Chapter 227: Chapter 227: The True Essence of Battle

**Overlord Battle Avatar!**

Waves of xenomorphs surged endlessly like a flood, one after another.

The Greek twin sisters were submerged within the tide. A colossal, translucent divine statue stood tall, sheltering them both.

Overlord aura roiled, forming a half-body deity that descended like the god of war from Greek mythology, its face twisted in a furious glare. Its fists, massive as mountains, pounded relentlessly, shaking the earth. The alien monsters were crushed into pulp beneath those heavy blows, blood splattering everywhere.

*Ssshhh! Ssshhh! Ssshhh!*

Yana's eyes had turned a blazing gold. Behind her, a pair of elongated arms faintly materialized, wielding a golden bow. Arrows flew in a dense, relentless rain. The monsters struck fell to the ground, their eyes glazing over with death. Their minds were severed, their life signs extinguished.

But the xenomorphs were endless, vast as an ocean.

The two sisters were gradually reaching their limits. The凝聚的黑色霸气开始溃散,半身神像越来越虚幻。精神力量的大量消耗,让雅娜面色越发苍白,没有丝毫血色。

"When will that kid finish off the queen?" Ares grew anxious, frequently glancing toward the depths of the hive.

...

Alone, Feng Lin wielded his iron staff, locked in a brutal struggle with the queen. With every sweep of his staff, a xenomorph was crushed into meat. The fiercer the battle, the calmer his expression became. A faint realization stirred within him.

What was the true essence of combat?

To fight and prevail!

To battle and conquer!

This was the fighting style most suited to Sun Wukong. That monkey, born of heaven and earth, came from the humblest origins. When he first achieved cultivation, he was summoned to the Heavenly Court but only granted the lowly, rankless position of a stable groom. Enraged, he rebelled against Heaven, opposing the lofty gods and buddhas, turning the Three Realms upside down. No matter how powerful the opponent, he faced them with a fearless heart. The stronger the foe, the stronger he became, unleashing power beyond his limits.

This was the Way of Combat!

Feng Lin gradually grasped the true essence of Sun Wukong's mythical path and verified it in real combat. This minor queen was massive, her visage utterly terrifying. Feng Lin charged straight at her, unleashing his staff technique like flowing mercury. As he understood the truth of victory in battle, the Great Sage's staff technique flowed effortlessly. There were no fixed moves; he acted freely, fully unleashing his potential.

The more intense the fight, the calmer Feng Lin's mind became, gradually entering a state of clarity, serene as still water, undisturbed. Yet the staff in his hands grew increasingly狂暴, striking the queen like a violent storm, pounding with a resounding *bang, bang, bang*. The hard carapace shuddered under the blows. The force grew heavier, and from the gaps between scales, foul, corrosive blood seeped out. Any xenomorphs guarding the queen that came near were crushed into pulp.

But the battle dragged on. The queen, mother of xenomorphs, possessed immense vitality and powerful regenerative abilities. The wounds under her carapace quickly stopped bleeding, sprouting new flesh that healed at a visible rate. The flowing blood gradually dried. Feng Lin destroyed, the queen recovered, locked in a strange equilibrium. Though his staff technique was fierce, he couldn't deliver a fatal blow.

Troublesome!

Feng Lin frowned slightly. The queen's defense was astonishing, and her vitality even more tenacious. Unless he could kill her with a single explosive strike, annihilating all life, it would be hard to land a killing blow. This was precisely what Feng Lin, who specialized in physical attacks, lacked.

Time was running out. He had to finish this quickly. Human stamina was limited, but the xenomorphs in the hive were nearly infinite. If he delayed any longer, he would be worn down and die here.

Feng Lin's mind raced as he looked at the queen's position. The hive had hollowed out the mountain's interior, and the queen was at its deepest point, very close to the summit. An idea struck him instantly. He dashed forward, arriving beneath the queen.

*Lengthen!*

Psychic energy surged into the iron staff. The limitless divine iron transformed boundlessly, growing wildly.

...

**Thunder Overlord Fist!**

Fists like thunder, pounding endlessly, wildly fierce, driving the xenomorphs back. The momentum was as ferocious as before, but on closer inspection, the force was waning. Earlier, one punch could reduce a xenomorph to pulp; now, it only sent them flying, breaking their claws. They were battered but alive.

Unnoticed, the pile of xenomorph corpses beneath Ares had grown into a mountain. Even she, valiant as a reincarnated war god, now showed signs of fatigue. Yana was panting heavily, her mental energy depleted. The light in her eyes began to fade, showing she couldn't hold on much longer.

Unbeknownst to them, they had been fighting for over an hour. Waves of xenomorphs surged endlessly, surrounding them, draining their strength.

"Did that kid fail?" Ares grew anxious.

Inside the hive, chaotic roars still echoed, indicating a fierce battle.

"Green behind the ears, unreliable! If he can't finish the queen, we'll be dragged down like this!" Ares shouted. "Sister, let's go!"

"No!" Yana thought for a moment and shook her head. "Feng Lin went alone to assassinate the queen, entrusting his life to us. That's trust. We can't betray it. If we abandon him, wouldn't that be breaking our pact?"

