70: Hole? I have plenty.

Before the central server in the War Emperor's Mausoleum, filled with the aura of an ancient civilization.

Bai Feng, the chief of War God Academy, who had maintained a gentle smile and an air of having everything under control from beginning to end, had his composure and pretense utterly shattered by Lin Tian’s declaration, which was full of ultimate mockery, calling him a “treasure-hunting rat.” Finally, he revealed his last and most insane fangs!

He no longer had any hesitation or reservations!

He poured all of his life Origin and Mental Energy, without reservation, into that “ancient civilization core fragment” which could resonate intensely with the entire central server!

Buzz—!!!

That palm-sized core fragment instantly erupted with a burst of energy light that was far more dazzling and terrifying than ever before!

Immediately after, this light, as if guided by some mysterious force, madly surged into his “arm of god,” which was already fused with his flesh and blood and shimmered with a warm, jade-like glow!

“Lin Tian!”

Bai Feng let out a roar filled with unwillingness and madness, looking up at the sky!

“This is my last and strongest attack!”

“To die by this move, you are worthy of pride!”

“—Judgment of God!!!”

Rumble!!!

That “arm of god,” under the augmentation of the core fragment, began to swell and grow at an extremely terrifying speed!

Finally, it transformed into a colossal hand, towering a hundred meters high, as if it could grasp the entire sky, filled with an aura of immortality and divinity!

Upon the giant hand, countless ancient divine runes, long lost to the world, flowed and cycled, emitting a terrifying pressure capable of disintegrating all things and judging all beings, striking down towards Lin Tian…!

However, facing this final, world-destroying strike, powerful enough to drive any S-Rank Martial Emperor to despair, Lin Tian merely… shook his head.

He slowly raised his right hand.

His index and middle fingers were pressed together like a sword.

At his fingertips, a subtle, yet seemingly capable of severing all Karma and slaying gods and demons, pitch-black spatial crack quietly appeared.

The first form of the God Slaying Sword Canon—Star Cleave!

He struck later but arrived first!

0.01 seconds before the colossal hand was about to fall on his head, his sword-finger had already, gently, slashed forward!

Rip—!!!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no magnificent and dazzling special effects.

Only a subtle, silent, pitch-black dimensional rift, seemingly capable of devouring even light and sound, flashed and disappeared!

Immediately after.

That arrogant, majestic, and divine colossal hand, along with the terrifying power it carried, capable of disintegrating all things, was actually split in half from the middle, as if butter cut by a hot knife, by a smooth, mirror-like, perfectly flat cut, silently… split in two!

Immediately, it transformed into countless harmless energy particles, dissipating into nothingness!

And Lin Tian’s seemingly slender Sword Qi, after severing the colossal hand, continued unabated, with an unstoppable, destructive momentum, instantly severing Bai Feng’s proud… “arm of god”!

Pfft!

An “arm of god,” shimmering with a warm, jade-like glow, coveted by countless Prodigies, and considered a priceless treasure, was severed at the shoulder just like that!

Lin Tian reached out and easily pulled the severed arm, along with the “core fragment” still embedded within it, into his hand.

“End of military confrontation,” completed!

“No… impossible…”

Bai Feng, clutching the profusely bleeding stump of his arm, looked at the young man holding his strongest trump card with a horrified expression, his heart, filled with wisdom and calculation, completely… froze at this moment.

He lost.

He lost miserably.

However, Lin Tian did not give him any chance to breathe.

He slowly walked in front of him, examining the “artwork” in his hand, which was the highest crystallization of ancient gene splicing technology, with great interest.

A moment later, he seemed to discover a flaw and shook his head in disappointment.

In front of Bai Feng’s disbelieving gaze, he slowly began to comment in a “professional” and “regretful” tone, like a Grandmaster:

“Tsk tsk tsk… This gene splicing technique is simply… too crude.”

