From Secret Clan to the Divine Dynasty

Marquis Middell's eyes instantly fixed on the terrifying "Death God"!

The Fischer family's "Death God," Chris, had been hidden for who knows how long, and even he was unclear about how he had concealed himself, suddenly erupted from the shadows!

His murderous intent, solidified like a tangible entity, was extremely terrifying! One could even feel a faint despair spreading continuously around!

The unemotional Chris, however, did not activate the rune power immediately.

The dark light, like lightning, cut through the dimness, aiming straight for Marquis Middell's throat—a sharp black blade, flickering with deadly light under the faint lamp.

The figure of the "Death God," ghost-like, leaped out from the shadows, already swift and silent.

Marquis Middell instinctively dodged backward but was ultimately a step too slow. The tip of the black blade slashed his outfit, and the next moment, the black blade abruptly passed through Marquis Middell as if through air...

"Hehe, Fischer's Chris, have you come to meet your death?"

Meanwhile, the look of horror and anger on Marquis Middell's face gradually faded, instead showing a "finally took the bait" expression in his eyes, as if the desperation he had just shown was all just an act.

His bloodline, "Ruins Song Spirit," was undoubtedly a very special one among the many Extraordinary bloodlines.

It mainly possessed three particularly strange abilities, and the first and most important one was to make his body "void."

As a "Phantom," Marquis Middell could render his body completely void, avoiding most damage, not just physical but most Extraordinary power damage as well.

It was as though he was not in this world at all, unable to be targeted by those powers!

Chris' almost lethal blow missed!

The next moment, Marquis Middell suddenly erupted with intense coldness.

What spread was a bone-chilling coldness that could penetrate the marrow!

The air, which should have been invisible and flowing ceaselessly, now seemed as though the strongest spell had been cast upon it, becoming heavy and stagnated, with temperatures plummeting as if all the heat in the world had been instantly devoured by this power.

All the scenery around, under the effect of this terrible cold power, was enshrouded in a layer of ice crystals. Even the breath exhaled by Marquis Middell between his breaths turned instantly into visible white fog, slowly drifting away only to be quickly frozen into tiny ice particles and eventually dissipating into the air.

This freeze was not only on a physical level; even sounds seemed to be bound. What might have been noises of insects chirping, birds calling, or even the faint sound of distant streams all abruptly stopped, plunging the entire world into a strange silence.

In an instant, Marquis Middell had the entire vast manor frozen, and Chris was completely encompassed by the frozen area, utterly unable to move, with only his heartbeat and breathing resonating in his chest as the only proof he was still alive.

"Hehe, so much for the vaunted 'Death God.'"

His control over the cold was very precise; ordinary people in the manor were not frozen.

The domain of Marquis Middell was considered very small, compared to those Monarchs who could destroy numerous streets. His maximum output was just to freeze the entire manor.

However, Extraordinary Exponents are very aware that just because the attack range is small does not mean the combat capability is weak.

Chris himself was almost the most formidable Extraordinary Exponent with the smallest attack range. Besides the "raging flames" Spell from the "Secret Spell Lake," his most threatening edge attack was essentially only against a single person.

Indeed, without rune power, it would be incredibly difficult, if not nearly impossible, for him to kill those transformed Monarch powerful experts, whose massive bodies resembled small mountains.

Marquis Middell's freezing ability wasn't just terrifyingly low temperatures but also contained the mystical aspect of "Freeze," both launching and taking effect very quickly, making it nearly impossible to avoid if one were nearby.

The next moment, he intended to execute Chris Fischer!

But suddenly, flames began to rise in the room, Marquis Middell instinctively and cautiously made his body void and retreated. It was the "raging flames" Spell from the "Secret Spell Lake," already surging around Chris.

The next moment, he coordinated with the spell "Shocks" from the "Secret Spell Lake" to destroy the encirclement. A loud boom was heard as the rigid ice burst open around Chris.

A large amount of steam filled the entire Middell family estate.

Chris had vanished into thin air — not by using invisibility or any similar ability but purely because of his incredible speed!

"Hmph, whether it's high-speed movement or invisibility, it's all completely meaningless to me," he murmured.

Marquis Middell calmly raised an eyebrow as an intensely cold ice burst forth from him again, freezing the surrounding air completely in the next instant.

No matter if the opponent was moving at high speed or approaching invisibly, as long as they were within range, they would be completely frozen!

In the next instant, he "voided" from the solid ice, escaping it!

"Hmm? Did I guess wrong? He didn't continue to pursue but retreated instead?"

At the same time, Marquis Middell knew one thing in his heart: his cousin, another extraordinary exponent of the low-level Monarch from his family, was in this city.

And she would soon activate the city's barrier and then come to support him!

As long as he could hold out until then, the so-called "Death God" Chris would undoubtedly be doomed... Stay connected with empire

"Hehe."

Marquis Middell swiftly contemplated in his mind.

Everyone was well aware that among the Fischer family, there were only two Monarch powerful experts, Byrne Fischer and Chris Fischer.

So, if both of them were to die, wouldn't it be a simple matter for him to consolidate the power in the south of Cyart, and then obliterate both the Fischer family and Romann family?

"At that time, the only person who could pose a hindrance would be Aldrich Romann, that unfathomable old man whose biggest weakness is the lack of 'a will to fight', so he might agree to co-govern Cyart."

At this very moment, Chris was observing the situation secretly from hundreds of meters away.

"..."

He was well aware of that void ability, as Marquis Middell, an established Monarch powerful expert, wasn't using his extraordinary power for the first time.

Chris felt that although Marquis Middell claimed he could void at any moment, it definitely wasn't something that could be used unconditionally. It was likely to consume a significant amount of spiritual power and couldn't be sustained indefinitely, leaving gaps when he had to deactivate it. Those moments were Chris's opportunity.

The ritual content for Chris stepping onto the 6th Rank "Apostle of the Night" was...

"An extraordinary exponent must, for the next ninety-nine days, operate solely within the darkness of night, his body must not touch the light of day nor sunlight, or else all previous efforts will be in vain. Moreover, within these ninety-nine days, he must alone kill an extraordinary being completely equal to his own strength."

In the many extraordinary nobility of Cyart, it was the Middell family who made the first bold move, hence Chris told his daughter briefly and then immediately traveled south to assassinate Marquis Middell.

At that moment, he very calmly and indifferently lifted his head, seeing a dark blue barrier emerging in the sky and quickly enveloping the entire city.

Thus, Chris acutely felt that his extraordinary power was suppressed to half its strength, and he also sensed something more troublesome in the air.

Another powerful Monarch was rushing over.

"..."

He clearly knew that this battle had only just begun, and the opponent's victory condition was killing him.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

And he didn't need to completely eradicate the Middell family; in fact, as long as he successfully killed Marquis Middell, he could retreat from this city.

The focus next would still be to observe and decode the pattern of that physical voiding, and finally find a way... to hunt the "Ghost."