179: The fusion of ink and Dao, the innate creation striking the core.

"For the Dominator!!!"

Rock Shield, shrouded in blinding white light that burned his Soul, transformed into the arrowhead of the final charge. Behind him, the remnants of the desperate battle torrent erupted with their last roar, like moths to a flame, or lava breaking through a dam, crashing recklessly toward the Abyssal Lord, which was about to break free from its restraints!

The light of the prohibition on the Abyssal Lord's chest was like a candle in the wind. The destructive energy within it was like a volcano on the verge of eruption. Purple-black streams of light flowed madly beneath its shadow armor, converging upon those dark, sharp claws, brewing an ultimate move intended to annihilate these annoying ants the moment it broke its shackles!

However, at the very heart of this seemingly suicidal charging torrent, there were not only warriors burning with hot blood and will. A faint yet exceptionally clear silver-gray spiritual light, completely out of place in the surrounding dark red atmosphere of desperate battle, quietly lit up from the depths of the ruined Tiangong Workshop behind, like the cold light reflected by rotating precision gears.

It was Li Mo!

His broken leg was crudely set by the energy of the desperate battle, and he was leaning against the wreckage of a severely damaged spiritual energy furnace. Yet, his hands were rapidly carving onto a semi-melted metal plate in front of him with a speed that was almost meditative, yet carried the rigorous rhythm unique to Mohist Mechanical Arts! His eyes no longer held their usual focus or fanaticism, but a strange mixture of extreme calmness and a certain ethereal insight.

The blood-red energy of the desperate battle state also enveloped him, but this energy did not interfere with his movements; instead, it was guided and tamed by him in a unique way, injected into every runic line flowing from his fingertips! Those runes contained not only the geometric structures and energy circuits unique to Mohist Mechanisms, but also vaguely mixed in some more profound Daoist symbols, resembling cloud patterns, Bagua, and Yin and Yang.

He was not creating a traditional weapon or mechanism. There was not enough time, Materials were scarce, and conventional means were like child's play in front of a demigod about to break free.

He was "enlightening"! Or rather, in the desperate situation of the final battle, he was forcibly fusing and integrating his shallow understanding of the Mohist "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature" (Creation and Logic) and the Daoist "Tao Follows Nature," "Refining Essence into Qi," and "Spiritual Enlightenment," conducting an extremely dangerous and desperate creative experiment with slim chances of success!

The goal was to use the last remaining "Materials" and "Energy" on the battlefield to create a one-time special construct capable of dealing decisive damage to the Abyssal Lord's energy core, which had been severely damaged by the Civilization · Enlightenment spear and interfered with by the prohibition!

What were the "Materials"? They were the fragments of spiritual Puppets containing traces of Order energy scattered everywhere; the extremely unstable mixed energy crystal debris remaining after the previous "Taotie" device explosion; the pure rock cores containing the essence of the earth and faint Order remaining after the Stone Spirit Guards disintegrated; and even... the thin fragments of Order rules not yet fully dissipated in the air, purified by the river of civilization!

What was the "Energy"? It was the violent energy provided by his own desperate battle state (as a driving and excitation source); the faint but pure Spiritual Qi outputted by the Spiritual Vein nodes beneath the ruined Tiangong Workshop (as a harmonizing and stabilizing agent); and even more so, a faint but real spark of spirituality generated by his highly concentrated mind resonating with a certain "Origin of Creation"!

"The Mohist school values 'craft,' mechanical creation, and ingenuity! However, dead objects eventually have their limits!"

"The Daoist school values the 'Dao,' Tao Follows Nature, and spiritual enlightenment! However, a spirit without a foundation is ultimately illusory!"

"Today, I combine the strengths of both! Using the Mohist 'craft' as the bone and body, and the Daoist 'Dao' to enlighten a sliver of true spirit! Borrowing the foundation of Order remaining on the battlefield and the will of desperate, unyielding battle as firewood—"

"Creation · Enlightenment · Crane!"

Li Mo whispered incantations that no one could understand, yet which seemed to fit the rhythm of heaven and earth. The last rune fell from his fingertips!

Hum—!

The carved metal plate in front of him (actually a miniature core array) suddenly lit up with a soft silver-gray light! The light was not dazzling, but seemed to possess its own life, flowing slowly.

Immediately after, those "Materials" scattered around—Puppet fragments, energy crystals, rock cores, Order fragments—seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, floating up one after another, converging toward the core array!

Under Li Mo's mental guidance and the effect of the array, these Materials with vastly different properties, even conflicting ones, began to fuse and shape rapidly in a way that defied common sense, yet secretly conformed to some "natural restraint" and "logical construction"!

First was the skeleton—using the toughest Puppet metal frame as the base, embedding the earth rock core as an energy node and balancer.

Next was the body—the mixed energy crystal debris was forcibly constrained and shaped into a streamlined torso, the surface covered with a thin energy shell containing Order fragments.

Finally, the finishing touch—Li Mo took a deep breath, combined his Divine Thought, which was almost burning in the desperate battle state, with the pure Spiritual Qi outputted by the Tiangong Workshop, and his understanding of the imagery of "agility," "lightness," and "pressing forward," and turned it into a faint, silver-gray shimmering "True Spirit," gently pointing it into the core of the gradually forming creation!

