"What the hell is Red Moon Island? A cult lair! I'm not going there!"
Ella, unable to contain her rage, slammed the table and stood up.
"Grisha, a despicable rapist! How dare such a scum be my father?!"
"Lisa! Go back and tell those two cultists I have no interest in their invitation!"
"Tell them to go back to where they came from!"
Lisa smiled weakly, "Miss, I'm afraid they won't leave..."
"Do they dare to cause trouble on our Case family's territory?" Ella demanded angrily.
"Since they're Grisha's men, I'm afraid they really would." Sora sighed, her face drained of all color.
After hiding for over a decade, she couldn't avoid this day. The trouble was too big for her to handle.
What should she do next?
She could only rely on her student, Allen, to make the decision.
Allen reluctantly raised his head from the table.
"This table full of delicious food can't be wasted. Give me two minutes. Eat it before you leave."
"Brother, eat slowly. Don't choke..."
Ella was rarely gentle and considerate...
But she soon realized Allen didn't appreciate her kindness at all!
She swept the table clean of food in a flash.
She didn't even have time to eat her own portion, which Allen also swept away.
Ella held her bare, empty plate, speechless and choking.
Alan stood up and patted her head.
"Sorry, Junior Sister. This was an accidental injury."
She touched her stomach with a feeling of unfulfilled satisfaction; it felt like she had only eaten half as much.
...
The three of them followed Lisa and hurried back to Case Manor.
As soon as they reached the gate, they heard the sounds of fighting coming from the courtyard!
In the spacious courtyard, everyone in the Case family, led by the matriarch, wore grim expressions.
The male and female sorcerers who had come to challenge them were all wearing black cloaks marked with the "Red Moon."
In the center of the courtyard.
The man battling "Female Bee" Daisy was named Willy. He was Ella's cousin and had reached the late Second Stage of cultivation.
Aside from Ella, Willy was the strongest of the third generation of the Case family!
Everyone in the Case family was filled with rage, hoping Willy would teach these uninvited guests a lesson!
Let them know that the Case family was not to be trifled with!
Willie had already initiated Second Stage Atavism, transforming into a cat-man, displaying nimble movements.
Across from him, "Female Bee" Daisy still maintained her human form.
Her semi-long hair was tied into twin ponytails, the tips dyed blonde.
Beneath her cape, a pair of long legs clad in black stockings peeked out.
The heels of her high heels were a full half foot high, tapering to awls.
Daisy yawned lazily as she watched Willy dashing across the court.
She slowly raised her right hand, her purple-polished fingertips radiating a magical glow.
Whoosh!
Five balls of purple light rose from her fingertips and soared toward Willy.
Willie did a series of backward somersaults, his evasive maneuvers quite impressively.
However, the five balls of purple light traced strange arcs in the air, still stalking her!
Willie's forehead was sweating, and he pushed off the ground, suddenly leaping onto the wall.
The cat clawed at the wall, climbing swiftly, and in a blink of an eye, it reached the towering roof.
Is it safe now?
Willy wiped his sweat and looked back...
He felt a sudden cardiac arrest!
The five balls of light Daisy had launched had all caught up with him!
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Willy had no way to avoid it, struck by five bullets in a row, and fell from the roof.
He struggled to get up, but a high-heeled shoe suddenly stomped down!
Puff!
The slender heel dug into Willy's back, forcing him to fall to the ground again, his mouth full of mud.
"Cat-man, you're so stupid!"
"Female Bee" Daisy's beautiful face was half-smiled, her eyes filled with mockery.
"How could you be so naive as to think you could dodge my 'Magic Missiles' just by jumping up and down?"
"Magic Missiles" is quite possibly the most powerful magic of the first ring.
It fires five force field missiles at once, automatically tracking the enemy.
Daisy took a step forward, her free foot ruthlessly stamping on Willy's face.
Blood gushed from beneath her slender heel.
Daisy's gaze swept over the Case family with disdain. With a sneer, she loudly demanded:
"Is the Case family deserted?"
