Survival for All: I can deconstruct projections and synthesize everything.

In the dense forest to the northeast, three dark figures were slowly advancing in a triangular formation.

They are the most elite tracking squad under the Shadowmoon Wolf King, consisting of a half-step sixth-tier Shadow Wolf leader and two fifth-tier Shadow Wolves.

Over the past day, the team had searched an area of ​​more than 300 miles without finding anything.

"Boss, could those two targets have already escaped from Dark Sun Forest?" the Shadow Wolf on the left asked in a low voice, its nose twitching as it tried to catch a faint scent in the air.

"impossible."

The Shadow Wolf leader is a giant wolf with a shoulder height of over three meters, its fur as black as ink, except for a silver crescent pattern on its forehead.

Its voice was hoarse and cold: "Lord Wolf King personally locked onto their causal link. Although it was blurred by some force, it was definitely not broken. They must still be in this forest, hiding in some area with chaotic rules, and right here!"

"But we've been searching all day..."

"Then let's keep searching." The leader interrupted his subordinate, "Lord Wolf King promised that whoever finds the target first will be rewarded with a complete fragment of the Moon Shadow Rule. Do you intend to give up this opportunity?"

The two fifth-tier shadow wolves immediately shut their mouths, their eyes flashing with greed.

The Moon Shadow Rule Fragment is a precious treasure that can help a half-step sixth-order cultivator break through to the sixth-order. Although it only helps to break through the thin layer of paper, even those with fifth-order strength may be able to discover the path to the sixth-order.

Just then, the leader suddenly stopped, and the silver moon pattern glowed faintly.

"There's movement... about two miles to the southwest, there's an unusual fluctuation in the pattern."

The three shadow wolves simultaneously lowered their bodies and blended into the surrounding shadows, moving silently southwest like three writhing masses of darkness.

Two miles away, Lin Xiao was standing in an open space, arms crossed, seemingly completely unprepared.

Nelly hid behind a boulder not far behind him, her aura flowing around her, concealing the presence of the two of them, but deliberately leaving a slight opening.

"They've taken the bait."

Lin Xiao's lips curled up slightly; the Omniscient Rule had already grasped the movements of the three Shadow Wolves perfectly.

He did not act immediately, but waited quietly.

Ten breaths later, three dark figures pounced out from three directions simultaneously!

The shadow wolf on the left opened its mouth and spat out a crescent blade slash, tearing through the air and aiming straight for Lin Xiao's neck.

The shadow wolf on the right slithered into the shadows and attacked from underground, its claws aimed at Lin Xiao's ankle.

The leader directly in front was the most insidious. Instead of attacking directly, it used Shadow Binding Technique, with countless shadow tentacles emerging from the shadows beneath Lin Xiao's feet, attempting to lock him firmly in place.

Their teamwork was impeccable, and their attacks came in quick succession.

Even a day ago, Lin Xiao could have ignored such an attack, let alone now.

Lin Xiao didn't even move a step.

He simply raised his left index finger.

A seven-colored halo bloomed at her fingertips, instantly splitting into three streams of light with completely different properties.

The first streak of light was a pure reflection, meeting the moon blade's slash head-on.

The moment the moon blade touched the flowing light, it changed direction as if it had hit a mirror, and shot back along the same path at an even faster speed!

The shadow wolf on the left had no time to react. It was pierced through the chest by its own moon blade, howling as it flew backward, crashing into three ancient trees before stopping. A large hole was torn in its chest, and it was clear that it was going to die.

The second stream of light solidifies the rules and disappears into the ground.

As soon as the shadow wolf's claws emerged from the shadows on the right, it discovered that the ground beneath its feet had turned into a regular crystal harder than steel, and its claws were stuck in it, unable to move forward or backward.

The third stream of light is the most exquisite, containing both the properties of disintegration and purification.

It burrowed into the shadow beneath Lin Xiao's feet like a fish, and wherever it passed, the shadow tentacles painstakingly condensed by the Shadow Wolf leader crumbled and dissipated into the most basic light and dark particles.

From the moment the three wolves launched their attack to the moment Lin Xiao raised his hand to break the deadlock, the entire process took less than a breath.

The Shadow Wolf leader's pupils contracted sharply, and alarm bells rang in his mind.

Something's not right! This human's strength is completely different from what was described in the intelligence! Wasn't he supposed to be just a sixth-tier cultivator skilled at dodging and escaping? This man's ability to kill one, trap another, and break his own killing move with a wave of his hand doesn't seem like a pathetic escape at all.

"withdraw!"

The leader made a decisive move, turning around to disappear into the shadows.

But it was too late.

Lin Xiao finally moved.

His figure vanished like a phantom, only to reappear before the leader.

"Since you're here, don't leave."

Lin Xiao placed his right hand on the forehead of the Shadow Wolf leader.

There was no earth-shattering energy explosion, nor any complex and mysterious clash of rules.

