The Longevity Family: Starting from the Foundation Establishment Ancestor

"Brother Han, the third team is extremely fast, they'll arrive in no more than twenty breaths! It's a blood-red 'Bone Dragon Flying Boat,' with a fierce aura and extremely strong defenses!" Han Li quickly reported, constantly adjusting the formation with both hands, expanding the range of the trapping formation and increasing its power to the limit.

"Late stage of Taiyi... Perfect time to test my current strength." Han Mu's eyes were calm, but his aura began to become deep and restrained, like a volcano about to erupt. "Zhou Meng, Bai Ling, Luo Feng, you retreat to the rear and protect the flying boat and Han Li. You don't need to interfere this time."

"Yes!" The three stepped back without hesitation. They knew that the battles at the late Taiyi stage were beyond their ability to intervene.

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

Name: Han Mu

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

[Time Rule: 90%]

[Status: Good. Slight fatigue from continuous combat. "Small Fire" is in good condition.]

[Celestial Aura: -5500 points (gained by defeating enemies)]

[System Notification: The third elite squad of the "Reverse Time Alliance" (Captain: Codename "Blood Bone," late-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal) has entered the 100-mile range and is expected to arrive in 18 breaths. "Blood Bone's" aura has been detected to be highly similar to "Eclipse," suggesting he may be an important avatar or direct descendant.]

A clone of Eclipse? A cold glint flashed in Han Mu's eyes. Perfect timing!

Almost the instant the system notification disappeared, a streak of crimson light pierced through the fiery clouds on the horizon, hurtling towards them at an astonishing speed! It was a flying vessel over thirty zhang long, its entire body pieced together from some kind of dark red skeleton, shaped like a ferocious bone dragon. At its bow was a massive dragon skeleton, its eye sockets burning with dark golden soul fire. Wherever the flying vessel passed, even the flames of the starry sea were pushed aside, leaving behind a long-lasting crimson trail.

Without slowing down at all, the Bone Dragon Flying Boat charged straight toward the meteorite ruins, where Han Mu and his group were! The huge dragon bone skull at the bow opened its mouth and let out a silent roar. A shockwave containing intense "reversal" time power and bloody killing intent blasted out first!

"Hmph!" Han Mu snorted coldly, neither dodging nor avoiding, and took a step forward as well. The "Origin Coffin Mark" between his eyebrows shone brightly, and the fragments of the "Origin Coffin" in his body vibrated together. A grayish-white "Origin" power, which seemed to be able to freeze the river of time, emanated from his body and formed a thick light shield.

boom--!

The crimson shockwave slammed into the gray-white light shield, unleashing a muffled roar. The light shield trembled slightly, rippling, but remained as steady as a rock. The "rebellious" power within the shockwave was swiftly purified and dissipated.

The bone dragon airship abruptly stopped ten miles from the ruins. The hatch opened, and a tall figure clad in blood-red bone armor, with a face bearing a seven-tenths resemblance to "Eclipse," but younger and with even more ferocious eyes, stepped out, leading more than twenty cultivators with chilling auras, the lowest of whom were at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. The leader was none other than "Blood Bone," a late-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal, whose aura seemed even stronger than that of Eclipse's true form, which had been repelled by Han Mu earlier, carrying an unstable, bloodthirsty madness that seemed ready to erupt at any moment.

"So it was you who killed two of my elite units, destroyed my Shadow Hounds, and injured my divided soul?" Blood Bone's voice was hoarse, like the scraping of metal. His blood-red eyes were fixed on Han Mu, and his gaze swept over the "little fire" on Han Mu's shoulder. His pupils contracted slightly. "And the purified 'Guardian Fire Spirit of Time'... It seems that you are the 'variable' Han Mu mentioned in Lord Eclipse's message."

"So what if it is?" Han Mu said indifferently.

"Very well! I am 'Bloodbone,' the foremost warrior under Lord Eclipse! Today, I will use your blood and soul to atone for the losses under my command, and incidentally, eliminate this eyesore of an insect like you for my lord!" Bloodbone grinned maliciously, then suddenly waved his hand, "Form the 'Blood Reversal Formation'! Contain this area, don't let anyone escape! I will crush him with my own hands!"

"Yes!" The twenty-odd elite soldiers behind him immediately dispersed, each taking their positions, unleashing streaks of blood-red light from their hands, instantly forming a blood-red array covering dozens of miles in radius, enveloping Han Mu and the Bone Dragon Flying Boat. The array emitted a strong bloody aura and time-reversal fluctuations, not only sealing off space but also seemingly interfering with and weakening the strength of the enemies within.

"Han Mu, prepare to die! Blood Reversal Divine Power - Time Blood Devour!" Blood Bone roared, his hands forming a huge, dark red vortex composed of viscous blood and distorted time in front of him, emitting a terrifying suction force that not only devoured immortal power and life force, but also attempted to strip his opponent of his lifespan and perception of time!

"A mere trick." Han Mu's eyes were cold. Facing the terrifying "Time Blood Devouring" vortex, he did not retreat but advanced. He took a step forward, and his figure instantly blurred, as if he existed in the past, present, and future at the same time, making it impossible for anyone to lock onto him.

"Time—Triple Body!"

Three illusory figures of "Han Mu" appeared simultaneously. One had an ancient and vicissitude-like aura, one had a peak and mighty aura, and one had an ethereal and futuristic aura. From three different time dimensions, they simultaneously pointed a finger at the "Time Blood Devouring" vortex and the blood bone that cast the spell!

"Origin—Dispelling Illusion!"

Three extremely refined gray-white finger strikes ignored the barriers of time and space, instantly piercing through the "Time Blood Devouring" vortex and striking Xue Gu's three vital points: his brow, chest, and dantian!

The sinister smile on Blood Bone's face froze instantly. He sensed three completely different forces, all originating from the "Origin," carrying the power to destroy all laws and suppress time, simultaneously invading his body, his immortal soul, and even his causal connection with the "Eclipse" entity!

puff!puff!puff!

Three soft sounds rang out almost simultaneously. The seemingly sturdy crimson bone armor on Blood Bone's body instantly cracked and shattered. His tall body trembled violently, and three bloody holes burst open simultaneously in his brow, chest, and dantian. Grayish-white light flowed from the wounds, frantically eroding and purifying the "rebellious" power and life force within his body. His eyes were filled with extreme terror and disbelief. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

"No...it...is...possible..." These were his last thoughts.

The next moment, Xue Gu's entire body, along with his immortal soul, disintegrated inch by inch like a weathered sand sculpture in front of everyone's horrified gazes, turning into countless gray-white specks of light and completely dissipating without leaving a trace.

Instant kill! The "Blood Bone" of the late-stage Taiyi Jade Immortal couldn't even withstand a single move under Han Mu's "Triple Body of Time" plus "Origin Breakthrough," and was completely annihilated!

"My Lord... my Lord is dead?!"

"Run! Run now!"

The elite "Reverse Time Alliance" troops who had formed an array were terrified, and the array collapsed instantly, scattering like birds and beasts.

"Trying to run now? Too late." Han Mu's voice, like the whisper of death, echoed in the space remaining from the crimson array. "Time—Stripping."

An invisible realm of time enveloped all the fleeing cultivators. Their movements instantly slowed and stiffened, and their vitality and immortal power drained away and dried up at a visible speed. In just a few breaths, they turned into desiccated corpses devoid of all life force and fell from the sky.

The battle is over.