Chapter 917

General Zack roared.

"Release the Imperial Prince!"

Beside General Zack, the Forbidden Spell mage also shouted.

But this Forbidden Spell mage did not act rashly.

Intuition told her that Lucine was probably extremely powerful.

And the kind of overpowering power.

"Likely a Legend!"

The Forbidden Spell mage thought to himself.

"General Zack, send someone to notify Master Warren—this Medusa is likely a Legend-level entity."

The Forbidden Spell mage whispered to General Zack.

Lucine remained unmoved; the hand holding the Third Imperial Prince clenched tightly.

On the sandship, everyone heard the clear sound of bones shattering from the Third Imperial Prince's neck.

The Third Imperial Prince's eyes suddenly widened, then all light faded from them.

Lucine finally released her grip; the Third Imperial Prince's corpse plummeted from the sky and crashed heavily onto the sandship's deck.

She really did let him go.

"Ah… the Third Imperial Prince has no breath left!"

On the sandship where the Third Imperial Prince had been, the two women he had pulled out with him checked him—and turned pale with terror.

"She killed the Third Imperial Prince!"

One woman pointed at Lucine and screamed.

"How dare you kill the Third Imperial Prince? Do you know what disaster you've unleashed? Your Medusa clan is finished!"

General Zack, seeing the Third Imperial Prince dead, trembled with rage!

No matter how great his achievements this time, they were all wasted.

Because an Imperial Prince had been killed within his own army.

No amount of merit could make up for this failure.

"Summon Master Warren to strike down this woman!"

General Zack shouted.

At his voice, a terrifying aura slowly rose from the center of the sandship.

Master Warren, the Legend-level entity hidden within this army, who had never revealed any aura, finally moved.

"Your Majesty sent this old man to accompany the army, yet I never imagined the Imperial Prince would be killed right under my nose—this is my fault. I shall take your head to beg forgiveness from Your Majesty."

A withered voice sounded.

Immediately, a red cloud began forming in the sky.

Master Warren had not yet appeared, yet he was already preparing an utterly terrifying attack.

His spellcasting speed was swift.

In an instant, terrifying energy descended from the red cloud in the sky.

"Boom!"

The dreadful attack struck Lucine.

Lucine let out a soft hum, not dodging or evading at all.

She extended her pale white hand and lightly slapped the sky.

The terrifying attack had not even reached her when Lucine smashed it apart with a single blow!

Then, she flicked her hand—and a streak of Bai Guang shot into the red cloud, utterly exploding it into nothingness!

"Domain power!"

From one of the sandships, Master Warren's voice rang out in utter shock.

Domain power was simply rule power—a domain constructed by a Saint Realm using the rules they had mastered.

In battles between peers, it offered some advantage, but not a decisive one; the key factors remained who understood the rules better, applied them more skillfully, reacted faster, and wielded more piercing magic.

But against those weaker than oneself, it was extremely effective.

Since Lucine's arrival, she had already covered the surrounding area with her domain, so even the simplest force could dismantle all of Master Warren's attacks.

The suppression of a Legend over a Forbidden Spell mage was terrifying.

And the suppression of a Saint Realm over a Legend was equally terrifying.

"You're a Saint Realm!"

Master Warren's voice rang out again, filled with astonishment.

This time, however, his voice clearly trembled.

Saint Realm!

These two words caused everyone on the sandships to freeze.

"Retreat immediately!"

General Zack acted decisively and gave the order at once.

His Ziyun Empire was a powerful great empire; though not as strong as the Eternal Night Empire, it too possessed Saint Realms.

But the problem was, this vanguard army had no Saint Realm.

The vanguard army was only tasked with conquering the human kingdoms to the east of the Eternal Night Empire.

According to intelligence from several years ago, those human kingdoms and the beast tribes were terrifyingly weak.

In just a few years, even if those human kingdoms and beast tribes had developed at full speed, how strong could they possibly have become?

General Zake never imagined he would encounter a Medusa of Sacred Realm level.

Without matching combat power, encountering a Sacred Realm means nothing but retreat!

Retreat from here, wait for the main army to arrive, and then make plans after the Sacred Realm combatants of the Zi Yun Empire show up.

But it was already too late for them to retreat.

Lucine suddenly unleashed her power, and immediately, a phantom of her appeared in the sky.

This phantom was lifelike, still wearing a light veil, and her eyes were exceptionally enchanting.

As soon as the phantom appeared, everyone on the sandships involuntarily looked up at the phantom in the sky.

Then, they saw a strange light emanate from the phantom's eyes!

"Danger! Everyone, close your eyes!"

Master Warren shouted.

But it was already too late!

On each sandship, the warriors entranced by those eyes began to petrify en masse, turning into statues!

In just under a minute, countless stone statues appeared atop the sandships flying above the oasis.

They looked like a legion of Terracotta Warriors!