SSS-level catastrophe? That's my wife!

But the next second, before the gray-robed man could even scream, his body instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist.

Lin Mu and Su Nianhe stood side by side, their black robes fluttering in the night wind.

Su Nianhe's lips curled into a cold smile, her tone tinged with amusement: "Oh dear, you've been discovered. Are you going to leave, or perhaps see the kingdom's strength?"

Sensing the approaching footsteps around him, Lin Mu said calmly, "Don't hold us back."

In a dimly lit room in the heart of the ancient city, candlelight flickered with an eerie glow, and a faint, ethereal poisonous mist hung in the air.

"Interesting, very interesting indeed." A deep, authoritative voice echoed in the room.

"How dare a brazen rat sneak into this place!"

A gray-robed man strode to the throne, bowed deeply, and said in a trembling voice, "King Qing, the experimental base on the east side of the ancient city... has been completely destroyed."

A chilling, eerie atmosphere instantly enveloped the entire room.

The gray-robed man shuddered violently, about to explain, but was interrupted by a cold voice: "Take him alive."

"Yes!" The Right Protector's figure transformed into a black shadow and vanished into the darkness in an instant.

On the throne, the poisonous mist surrounding the black-robed man surged and coiled around the candlesticks like living things, extinguishing the candlelight instantly.

He let out a hoarse, cold laugh: "For over twenty years... not a single person has dared to trespass here."

"You weak mouse, may your ignorance cost you your life, ha..."

On the other side, Lin Mu and Su Nianhe stood back to back in the middle of the street, their eyes, hidden beneath their black robes, sweeping over the densely packed gray-robed figures around them.

They were all awakened beings of the fourth rank or above, and there was also a large number of mutants among them.

A chilling atmosphere swept in like a tide, making it hard to breathe.

Su Nianhe gently raised her jade-like hand, her fingertips gleaming with a faint crimson light, and smiled brightly: "It seems we've been underestimated; those who came are just small fry."

Crimson flames suddenly surged out from Lin Mu's body, sweeping around like a fire dragon.

His eyes were filled with murderous intent, and his voice was low and menacing: "Be careful."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure transformed into a streak of fire, instantly rushing into the gray-robed crowd.

Several pillars of fire shot into the sky, illuminating the entire ancient city as if it were daytime.

"Be careful... Is this considered caring about me?" Su Nianhe was taken aback, then nodded secretly, a smile playing on her lips. "It definitely is."

Dozens of gray-robed men had already reached her, their weapons gleaming with a chilling light.

Just as the blade was about to touch her neck, the gray-robed men's pupils contracted sharply.

Su Nianhe waved her jade hand lightly, and a blood-red lotus suddenly bloomed beneath their feet.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Several plumes of blood mist exploded in the night, like shattered red roses.

Su Nianhe looked at the distant firelight, her smile widening.

Her figure moved swiftly through the ancient city. Wherever her black robe swept past, blood mist fell to the ground like a torrential rain, and the stench of blood instantly filled the entire street, so thick that it made people nauseous.

"Whoosh!"

A long sword suddenly pierced through the air, heading straight for Su Nianhe's face.

At the same time, the auras of four seventh-level awakened beings suddenly erupted, like four mountains pressing down.

Su Nianhe licked her lips and sneered, "Finally, I'm not a nobody anymore."

She dodged the longsword to the side, her beautiful figure weaving through the crowd like a black lightning bolt.

The next second, they appeared behind a seventh-tier gray-robed man.

As her jade-like hands danced, a crimson lotus suddenly bloomed behind the gray-robed man, its petals like sharp blades, instantly wrapping around his body.

"ah--!"

A heart-wrenching scream echoed through the night sky.

The gray-robed man's body began to explode inch by inch.

First, his legs turned into a bloody mist, then his upper body, and finally not even his bones remained.

The other three seventh-level awakened individuals' expressions changed drastically, and they all took a few steps back.

One of them shouted sharply, "What are you standing there for? Kill!"

Hundreds of gray-robed men suppressed their fear and charged at Su Nianhe with their weapons.

The last few gray-robed figures in the crowd secretly hid in a corner and lay down, feigning death.

Are you kidding me?! One move and you've killed a seventh-tier opponent?!

What's the difference between this and sending someone to their death?!

Whoever falls in love can have their way; I'm temporarily dead!

On the other side, several streaks of crimson flame swept wildly like raging dragons, burning the dense gray-robed figures to ashes before they could even get close.

The piercing screams were incessant.

Lin Mu walked slowly through the crimson flames. With each step he took, the ancient city buildings along the way collapsed with a roar. As bricks and stones flew, crimson flames spread along the broken walls, turning the entire street into a sea of ​​fire.

Suddenly, five imposing figures in gray robes burst through the wall of fire, their long swords gleaming coldly, and lunged straight at Lin Mu's face.

Lin Mu's lips curled into a cold smile, his voice as cold as ice: "I've been waiting for you for a long time—Yan Jin!"

"boom!"

Crimson flames suddenly erupted from his body, sweeping outwards like a volcanic eruption, and the fire wave instantly engulfed half a street.

"So it was you! The fire-type awakened one who attacked the central core!"

The Right Protector's voice came from outside the wall of fire, filled with murderous intent, "You dare to trespass here? Your courage is truly commendable! Capture him alive!"

As soon as the words fell, the five seventh-tier initial awakened beings simultaneously cleaved through the crimson flames, their figures flashing like ghosts as they attacked Lin Mu.

The Right Protector leaped into the air, his longsword unleashing a silver slash that instantly pierced through the fire net above, heading straight for Lin Mu's head.

His aura as a mid-stage seventh-level cultivator erupted completely!

At this moment, in the old residential area a few kilometers away from the ancient city, people came out of their homes and looked at the ancient city in the distance, which was engulfed in flames, with their eyes full of shock.

"This...isn't this an ancient city that's been abandoned for decades?"

An elderly man rubbed his eyes, his voice hoarse, "What's with the towering flames? What happened inside?"

"I told you long ago that evil spirits haunt this ancient city!" A middle-aged man slapped his thigh, confidently declaring, "Look at this firelight, someone must be exorcising the evil spirits!"

Residents took out their phones and started taking pictures in the direction of the ancient city.

The video caused an immediate uproar after it was uploaded to the internet.

The number of clicks exceeded 100,000 within a minute and is still growing exponentially.

Exclamations and whispers filled the air, and the entire residential area was in an uproar.

Inside the ancient city, the ground beneath Su Nianhe's feet was already a river of blood, dark red blood flowing down the stone pavement.

A disdainful smile curled at the corner of her lips: "This is the power behind the scenes at the central level? Ha..."

"Um?"

Su Nianhe turned around abruptly, and a thick, dark purple poisonous mist was rapidly spreading towards her.

Wherever the poisonous fog passed, the stone pavement was instantly corroded and pitted.

She chuckled softly, "The people who came this time are quite extraordinary."

"boom!"

A burst of crimson flame suddenly rushed in from the side, instantly dispersing the poisonous mist. Where the fire wave swept past, the poisonous mist turned into white smoke and dissipated.

Lin Mu's figure had already blocked Su Nianhe's path: "How is it?"

"You're concerned about me again." Su Nianhe's gentle voice came from behind Lin Mu.

Lin Mu was somewhat helpless. His lips twitched, but he didn't turn around. However, the crimson flames around him intensified.

At the same time, the auras of a dozen or so seventh-level awakened individuals surged in like a tide, completely surrounding Lin Mu and Su Nianhe.