The Case family members clenched their fists, their faces livid.
However, no one dared to stand up and retaliate against Daisy's blatant provocation.
The strongest member of the Case family is the current matriarch, a late-stage third-level cultivator.
However, the principle of "a young warrior's strength is a formidable advantage" applies even in the world of sorcerers. In her youth, Madam Case was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, receiving too many injections. In her old age, she paid the price, her bloodline degenerating, leaving only 60% of her full strength.
Below Madam Case, there are two children in the early third stage: Sora's eldest brother and third sister.
Unfortunately, both are away from home.
Next up, it's the turn of the young men in the late second stage. Willy Case is a leader among them.
Willy and "Female Bee" Daisy are at the same level of cultivation, but their combat abilities are vastly different.
Before he even saw Daisy's atavistic form, he was trampled underfoot and publicly humiliated.
"Are the Case family all a bunch of losers?!"
Daisy raised her voice, taunting again.
The cold, vicious words echoed through the courtyard.
"How can you, a bunch of useless people, maintain a great family?"
"Allowing a family of sorcerers like you, with only a sham reputation, to continue to wield power and dominance is truly a tragedy of this era!"
Alan, accompanying his teacher and junior sister, entered the courtyard and happened to hear Daisy's words.
Even in the opposing camp, one had to admit that Daisy's words made sense and hit the nail on the head.
The problem was that the Case family's further depravity was better than the Beast Cult spreading the plague.
If the Beast Cult replaced the Warlock Family, the world would probably not be any better.
At the gate, "Drone" Dorn stood with his hands folded.
This thin young man was Daisy's senior brother, with a higher cultivation level than Daisy, at the early third stage.
Daisy had already dominated the entire crowd, and he didn't bother to speak.
He didn't break his silence until Alan and the other two entered. "Junior Sister, you're finally back."
Ella glanced around and ignored him.
"Don't doubt it, I'm talking to you."
Dorn's stiff face forced a smile.
If that little girl wasn't the teacher's daughter, exceptionally gifted, having awakened dual bloodlines,
How could he have been so kind and gentle with a brat from a rubbish family?
"Excuse me! I'm not your Junior Sister!" Anel said coldly. "You worship the Beast Cult, and yet you come to our Case Family to cause trouble? That's too much!"
"Junior Sister, it seems you've been brainwashed by the Case Family."
Dorn looked at Anel with sympathy.
"You are my teacher's biological daughter, born to be a resident of Red Moon Island, and my junior sister of the Beast Cult."
"The Case family stole a genius that was not theirs, and even more shamefully, buried it. They must pay the price for their foolishness!"
"Little Junior Sister, you are like a poor little girl abducted by the Case family since childhood, indoctrinated with false ideas, and poisoned both physically and mentally."
"I understand your inability to distinguish right from wrong, but now that I've made it clear to you, you must not be foolish again!"
"Little Junior Sister, come with us. Red Moon Island is your true home."
"As for the Case family, if you can't bring yourself to do it, Daisy and I can do it for them and punish them appropriately."
"Appropriately," of course, means annihilating everyone.
"I've had enough of your lies!"
Ella's patience was running out.
"Grisha is just a despicable rapist!"
"You're so proud to be the apprentices of a rapist, aren't you?"
"If Grisha really treated me like his daughter, why did he ignore me for fifteen years and only send you two to find me today?"
"In the final analysis, it's because he's attracted to my special bloodline and thinks I'm a promising talent, someone worth using!"
"If I were an ordinary girl, would Grisha still send you two to find me?"
This question embarrassed Dorn.
Grisha had slept with countless women and fathered countless illegitimate children.
Grisha wouldn't bother with ordinary children, treating them like strangers.
Ella received special attention precisely because of her extraordinary talent.
After two dry coughs, Dorn said in a deep voice:
"Junior sister, the reason you're so gifted is entirely because you inherited Grisha's exceptional bloodline!"
