Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 498 – Cultivation by Absorption Domain

Lin Fan streaked through the sky at ten thousand meters.

Her white ancient-style robe pressed tightly against her body under the fierce airflow, outlining her exquisite figure.

Rings of white sonic boom clouds burst open behind her one after another.

She pulled out a black communicator and pressed the answer button.

“Chu Chen, give me the nearest coordinates.”

Lin Fan’s voice was languid, carrying a hint of ease that came with her recent advancement.

“I’m going shopping.”

Rapid keyboard clattering came through the communicator, mixed with the crisp crunch of Chu Chen biting down on hard candy.

“Head to the capital first, then Hangzhou.”

Chu Chen spoke quickly.

“The Scorched Earth Plan’s nuclear blast did destroy the capital’s defense base and main urban area, but that chip Zhu Yan brought back—I just finished cracking the underlying data.”

Lin Fan raised an eyebrow.

“Chen Dingjun built a secret laboratory in a mountain on the edge of Hangzhou, completely independent of the Federation network.”

Chu Chen paused his typing.

“The logs on the chip show that it houses things even he himself hasn’t figured out.”

“Wang Shan doesn’t know?” Lin Fan asked.

“Chen Dingjun doesn’t even trust his own people.”

Chu Chen replied.

“That laboratory’s physical defense level exceeds that of any Rift defense base, and it’s deliberately located in Hangzhou, where there are no Rifts. As for what’s actually inside, the chip doesn’t record it. You’ll need to go there yourself.”

“Got it.”

Lin Fan looked at the gray clouds ahead.

“What’s the route plan?”

“First, go to the capital to retrieve what’s in the laboratory, then head to Hangzhou, and continue pushing east from there. Link up all the Rift coordinates along the way—the Pureblood Dragon Clan stationed there have already started spreading outward. Clear them all out, then loop around Blue Star and return to the Western Sichuan base.”

Chu Chen gave the optimal solution.

“Fine.”

Lin Fan cut the communication.

She adjusted her flight posture, carving a sharp angular line through the air as she headed straight for the capital.

Ten minutes later.

Capital region.

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What was once the heart of a bustling international metropolis was now nothing but endless scorched earth and vitrified craters.

The intense heat of the nuclear blast had vaporized every structure, leaving the ground with an eerily smooth surface.

In the areas untouched by the blast at the ruins’ edge, forty-five heavily armored Pureblood Dragon Clan members were searching everywhere.

They crushed charred bones underfoot and kicked aside half-melted rebar.

The leader, a peak seventh-stage Pureblood Black Dragon, wore a face full of menace. He punched through half of a remaining load-bearing wall with one blow.

The wall collapsed with a thunderous crash, sending dust billowing into the air.

“There’s not even a living thing here!” the Black Dragon roared.

“These lowly insects of Blue Star—besides using weapons of mutual destruction, all they can do is tremble and hide in rat holes!”

Beside him, a female Red Dragon at late seventh-stage lashed her whip, scattering the ashes on the ground.

“The Elder Council ordered us to harvest High-order Evolvers, and now we can’t even find a single ghost. How are we supposed to report back?” the Red Dragon said irritably.

“Expand the search radius!” the Black Dragon commanded.

“They couldn’t have blown everyone to death. There must be bunkers or bomb shelters. Dig three feet into the ground if you have to—find these meat pigs.”

The forty-five Pureblood Dragon Clan members quickly dispersed, preparing for a carpet search of the surrounding area.

Ten thousand meters above.

Lin Fan hovered within the clouds, looking down. Her gaze pierced through the thick radiation dust, taking in all forty-five energy signatures below.

The Omniscient Domain expanded.

Data instantly generated in her mind.

Five women, forty men, all uniformly seventh-rank Purebloods.

A faint curve tugged at the corner of Lin Fan’s lips.

Five female Pureblood Giant Dragons above seventh-rank meant five Mythic-grade Skin-suit raw materials.

“Jackpot.”

Lin Fan uttered three words softly.

She raised her arm, bringing the tip of her nose close to the white sleeve.

Earlier, when she had clashed with Long Yuan’s group in the Altai Mountains, although she had dominated the entire fight, the continuous physical exertion had still triggered a mild metabolic reaction in her body.

Though her metabolic byproduct was no longer sweat but a pure Energy Potion that emitted a strange fragrance.

Still, to someone with Lin Fan’s severe cleanliness obsession, sweating was sweating.

She preferred to stay fresh, clean, fragrant, and soft—any hint of stickiness on her body caused her extreme discomfort.

“Too lazy to move.”

Lin Fan muttered to herself.

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A glint of gold flashed deep in her eyes.

Innate skill: Heart of Envy, activate.

Her already terrifying Mental Strength of 250,000 instantly doubled in that moment.

500,000 points!

This Mental Strength directly shattered the barrier of the late ninth-rank, boldly stepping into the domain of peak ninth-rank.

The surrounding space let out a strained groan of unbearable pressure.

Visible transparent ripples spread outward from Lin Fan as the center, and the cloud layer was instantly torn apart, creating a massive hole ten kilometers in diameter.

Sunlight poured down through the hole, illuminating her spotless white robes.

