85: The final madness

Just as the Xeno-Rift Aliens carried Lin Feng and barely stepped over the threshold of the now ruined high walls of Xiong Manor, the destructive shockwave had already reached the Xeno-Rift Aliens' heels!

Buzz!

A faint hum, yet one that seemed to act directly on the soul, rang out.

The space beneath the Xeno-Rift Aliens' feet rippled with an almost imperceptible wave, like water into which a stone had been cast.

The violent shockwave, powerful enough to instantly vaporize Gold-level Aliens, vanished abruptly and completely the moment it touched this ripple, as if it had struck an invisible wall.

This sudden turn of events did not escape the perception of the Alien Queen and Xiong Ba.

They simultaneously looked towards a certain point in the distance!

The moment that invisible 'wall' appeared, an indescribably vast yet ethereal aura, like an abyss yet like smoke, suddenly emerged from that direction.

Although it was only a fleeting presence, it was enough to make beings of the pseudo Transcendent-level feel a tremor deep within their souls.

In the distant night sky, an extremely blurry figure floated silently.

He was almost completely merged with the deep night and twisted space; had it not been for that momentary energy anomaly and their keen pseudo-Transcendent-level perception, no one else would have been able to detect him.

He was like an incorporeal ghost, or a silhouette twisted out of space itself, silently and indifferently observing the destructive drama unfolding within Xiong Manor below.

This figure emitted no hostility, nor did he show any intention to intervene.

He was simply there, like a cold observer, and that invisible barrier, which enveloped the entire Xiong Manor and prevented all destructive energy from escaping, was his doing.

He seemed to tacitly approve of Lin Feng's actions!

He tacitly approved of the Xiong Family's slaughter tonight!

An alarm blared in Xiong Ba's heart, and a chill instantly overcame his anger.

This mysterious existence was definitely a true Transcendent-level being!

And the other party's actions seemed to be intentionally helping Lin Feng... The moment this thought arose, Xiong Gang felt as if he had fallen into an abyss... The Alien Queen, however, did not think so much; her consciousness only held the command given by Lin Feng... Annihilate the Xiong Family!

As long as the mysterious person did not help Xiong Ba, she would not pay too much attention to him.

Her attention instantly refocused on Xiong Ba, and her cold killing intent, like a tangible cold current, once again engulfed Xiong Ba.

After a brief pause, a more violent battle erupted!

"Roar!!!"

Xiong Ba now felt like he hadn't eaten all day, was caught in the dead of winter without thermal pants, and was even strolling outside in only thin loafers.

His heart was utterly chilled, and his body couldn't help but tremble!

The Xiong Family was finished!

He fought with the Alien Queen once more!

At this moment, he no longer thought about how to preserve the Xiong Family; the presence of that mysterious person made him realize that the Xiong Family was doomed tonight!

He abandoned all defense, and the grayish-white "Ash Power" surged wildly!

He no longer cared about energy consumption, no longer feared injury; his entire being transformed into a destructive gray-white orb of light, crashing towards the Alien Queen!

The Alien Queen let out a shriek so sharp it could tear the soul!

She, too, no longer held back.

Facing Xiong Ba's desperate charge, her long and powerful limbs stomped the ground, which, like tofu, was imprinted with a huge, spiderweb-like crater of crushing depth. Ethereal purple spatial energy condensed on her body into a tangible, crystal-clear carapace, and at the same time, her body began to undergo a drastic transformation!

"Crack! Crack!"

A grating sound of bones rubbing together rang out.

Her originally humanoid, graceful silhouette rapidly expanded and twisted!

Stout limbs covered in a smooth chitinous carapace tore through her disguise; a monstrous bone tail, gleaming with metallic cold light and tipped with a massive barb, burst forth from her body, whipping through the air with a tearing boom!

Her head elongated, her maw split open, revealing layers of cold, gleaming teeth, and a pure, terrifying aura of a cold predator from the depths of the universe swept out like a tsunami!

The Alien Queen's true form—descended!

