Cultivation Pet Shop

Lin Fan just sat there with slightly knitted brows.

He knew why the Lin Astral Emperor was in such a rush.

It was because he was the only one here that could take care of this mess without creating a fuss.

It was possible to give a Ruler Artifact to one of the guard captains and they would be able to take care of the enemy, but that would create a large commotion.

After all, they would be even in terms of power to a certain extent. Even if the enemy would be overwhelmed by the number of guards eventually, it would still be an extended fight that would draw the attention of many people.

In a place like this, that was the last thing that they could allow to happen.

So the Lin Astral Emperor was personally going to take care of the enemy as the only Ruler present.

A Ruler against a Ruler Artifact, this was not a contest.

It would only take a flip of the hand for the Ruler to take care of the person with the Ruler Artifact unless they were able to draw out the full power of the Ruler Artifact. Someone that was being delayed by the guards in the World Realm clearly wasn't able to do that.

So he wanted to end this as quickly as possible.

This did seem like the best move in this situation, but Lin Fan couldn't help feeling that something was off.

It almost seemed too sloppy for what the enemy had done until now.

Was it that they were running out of options, or was it that they…had another plan?

Still, even if they had another plan, Lin Fan was in this place that would counteract it.

This room that the Lin Astral Emperor had been in was a special bunker that had been designed when this banquet hall had been created. They had already expected something like this to happen, so they had made sure to create this special room to protect Lin Fan when the time came.

This was a room that was built with many materials that could have become Ruler Artifacts, so it was a room that could even take attacks from Rulers without problems. It would be impossible for it to last forever against a Ruler, but it could stall Rulers easily.

So as long as Lin Fan was here, it would be impossible for anything to happen to him.

But Lin Fan still felt an uneasy feeling.

After thinking about it, Lin Fan said to the guards around him, "You can all leave now. Guard this place from the outside."

Since the enemies could disguise themselves, he took this extra layer of precaution.

If by the off chance that they had already disguised themselves as one of the guards and had been hiding here the whole time, then all of this would be for nothing.

The guards were caught off guard when they heard this, but most of them obeyed this order and started moving towards the exit. However, there were two that didn't follow the orders and just remained there.

When the guards saw this, they all raised their weapons and pointed them at these two.

But these two suddenly pulled out something that was like an orb that released a wave of energy.

All of the guards that had been in the room were sent flying, slamming into the walls of this room.

Not a single one of them made a dent, but that was just because the walls of the room were very hard in the first place. That wasn't a good show of how hard they had been hit by the wave of energy.

All of them were instantly knocked out after slumping to the ground.

When they had all been taken care of, the two guards that were still standing turned their attention back to Lin Fan's group.

The two of them didn't show any emotions on their faces as they spread out around Lin Fan.

The orb that they had pulled out before was dropped to the ground as they both pulled out a pair of daggers. This pair of daggers was then stabbed into the ground under them and there was a glowing barrier that appeared.

This barrier didn't appear around them, but rather they appeared around Lin Fan's group.

It wasn't a barrier to protect, but rather a barrier to restrain.

As soon as this barrier appeared, there was a pressure that fell down on Lin Fan's group.

This was a pressure that was similar to the one that a domain released, but it was at a completely different level. It was as if the one law that was used to create this domain was the only thing that could exist in this space.

As if it was the absolute law.

This was not something that could be done in the World Realm.

This was only something that a Ruler could accomplish.

So it was clear these daggers were Ruler Artifacts.

Only when these daggers were placed and the barrier was established that these two guards finally relaxed. They were relaxed as if they thought that they had already taken care of Lin Fan, standing there looking at him like he was a fish in a barrel.

Lin Fan could guess what they were planning on doing next, but he raised his hand to stop Momonga, Angela, and Yuki behind him.

It wouldn't be a problem if these three used their powers since this was just a Ruler Artifact. It wasn't something that they would struggle against.

However, it would create an even bigger commotion if the three of them were to use their powers. It would even be a bigger commotion if one of them used their powers.

After all, a Ruler appearing out of nowhere would definitely be scrutinized by everyone.

At the same time, it was unknown if they would be able to keep their identity hidden if they were to use their powers.

So unless it was an absolute emergency, a life or death situation, Lin Fan wouldn't let them use their powers.

Instead, he pulled out something from his chest.

It was a compass that was carved out of wood.

With this compass in his hand, he had a calm look on his face.

That was because he knew that with this compass, there wouldn't be a problem.

But the enemies didn't miss this either.

They could tell that this compass wasn't a normal thing, so when it was pulled out, they pulled out another pair of daggers.

These daggers didn't have the same aura as the ones that they stabbed in the ground, but Lin Fan could still sense the power coming from it. While they were suppressed by this domain created by the Ruler Artifacts, it wasn't possible for them to resist it.

So he injected his life energy into the compass in his hand.

When it received this life energy, the compass suddenly released a colourless glow. This colourless glow continued to grow stronger until it created a barrier that was released around them.

Wherever this barrier went, it pushed away the barrier created by the two daggers.

At the same time, the glow of the barrier created by the two daggers became weaker and weaker. It was as if something was draining the energy out of that barrier.

When one looked closer, they could see the space bending at where the two barriers clashed. They could see that the barrier created by the compass was…swallowing the energy of the barrier of the daggers.

As it swallowed the energy, the barrier of the compass was getting stronger as well.

The enemies couldn't help being stunned when they saw this and they stopped charging.

They didn't know what this thing was, but they could sense the danger from it.

Unless they did something now, it would be very unlikely that they would be able to take down Lin Fan.

As for what this compass was…it was a special compass that had been carved from acacia wood. It was just that this acacia wood used wasn't any normal acacia wood.

It was a piece of Ten Thousand Year Old Acacia Wood.

Once the barrier of the compass completely swallowed the barrier of the daggers, it turned to the dagger itself. The daggers stabbed into the ground weren't spared the fate of being devoured as the barrier of the compass swept over them.

It was gradual at first, but soon this barrier started nibbling away at the edges of the dagger until there was nothing left of them.

This was a Ruler Artifact that was made to work with Lin Fan's void laws, so it would swallow anything that was considered an enemy inside of the void law barrier. It didn't matter if it was energy or material matter, it would all be swallowed by the void laws.

This was considered an absolute defense, which was the one thing that Lin Fan lacked.

He had plenty of attack power with his combined laws attacks, he just needed something that could defend himself against anything.

However, this compass hadn't even shown its true power yet.

As for the enemies, they didn't give up when they saw their daggers being devoured.

Instead of wasting time stopping Lin Fan from using the compass to devour the barrier around him, they started doing something else.

Both of them had pulled out orbs and were drawing an array on it with their blood.

When Lin Fan had finished taking care of the daggers, they had also finished drawing the arrays on the orbs.

Without hesitation, they brought the two orbs together that suddenly released a powerful glow.