I fabricated myths to guide the revival of spiritual energy.

The highest-level magical alarm at Randall Manor, like a monstrous beast with its belly ripped open, shrieked madly through the torrential rain-soaked night sky. In the far distance, in the heart of the upper city, the red alert light representing the majesty of the White Tower pierced through the heavy rain like a sharp sword.

Meanwhile, in the banquet hall of the main building of Randall Manor, the former elegance and arrogance had vanished, replaced by a hysterical chaos and collapse.

On the massive crystal wall, the nauseating evidence of the crimes committed in the underground experimental zone, along with Victor Randall's bloodied confession, continued to play on a loop. Every sentence that mentioned a nobleman's name was like a heavy hammer blow to the spines of these high-society figures.

"Smash it! Smash that damned crystal wall!" A marquis, usually so aloof and arrogant, turned red in the face, kicked over the wine table in front of him without any manners, and roared wildly at the terrified servant beside him.

Several high-ranking enchanted knights drew their greatswords and unleashed their battle aura at the walls without restraint. With a piercing cracking sound, the luxurious crystal curtain wall crumbled into dust. Meanwhile, several noble patriarchs, escorted by their entourage, scrambled towards the manor's magic center, recklessly cutting off the entire hall's energy supply.

The hall was plunged into darkness, with only occasional flashes of lightning outside the windows illuminating the terrified and distorted faces.

They didn't care how many poor children died in the lower city, nor did they care about the deformed corpses soaking in embalming solution. Their only fear was that the experiment roster and Victor's confession would be leaked, which would be enough to plunge their family into an abyss of eternal damnation!

"Quickly! Immediately contact the White Tower Council using the highest-level communication crystal!" an old nobleman roared, trembling. "Block the news! This image must not be allowed to leave the manor! Kill every single person alive in the experimental area!"

……

The White Tower Council, high in the clouds of the Upper City of the Imperial Capital.

Several archmages who held the highest power in the magical world of Elland stared with grim faces at the images transmitted back through the water mirror. These were the last images sent by Randall Manor through the emergency communication channel before severing the central control: the horrific scene in the underground experimental area, and the moment Chu Tian nailed the flesh-and-blood beast to the wall with a single sword strike.

"There was no elemental resonance, no incantation, only pure physical destruction mixed with some kind of rule sharpness that we cannot understand." The council chairman, sitting at the head of the table, narrowed his eyes and tapped his withered fingers lightly on the table. He coldly concluded, "He is not one of those monsters in the abyss that only knows how to kill, but a powerful being from another world with an unknown system."

"So what if they're outsiders? This is the magical world of Ellan, where any heretic must submit to the laws of the White Tower!" A red-robed elder sneered arrogantly. "The security of the Randall family is nothing but child's play. They can't make a ripple in front of the Elemental Sea."

The chairman did not refute, but beneath his arrogant exterior lay absolute ruthlessness and shrewdness. He knew very well that the primary objective now was not to immediately "declare war" on an unknown powerhouse, but to silence them with swift and decisive action.

"Activate the 'White Tower Tribunal'." The Speaker's voice echoed through the hall, carrying an undeniable killing intent. "The mission is fivefold: First, capture this intruder from another world alive and strip him of his unknown power system; second, retrieve the mutated girl's left eye; third, reclaim the purple recording crystal containing the list from her possession; fourth, silence all survivors who escaped from the experimental zone; fifth, seal off Randall Manor and plunge everything back into darkness before the evidence spreads throughout the city!"

……

In the ruins of the underground experimental area of ​​Randall Manor.

Chu Tian did not immediately draw his sword and charge at the white tower that was glowing red. He turned around, his deep gaze sweeping over the group of trembling, emaciated poor children behind him.

These children had just crawled out of hell; they were weak, terrified, and could barely stand. But when Chu Tian's cold gaze swept over them, they instinctively huddled towards him. In this devastating rainy night, this silent man in a blue robe, carrying an ancient sword case, was their only safe haven.

Chu Tian was always a man of few words. He simply turned to look at Liya and said calmly, "Let's go."

Leah clutched the ripped purple recording crystal tightly, her left eye, adorned with a dark gold sword pattern, gleaming with unwavering determination in the dim light. She was no longer the victim who could only weep in despair amidst blood; at this moment of completing her initial revenge, she was rapidly transforming into a qualified guide.