"Otherwise, your mediocre mother would only be worthy of giving birth to a mediocre daughter."
"You can't erase this fact!"
"Since Grisha's blood flows in your veins, you belong to Grisha."
"Whether you like it or not, you can't change this fact."
"Junior sister, the Case family can't protect you. Stop being so willful and come with us."
"If you don't behave, don't blame me for using force!"
The last sentence was a naked threat.
"Bah!"
Ella spat fiercely at him.
"I'd rather die than be in cahoots with scum like you!"
"The only thing you can take away is my body!"
Dorn frowned, turned, and gestured to Daisy.
"Little Junior Sister's been naughty. Give her a lesson."
"Haha... just what I want."
Daisy stepped over Willy and swayed towards him.
She licked her red lips with the tip of her tongue, a feral and cruel smile on her face.
"Little girl, you have to suffer a little to learn."
She raised her hand, her fingers pointed, a shimmering purple light.
With a series of whirring sounds, five "magic missiles" flew out of her hand.
"Haha! That trick won't work on me!" Ella smiled indifferently.
She had already activated the "Shield" spell upon entering, a faint film of light surrounding her body, blocking the missiles.
Ella waved her hand fiercely.
Swish!
"Air Slash Wave" counterattack!
Daisy's expression changed, and she immediately activated the second-order atavism!
The bee girl flapped her wings and flew high, narrowly avoiding the whistling air slash wave.
Ella also activated the second-order atavism, transforming into a cat-eared bee girl, and took off to pursue Daisy.
"Little girl, you are too arrogant!"
Daisy prayed in the air, and a circle of divine power burst out from her body!
"My Lord Rhea, Great Mother! Please grant me the divine power to repel the enemy!"
She summoned countless wasps from thin air, swarming around her, buzzing and roaring!
That wasn't the end. Daisy continued to loudly praise "Insect Queen" Rhea, channeling divine power. A radiant light enveloped the surrounding ten meters.
Under the divine power's blessing, the swarm of bees mutated en masse!
The wasps, once only the size of a thumb, expanded madly as if on hormones!
Each one grew to half a meter long, as large as an eagle!
"Divine Blessing Insect Swarm!"
Sora cried out in shock, quickly transforming into a fairy form and soaring into the air, ready to support her daughter!
"Get out of my way, you annoying bugs!"
Facing the overwhelming swarm of bees, Ella showed no fear. She channeled her magic power into her palms, shaping twin flaming blades.
Swish, swish, swish!!
The flaming blades slashed at high speed, forming an impenetrable wall of fire.
The giant bees crashed into the wall of flames, their bodies billowing with smoke as they fell with a mournful wail.
Ella dispersed the swarm, seizing a narrow opening to swing her blade through the air at Daisy.
Swish! Swish!
The "Flame Blade" merged with the "Air Slash Wave," transforming into two fiery crescents of energy that crossed and slashed towards Daisy, a hundred feet away.
Every giant bee encountered along the way was slashed down.
Daisy frantically flapped her wings, barely dodging one fiery slash wave, but had to withstand the other.
Bang!
She was struck by the energy and tumbled through the air.
Daisy, enduring the burning pain, removed her burning cloak, revealing a shocking, charred scar across her chest and abdomen.
In the courtyard, Dorne saw Daisy injured by Ella, his face darkening as he muttered a spell.
"Ancalima!"
A golden ball of light flew out of her hand, like a comet with a luminous tail, shooting towards Ella!
Bang!
Sora pushed her daughter away, taking the "tracer" bullet from Dawn for her, leaving large scorch marks on her back!
"Mom!" Ella exclaimed.
In her panic, she didn't realize it was the first time she'd called Sora "Mom" in public.
Aren leaped up and took the injured Sora from her junior sister's arms.
"Mom! Are you okay?"
Ella landed, looking at Sora with concern.
"I'm fine."
Sora forced a smile, took out a tube of healing ointment, and asked her daughter to apply it to the wound on her back.