The overlord aura was constantly breached by the xenomorphs. The half-body divine statue crumbled like a mountain, its defenses weakening. The situation was critical.

Ares's body shook violently as she felt her strength nearly gone. "What does his overconfidence have to do with us? He insisted on sneaking in at night to kill the queen, dragging us into this siege. We've done more than enough by holding out this long. If we don't leave now, we won't make it out!"

"No! We agreed. Since we're comrades, we must advance and retreat together. Otherwise, what honor is there?" Yana, though frail in appearance, showed an iron will, firmly refusing.

Seeing she couldn't persuade her, Ares panicked. She grabbed her thin sister and quickly fled. "No! Mom told me before she died to take good care of you! I absolutely won't let you stay in danger!"

"Let me go!" Yana struggled but couldn't break free.

Ares's overlord aura erupted wildly, forming fists as large as small hills. She pounded relentlessly, carving a path to break out. Seeing them try to escape, the xenomorphs howled with excitement and attacked even more ferociously. Ares fought on, drenched in blood, determined to protect her sister.

But there were too many xenomorphs, endless and unstoppable.

It seemed they would be overwhelmed by the monster horde.

*Screech!*

Suddenly, a heart-wrenching cry came from deep within the hive. The queen's voice was filled with terror and despair.

The xenomorphs charging at them froze as if struck by a paralysis spell. Then, with furious roars, they turned and rushed fearlessly toward the hive's depths, abandoning the fresh prey they were about to devour without a second glance.

"What happened?" The Greek twin sisters stood stunned, only snapping out of it after a long moment. They stared at the chaotic hive interior, utterly bewildered.

Could it be...

...

*Boom!*

The ground shook. A loud explosion jolted them awake.

They saw a massive iron pillar extending from deep within the hive, growing and rising straight toward the ceiling. At its top, it lifted a giant monster over ten meters tall, ascending rapidly. The pillar grew at an incredible speed, like a celestial pillar supporting the heavens, as if it would shatter the sky itself.

The queen's reproductive ovipositor was too large for her to move. She was hoisted up by the pillar, squeezed against the hive's roof, squealing in panic.

*Crack!*

The earthen shell broke. The queen's massive body sank into it, but the pillar kept growing.

Seeing the queen in danger, many xenomorphs attacked fiercely. Feng Lin unleashed his fist technique, transforming into a stone monkey with an indestructible body. His punches were heavy and powerful, driving the xenomorphs back.

*Boom!*

The mountaintop shattered. The sky seemed to collapse.

The pillar pierced through the hive's summit, leaving a conspicuous hole. The queen's massive body was fully exposed to the brutal cold of修罗星, where temperatures dropped below -100°C. She let out a dying scream. Her body rapidly stiffened, covered in layers of ice, quickly freezing solid.

Boundless cold poured in through the hole, freezing everything it touched. Though the xenomorphs were incredibly tough, they were merely ordinary creatures, not supernatural beings. Even Feng Lin's movements began to stiffen under this extreme cold, let alone theirs.

The xenomorphs shrieked in terror as ice crystals formed on their bodies, freezing them from the outside in. The freeze spread rapidly through the horde. Xenomorphs mid-leap froze in place, still in their climbing poses, piling up into an iceberg.

The giant queen let out a desperate roar, but her voice grew fainter until she became an ice sculpture.

Before this overwhelming natural force, even the most powerful life was just a slightly larger ant.

Where the cold reached, the hive's interior was completely frozen, becoming a frozen hell.

By breaking the mountaintop with his iron staff, Feng Lin had harnessed nature's power to kill the queen in one blow.

With the queen dead, the surviving xenomorphs, leaderless, fled in all directions, screeching.

The Greek twin sisters stared in shock at the queen's gruesome death.

Feng Lin walked over slowly, exuding a fierce, murderous aura like a demon fresh from a bloody battlefield.

"The queen is dead. Aren't you going to hunt down the rest?" Feng Lin barked, striking first with ruthless efficiency. Every move killed a xenomorph.

The Greek sisters snapped out of it and followed his lead.

The hive was in chaos. The once-terrifying alien monsters were now like lambs to the slaughter, helplessly cut down. Large numbers of facehuggers died en masse with the queen's death. Weaker xenomorphs, caught between the queen's demise and the cold, had no resistance and perished, their corpses littering the ground.

The tide of battle had turned completely.

Feng Lin and the Greek sisters plunged into the xenomorphs like tigers among sheep, slaughtering them like reaping wheat. These were real points, and the more they harvested, the more it felt like a feast of slaughter.

Though it was killing, none of them hesitated. Xenomorphs were terrifying生化 monsters that preyed on all life, even eating their own kind when starving. They had no natural instincts.

Killing was saving!

Feng Lin and the others killed relentlessly, growing numb, losing track of time.

The hive was filled with rotting corpses.

Yet a sense of satisfaction rose in their hearts. These were tangible points.

The remaining xenomorphs fled in panic, desperate. Suddenly, as if sensing something, they let out joyful shrieks and rushed out of the hive entrance.

Feng Lin followed closely. Outside the hive, light pierced the darkness.

Dawn had broken.

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