Josephine waved her hand, and the entire ensnared horde of First and Second Order monsters instantly pivoted and charged toward Qin Li and his mercenary group.

​"Huh?!!"

Qin Li yelled in terror.

"....?!"

Robert froze.

"This! Get ready to—" Qin Wei began to command, readying her Fourth Order power.

​She frowned as the monsters bypassed them entirely, rushing straight toward the true target: the rampaging Fourth Order Boss, the black humanoid lion.

​Qin Wei spun her mount around, staring as the enslaved monsters smashed into their former leader, biting and tearing at its hide. The massive lion was busy, hitting and smashing its own former subjects to the ground, killing them like flies, but the sheer numbers overwhelmed it.

​Josephine ascended into the air again, floating effortlessly above the chaotic battle.

​WHOOSH!!

​BOOOOOOM!!

​At her silent command, the surrounding sand rose into the air, swirling rapidly into a colossal, massive spear. With a thought, the earthen projectile shot toward the struggling Boss.

​"...?!!!"

The Qin mercenaries watched in horror.

​BOOOOOOM!!

​The attack struck the Lion's chest, the immense force throwing the Fourth Order beast backward.

​BAM!!

​It fell heavily onto the ground, roaring in rage. It grabbed the sand spear protruding from its chest, but before it could pull it out, the spear instantly shattered into sand, pouring into its wounds and coating its body.

​"This?!" Qin Li gasped, utterly stunned by the non-physical, insidious attack.

​"Rise," Josephine commanded, her voice barely a whisper carried on the wind. Instantly, the huge Boss lifted into the air, standing suspended like a statue, fully immobilized. With a simple snap of her fingers, the Fourth Order Lion Boss violently compressed, shattering into a spray of blood paste.

​"....?!"

The mercenaries were stunned into silence.

​{Congratulations Master, Mate killed a Fourth Order Boss, gained 2,000,000 EXP.}

​Sunny blinked, equally shocked. 'She is only a Second Order, but thanks to the Metal Goddess Bloodline, she could instantly manipulate the trace metals within a Fourth Order being, effectively exploding it from the inside out... This is truly terrifying power, bordering on instant death for anyone weaker... That's why she weakened it first. Right? Or is the system hiding more information from me?'

​Josephine slowly descended to the ground. A Second Order Bear, part of the surviving enslaved horde, walked toward her, dropping ten glistening Spirit Stones onto her palm from its mouth.

​"Hm... Good work," she nodded, accepting the tribute, and walked toward her husband.

​"Love... here," Josephine said with a smile, handing the Spirit Stones to Sunny.

​"No, keep it," Sunny said with a loving smile, emphasizing her newfound bounty.

​"Wow!! I still can't believe this!!" Qin Li muttered, walking toward the couple, but his sister reached them first.

​"Mr. Alex, and Mrs. Isabella," Qin Wei said, her face completely transformed, now bearing a wide, calculating, yet charming smile. "What do you say to visiting our Qin family as honor guests?"

​"Huh???"

Qin Li rubbed the back of his neck, completely baffled. "Sir Robert. Is this still my sister?"

​"I am so utterly confused," Robert admitted in genuine surprise.

​Sunny stared at Qin Wei, then at Josephine, and after a calculated pause, shook his head. "No worries, Miss Qin. We still have something important to do. Perhaps one day, we will visit the Capital and pay the Qin Family a visit."

​"Understood." Qin Wei brought out her communication stone. "May I have your contact?"

​"You can take my wife's," Sunny said, snapping his fingers. A perfectly cut communication gemstone instantly appeared in Josephine's hand.

​"Wow... Mr. Alex is smart. Handling things like a true champion." Qin Li observed with a knowing look.

​"What do you mean, Young Master?" Robert asked in mild confusion.

​"Look here," Qin Li whispered. "If Mr. Alex gave my sister his contact, his wife might feel something. Giving his wife's number won't cause any future troubles. He's removing any potential source of romantic or political friction by deferring to his wife."

​"Hey... those two don't look like that," Robert countered, frowning. "They must trust one another to the core."

​"True," Qin Li conceded. "But you can never truly understand a woman, especially one as powerful as her. Trust me, if you offend such a woman, you'll die without even knowing it."

"....?!"

​Robert stared at the young master, utterly speechless, then turned his attention back to Qin Wei.

​"Okay. That is all. Thank you again for your indirect assistance." Qin Wei secured Josephine's contact stone, mounted her tiger, and prepared to leave.

