114: One step down, the era ends

"Next, who's coming?"

When Lin Tian's calm yet supremely domineering words echoed across the silent Taihe Hall Plaza, everyone's gaze involuntarily converged on the military's seating area, on that figure who had remained unmoving from beginning to end, like a dormant Divine Beast.

Marquis Champion, Huo Qubing!

The youngest "Five-Star General" of the Huaxia military!

The publicly acknowledged, undisputed "Peak of the younger generation's combat power"!

Before Lin Tian's sudden rise, he was the highest Peak in this golden generation, a Peak that everyone had to look up to and could not surpass!

Now, the new king has arrived, and in the most arrogant, most unreasonable way, he has launched the most direct challenge to the old king!

Facing Lin Tian's almost tangible, provocative gaze, Huo Qubing slowly stood up.

He didn't say any superfluous words.

In a soldier's dictionary, there is no retreat.

He simply responded with actions.

He took a step, and his figure instantly appeared on the enormous "Conferring Gods Platform," facing Lin Tian from a distance.

The Peak showdown officially began!

"Dragon Family's Number Zero," Huo Qubing's voice was deep and metallic, as if two of the hardest alloys were rubbing together, each word carrying a ruthless, murderous Qi capable of tearing through metal and stone, "Your arrogance needs to be supported by strength."

"Let me see what qualifications you truly possess to dare say... everyone present is trash!"

The moment his words fell, he moved!

No probing, no holding back!

With his very first move, it was his strongest, the S-rank forbidden technique he was famous for and had used to suppress the borders for ten years!

White Tiger Army-Breaking Kill!

Roar—!!!

A terrifying tiger roar, as if from the primordial Chaos, capable of shattering stars, erupted from his body!

Behind him, the gigantic energy White Tiger, condensed from endless Evil Qi and military Dao murderous Qi, roared to the sky! It was no longer a phantom, but a true Sacred Beast of slaughter, as if it had gained life and stepped out of mythology! Every strand of its fur shimmered with the sharpness of Geng Metal; every breath it took stirred the winds and thunder of heaven and earth!

"Kill!"

Huo Qubing roared, and his entire being merged with the energy White Tiger, transforming into a blood-colored meteor, a thousand meters long, tearing through the sky, launching the most violent and deadliest charge towards Lin Tian with an indomitable, all-or-nothing resolve!

This strike was more than ten times stronger than when he defeated Ye Fan before!

This was his strongest and ultimate pride as the "Peak of the younger generation"!

Facing this world-shattering strike, which could make any Divine-Grade expert change color, and under whose sharpness even the Law of space shattered inch by inch.

Lin Tian finally slowly raised his eyes.

In those deep eyes, which had always been as still as an ancient well, for the first time, a true, brilliant golden light, like a star exploding, ignited!

"Now this is more like it."

He nodded, like a teacher commending a student who had finally solved a difficult problem correctly.

Immediately, he unleashed the power of his Pangu Body, which he had been cultivating in seclusion for half a year and had initially integrated with the mysteries of the "Physical Body Scroll," without any reservation!

Boom—!!!

A creative Divine Might, even more ancient, grander, and more unreasonable than Huo Qubing's Evil Qi, as if from the very beginning of the Universe, before heaven and earth were separated, awakened with a roar from his body!

Behind him, the Pangu phantom, standing tall between heaven and earth, was more solid than ever before! The outline of the phantom was no longer blurry; even the lines of muscles and the sway of hair were clearly visible! It no longer seemed like a phantom, but a true Creator God, about to cross space and time to descend upon this place!

Lin Tian also threw a punch!

Pangu Opens Heaven Fist!

He did not merge with the energy White Tiger, because he himself was the strongest God!

His punch, seemingly simple, seemed to mobilize the might of the entire Universe! Wherever the punch passed, space collapsed, Laws wailed, and all tangible and intangible things were forcibly reduced to their most primordial Chaos before this absolute power of creation!

The golden Creator God's Fist and the blood-colored murderous White Tiger clashed head-on in the center of the arena, under the gaze of countless spectators!

There was no stalemate.

No resistance.

Only... overwhelming destruction!

Before absolute, higher-dimensional power, Marquis Champion Huo Qubing's White Tiger Army-Breaking Kill, which was powerful enough to suppress an era, seemed so ridiculous, so vulnerable!

The ferocious blood-colored White Tiger, the moment it touched the golden fist-print that seemed to contain a nascent Universe, was like ice and snow encountering the true sunfire that could melt everything!

Its massive body, condensed from Evil Qi, began to melt inch by inch from its head, silently disintegrating! Without even letting out a whimper, it was completely erased from this world by that creative power!

Lin Tian's punch still carried its residual might!

After overwhelmingly defeating the White Tiger, it directly landed on Huo Qubing's face, which was filled with disbelief and ultimate horror!

Pfft—!

Huo Qubing, like a meteor kicked down from the Nine Heavens by a god, fell rapidly from the sky!

Rumble—!!!

He slammed heavily onto the indestructible "Conferring Gods Platform," which was made of special alloy and white marble, directly creating a giant, bottomless, spiderweb-like pit over a hundred meters in diameter in the center of the arena!

Dust filled the air.

The entire venue was silent.

The entire globe was speechless.

When the dust slowly cleared, revealing the scene in the center of the pit, everyone's hearts felt as if they were being tightly gripped by an invisible hand!

The once arrogant "Marquis Champion" Huo Qubing, who was hailed as the "military's myth," was now covered in blood, his special general's uniform long shattered, revealing the cracked inner armor beneath. Blood continuously gushed from his mouth as he struggled to climb out of the deep pit, but his arms, which once seemed capable of supporting a sky, trembled violently, unable to exert even the slightest bit of strength.

He lost.

He lost completely.

He lost... without any suspense.

Under the gazes of billions of global viewers, filled with awe, fear, and worship.

Lin Tian slowly descended from mid-air.

His footsteps were light, like feathers falling, making no sound. But each step seemed to land on everyone's hearts, making them feel a suffocating pressure.

He slowly walked forward, to the edge of the deep pit, to the front of the former "Peak of the younger generation."

Then, he slowly raised his foot.

Under everyone's incredulous gazes, which shattered their worldview.

He gently placed his foot on Huo Qubing's broad chest, which once symbolized military glory and an undefeated myth.

This action was filled with extreme humiliation and an extreme sense of conquest!

He looked down at the "old king" at his feet, who was spitting blood and whose eyes were filled with unwillingness and bitterness, and in a tone as calm as it was cold, as if proclaiming the end of an era, he slowly, word by word, said:

"Your era..."

"...is over."

After speaking, he didn't even spare another glance at the defeated man at his feet.

He slowly raised his head, ignoring Huo Qubing's instantly despondent eyes, and turned his cold gaze, as if selecting the next sacrifice, towards Ye Fan, who was not far away and had already turned pale with fright and was trembling all over.

The reckoning was not yet over.