[Tiangong Enlightenment · Self-Destruct Mechanism Crane (Mohist-Daoist Fusion · Experimental)]

Type: One-time special spiritual mechanism creation (possesses weak intelligence and clear self-destruction instructions).

Creator: Li Mo (LV25, Lord of the Mechanical Goblins Domain / Vice Dean of the Tian Gong Institute, Desperate Battle state, initial Fusion of Mohist and Daoist thought).

Core Principle: Mohist Mechanism Skeleton: Provides physical structure and energy circuit foundation, ensuring flight stability, speed, and directional release of energy for the final self-destruction. Daoist Enlightenment of True Spirit: Endows the creation with a sliver of weak but pure "spirituality," enabling basic target identification, autonomous avoidance (simple), and cooperative coordination, and more efficiently mobilizing and exciting the unstable energy inside. Order Energy Core: Uses earth rock core (Earth · Order), Order fragments, etc., as energy neutralization and guidance media, ensuring the self-destruction energy contains "Order" attributes that have a restraining effect on the Abyss. Unstable Energy Charge: Primarily uses mixed energy crystal debris left over from "Taotie," extremely unstable; once triggered by the True Spirit, it will cause a violent chain reaction explosion.

Form: Wingspan of about 1.5 meters, shaped like a simplified crane, entirely silver-gray, with smooth lines, and a faint silver-gray spiritual light flickering in the eyes.

Attributes (One-time, no Rank, measured by final explosion effect): Flight Speed: Extremely fast (driven by desperate battle energy + streamlined design). Spiritual Intelligence: Weak, can execute simple instructions (e.g., lock onto target energy core, coordinate formation, avoid obvious obstacles, self-destruct upon arrival). Stealth: Relatively low (obvious energy fluctuations), but small volume, fast speed, not easily targeted first in a chaotic battlefield. Self-Destruction Power: A single mechanism crane's self-destruction, its instantaneous energy shock and rule disturbance, is equivalent to the desperate strike of a fully functional LV40 Elite Kinship (non-hero)! (Assuming LV40 Elite Warrior standard attack power is in the 3000-4000 damage range, this self-destruction power is in this range, and comes with Order attributes and energy disturbance effects). Weakness: Fragile structure, once intercepted or destroyed at key nodes (such as the core array) in advance, it will fail or explode prematurely. Spirituality is weak, unable to cope with complex tactical deception or high-intensity rule interference.

Production Time/Quantity: Li Mo, in a desperate battle state and with special insights, performed beyond his level, successfully creating nine in a short time! This conforms to the Daoist meaning of "nine" being the extreme number, containing change and Perfection. The nine mechanism cranes hovered in front of him, their silver-gray eyes locked in unison on the wound on the Abyssal Lord's chest in the distance, where the glass-like light debris had not yet fully dissipated!

Cost: Overdraws a large amount of Li Mo's Divine Thought and desperate battle energy, causing a serious burden on his spirit and body (weakness penalty increases after the end). Consumed the last stored Spiritual Qi and precious Materials of the Tiangong Workshop.

"Nine is the extreme of numbers... Go!" Li Mo's face was pale, blood spilling from the corners of his mouth, but a silver-gray spiritual light flashed in his eyes as he issued the final command to the nine mechanism cranes, "Target — Abyssal Lord energy core (chest wound)! Flight path: triangular formation, three-group echelon! Upon arrival, detonate simultaneously! Detonation mode: energy superposition resonance!"

The nine silver-gray mechanism cranes saw their eyes light up simultaneously! They let out a faint, clear crane cry like the clashing of gold and stone (actually the sound of energy excitation), flapped their wings, and turned into nine silver-gray streams of light, silently blending into the dark red desperate battle torrent ahead! They cleverly used the bodies and energy fluctuations of the charging warriors as cover, yet their speed was faster and their trajectories more tricky and agile!

At this moment, the desperate charge led by Rock Shield had already engaged the Abyssal Lord in close combat!

"Get lost!!!" The Abyssal Lord was furious. Having just broken free from the last trace of the prohibition, it waved its left claw, and shadow energy turned into a crescent-shaped destructive wave, sweeping out! The dozen or so warriors (including several Stone Spirits) rushing at the front were instantly cut in two and turned into flying ash! But more warriors rushed through the death zone without fear of death, slamming their weapons heavily onto the Lord's legs and body!

The Lord's right claw condensed a highly compressed ball of dark energy that seemed capable of swallowing even light, aiming at the charging arrowhead, Rock Shield, intending to completely erase him!

Just in this split second—

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Nine silver-gray streams of light, like ghosts, accelerated suddenly from the gaps between the charging warriors, from the blind spots of the Lord's waving claws, in a trajectory that almost defied the laws of physics, shooting straight at the Lord's chest!

They did not charge in a straight line, but in groups of three, in a "pin" formation, with weak energy links between them (Daoist resonance), their flight paths covering each other, precisely avoiding the destructive energy field naturally dissipated by the Lord and the trajectories of its waving claws!

