71: The polluted god of war, the final challenge

Before the central server in the War Emperor's Mausoleum, a place filled with the Aura of ancient civilization.

Lin Tian, in the most overbearing and unreasonable way, crushed Bai Feng's proud arm of god, along with all his pride and self-confidence, into dust.

Immediately after, he used an incredible and miraculous method to effortlessly bring the 'God Destroyer' robot legion, which was enough to make any top Prodigy despair, under his control.

His martial power was crushed.

His schemes were seen through.

His trump cards were countered.

Bai Feng, the chief of War God Academy, who had maintained a gentle smile and acted as if everything was under his control from beginning to end, finally fell into complete despair after experiencing a series of physical and mental blows that would cause anyone's Dao Heart to collapse.

He looked at the god-like figure slowly and unhurriedly walking towards him, and his eyes, once filled with the light of wisdom, were now only filled with endless desolation and madness!

He knew that he no longer had any chance of turning the tables.

But!

Even if he died!

He would never let the man who had trampled all his dignity underfoot get everything he wanted!

"Lin Tian!"

He let out a roar filled with endless malice and madness, and actually charged towards the central server's core control panel, which represented the highest authority of the War Emperor's Mausoleum!

"What I can't get!"

"—You won't get either!!!"

He poured all his life potential into the 'Ancient Civilization Core Fragment' that was already bound to his Soul and retrieved from the arm of god's remains!

He wanted to detonate it!

He wanted to activate the most terrifying ultimate program, sealed for eons within this central server, a program capable of utterly destroying the entire War Emperor's Mausoleum!

He wanted to perish together with this monster who had humiliated him so much, and with this treasure trove filled with supreme Opportunity!

"No! Stop him!"

In the distance, Long Qingtian and others, who had been secretly observing all of this through Lin Tian's shared vision, saw this scene and their expressions changed drastically as they cried out in alarm!

However, Lin Tian still maintained that calm, unperturbed expression, as if everything was under his control.

He just quietly watched Bai Feng's final, and most futile, madness.

Bai Feng slammed the 'core fragment', which was already glowing with destructive red light, onto the central server's core control panel, into its only and most crucial slot!

"Hahaha! Lin Tian! Let's all... go to Hell!!!"

He let out a triumphant, pleasure-filled, mad laugh!

However, the world-shattering energy explosion he had anticipated did not occur.

Instead, a grating, bone-chilling mechanical sound, as if from the netherworld of Hell, slowly echoed from the enormous 'gene dormancy pod' beneath their feet, constructed from an unknown crystal.

"What?"

Bai Feng's laughter abruptly stopped.

He lowered his head in disbelief.

He saw the transparent crystal outer wall of the massive dormancy pod, which he had always thought was merely the central server's 'energy core', slowly sliding open to both sides!

A supreme pressure, far more terrifying, ancient, and filled with ominous and chaotic Aura than ever before, like an awakened primordial demon god, surged out from the opening crack!

Boom!!!

Bai Feng, this proud chief of War God Academy, was directly shattered into a sky full of blood mist by the residual pressure that merely leaked out, without even being able to let out a scream!

Both body and Soul were annihilated!

And that terrifying pressure, after obliterating Bai Feng, continued to spread wildly in all directions with undiminished force!

Long Qingtian, Adam, Ye Fan... and all the other Prodigies still exploring the ruins, tens of thousands of meters away, felt an irresistible shiver and fear originating from the depths of their Souls at this instant!

It was as if something absolute and forbidden, something that transcended all living beings, was about to descend!

Under the horrified and disbelieving gazes of everyone—

The dormancy pod fully opened.

A terrifying remains, a hundred meters tall, dark golden in color, as if cast from immortal divine gold, with countless black lightning-like 'meme' energies of high-dimensional contamination entwined around its body, slowly sat up from the dormancy pod filled with life-sustaining fluid.

He was the owner of this Imperial Mausoleum.

The first and only supreme Emperor of the Human Race in ancient times who unified the entire planet!

—The War Emperor!

However, at this moment, he no longer possessed any of the Emperor's majesty or sanity.

His eyes, which should have been filled with wisdom and vicissitudes, were now hollow and chaotic, leaving only the most primitive desire for slaughter and destruction of all life forms!

He had been completely contaminated by the 'meme' from a higher dimension!

He had become a walking corpse, knowing only slaughter!

"Roar—!!!"

He let out a silent yet terrifying roar that was enough to make the Divine Souls of all who heard it collapse!

A terrifying pressure, far exceeding the S-Rank 'Star Realm' and even infinitely close to the realm of a true SSS-Class Demigod, descended with a crash!

Long Qingtian, Adam, and other top Prodigies in the distance, under this pressure, couldn't even muster the thought of resistance; their faces turned pale, their legs went weak, and they almost knelt on the spot!

This was an ultimate BOSS they could never defeat, no matter what!

However, just as everyone was shaken to their core and plunged into despair by this terrifying pressure—

Only Lin Tian, relying on the profundity of the Pangu Body and the purification of the Heart of God, barely resisted the erosion of this pressure!

He looked at the completely contaminated war emperor's remains before him, which only had the instinct to kill, and in his deep eyes, there was no fear, but rather a hint of understanding and... a touch of pity.

He calmly made the most precise judgment in his mind.

"So that's it... Is this the true reason for the demise of the Pangu Dynasty?"

"Although this remains is powerful, it has clearly been completely contaminated by the 'meme', having long lost all reason and wisdom, and will only attack indiscriminately based on its battle instincts."

"Moreover, the energy core within him is extremely unstable, fluctuating between strong and weak, and he cannot unleash his true full strength as an SSS-Class Demigod from when he was alive."

"Which means..."

An unprecedented, dazzling Battle Intent, enough to make heaven and earth lose their color, erupted from his eyes!

"—He is not... invincible!"

After completing his analysis, Lin Tian made a decision that drove all of the Long family members, who were secretly observing the battle through his shared vision, into a frenzy!

He sternly shouted at Dragon Snow Phoenix, Jiang Luoling, and others behind him, whose faces were also pale from the pressure:

"All of you, retreat!"

"—This guy, leave him to me!"

He was actually going to... actively challenge him!

With a mere Peak Martial Emperor Rank cultivation, he was going to actively challenge an ancient Emperor who was infinitely close to the realm of a true Demigod and completely contaminated!

"Tian'er! Don't be impulsive!"

"Young Lord! No!"

Long Zhanye, Long Qingtian, and others' anxious dissuasions came through the communicator.

However, Lin Tian had already taken a step forward!

He unleashed all his trump cards and all his power at this moment, without any reservations, completely!

The true form of the Pangu Body manifested!

The Heart of God pulsed with full power!

Sword Intent from the God Slaying Sword Canon soared into the sky!

Nine Transformations of the Divine Dragon, Myriad Weapons Returning to the Stream, Soul Furnace... all known and unknown trump cards were activated at this moment!

His Aura surged, eventually, he was vaguely able to contend with the contaminated war emperor's remains!

"Fight!!!"

He let out a long cry filled with endless Battle Intent, actively meeting the contaminated Martial God remains' terrifying palm strike, which could utterly sink an entire continental plate!

An ultimate cross-rank challenge, belonging to the strongest Prodigy of this era, the most thrilling, and the most impossible to win!

At this moment, it was officially... unveiled!