Handguns were undoubtedly armed-class implements, yet if one merely sat in a box or remained unloaded, they possessed no lethality; the Rust Flower Needle, though not an armed implement, could still easily take a life when wielded by those capable of plucking leaves while flying.

Thus, the key to killing was not whether an item was categorized as armed, but rather how the user chose to employ it.

The danger was not the power itself, but humanity.

Ever since learning of the Dragon Clan’s duty to guard, Lin Luo had conceived an idea... Gui Qu Lai Xi would hardly act without purpose. Since she had arranged for a contingent to protect this world on his behalf, it meant the world was susceptible to attack by others or by Walkers.

Though the Dragon Clan was formidable, Lin Luo harbored no intention of placing the entire burden upon them, nor could he guarantee the Dragon Clan alone could safeguard the world. Therefore, he constructed twelve Floating Cities.

These twelve Floating Cities were not armed implements; they were purely architectural structures, yet they possessed absolute defense—structures even his own power could not breach. If he could control these cities against his foes...

Thus, the Seven Star Formation was born.

The first teleportation array was merely an invisible line connecting to the Sky City. The nine Floating Arrays linked to it were, in fact, all interconnected. By controlling that primary line, he could command the other eight Floating Cities.

Originally, the main line resided in the Sky City. However, since the enemy occupied the Sky City’s main hall, the line there was unusable. Thus, Lin Luo instantly switched between the primary and secondary lines, making the Floating City behind him the new central hub.

Grasping the main line, he could freely control the eight Floating Cities, excluding the Sky City. As Mei Qin and the others were still confined on Treasure Mountain, Lin Luo refrained from controlling that city as well, leaving the remaining three cities without teleportation arrays for other uses.

As for the name Seven Star Formation, he had picked it arbitrarily.

The seven Floating Cities spun rapidly, making it almost impossible to distinguish one from another, and the wind generated by their rotation formed a colossal tornado, like a roaring beast.

Tang Jing and Li Chen’s shock was irrepressible; they realized they had been tricked again. The Seven Star Formation pressed down on them with immense pressure. Yet, they were absolutely unwilling to retreat. After enduring such profound humiliation, how could they possibly stand down without retaliation?

Boom

With a dull thud, Lin Luo’s Seven Star Formation officially activated. From the furiously spinning torrent, a colossal Floating City suddenly broke free, crashing down upon Tang Jing and Li Chen with inexorable might.

Their faces instantly changed, and without hesitation, they dodged.

Boom

Just as they evaded the first city’s strike, before they could regain their composure, another Floating City attacked from behind.

This time, evasion was impossible. They could only grit their teeth and meet the impact head-on, one throwing a punch, the other delivering a kick.

Clang

Indeed worthy of peak Spirit Rank experts, under their combined assault, the massive Floating City actually shuddered and was forcibly halted. The violent shockwave swept in all directions, scattering even the surrounding tornado.

However, they fared no better; struck by the city, both were hurled backward.

“Damn it, the defensive power of these behemoths is astonishing; our strength alone cannot break them,” Li Chen muttered, inwardly shocked.

“You clear a path for me! I’m going to drag that shameless wretch down! No matter what, I have to kill him today, or... this old woman won't swallow this insult!” Amidst a furious roar, Tang Jing ignored the two incoming Floating Cities and charged directly against the flow.

“Heaven Shaking Earth Severing!”

Suddenly, a blinding light erupted from Li Chen’s body. Condensing the strength of his entire being, he launched a punch, shooting out two waves of concussion that shattered the surrounding space. The two incoming peaks were thus held back.

Tang Jing, positioned between the two spatial fluctuations, rushed straight before Lin Luo. Her face contorted with bitter hatred, she said nothing, kicking out a gust of powerful wind.

Lin Luo swiftly dodged using instantaneous movement, ascending several miles with the Floating City behind him. Two more cities swiftly flew in to block the woman’s path. He dared not risk a direct collision with this woman’s power; being petrified would lead to unimaginable consequences.

“Vile, insidious thief, perish!” Tang Jing screamed in fury, kicking upward a dozen times in an instant. Following the gusts she unleashed, countless stone pillars materialized mid-air, stretching upward and merging into a single sheet, devouring everything in their path.

She even petrified the air itself!

Lin Luo was shocked. On the other side, Li Chen had completely repelled the two Floating Cities, depriving the formation of its two most crucial anchors.

He hadn't expected these two to still possess such power; were they fighting desperately now? ...That was fine; the sooner their strength was depleted, the greater his chance of victory.

With a sweep of his hand, Lin Luo retracted the two Floating Cities Li Chen had blocked, sending one soaring upward and the other plunging downward to surround the enemy from above and below. While the Floating Cities were unrivaled in defense and possessed immense power, their greatest flaw was the absence of Rule Power, preventing him from transporting them across shattered space.

