stjorthotic Chapter 253 The First Ironclad Rule of the Sky Dome Martial Alliance
Chapter 253 The First Ironclad Rule of the Sky Dome Martial Alliance
Europe, deep in the Alps.
An ancient castle, seemingly straight out of a medieval fairy tale, stands silently atop a cliff. Clouds swirl around its spires, adding to its mystique and majesty.
This is the headquarters of the Dracula family, an ancient vampire clan with a history spanning over a thousand years and holding a pivotal position in the European underworld.
Fang Qingxue is the daughter of Vladimir Dracula, the current head of this family, who is most proud of her.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the most central council hall of the castle was so heavy it was almost palpable.
On either side of the long obsidian conference table sat a dozen or so elders of the Dracula family. Each of them was pale-faced, with sinister eyes, and exuded the powerful aura of a high-ranking vampire. Each one was a formidable figure who could shake the entire continent with a mere stomp of his foot in Europe.
The head of the family, Vladimir, sat upright in the main seat. He looked like a middle-aged gentleman in his forties, with his silver hair neatly combed, his face handsome, and his eyes as deep as the sea.
All eyes were focused on the woman standing in the center of the hall.
Fang Qingxue.
She was still dressed in that cool white robe, but she was now a completely different person from when she left her family.
She stood there quietly, without any energy fluctuations, looking like an ordinary Eastern girl. But these ancient monsters who had lived for hundreds of years all felt a pressure emanating from her that made them tremble from the depths of their blood.
The feeling was like a sheep facing a prehistoric beast that had withdrawn all its claws and was dozing off.
"Qingxue".
Vladimir finally spoke, his voice deep and magnetic, carrying an undeniable authority.
"You said you met a 'gentleman' in the far east?"
"Yes," Fang Qingxue replied simply and clearly.
"You said that this 'sir' possesses godlike power, and he wants you to establish an organization called the 'Sky Dome Martial Alliance' to set the rules of war for this world?"
"Yes."
Vladimir's brow furrowed slightly.
"And now you're going to use the core strength and the most vast resources of your family to pave the way for your so-called 'Martial Alliance'?"
"Yes."
The three consecutive "yes" statements made the atmosphere in the hall even more oppressive.
An elder with a fiery temper finally couldn't hold back any longer. He slammed his hand on the table and stood up.
"Absurd!" His voice roared. "Fang Qingxue! Have you been brainwashed by those Eastern sorcerers? What kind of bullshit 'Master'? What kind of 'Sky Dome Martial Alliance'? Is there anything in this world more powerful than our great vampire clan?"
"Our Dracula family has been passed down for thousands of years, relying on our own strength and wisdom! When have we ever needed to obey the orders of an unknown Easterner?"
The elder's words immediately resonated with the others.
"Not bad! Qingxue, you've disappointed us greatly!"
"Master, I believe Qingxue's inheritance rights should be stripped immediately, she should be confined, and those ridiculous ideas in her mind should be eradicated!"
"An Easterner dares to point fingers at our noble Dracula family? Does he deserve it?"
Questions and rebukes rose and fell.
In their view, Fang Qingxue's behavior was nothing short of a betrayal of the family's honor.
Fang Qingxue listened quietly, her face expressionless. She had long expected this scene. These pampered and arrogant elders simply could not comprehend the world she had witnessed, let alone imagine Mr. Lin's world-destroying power.
Reasoning with them is useless.
There's only one way to shut them up.
That is, using the only language they can understand—power.
She ignored the clamoring elders, simply raising her eyes to calmly look at her father, Vladimir.
"Father, I need the strength of the family," she said, enunciating each word clearly. "This is a request, and also... a notification."
Vladimir's eyes suddenly sharpened.
He saw something in his daughter's eyes that he had never seen before.
That wasn't ambition, nor was it rebellion.
Rather, it is an absolute confidence, an absolute control derived from a higher level of power.
"Qingxue, do you know what you're saying?" His voice turned cold. "You're challenging the order of the entire family."
"No." Fang Qingxue shook her head. "I am pointing out a new and correct path for the family. A path to true immortality."
"Hahahaha..." The hot-tempered elder seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. "You? You think you're some kind of nonsensical 'Master' from the East?"
Before he finished speaking, his figure suddenly vanished from the spot.
The next second, he appeared in front of Fang Qingxue. A pale and withered hand, like an eagle's claw, turned into a blur and grabbed directly at Fang Qingxue's throat.
"Let me see for myself what ridiculous tricks you've learned from that Easterner!"
This is the speed that the vampires are most proud of! Few of the elders present could even see his movements clearly.
They could almost see that the next second, Fang Qingxue, that ignorant and arrogant girl, would have her neck snapped.
However, the scene they envisioned did not appear.
Faced with this extremely fast attack, Fang Qingxue didn't even blink.
She simply and slowly raised her right hand.
Then, he extended one finger.
A pale, slender, and seemingly powerless index finger.
That finger, so casually, touched the elder's unstoppable eagle claw.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
There was no earth-shattering collision, no explosion of energy.
There was only a faint, almost inaudible "pop".
It sounds like a bubble bursting.
Then, a scene that terrified all the vampire elders unfolded.
The once-arrogant elder's body, starting from the hand that Fang Qingxue had struck with her finger, turned to ashes inch by inch!
Yes, it's fly ash.
It is not shattering, not disintegration, but the most complete annihilation.
From hands, to arms, to shoulders, to the whole body...
The entire process was eerily quiet.
The elder's expression shifted from ferocity to astonishment to terror, finally settling on an indescribable, extreme fear.
He couldn't even let out a scream.
In less than two seconds.
A powerful vampire elder who had lived for over five hundred years and whose strength ranked among the top five in his clan vanished from the world right before everyone's eyes.
Not a single drop of flesh or bone was left.
Only a small clump of ashes remained, slowly drifting in the air.
The hall was deathly silent.
You could hear a pin drop.
All the elders who had been shouting moments before were now frozen in their seats, their faces paler than corpses. Their eyes were wide open, staring intently at Fang Qingxue's finger still suspended in mid-air, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
That's not a finger.
That's Death's scythe!
Vladimir abruptly stood up from his seat, and for the first time, a look of shock appeared on his handsome face. He stared intently at his daughter, his eyes filled with horror.
He doesn't understand.
He had absolutely no idea what had just happened.
That was not the power of vampires, not magic, not any supernatural power he knew.
That's a kind of... rule-based annihilation!
Fang Qingxue slowly withdrew her finger, her gaze calmly sweeping across the entire room.
Any elder whose gaze fell upon her felt as if they had been doused with ice water, instinctively lowering their heads and avoiding eye contact.
"Now, is there anyone still objecting?"
Her cool voice echoed in the hall.
No one dared to say "no" anymore.
Fang Qingxue's gaze finally fell on her father.
"Father, I'll say it again."
"I, Fang Qingxue, have been ordered by my master to establish the 'Sky Dome Martial Alliance,' to recruit martial artists from around the world and to establish rules for combat."
"From this day forward, the Dracula family will become the foundation of the Martial Alliance in Europe. All the family's power and resources will be at my disposal."
She paused, her voice carrying an undeniable air of authority.
"This is the first order from the Sky Dome Martial Alliance."
"Those who obey me prosper, those who defy me perish."