When the lead stone projectiles reached within ten feet of the gatehouse wall, they struck the invisible three-hundred-foot kinetic boundary barrier spanning the narrow mountain pass.The twelve meteorite array pillars embedded six inches deep into the granite bedrock hummed at a frequency of ninety hertz, establishing an immediate physical resistance field against the incoming bombardment.The Nine-Star Mountain Defense Array absorbed eight thousand pounds of combined kinetic impact force upon contact, converting the mechanical momentum of the stones into thermal energy that flowed directly through the liquid High-Grade Qi stone conduits. The energy traveled down into the twelve embedded pillars and discharged harmlessly into the subterranean granite fault lines eighty feet beneath the road surface.The fifty burning stone projectiles lost all forward velocity instantly, shattering into fine gravel dust upon impact with the invisible energy field before falling into the deep mountain

Lin Feng extended his left foot behind Mo Tian's right heel, applying leverage that slammed the Eighth Layer Sect Master face-down onto the wet granite pavers with eighty pounds of downward acceleration.Mo Tian lay motionless in the mud, blood pooling around his crushed chest armor while his broken broadsword hilt rolled into the drainage ditch beside the road.The eighteen hundred heavy infantrymen standing behind the catapult line froze in complete silence, their hands trembling against their iron shield grips because the strongest martial leader in the local region had been dismantled in a single physical exchange.High on the gatehouse parapet, Sect Master Ye Cang and Elder Yan Zhen lowered their drawn steel swords, their eyes wide with shock as they witnessed the total defeat of the Canglan Sect's ruler.On his levitating crimson carriage ten feet above the infantry line, Holy Sword Sect Elder Zhao stepped to the edge of the wooden platform, his purple robes fluttering as his El

Ye Cang sat at the head of the long sandalwood table, placing the red leather ledger and ninety High-Grade Qi Stone vouchers recovered from Liu Tianba onto the wooden surface."The total military collapse of the Canglan Sect leaves their three regional iron mines, forty acres of spiritual herb gardens, and nine hundred annual Qi Stone reserves completely unassigned. By executive decree of the Sect Master, the Qingyun Sect hereby annexes all former territorial assets of the Canglan Sect into our official administration."Elder Yan Zhen stood up from his chair, unrolling a new sect charter across the sandalwood table."Furthermore, the embezzled nine hundred Low-Grade Qi Stones will be redistributed to the outer servant division immediately," Yan Zhen announced, looking at the twenty outer supervisors assembled along the wall. "Every servant's monthly allocation will increase from one Low-Grade Qi Stone to five Low-Grade Qi Stones, effective this morning."The assembled supervisors nodd

Blood-Eye maneuvered in a rapid zigzag pattern across the vertical canyon walls, attempting to disorient Lin Feng's visual tracking through high-speed directional changes. The dark purple Qi formed residual visual projections along the cliff face, creating the optical illusion of multiple assassins descending simultaneously.Lin Feng maintained a stationary central stance on the gravel road, tracking the specific gravitational shifts of Blood-Eye's physical center of mass to completely ignore the visual distortion of the shadow projections. By analyzing the angle of Blood-Eye's knee joints and the shifting pressure exerted on his leather soles during every wall jump, Lin Feng identified a consistent biomechanical flaw in the technique.Blood-Eye required exactly zero-point-five seconds to transfer his kinetic momentum from his left heel to his right toe during every sharp directional pivot.Blood-Eye closed the vertical distance and entered the optimal striking range of three feet, dr

The heavy iron broadside struck the chest plates of the four broadsword mercenaries simultaneously, delivering six hundred pounds of distributed kinetic output force.The impact crushed their steel chest plates inward against their ribs, shattering their sternum bones and lifting their physical bodies four feet into the air.The four mercenaries crashed heavily onto the cobblestones fifteen feet away, weeping in agony as their broadswords clattered uselessly into the drainage gutter.Lin Feng stepped toward the fifth mercenary, who dropped his weapon and fell flat onto his stomach, pressing his forehead against the wet cobblestones while shaking violently."Please spare my life, Senior Protector!" the surviving mercenary whimpered, tears mixing with the dust on his cheeks. "We were only hired by the local guild master to claim the Shadow Sect bounty!"Lin Feng lowered the tip of his black iron sword, resting the steel point two inches from the mercenary's neck."Leave Black-Stone City