After applying the medicine, Sora's face regained color. He turned and warned Alan:
"Don't interfere. The Beast Cult is too powerful. Don't get involved!"
Alan appreciated his teacher's kindness.
However, since this involved family and friends, he couldn't stay out of it.
Having decided to take action, he had to fulfill this favor.
At the same time, he had to minimize the risk to himself.
The Case family hadn't been pushed to their limits yet.
The time wasn't ripe yet. Alan pretended to obey his teacher's advice, nodded reluctantly, and retreated to the sidelines.
He could retreat, but Sora and Ella had no way to retreat.
Mother and daughter stood side by side, joining forces to fight against "Drone" Dorn.
"What a touching mother-daughter bond."
Dorn sneered, took off his cloak, and tossed it to the ground. "I'm sorry, Grisha-sensei only wants his daughter."
"As for you, you're old and faded, Grisha-sensei wouldn't look down on you."
"Originally, I was thinking of giving you a chance to live, for my sake."
"Since you don't appreciate my kindness, you can't blame me."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dawn activated his third-order atavism, transformed into a bee-man, and soared into the air.
A pair of golden compound eyes glared down at Sora with contempt.
"You old woman, you're courting death!"
"You scum! You're the one seeking death!"
Before today, Ella couldn't believe she could be so furious hearing Sora being insulted!
Thirteen years of estrangement had created a barrier between mother and daughter, a barrier that was only completely broken in this moment of life and death.
Ella's rage fused with the flaming twin blades in her hands, slashing at Dorn with all her might.
Sora also unsheathed his thorn-wrapped hunting bow and fired a hypnotic arrow at Dorn!
The hypnotic arrow, fired later, struck Dorn in the chest before deflecting with a ding.
Unharmed!
Ella's flaming slash struck Dorn, barely breaking his defense, leaving two shallow scorch marks.
However, in the blink of an eye, the wounds healed automatically.
The Bee Man's "Insect"
"Embroidered Armor," similar to a body-refining technique, increases defense with the warlock's level.
A weapon with at least a Level 1 Silver enchantment is required to penetrate this armor unimpeded.
Sora and Ella, mother and daughter, both possess weapons without silver plating.
After deducting damage reduction, Sora's bow and arrows were unable to penetrate the armor.
Ella's flaming blade was even more lethal, barely breaking through the armor.
However, Dorn's Level 3 Insectoid Armor also comes with the "Rapid Self-Healing" effect, allowing wounds to automatically stop bleeding and heal!
"Are you all tired of fighting? I'll just fight back a little." "
Atavistic Dorn spread his arms, and with a bang, his body suddenly exploded!
Under the magical power, his flesh and blood disintegrated into a swarm of wasps!
In the blink of an eye, he transformed from human form into a swarm of bees.
Third-level magic—Insect Swarm Form!
The bee swarm Dorn transformed into retained his original intelligence and spellcasting abilities, even retaining the attributes and ability bonuses provided by his "Atavistic Form"!
On top of this, Dorn also channeled the divine power of the "Insect Queen" Rhea, transforming each of his disintegrated wasps into a giant bee, over a meter long!
Hundreds of giant bees swirled in the sky like a cloud.
The buzzing sound was breathtaking!
At this point, Dorn's physical form was no longer there.
His soul, in the form of the collective will of the insect swarm, A state of being!
"Hive Will," the spiritual master of the supernatural Zerg!
Level 3 Atavism + Level 3 "Swarm Form" + Swarm Mutation
Dorn's powerful tactical combination is known as the "Storm of Divine Grace"!
Using this against Sora and her daughter is an overreaction.
Dorn is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, aiming to establish his authority.
Strongly shock the Keith family and completely crush their illusions!
In the face of absolute strength, all resistance is futile!
...
Mistress Keith, watching the fight from the sidelines, suddenly stood up!
Just when everyone thought she had lost her patience and was about to personally confront the "Drone" Dorn...
She unexpectedly turned and walked over to Alan, her eyes filled with pleading.