"My lady, come with me." Leah took the lead at the front of the group, holding her younger brother Allen's hand, and said in a low voice, "The upper city's isolation wall must be completely sealed off now. Taking the main road at this time is tantamount to suicide. I know an abandoned secret passage that leads directly to an abandoned lead mine in the lower city. Lead has properties that can block most magical detection. We can temporarily settle the children there."

Chu Tian nodded slightly, offering no objection. He walked silently at the side of the group, like an unshakeable guardian, leading these tiny sparks into the intricate underground passages deep within the manor.

In the darkness, only the children's heavy breathing and chaotic footsteps could be heard.

Half an hour later, the passage ahead gradually widened, and a cold wind carrying the stench of mud and rain blew in from ahead. That was the exit leading to the safe house at the lead mine in the lower city.

However, just as a hint of joy at surviving a disaster appeared on Leah's face...

"Buzz—!"

Suddenly, the space ahead distorted violently. A dozen blinding white spatial anchors exploded on the open ground at the exit of the secret passage, and the violent magical elements instantly emptied the surrounding rainwater.

The White Tower Tribunal did not wait foolishly at the main gate of the manor. Instead, it used the White Tower's supreme spatial authority to descend with extreme precision on the only path through this secret passage, cutting off Chu Tian and his group's retreat!

As the light faded, a squad of elite troops representing the White Tower's official military force appeared before everyone.

Leading the group was a chief judge clad in a pure white robe, with a golden scale emblem on his chest. His body pulsated with magical energy, his strength nearing that of a Grand Magister. Behind him stood an indifferent elemental mage, a mental mage radiating eerie energy, a spatial confinement mage skilled in imprisonment, and a fully armed squad of mage knights forming a charging formation.

The presiding judge stood with his feet three feet off the ground, hovering in mid-air, looking down at Chu Tian and the others who had emerged from the secret passage.

His gaze, as if looking at a pile of garbage waiting to be cleared, finally settled on Chu Tian, ​​and he pronounced judgment in a condescending tone, as if speaking with divine authority:

"You evil creature from another world, the principles of the White Tower must not be defiled by you."

The judge's voice, amplified by magic, made the poor children cover their ears in pain: "That girl is a highly contaminated mutant sample; as for those behind you..."

He glanced at the children with disdain: "They're nothing but experimental assets of the White Tower."

"Now, kneel down. Hand over the purple recording crystal in your hands, and I can grant you a painless purification."

"Experimental assets..."

Upon hearing those four words, Leah's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and a deep-seated hatred erupted from her dark golden left eye. She gripped the recording crystal tightly, her nails digging deep into her flesh, blood dripping from between her fingers.

Chu Tian stood still, without even changing the posture of drawing his sword.

His profile, cold and icy, was devoid of any superfluous expression. But in his deep eyes, the killing intent instantly turned chillingly cold.

He didn't need to argue with these self-proclaimed gods. In the swordsman's eyes, all their arrogance stemmed from their lack of experience with true power.

"Execute the trial!"

Seeing that Chu Tian had no reaction, the judge's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he slammed the platinum staff in his hand into the void.

boom!

Without any probing, the White Tower Tribunal directly activated the triple composite magic array used to suppress top-level extraordinary beings!

"Elemental Forbidden Zone!"

Two high-level elemental mages simultaneously raised their staffs and chanted, instantly sucking out the air within a hundred meters of Chu Tian, ​​forcibly stripping away all fire, water, wind, and earth elements. This was an extremely sophisticated technique; in the magical world, once a mage was stripped of their elements, they were like a snake with its fangs pulled, completely at the mercy of others.

"A spiritual trial!"

The psychic mage in the shadows rolled his eyes back, and an invisible mental storm, powerful enough to grind the brain of a high-level magical beast into mincemeat, transformed into an unseen sharp spear, piercing straight into Chu Tian's sea of ​​consciousness, attempting to instantly destroy his soul.

"Spatial Chains!"

The Space Lockdown Mage formed hand seals, and countless chains of law, shimmering with silver runes, suddenly appeared in the void, weaving down like a net, completely sealing off all of Chu Tian's movement paths and escape routes.

This was a near-perfect magical attack—gorgeous, complex, and deadly.

However, on this rainy night, suppressed by the world's rules, Chu Tian will show this world what the ultimate crushing power of simplicity truly means.

Chu Tian finally made a move.

Facing the "Elemental Forbidden Zone" that had drained all elements, he didn't need even a trace of magic from the outside world. He simply lifted his leg and took a step forward with utmost calmness.

