Over the city.

Massive amounts of Blood Qi ignited into crimson flames, which instantly burned into nothingness, completely vanishing from the world.

Many people felt the searing heat of the flames and, as if by some unspoken agreement, looked up at the sky.

What caught their eyes was a young man hovering high above, as well as a huge, headless lion's body.

Soon, a mass of fresh, red flesh sprouted from where the lion's head had been severed, interweaving rapidly to form a huge lion's head.

"Who on earth are you?!"

The celestial lion, having grown a head once again, looked at Lin Zichen with a face full of terror and asked.

Before it had led the attack on City No. 1, it had understood the top combat forces within the city, and had never heard of someone named Lin Zichen.

Faced with its confusion, Lin Zichen showed no intention of providing an explanation, responding with just a fist imbued with an immense amount of Blood Qi Power.

"Boom!"

A thunderous boom that could shatter eardrums resounded.

Lin Zichen's fist pounded the celestial lion, the Blood Qi Power exploding out like a supernova's gargantuan force, engulfing the massive lion's body in a searing, blood-red carnage.

The residual force from the impact shook the city below slightly, and the dispersed Blood Qi was so hot it made creatures break out in sweating profusely.

Then, accompanied by a rain of blood, a colossal lion's body plummeted from the sky at great speed.

A huge hole gaped in the chest of the lion.

Blood poured out.

The life force within rapidly drained away.

"Boom!"

Shortly after the lion's body had fallen, another massive impact resounded, echoing across the entire sky.

The moment the sound ceased,

the nearly sky-blocking huge lion's body burst open like an exploding watermelon, turning into a dense rain of blood that fell upon the city below, the rich scent of blood filled the entire sky.

The rain of blood fell rapidly.

But before a single drop could touch the ground, all the blood was sucked upward by a tremendous force, transforming from falling to rising, and coalesced into a thick, vibrant red Blood Sphere, quietly hovering in Lin Zichen's palm.

"Don't kill me!"

"I am the son of the Night King, an offspring of a Mythical Level creature, you can ask for anything, and I will satisfy it!"

"Please, show mercy and spare my life!"

Inside the thick Blood Sphere, a wisp of the celestial lion's soul cried out for mercy.

Lin Zichen, unswayed by its pleas, willed forth a powerful spiritual force that began to erode the soul within the Blood Sphere.

Under the grinding of his spiritual power, the celestial lion within the Blood Sphere experienced an agony worse than death, its spirit on the verge of collapse.

While its soul was not yet completely eroded, the celestial lion, in a last-ditch struggle, mustered the last of its energy and shouted desperately toward Ye Yongsheng in the distance,

"Lord Ye, save me!!!"

The cry, laden with the power of Blood Qi, pierced through layer upon layer of air, reaching Ye Yongsheng's ears without delay.

At this moment, Ye Yongsheng was fully engaged in combat with several leaders of the city, fighting with earth-shattering intensity, causing waves of destruction that almost turned the battlefield into a Life Forbidden Zone.

Suddenly hearing the celestial lion's plea for help, Ye Yongsheng couldn't help but furrow his brows, puzzled.

Nearly all of the city's strong were here, besieging him, the Vice Governor.

In such circumstances, the celestial lion, with a Biological Level of Legendary First Order, should be an invincible existence within the city.

What could have happened that the supposed invincible celestial lion had emitted such a cry for help?

With this question in mind, Ye Yongsheng, without compromising his own performance, extended a minute strand of his spiritual force, following the celestial lion's cry for help.

When he saw Lin Zichen suspended high above the city, holding a Blood Sphere that wrapped the celestial lion's soul, he was completely taken aback, wondering if he was hallucinating.

Lin Zichen?

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How could the Legendary First Order celestial lion have fallen into his hands?

Hmm?

Epic Sixth Order?

His Biological Level is actually at the Epic Sixth Order?

How is that possible!

Ye Yongsheng was utterly baffled.

When he had first recommended Lin Zichen to join the Alien Human Level Genius team, Lin Zichen's Biological Level was at an ordinary stage, his strength merely on par with High Level creatures.

How much time had passed since then?

It seemed to be just about a year or so.

In such a short time, Lin Zichen had grown from the lowest ordinary rank to a point where he could single-handedly slay a Legendary First Order creature—how had he achieved this?

