The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

Han Li moved with lightning speed, his hands flashing, and array flags engraved with spacetime runes flew out from his sleeves, landing precisely in the void surrounding the meteorite ruins. The array flags disappeared into space, and invisible fluctuations spread out, quickly forming a hidden sealing array covering a radius of ten miles. This array could both isolate the fluctuations of internal and external energy and slow down the movements of those trapped inside.

"My lord, it's set up. Once they enter this area, unless they are Grand Luo cultivators who are proficient in spacetime formations, they will have difficulty escaping or sending out messages in a short time," Han Li transmitted his voice.

Han Mu nodded and said to Zhou Meng and Bai Ling, "You two work together with 'Little Fire' to deal with those miscellaneous soldiers. I'll handle the leader, who's at the early stage of Taiyi Jade Immortal."

"Yes!" Zhou Meng shouldered his warhammer, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. Bai Ling remained silent, her figure disappearing into the surrounding flames and shadows. The palm-sized crimson-gold beast "Little Fire," perched on Han Mu's shoulder, shook its body upon hearing this, a lively gleam flashing in its eyes.

About an incense stick's time later, a jet-black, menacingly shaped flying boat, resembling an eagle, silently emerged from a churning cloud of fire and flew straight towards the meteorite ruins. On the flying boat stood a dozen or so cultivators clad in dark gray armor, their auras chilling. The leader was a one-eyed, hook-nosed old man with sharp, piercing eyes; his aura was that of an early-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal.

"This is it. The strong spatial fluctuations and the aura of the guardian fire spirit we sensed earlier both originated from these ruins. Search carefully, don't overlook any suspicious traces or items!" the one-eyed old man ordered in a deep voice.

The black airship descended and slowly entered the area of ​​the meteorite ruins, just inside the core region of the great formation set up by Han Li.

"Let's do it."

Han Mu's calm voice rang out.

With a whoosh, the sealing array activated instantly, and a layer of pale silver light membrane appeared out of thin air, enveloping the entire area. The black flying boat seemed to have crashed into viscous amber, its speed plummeting, and the cultivators on board all paled.

"Enemy attack! Ambush!" the one-eyed old man shouted, unleashing gray immortal power at the Taiyi Jade Immortal level, attempting to break through the array to suppress the enemy.

But in that instant of distraction, Han Mu's figure appeared like a ghost directly in front of the flying boat. Without any superfluous movements, he simply threw a punch. On the fist, grayish-white "Origin" power flowed, seemingly unremarkable, yet it caused the one-eyed old man's pupils to shrink sharply, feeling a suffocating pressure originating from the very source of life!

"Time Reversal!" the one-eyed old man roared, his hands forming a seal, and a hazy power of time surged out, attempting to "reverse" the power of Han Mu's punch back to before it was thrown.

Unfortunately, in the face of "Origin," this level of time interference was child's play. Han Mu's fist stance remained unchanged, and his gray-white fist force easily tore through that layer of time reversal power, solidly imprinting itself on the one-eyed old man's crossed arms as he blocked.

Crack! A sickening sound of bones breaking rang out. The one-eyed old man screamed in agony, his arms twisting and deforming as he was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the mast of the airship, bending the sturdy metal mast. Blood gushed from his mouth, and his life force instantly vanished.

At the same time, Zhou Meng and Bai Ling also made their move. Zhou Meng swung his warhammer, carrying a gray-white aura that suppressed time. Each strike was powerful and heavy, smashing the magical artifacts of two Golden Immortal peak cultivators who were trying to form an array to resist, causing them to cough up blood and stagger backward. Bai Ling's figure was like a ghost, flashing in the firelight. The short blade in her hand precisely sliced ​​through the necks of several Golden Immortal cultivators, spraying puffs of blood. Her movements were swift and clean.

Meanwhile, "Little Fire" leaped from Han Mu's shoulder, growing rapidly in the wind, instantly transforming into a ten-zhang-tall crimson-gold flame lion beast. Although much smaller than before, its power was even greater, its entire body burning with warm crimson-gold flames. It opened its mouth and spat out a crimson-gold beam of light at the cultivators who were trying to control the flying boats and magical artifacts. Any cultivators struck by the beam had their protective immortal light instantly melt away, turning into ashes along with their magical artifacts, without even having time to scream.

The battle ended in the blink of an eye. Apart from the one-eyed old man who was severely injured by Han Mu's punch and lay on the ground unable to move, the other dozen or so elite members of the "Reverse Time Alliance" were all wiped out.

Luo Feng approached from behind in the "Fire-Repelling Flying Boat," watching the battle end swiftly before him. Then, glancing at "Little Fire," who had shrunk back to the size of a palm and was now crouching at Han Mu's feet with a pleading expression, he couldn't help but swallow hard. "Master, this little thing... it's too powerful! One breath of fire and it's gone? If it were used to roast meat, it would turn to ash!"

Han Mu ignored Luo Feng's strange words and walked up to the one-eyed old man. The one-eyed old man's eyes were filled with terror and disbelief: "You...who are you? How dare you oppose my 'Reverse Time Alliance'!"

Han Mu was too lazy to waste words. He directly placed his hand on the one-eyed old man's head and forcefully invaded his sea of ​​consciousness with his powerful divine sense to search his soul! There was no need to hold back when dealing with enemies, especially enemies from mysterious forces like the "Reverse Time Alliance".

"Ah—!" The one-eyed old man let out a shrill scream, his body convulsing violently. A moment later, Han Mu withdrew his hand. The one-eyed old man's eyes were glazed over, he was foaming at the mouth, and his soul had been severely damaged, rendering him completely useless.

"Three teams are searching this area from three different directions. We've taken care of one of them. Another team is nearby, about an incense stick's worth of distance. Their leader is a mid-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal, skilled in tracking, and seems to be accompanied by some kind of 'shadow hound' with a keen sense of smell. The third team is a bit further away, but their leader has the strongest aura, suspected to be a late-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal. They are the overall person in charge of this operation and may have more precise clues or tokens." Han Mu quickly extracted the key information from the soul search.

Han Mu brought up the system panel and quickly scanned it.

Name: Han Mu

[True Realm: Late Stage of Taiyi Jade Immortal (Peak State)]

[Time Rule: 90%]

[Status: Good. Just finished a brief battle.]

[Celestial Aura: -5700 points (A small amount is gained from defeating enemies)]

[System Notification: Successfully annihilated an elite squad of the "Time Reversal Alliance". Obtained a small amount of "Time Reversal Alliance" standard equipment, elixirs, and immortal crystals. Obtained an incomplete Star Sea map (marked with the approximate location of "Molten Core"). Triggered the side quest "Eliminate the Threat": Before reaching "Molten Core", eliminate as many pursuing "Time Reversal Alliance" teams as possible. Quest Reward: Depends on the quantity and quality of eliminations. Warning: A second team carrying "Shadow Hounds" is rapidly approaching and has entered the 100-mile range.]

"Shadow Hounds? Skilled in tracking?" Han Mu's lips curled into a cold smile. "Perfect, let's test 'Little Fire's' new abilities with them, and also see just how many rabble the 'Reverse Time Alliance' has sent this time."

"Han Li, change the formation to a trapping formation combined with an illusion formation, and wait for them to come in. Zhou Meng, Bai Ling, clean up the battlefield, collect anything useful, and dispose of the corpses properly."

"Luo Feng, go to the flying boat and strip that old guy of his storage ring and all his valuables. Be quick about it."

"yes!"