleash destructive power!

Facing this terrifying pressure, which was enough to instantly collapse a legendary strongman, Lin Feng's playful smile remained undiminished, becoming even clearer.

He even casually tossed the Godhead, sealed by the Tree of Life, in his hand.

"Afraid? Of course, I'm afraid."

Lin Feng's voice carried a peculiar certainty.

"Sir Elric, in this Starfall Tower, which you have managed for a century and is engraved with alchemical runes personally branded by you, you indeed possess power almost like a 'god'."

"Here, you are the rules themselves; I have deeply experienced this just now."

He changed the subject, his eyes sharp as knives.

"However, your 'god' power has boundaries! It only exists within this tower! Outside of this 'divine kingdom' you meticulously built, how much of your power... will remain?"

Elric's eyes narrowed slightly, but he did not immediately refute.

Lin Feng didn't give the other party time to think and continued.

"Moreover, I am certain that you... do not possess the ability to instantly seal, or rather, fix spacetime rifts!"

The moment his voice fell, the space to his left twisted and tore without warning!

"Screech!"

A rift, its edges flickering with ominous purple-black light and its interior churning with viscous, defiled flesh and distorted arthropod phantoms, appeared out of thin air like a demon's gaping maw!

From the rift came a nauseating, low roar, mixed with the wails and mad whispers of countless creatures. The mere aura that leaked out caused the pure starlight energy within the Starfall Tower to emit sizzling corrosive sounds, and Alicia's Holy Light barrier also fluctuated violently.

Fallen Space!

"As long as I take one step back."

Lin Feng's voice was exceptionally clear amidst the roar of the rift. He leaned back slightly, one foot already hovering at the edge of the rift.

"I can enter the space I control. Do you think they can 100% stop me before I step into this chaos?"

"Boom!"

Driven by Elric's will, a portion of the Metal Knights instantly erupted with powerful propulsion, like a cold steel torrent, rushing towards Lin Feng with an ear-splitting metallic grinding sound!

The scorching light of energy cannons locked onto Lin Feng and the Godhead in his hand!

However, facing the imminent threat of destruction, Lin Feng didn't even glance at the Metal Knights.

His gaze was fixed on Alicia, who was tightly clutching the grace of the god of light.

"Alicia, how about we cooperate? You control these Metal Knights, and I'll take you out of here!"

Alicia didn't hesitate for a moment. Although she intensely disliked everything about the Fallen Space, it was still better than having the divine artifact in her hand taken away here.

She suddenly looked up, and the grace of the god of light on her chest erupted with unprecedented holy radiance!

The light was no longer merely defensive but carried a majestic will to purify all filth and dispel all evil demons, like an invisible giant wave, crashing fiercely against the Metal Knights approaching Lin Feng and against the invisible law domain around Elric!

"In the name of Holy Light! Imprison!"

Alicia's sharp cry echoed through the hall!

"Buzz!"

The holy radiance and Elric's Starfall law collided violently, producing a deafening hum!

The Metal Knights struck by the Holy Light instantly became incredibly sluggish, their internal uncontrolled commands and residual Holy Light will clashing fiercely, emitting piercing alarms and sparks!

The Dark Gold Leader "Iron Vow" even let out a painful roar, its crimson visual sensors flickering frantically between the sacred white light and the uncontrolled blood red!

Elric's body swayed slightly!

The metal floor beneath his feet no longer softened and flowed as if at his command, and the converging Starfall vortex also showed a hint of disorder!

Alicia's all-out burst of divine artifact power indeed shook his absolute control over this space!

"Good! Very good!"

Elric's cold voice sounded again, carrying a hint of indignation at having his divine throne shaken by ants, but more, a kind of absolute rationality in re-evaluating the situation.

He stared intently at Lin Feng, then glanced at Alicia, who was fully maintaining the Holy Light suppression.

Lin Feng held the Godhead, one foot on the edge of the spatial rift, his power poised to erupt, echoing Alicia's Holy Light, forming a threat that, though uncoordinated, was deadly enough!

Elric instantly calculated that, under the restraint of Alicia's no-holds-barred divine artifact burst, Lin Feng and Alicia indeed had a considerable probability of successfully escaping into the Fallen Space.

And once they entered that chaotic land, his nearly century-long "god-making" plan would be completely annihilated.

"Cooperation."

Elric's voice, though unwilling, showed no hesitation; this was the optimal solution he had derived through precise calculation!

"Your bargaining chip has the value to negotiate with me. State your conditions, Easterner."

The taut string in Lin Feng's heart relaxed slightly, but the smile on his face remained, even carrying a hint of cunning satisfaction.

He did not retract the foot he had placed into the spatial rift, and even had Alicia come to his side.

"A wise choice, Sir Elric."

Lin Feng tightened his grip slightly on the Godhead cage in his palm, the verdant light stably enveloping the jet-black core of death.

"My conditions are very simple."

Lin Feng's voice was clear and strong, his gaze sweeping over the Metal Knights, who were still struggling under the Holy Light suppression, their eyes flashing red, finally settling on Elric's unfathomable face.

"I want them."

Lin Feng raised his hand, pointing at the metal creations that were once Temple Knights but had now become cold puppets.

"I want you to completely remove the soul control shackles on these Metal Knights—or rather, on these 'masterpieces' of yours from a century ago! Completely format that damned 'highest authority command' within them!"

Lin Feng's eyes became incredibly sharp, each word like a heavy hammer striking the Starfall alloy floor.

"Or, more directly, transfer your absolute control over these Metal Knights to me!"

"What?!"

This time, Elric's millennia-old glacial expression showed a crack!

He pushed up his monocle, the alchemical runes behind the lens swirling frantically, as if confirming whether he had misheard.

Alicia also looked at Lin Feng in shock. She had thought Lin Feng would demand dominance over Godhead research or other resources, but she never expected his target to be... these Knights, already completely controlled by Elric!

Within the Hall of Stars, the atmosphere, which had just slightly eased due to the cooperation intent, instantly solidified again, becoming colder and tenser than before!

The air seemed to turn into viscous lead, so heavy it was suffocating.

Lin Feng's demand was like a heavy bomb thrown into a calm lake, stirring up monstrous waves!

This was no longer just cooperation, but a naked deprivation of the power Elric had accumulated over a century!

Lin Feng's appetite was a hundred times more greedy than Elric had imagined!