“The layout of the energy circuits is even more riddled with errors; at least thirty percent of the energy is wasted in meaningless conduction.”

He paused, looking at Bai Feng’s face, which was already completely distorted by extreme humiliation, and finally, he gave the cruelest evaluation, one that was enough to shatter his Dao Heart.

“Ultimately, it’s nothing more than a… flawed and failed experimental product.”

The moment his words fell!

Crack!!!

Under Bai Feng’s horrified and disbelieving gaze, Lin Tian, without hesitation, clenched his five fingers!

He publicly… crushed this “arm of god,” a priceless treasure that would drive any top power mad, along with the “core fragment” within it, into a shower of dust!

“No—!!!”

Bai Feng let out a terrifying, inhuman wail!

Complete failure in martial power!

Utter destruction of dignity!

At this moment, all his pride, all his confidence, all his hope, were completely… destroyed by this devil-like young man before him!

However, just as he plunged into complete despair, believing he was surely going to die, he suddenly realized that Lin Tian had not attacked him again.

A crazy, mutually destructive thought instantly arose in his mind!

He activated his last and most hidden trap!

Using his remaining weak Mental Energy link with that “core fragment,” he issued the final command to the massive “central server” before him!

—Activate all defense programs!

Buzz—! Buzz—! Buzz—!

In an instant, the entire central server glowed red!

Hundreds of hidden compartments beneath the walls and floor quietly opened!

Combat robots, crafted entirely from unknown black divine metal, with crimson flames of destruction burning in their eye sockets, and strength comparable to Peak A-rank Martial Ancestor, emerged like a legion of demonic gods awakened from Hell, surrounding the area where Lin Tian stood…!

“Hahahahaha!”

Bai Feng watched this scene and let out a laugh filled with pleasure and madness!

“Lin Tian! You are indeed very strong! Strong like a monster!”

“But! You are, after all, still one step behind!”

“These are the most elite ‘God Slayer’ legions of the Pangu Imperial Dynasty! Their database stores the… ultimate solution for all mythical genes!”

“You… just stay with them, and be buried here forever!”

Having said that, he took advantage of the moment when all the combat robots’ firepower was drawn to Lin Tian, dragging his broken body, and madly… rushed towards the central server’s core control console!

He wanted to make one last struggle!

However, facing this army of hundreds of terrifying robots, enough to drive any Martial Emperor Rank powerhouse to despair, Lin Tian smiled.

He smiled with such composure, such… disdain.

He revealed his true… hidden trump card, one he had never shown to anyone before!

He looked at the combat robots that had already aimed their cannons at him, and slowly, in an extremely ancient, supremely authoritative ancient language, he softly uttered a string of words—the highest authority identification code he had obtained from the memories of the “Pangu Imperial Dynasty Guard” Martial God’s remnant soul he had previously devoured.

“—‘Dragon Abyss,’ greetings, ‘Young Emperor.’”

The moment his words fell!

The entire world seemed to have been paused!

The crimson light in the eye sockets of those combat robots, which had been filled with destruction and killing intent, instantly… extinguished.

In its place was a soft blue light, filled with absolute “obedience” and “reverence.”

Immediately after.

Under Bai Feng’s completely stunned, ghost-like gaze—

Hundreds of “God Slayer” combat robots, with strength comparable to Peak A-rank, actually, uniformly, changed direction!

Collectively, facing Lin Tian!

Then, slowly, they… knelt on one knee!

Like the most loyal subjects, welcoming their… supreme monarch!

“Ho… how… is this possible?!”

Bai Feng completely fell into despair.

And Lin Tian, looking at his back, like a stray dog, madly rushing towards the server, merely shook his head.

He issued his first command as “Young Emperor” to the “God Slayer” legion that had completely submitted to him:

“—Stop him.”

Then, he no longer paid attention to this farce, which no longer held any suspense, and slowly, unhurriedly, walked towards his “trophy.”

A final, ironic… “cat and mouse game” thus began.