"What is that?!" The Abyssal Lord immediately sensed these nine streams of light, weak yet exuding eerie spirituality and Order fluctuations! Its combat instinct told it that these things were more threatening than those ants burning their blood, pointing clearly at its most vulnerable wound!

It tried to use the dark energy ball to change direction and intercept, but Rock Shield erupted with final madness at this moment, hacking his white-light axe blade, which was burning his Soul, heavily onto the wrist of the right claw condensing the energy ball, forcibly interfering with its movements! Other warriors also fought to the death, attacking to attract its attention!

It was this momentary interference and delay!

The first group of three mechanism cranes had already broken through the final defense. The moment their silver-gray bodies touched the shadow armor on the Lord's chest, their internal core arrays and that sliver of True Spirit self-destructed simultaneously, detonating the extremely unstable mixed energy!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three fireballs, not particularly large but exceptionally bright, with Order silver light in the center, exploded almost simultaneously near the wound on the Lord's chest! The impact of the explosion was mostly blocked by the shadow armor, but the Order energy and energy disturbance effects contained within were like three red-hot iron skewers, stabbing fiercely into the depths of the unhealed wound! The glass-like light debris was stimulated to light up again, reacting violently with the incoming Order energy and chaotic explosion energy!

The Lord let out a muffled groan mixed with pain and fury. The cracks in the chest armor expanded further, and the energy circulation showed obvious lag!

Immediately after, the second group of three mechanism cranes seized the opportunity, following the area disturbed by the first group's explosion, precisely drilling into the wound where the cracks were larger, and detonated again!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

This explosion occurred directly inside the wound! The dark red destructive energy clashed and annihilated with the silver-gray Order energy and chaotic explosion energy! Fragments of the armor on the Lord's chest were blown away, revealing a deeper phantom of the energy core beneath, as if condensed from pure darkness and pain! A dense, extreme aura of destruction and evil leaked out, causing the surrounding space to begin to distort and collapse! But at the same time, the core phantom also became noticeably unstable, its light flickering violently!

"Now! The last group!" Li Mo, in the back, had blood seeping from his seven orifices, staring fixedly at this scene.

The last three mechanism cranes had their spiritual eyes glowing with silver light. They did not crash directly into the exposed core phantom (where the destructive energy was too concentrated, risking premature detonation), but instead, in a triangular formation, embedded themselves into the three key "nodes" of energy flow around the core phantom—this was a weak point deduced by Li Mo based on the Mohist keen insight into energy circuits, combined with the Daoist theory of human body/energy "acupoints"!

"Explode!!!"

Three more muffled explosions, yet seemingly striking directly at the Soul, sounded simultaneously! The silver-gray light of Order and the chaotic explosion energy, like three precise scalpels, cut fiercely into the key nodes of the core phantom's energy cycle!

[Nine Cranes Chain Explosion · Superposition Resonance Effect]: Group 1 (External Detonation): Disturbs the wound, expands cracks, stimulates residual civilization power, causes energy lag. Group 2 (Internal Detonation): Deep into the wound, clashes with destructive energy, weakens core protection, forces partial exposure. Group 3 (Node Detonation): Precise strike on energy cycle nodes, triggers temporary disorder of core structure and energy backlash! Superposition Effect: The nine explosions were not simply added together, but through formation coordination, detonation sequence, and energy attributes (Order + Chaos) clever design, produced a 1+1 > 2 resonance and chain destruction effect! Final Effect: The Abyssal Lord's chest wound was severely enlarged, the shadow armor completely shattered, and the energy core phantom was exposed and unstable. Its energy circulation experienced temporary but severe disorder and backlash, causing its ultimate move (dark energy ball) being condensed to be forcibly interrupted and backfired! [Destruction] Divinity activity decreased by about another 15% due to core damage and energy backlash. The Lord fell into about 1.5 seconds of "energy paralysis" and "skill backlash" state! Action completely stopped, defense dropped to the lowest, destructive energy ran wild within its body, even causing continuous damage to itself! Cost: Nine mechanism cranes completely annihilated. Li Mo's spirit suffered heavy damage, his eyes went black, he almost passed out, and his desperate battle state was difficult to maintain his consciousness.

"It's paralyzed! Chance!!!" Although Rock Shield was exhausted, his combat instinct let him immediately grasp this once-in-a-lifetime fatal flaw, bought with the lives of his comrades and the final special trick!

"Everyone who can still move! Take your last strength! Smash it all into that wound! Smash it into its core!!!"

He roared, using his last bit of strength to throw the half-axe in his hand, which was burning with Soul-white light, with all his might toward the exposed, violently flickering energy core phantom on the Abyssal Lord's chest!

At the same time, the remaining desperate warriors, whether dwarves, elves, Stone Spirits, or the few remaining overloaded spiritual Puppets, all let out their final roar, turning every weapon they could throw, the last bit of energy in their bodies, and even their burning life fire into streams of resolute attacks, following that battle axe, crashing toward the same target!

The Nine Cranes Chain Explosion opened the final gap to victory! And now, what was needed was to tear this gap completely open, until the end of destruction!