The Shadow Wolf leader felt an irresistible force surge into its body, and its Shadow Moon Rules began to disintegrate and recombine on their own, transforming into a completely unfamiliar form.

"What...what is this...?"

The leader was horrified to discover that he was rapidly losing control of his body.

Its claws turned into vines, its fur into crystals, its bones softened, and its internal organs mutated... as if countless rules were simultaneously experimenting within its body, turning it into an indescribable monster.

Three breaths later, the Shadow Wolf leader completely lost its life force, turning into a constantly changing polymer of rules, and finally vanished with a "poof," leaving not even ashes behind.

Lin Xiao withdrew her hand, her expression calm.

"Well, the abilities of the low-level items I bought from the Wood Soul Domain a long time ago are finally coming in handy again."

This is another application of the rules he newly comprehended based on the power of that prop.

Use the enemy's rule system as material, and guide it to evolve to collapse on its own.

There's no need for a head-on confrontation; all you need is the right timing, and the rest is up to the rules themselves.

"There's one left."

Lin Xiao turned to the shadow wolf on the right that was frozen to the ground.

At this moment, the shadow wolf was terrified out of its wits.

It witnessed its leader being reduced to nothing by that bizarre means, while it couldn't even struggle.

"Spare...spare me..." Shadow Wolf managed to say, "I can tell you about the Wolf King's plans..."

Lin Xiao walked up to it, squatted down, and stared directly into the shadow wolf's fearful eyes with his seven-colored pupils.

"No need."

He said softly, "I already have the Wolf King's plans in mind!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiao placed his right index finger on Shadow Wolf's brow.

Shadow Wolf's eyes went vacant in an instant, his consciousness shattered.

Lin Xiao stood up and casually waved his hand, dispelling the rules that had solidified the ground.

Shadow Wolf collapsed to the ground, still alive, but now an empty shell devoid of consciousness.

"Resolved."

Lin Xiao walked toward the boulder where Nelly was hiding.

Nelly emerged from behind the boulder, her eyes showing no shock, but rather a sense of it being perfectly natural.

"Just how strong are you right now?" Nelly couldn't help but ask.

"We're still one step away from the seventh rank."

Lin Xiao looked northeast, where the core area of ​​the Shadow Moon Domain was located.

"But those below the seventh rank... even a hundred sixth-rank individuals, I can kill them one by one!"

His tone was calm, yet it exuded absolute confidence.

According to the intelligence recently obtained by the Omniscient Rules, the Wolf King has deployed a total of seventeen patrol teams in the eastern region, each consisting of three to five Shadow Wolves and led by a half-step sixth-tier leader.

Lin Xiao had learned that these half-step sixth-tier warriors were already considered elites under the Wolf King's command.

Within the Wolf King's territory, there exists an extremely rare and special resource that can create beings who are half-step into the sixth rank, but at the cost of having their potential capped.

"Nellie, you continue to use your fortune-telling talent to cover our tracks, but this time, leave an even more obvious flaw."

A cold glint flashed in Lin Xiao's eyes.

"I want to make these patrol teams disappear one by one."

"By the time the wolf king reacts, most of its claws and teeth should already be broken."

For the next eight hours, a silent hunt unfolded in the eastern part of the Dark Sun Forest.

Lin Xiao moved through the dense forest like a ghost. His omniscient rule allowed him to always discover the patrol team's location in advance, while his luck talent guided him to choose the most advantageous ambush location.

As the first patrol team crossed a poisonous swamp, Lin Xiao manifested the resonance between various rules, triggering a riot of the decaying rules accumulated deep within the swamp, which corroded the three wolves and all living things within a hundred meters into skeletons.

The second patrol was attacked while resting. The five shadow wolves killed each other in their sleep, and when they woke up, only their limbs were left on the ground.

The third one, the fourth one, the fifth one...

Lin Xiao's methods are endless, and each one is different.

He no longer adheres to fixed tactics, but rather evolves the most appropriate hunting methods based on the environment, enemy configuration, and rule distribution.

Sometimes it's an ingenious trap set by the rules, sometimes it's a violent, head-on crushing attack, and sometimes it's even an attack disguised as an attack by another overlord, triggering clashes between patrols and the guards of neighboring territories.

Eight hours later, thirteen of the seventeen patrol teams had completely lost contact.

In the eastern part of Dark Sun Forest, a huge gap has been torn in the inescapable net laid by the Shadowmoon Wolf King.

And all of this happened in just one day.

As the last rays of the setting sun's crimson light disappeared into the sky, Lin Xiao and Nelly stood on a cliff, looking down at the devastated battlefield below—the site of the last patrol's annihilation.

"There are three patrol teams and two hunting squads left."

Lin Xiao's voice sounded exceptionally clear in the night breeze.

"However, the wolf king should have already noticed."

His gaze turned westward, where a powerful will was awakening, like a lurking beast opening its eyes.

The pressure of a seventh-order power began to envelop the entire eastern forest.

The Shadowmoon Wolf King is finally going to make his move personally.