"Bang!!!"

The fully transformed Alien Queen and Xiong Ba, burning with Ash Power, collided violently like two meteors falling from different dimensions!

There were no flashy techniques, only the most primitive and savage clash of physical bodies and energy blasts!

Fists and claws met!

Bone tail swept!

Gray-white and ethereal purple energy, like two raging evil dragons, furiously tore and annihilated each other!

Each collision was like a ten-thousand-ton hammer striking the earth!

Boom!

Xiong Ba's ash-covered fist slammed into the Queen's chitinous carapace on her shoulder; the ethereal purple light flickered violently, and the carapace emitted a cracking sound under the strain.

But the Queen's barbed bone tail also stabbed out like a venomous dragon, tearing a bone-deep, charred wound beneath Xiong Ba's ribs; even the Ash Power could not completely block the terrifying penetrative force and the accompanying corrosiveness!

Boom!

The Queen's tooth-filled maw snapped down fiercely, but was held back by Xiong Ba's hand, which was burning with gray-white flames; energy violently clashed, producing grating friction and sizzling sounds of energy annihilation!

Boom!

Xiong Ba kicked the Queen in the abdomen, sending her flying backward.

The Queen stabilized herself in mid-air, and her bone tail, like a battering ram, slammed down fiercely, completely pulverizing the ground where Xiong Ba stood, along with the surrounding dozens of meters, turning it into dust!

The ultimate clash of pure physical strength and pseudo-Transcendent-level energy!

The shockwaves from each clash were like tangible halos of destruction, spreading wildly from the two of them!

The 'wall' around Xiong Manor continuously rippled, blocking the overflow of pseudo-Transcendent-level energy and preventing damage to areas of Weiyang City outside Xiong Manor.

The sound emitted by the 'wall' was like a doomsday symphony for the Xiong Family members; these terrifying aftershocks were an indiscriminate divine punishment for the remaining creatures within Xiong Manor!

"No! Ancestor! Save us!"

"Ah—!!"

A Peak Silver elder of the Xiong Family, who had narrowly survived by hiding behind a boulder, had just let out a desperate cry for help when a shockwave, mixed with Ash Power and spatial fragments, swept over.

He, along with the boulder, was instantly pulverized into the finest dust, his scream cut short after only half a sound.

"Mercy! Lord Lin Feng, have mercy! It's all the Xiong Family's sin, it has nothing to do with us!"

Several collapsing collateral descendants of the Xiong Family, with tears streaming down their faces, frantically kowtowed in the direction Lin Feng had previously retreated, attempting to rush out of Xiong Manor.

However, as soon as they reached the edge, several Aliens lurking in the shadows darted out like specters, their sharp claw-blades precisely slitting their throats.

Blood splattered on the invisible 'wall' and slowly slid down.

"Xiong Ba! You old immortal! It's all you! You've ruined the Xiong Family!"

"I curse you! I curse the Xiong Family to have no descendants!"

A core member of the Xiong Family, whose legs were pinned by a collapsed beam, watched the destruction of his family, completely losing his mind, and hurled the most vicious curses towards the center of the fierce battle.

The next second, an out-of-control stream of ethereal purple energy swept across like a blade, cutting him and the beam in half.

The fear of death spread like a plague, destroying the last vestiges of reason.

"I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

A Xiong Family guard captain, his eyes bloodshot, watched as his companions were torn apart by Aliens or evaporated by the battle's aftershocks, and then glanced at the terrified and desperate direct descendants of the Xiong Family in the distance.

The desire to survive overwhelmed everything!

"Get out of the way!"

He brandished his long saber, slashing at a Xiong Family butler who stood in front of him, trying to order him to protect a young master!

"What are you doing?!"

The butler was shocked and enraged; before he could finish speaking, the blade arrived!

Pfft!

Blood gushed!

The guard captain, like a mad tiger, cut down the butler, then pounced on a dazed young master of the Xiong Family nearby.

"Grab him! Offer him to the people outside! Maybe we can get a way out!"