"Sizzle—!"

An extremely domineering sword intent erupted from his body! This sword intent, suppressed at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, was like a giant blade that split the heavens and the earth, tearing the so-called "Elemental Forbidden Zone" apart like a rag doll in an utterly unreasonable manner! The two elemental mages coughed up a mouthful of blood, and the backlash of magic made them kneel on the spot.

Immediately following was the "mental trial" that pierced straight into the sea of ​​consciousness.

Chu Tian didn't even turn his head, but merely raised his eyes slightly and glanced around.

That single glance contained the supreme sword heart he had honed over countless days and nights! The mental spear released by the mental mage shattered the moment it touched Chu Tian's gaze, like a fragile ice crystal striking a red-hot iron, with a "crack" sound. The mental mage let out a pig-like scream, blood flowing from his seven orifices, and fainted on the spot.

Finally, the overwhelming spatial chains were almost within reach.

"Clang!"

Chu Tian turned his hand and gently tapped the ancient sword box on his back.

A dazzling sword light, as clear as autumn water, leaped out from the gap in the sword case. The sword light drew an extremely cold arc in mid-air, and the spatial chains that were said to be able to bind even archmages were as fragile as spider silk in front of the sword light, and were instantly cut into countless silver light spots that floated in the sky!

One step, one glance, one button.

The White Tower Tribunal's proud triple-complex magic array was utterly crushed by Chu Tian's minimalist swordsmanship in less than two breaths!

"That's impossible!"

The judge's arrogance was shattered at that moment; his pupils suddenly contracted as he realized that the person before him was not someone they could handle.

But he didn't even have a chance to escape.

The sword light that had shattered the spatial chains continued its momentum, suddenly turning back in mid-air and transforming into a streak of azure lightning, heading straight for the judge!

"Great Thousand Barrier! Absolute Barrier!" The Chief Judge went mad, exhausting his life force, and instantly stacked twelve highest-level magic shields in front of him.

"laugh--!"

The sword light pierced through the twelve shields with overwhelming force, slicing past the judge's right shoulder!

"ah--!"

The judge let out a piercing scream, blood spurting out. His right arm, which was tightly gripping the platinum staff, was severed at the root; the sword energy entered his body, directly shattering the magical pathways within him. Like a kite with a broken string, he crashed heavily at the muddy mine exit, barely clinging to life in a pool of blood.

The remaining magic knights and space mages were utterly terrified.

Seeing the judge lying in a pool of blood, and then at the swordsman in the blue robe whose clothes hadn't even wrinkled, their mental defenses completely collapsed. They abandoned their weapons, recklessly activating their last life-saving teleportation scrolls, transforming into several streaks of white light, and frantically fleeing towards the White Tower.

Chu Tian did not draw his sword to kill them all.

He needs these terrified, stray dogs to bring back the fear that belongs to sword cultivators, intact, to that high and mighty center of power.

Muddy water mixed with fresh blood.

The critically wounded and dying judge convulsed in agony in the mud. Looking into Chu Tian's cold eyes, he knew that the White Tower's ordinary power was utterly inadequate against this monster.

In his final moments, as his life force rapidly ebbed away, he used his remaining left hand to crush the purple badge on his chest, a badge symbolizing the White Tower's greatest crisis, and let out a desperate roar:

"I request...the Tower of Magic...to descend!"

"Buzz—!!!"

Accompanied by this piercing cry for help, an extremely terrifying change occurred in the most central area of ​​the capital's upper city.

Above the sky, the torrential rain was forcibly pushed aside by an indescribable force.

The seven tallest white towers, representing the absolute pinnacle of the magical world of Elran and reserved only for the God of Magic, simultaneously unleashed dazzling beams of light that shot straight into the heavens!

The elemental sea above the entire imperial capital seemed to be completely ignited at this moment, emitting a terrifying, suffocating boiling sound. The sky changed through dazzling yet dangerous colors, and the terrifying aura of the peak powerhouse of this world—the "God of Law"—was slowly awakening from its long slumber.

Chu Tian stood in the cold, rainy night.

Behind him were Leah and the dozens of children who had been given a new lease on life.

He slowly raised his head, his deep gaze piercing through the heavy rain, looking at the seven radiant white towers.

His hand gripping the sword hilt didn't tremble at all, and Chu Tian's cold, handsome face remained calm. He simply said in an extremely flat tone:

"Finally, he's come out."