Barefoot, she drifted weightlessly down to the ground along the beam of light.

In the ruins below.

Long Sha, the Dragon Clan commander, was just kicking away the wreckage of a heavy armored vehicle.

“Damn it! Where are we supposed to find High-order Crystal Bones?”

Long Sha roared.

The forty-four Pureblood Dragon Clan members were equally restless and agitated.

Suddenly, everyone’s movements froze simultaneously.

An indescribably terrifying pressure descended from the sky.

No Spirit Energy fluctuations. No Bloodline Suppression.

It was Mental Strength—pure to the extreme, so vast that the very space of this world began to warp.

The vitrified scorched earth on the ground began to float without gravity.

Debris, steel rebar, even the radioactive dust in the air—all hung suspended midair.

Long Sha jerked his head up.

A woman in white robes, barefoot, was descending from the sky.

She had no wings, no Dragon horns, and didn’t even emit the aura of a powerful expert.

But as she descended, the air and light around her feet continuously twisted.

“What the hell…”

Long Sha’s pupils contracted sharply, a hoarse voice squeezing out of his throat.

He tried to mobilize the peak seventh-rank Spirit Energy within his body, only to find that the energy in his meridians had completely solidified.

Not just him—all the surrounding Pureblood Dragon Clan members discovered in terror that their bodies had lost control.

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It was the absolute mental lock of a higher-level lifeform over lower-level beings.

Lin Fan hovered half a meter above the ground.

Not a single speck of dust touched her.

She looked down at the dragons below, their faces twisted in fear, her gaze as calm as if she were examining bolts of fabric arranged on a shelf.

Back on the Extreme North Icefield, when she was still at eighth-rank strength and had forcibly activated the Life Domain against fifty seventh-rank Purebloods to absorb their life force, there had been significant instability—any Mental Strength interference would interrupt the absorption.

But now was different.

Peak ninth-rank state, empowered by 500,000 points of Mental Strength.

Everything was different.

Lin Fan couldn’t even be bothered to lift a finger.

“Life Domain.”

Her red lips parted slightly, releasing four words.

A ring of dark green ripples spread outward from beneath her feet.

No earth-shattering explosions. No bloody carnage.

The ripple swept across the bodies of forty male Pureblood Dragon Clan members.

“Ugh…”

Long Sha’s eyes bulged wide, his eyeballs protruding outward.

He could feel his prized pureblood physique aging at a speed that defied all biological logic.

Tight muscles rapidly withered. Full, glossy scales lost their luster and peeled off in large patches.

His Life Origin was forcibly ripped from his body by an irresistible force, transforming into wisps of pure energy that converged toward the white-clad woman hovering in midair.

“No… stop…”

A seven-stage mid-level black dragon let out a desperate howl, attempting to forcibly break free through Dragonization.

The moment his bones emitted the crisp sound of deformation, his body instantly turned into a dried corpse.

A gentle breeze passed.

The dried corpse dissolved into ashes, scattering with the wind.

Only a dim seven-stage Crystal remained, clattering as it fell onto the scorched earth.

This was only the beginning.

Thirty-nine, thirty-eight, thirty…

Within the Life Domain, the forty male Pureblood Dragon Clan members didn’t even have the right to resist. Like snow under a scorching sun, they turned into dried corpses one after another.

The entire process took less than a minute.

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Bathed in a sea of Life Origin, Lin Fan felt the “Fragmented Progenitor of Life” bloodline within her let out a satisfied chirp.

The slight exhaustion from her supersonic flight was instantly replenished.

The fine sweat on her skin evaporated completely, leaving her feeling fresh and pristine once more.

She took a satisfied breath and turned her gaze to the remaining five female Pureblood Dragon Clan members.

These five female dragons had been utterly terrified out of their minds by what they had witnessed.

Their life force hadn’t been drained because Lin Fan had deliberately controlled her Domain to avoid them.

Materials needed to be kept fresh.

“You… who the hell are you?”

A red-haired female dragon trembled all over, her voice shrill and piercing.

Lin Fan didn’t answer.

Her starry, nebula-swirling eyes flickered slightly.

Five hundred thousand points of Mental Strength transformed into five invisible heavy hammers, smashing precisely into their Mental Seas.

There was no suspense whatsoever.

Five seven-stage late-phase female Pureblood Dragon Clan members rolled their eyes back, collapsing limply to the ground, unconscious.

Lin Fan opened the system panel.

“System, craft Skin.”

Ten minutes later.

Five flashes of white light passed, and the bodies on the ground vanished.

The system notification sounded in her mind:

[Ding, obtained Mythic-grade Skin-suit materials ×5.]

Lin Fan closed the panel.

With a casual wave of her hand, the forty seven-stage Crystals scattered across the ground were lifted by an invisible force and flew into System Space.

The entire procurement process was clean and efficient, without a single drop of blood.

Lin Fan landed on the hard, vitrified ground.

She looked around, confirming there were no other high-energy reactions in the area.

She mused, “Using the Life Domain like this… it shouldn’t be called the Life Domain anymore.”

She reached up and stroked her smooth chin.

“From now on, I’ll call it the ‘Cultivation-Absorption Domain.'”