The mountain-like Floating City descended from the heavens, momentarily blotting out the sky, creating a sensation of the earth splitting and the heavens collapsing. Li Chen roared, punching upward. Space cracked like glass, and the plummeting Floating City was instantly halted.

However, since it was a pincer attack from both above and below, stopping the one above meant he couldn't stop the one below.

Bang

Under the massive impact, he was blasted high into the sky, vomiting blood. Fortunately, he managed to suppress his injuries in time and unleashed another spatial fluctuation to ward off the second Floating City; otherwise, another strike would have left him severely wounded, if not dead.

Lacking Li Chen’s support, Tang Jing suddenly found herself struggling to cope, maneuvering frantically against the assault of three Floating Cities. Nevertheless, being a peak Spirit Rank expert, she would not be defeated so easily.

“World of Stone!”

To Lin Luo’s surprise, after evading two cities, Tang Jing leaped directly onto the third Floating City. Releasing her full power, the entire structure instantly transformed into a pile of massive rock.

Petrified?

Lin Luo could hardly believe it. To petrify such a huge Floating City would require an unimaginable amount of power! But he soon understood: what was petrified was not the city itself, but the air surrounding it, which formed a thick rock wall enveloping the structure.

“Now let’s see what you can do!” Tang Jing sneered, spinning rapidly. In moments, the space within dozens of miles became saturated with her petrifying aura, and the white sky abruptly turned pitch black.

Bad, if she could actually petrify this entire sky, things would become troublesome!

Lin Luo’s expression shifted slightly. He commanded two Floating Cities to smash viciously into the petrified air. But to his astonishment, the hardness of Tang Jing’s petrification was almost inconceivable; after several collisions, only tiny flecks of stone dust fell, without even a crack appearing.

Rule Power truly was something ordinary force could not shake, Lin Luo reflected. Though he could control seven Floating Cities, he couldn't imbue them with his own Rule Power. Otherwise, this Seven Star Formation alone would have been enough to kill both opponents.

Knowing the Floating Cities were temporarily ineffective, Lin Luo hesitated no longer. He dispersed all the cities to occupy seven different points and swiftly drew a short arrow from his breast pocket, firing it toward the sky.

Immediately afterward, black flames, like a firebird, shot from his right hand, meeting the charging Tang Jing head-on.

The petrifying aura and the Black Flame of Destruction entered a standoff, both protagonists biting down hard, striving to overwhelm the other.

“Die!” Just as they were locked in this stalemate, Li Chen attacked again. With the threat of the Floating Cities removed, they could finally combine forces against Lin Luo.

Violent spatial fluctuations surged forward like tendrils. Facing two opponents who were clearly fighting with their lives on the line, Lin Luo, despite his confidence, dared not be complacent. He channeled the vitality within his body, unleashing his Left Hand’s Hundred Percent Domain of Creation.

The Rule of Life in his left hand, the Reverse Rule in his right—Lin Luo had now exposed every bit of his strength.

“Damn it, what is this?” Li Chen stared as the shattered space instantly restored itself, his shock reaching an extreme height.

Previously, Lin Luo had relied on teleportation to evade his spatial tremors, so Li Chen hadn't paid much mind. But now... repairing shattered space was infinitely more difficult than instantaneous movement.

“This man... has two Rules?” Tang Jing spotted a crucial detail and shouted out loud.

“How can someone have two Rules?” Li Chen was utterly astonished; he had never heard of such a thing.

Though both found it difficult to believe, the reality before them was undeniable. The black flame radiating destructive intent was a lethal Rule, while the power that instantly repaired broken space was a regenerative system—both were exceedingly rare.

“He cannot be allowed to live! This person absolutely cannot be left alive! Even if we exhaust all our strength, we must kill him here today!” Tang Jing yelled, her gaze unwavering and firm. If earlier it was about revenge, now it was about eliminating a threat.

“I know without you telling me,” Li Chen immediately launched a ferocious attack. Possessing two Rules at such a young age—if they allowed him to grow further, who could ever control him in the future?

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

...At that very moment, countless earth-shattering roars suddenly echoed from every direction, accompanied by immeasurable energy fluctuations.

“What is that?” Both were greatly alarmed, their gazes involuntarily shifting, causing their expressions to change drastically.

In the East, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon led hundreds of massive dragons flying swiftly toward them.

In the South, the Void Shadow Dragon was followed by hundreds of dragons.

In the West, behind the Three-Headed Golden Dragon, there were also hundreds of dragons.

In the North, behind the Four-Clawed White Dragon and the Dark Dragon, there was a dense, black mass—all dragons.

A thousand mighty dragons!

One signal flare launched, and a thousand armies answered the call!

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