​"Good luck on your task," she said, looking back at Sunny. "For now, we are heading back to the small village. If you want, you can follow us." She started riding away, followed by Robert and their remaining fighters.

​"What about the red gate?" Sunny asked Qin Li, looking at the rapidly dissipating red light.

​"No worries. As soon as the Boss is killed, the gate vanishes on its own," Qin Li explained, calling his mount and jumping on it.

​"No one below the Sixth Order can fly, but your wife, who is only a Second Order, can," Qin Li continued, his admiration obvious. "She is beyond powerful. Please, keep her safe."

​Sunny summoned the Earth Lions, and he and Josephine mounted them.

​"What exactly do you mean by 'keep her safe'?" Josephine asked, frowning, sensing a warning.

​"It's the other families," Qin Li said, his tone turning serious. "Just like the Qin family, they are all after the throne. They will do anything to eliminate the competition, even months before the official competition."

​"Your wife just effortlessly took down a Fourth Order Boss. If the other families learn of this, they will target her. Those guys are ruthless, so you must be extremely careful with them."

​Sunny considered the warning. "If they try to touch my wife, I will wipe out their entire family clan."

​".....?!"

Qin Li was stunned into silence.

​Robert, riding ahead, looked over his shoulder. "Young man, you are strong, but saying such a thing is unwise. The strongest individual in each competing family is already at the late stage of the Fourth Order, just like Miss Qin. These contestants have been preparing for years, backed by their entire family's resources—God-Rank weapons, armors, and specialized skills. It won't be easy to wipe out a family clan."

​"So these individuals are the generation's primary champions?" Josephine asked. Robert nodded.

​"Exactly. Just as the Qin Family poured 80% of their resources into Miss Qin, the other families poured 100% of their resources into one descendant. Each one is already at the late stage of the Fourth Order. So, whatever ambitious promises you are making should wait until you reach the Fifth Order. Only then can you realistically speak of wiping out a clan," Robert explained calmly.

​"But I have this," Sunny said, snapping his fingers. A basic Grand Class Mercenary materialized beside him, walking alongside them.

​Robert simply flicked his wrist. A tiny, almost imperceptible sliver of spirit energy struck the Mercenary, instantly shattering it into dust.

​{One Mercenary has been destroyed.}

​Sunny blinked, his expression unreadable. 'Just a tiny sliver of energy destroyed my Mercenary. It seems my Grand Class Mercenaries are useless in the Upper World, and will be even more useless in the higher domains.' He exhaled, quickly calculating the new resource cost, and summoned his Knight Mercenary—a Third Order creation.

​"....?!!"

​Robert stared, stunned, at the powerful Third Order Knight walking beside Sunny.

​"What the hell?!" Qin Li gasped.

​"You also have a summon with the strength of a Third Order?!" Robert asked, his voice filled with awe. He, a Fifth Order powerhouse, was genuinely shocked by the strength of the summon.

​"Yes. I have tens of thousands of them," Sunny stated simply.

​His words instantly froze everyone, including Qin Wei and her fighters, who turned their heads back, their faces etched with genuine terror.

​"What is this guy saying? Having thousands of Third Order summons? Won't he be a King with that kind of army?" someone muttered in the group.

​"Yes, Mr. Alex, you don't have to lie," Qin Li said, trying to be diplomatic.

"Having even this single summon is already incredible. If your wife hadn't killed the remaining monsters, you would have formed a small, powerful army just with the beasts."

​Sunny looked at them, sensing their profound disbelief. With a slight smirk, he snapped his fingers again.

​BOOOOOOM!!!!

​The ground trembled violently, causing Qin Li and some of the men to fall from their mounts. They watched in stunned horror as the earth around them began to move. Countless massive creatures of all sizes, all formed of perfectly controlled Earth Element, rose from the ground and surrounded them. The biggest of the elemental beasts blocked the sunlight.

"...?!!"

​Robert sat frozen on his mount, staring blankly at the twenty fully formed, autonomous Third Order Knights standing guard directly in front of them, his mind reeling.

​Ahead, Qin Wei blinked, slowly scanning the overwhelming, silent army. She looked over her shoulder at Sunny, her expression a mixture of fear and profound respect.

​'This man is a true monster,' she thought.

​Sunny smirked at their frozen faces and asked the essential question, his voice calm yet commanding:

​"What do you guys think about my 'claim' now?"

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