Ye Yongsheng couldn't understand this point and felt perplexed.

Although puzzled, at this moment, he didn't have the time to dwell too much on this.

He quickly unleashed a powerful pressure, briefly blasting away the surrounding city leaders, then rushed towards Lin Zichen at the fastest speed.

He could sense that the sliver of soul of the celestial lion within the blood sphere was being rapidly eroded by Lin Zichen using spiritual power.

It wouldn't be long before it would vanish into smoke and disappear.

The celestial lion was a descendant of the Night King.

As a traitor, he had to protect the descendant of this mythical level expert.

Otherwise, he would be held accountable afterward and suspected of collusion.

"Quick, stop him, don't let him get away!"

The city leaders who were besieging Ye Yongsheng thought he was suddenly leaving the battlefield because he knew he was no match and was fleeing in panic.

They immediately shouted excitedly, wanting to pursue their advantage.

Ye Yongsheng was blocked and couldn't rush to the rescue of the celestial lion for the time being.

And in that brief moment,

the soul of the celestial lion within the blood sphere had been completely eroded by Lin Zichen.

At the same time,

a heavenly phenomenon occurred.

A gigantic figure of the celestial lion was projected above the city, catching the eyes of all the living beings in the Southern Domain.

Then, under the watchful eyes of all the living beings in the Southern Domain, it shattered into scattered points of light and completely disappeared from this world.

A legendary creature had thus fallen.

It was the first legendary level expert to fall on this battlefield.

Lin Zichen paid no mind to the anomaly above his head, and seeing that the soul of the celestial lion within the blood sphere had been eroded, he immediately thought: Devour!

[You have devoured a large amount of the "Eight-Winged Celestial Lion's" life origin]

[You have successfully unlocked the Eight-Winged Celestial Lion's album, gaining the Biometric Attribute—Sky Dominator]

[Sky Dominator: Your flying ability has been greatly enhanced]

[You have devoured a large amount of Origin Force from the Eight-Winged Celestial Lion, transforming Origin Force into Qi-Blood and Spirit, significantly enhancing your spirit]

[Your Biological Level has evolved from Epic Sixth Order to Epic Seventh Order]

Under the effects of "Survival of the Fittest" and "Devouring Source", as soon as Lin Zichen finished devouring the life origin of the Eight-Winged Celestial Lion, five prompt messages flashed through the void deep within his mind.

Seeing his Biological Level evolve to Epic Seventh Order, becoming a high-level epic creature, Lin Zichen felt somewhat uplifted.

The effects of [Devouring Source], this Biometric Attribute, were far more potent than he had imagined.

Previously, devouring the corpses of alien races only yielded the corresponding biometric attributes.

But now, it also improved Qi-Blood and spirit, and the speed of evolution surged several levels.

There were still many alien races in the city.

A lot of Epic Level.

And some at Legendary Level.

If he could kill and devour all these aliens, then perhaps his Biological Level could advance further, evolving to Epic Eighth Order, or even Epic Ninth Order.

Optimistically, he might even break through the barrier of Epic Level and evolve to Legendary First Order.

Once he truly evolved to Legendary First Order, he would be even more confident in defeating Ye Yongsheng.

Thinking of this, Lin Zichen felt a surge of excitement.

Immediately, without wasting a single moment, he dived down and charged towards those invading aliens in the city.

Kill the small ones first, then the big ones, not sparing a single one.

Once he had killed all he could and had devoured enough, he would make his move against Ye Yongsheng.

...

Optimistically, he might even break through the barrier of Epic Level and evolve to Legendary First Order.

Once he truly evolved to Legendary First Order, he would be even more confident in defeating Ye Yongsheng.

Thinking of this, Lin Zichen felt a surge of excitement.

Immediately, without wasting a single moment, he dived down and charged towards those invading aliens in the city.

Kill the small ones first, then the big ones, not sparing a single one.

Once he had killed all he could and had devoured enough, then it would be time to deal with Ye Yongsheng, this traitor.

...

PS: These past few days it has rained heavily where I live, my car got flooded, and the battery nearly got ruined. I had to stay at the 4s shop for almost a day, so today's chapter can only be a bit shorter.

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