189: Conquer

“No! Focus fire!”

Norton Star Core, the Alchemist leader, clutched the philosophers stone, frantically urging the Super Alchemic Array, trying to refine this beast.

The philosophers stone emitted a rich golden light, and a large amount of energy poured into the Alchemic Array.

The Demon Dragon no longer hid; after a roaring head held high, "End Land" fully erupted.

The Land of Returning to Nothingness, representing annihilation and the end of all things, enveloped all nearby Alchemists.

The Alchemists within the domain were horrified to find that the defensive Alchemic Arrays circulating on their bodies were disintegrating layer by layer at a visible speed.

Within this domain, they were actually unable to manipulate any laws.

When they tried to utter true name incantations, no sound came from their throats, as if their very existence was being stripped away by this domain.

“This is impossible!”

Norton Star Core’s face changed dramatically as he urged the philosophers stone, wanting to contend for the authority of the laws of the End Land.

But his Alchemic Array, as soon as it condensed, turned into the most primitive Chaos Power and dissipated within the domain.

The Demon Dragon quietly appeared behind him, its sharp claws piercing through his chest, completely ending his life.

With a sweep of its tail, it sent all the other Alchemists flying and caught the falling philosophers stone.

“Is this alchemy? How disappointing.”

The Demon Dragon held the legendary philosophers stone, shaking its head with some regret.

Subsequently, it no longer held back, its figure rapidly flapping, and one high-tier Alchemist after another was easily defeated and slaughtered by it.

When the last Tier 7 Alchemist fell, everything ended.

The Demigods also successfully broke through the Colossus God Lord’s obstruction and shattered the God Domain Core.

The Colossus God Lord’s grand ambitions were thus shattered, and he could only despairingly turn into light and depart.

Subsequently, the entire Colossus Divine Realm was pulled into the embrace of the Abyss.

Ye Chen directly merged it with the Goblin World, hoping that the Goblins and Alchemists could mutually verify and jointly research more powerful war machines.

All the Alchemists were pulled into the Primordial Sea for a hot spring bath; those Tier 7 Alchemists who died in battle were no exception.

The resurrected Alchemist leader came to the 13th layer of the Abyss, leading all high-tier Alchemists to the Abyss Temple to pledge allegiance.

This Alchemist named "Norton Star Core" was the leader they jointly elected before joining the Colossus Divine Realm, and he was an out-and-out genius.

He not only possessed extremely high alchemical talent but also had various imaginative ideas.

As an Alchemist, the most important thing is to have wild and imaginative ideas.

The idea of refining the "philosophers stone" was proposed by him, and although it was cruel, it had to be admitted that it was extremely useful for Alchemists.

Norton led all Alchemists devoutly into the Abyss Temple, prostrating themselves beneath Ye Chen’s divine throne.

“Great Lord of the Abyss.”

Norton’s forehead touched the ground, his voice filled with reverence, “We were once misled by the Colossus God Lord and committed unforgivable mistakes.

Ye Chen tapped his fingertips on the obsidian divine throne, making rhythmic “thump-thump” sounds, and a majestic voice echoed in everyone’s ears:

“No matter, the Abyss will grant new life to those loyal to Me. Previously, we belonged to different factions, but now that you have become companions, the past is forgiven.”

“I need your alchemy to contribute to the development of the Abyss.”

Star Core was not surprised by Ye Chen’s words, after all, he had personally experienced the terror of resurrection.

Although the original Alchemists had undergone some strengthening and modification, their physical bodies were not particularly strong compared to extraordinary beings of the same tier.

After being resurrected by the Abyss, although they lost their original bodies, their physical strength is now no less than that of ordinary extraordinary beings of the same tier, and they have gained many new abilities.

At this moment, he also wanted to quickly develop the potential and combat style of this body.

“We respectfully obey Your Lord’s holy decree. We will integrate into the Abyss as quickly as possible, and we ask Your Lord to guide our direction.”

Ye Chen pondered for a moment and had an idea.

“As you have seen, in the center of the Abyss, there is a World Tree that penetrates all layers of the Abyss. I need you to construct a complete defense system on the main trunk of the World Tree.”

“Also, at the edges of each layer of the Abyss, a defense system also needs to be constructed to prevent enemies from directly reaching the lowest layer of the Abyss through the main trunk of the World Tree and the Abyss’s edges.”

Ye Chen directly gave them their tasks.

After the brainwashing of the Primordial Sea, he was not worried that this group of Alchemists would do anything irrational after knowing the Abyss’s lifeline.

Star Core’s heart secretly rejoiced upon hearing this; this task was not difficult for them.

After all, they specialized in alchemical arrays, and their lifelong expertise was enough to transform the World Tree into the most solid fortress.

This was the Lord of the Abyss’s first request, and Star Core prepared to integrate all powerful alchemical arrays to form a Super Alchemic Array.

As long as this task could be perfectly completed, their value would greatly increase, and their voice in the Abyss would also greatly improve in the future.

Thinking this, he spoke again:

“Great Lord of the Abyss, we will not fail your expectations, please rest assured! We will integrate the most top-tier alchemical arrays to create a defense line that even Gods cannot breach!”

“However…”

Star Core paused, then spoke again: “Your humble servant has one more request.”

“Speak freely.”

“The Three-Headed Demon Dragon Lord possesses an artifact belonging to Alchemists—the philosophers stone.”

“That item is of little use to the Demon Dragon Lord, but it can have the marvelous effect of overturning the ‘equivalent exchange’ principle of alchemy, and it is crucial for the development of our alchemy…”

Before he finished speaking, Ye Chen reached out and tore open the void, and the philosophers stone instantly appeared in his palm.

Playing with this unassuming stone, Ye Chen could feel the massive amount of soul power contained within it.

He did not extract these souls; the current Abyss did not care for the souls of ordinary people.

If the philosophers stone lost its effectiveness after extraction, that would be a huge problem.

He casually tossed the philosophers stone to Star Core, as if he had thought of something, and said:

“The Abyss contains many resources from the original world, which you can use freely.”

“But I hope to see your results as soon as possible.”

“Thank you for Your Lord’s grace!”

Norton tightly clutched the philosophers stone and retreated out of the hall.

Having successfully retrieved the philosophers stone, a great weight was lifted from Norton’s heart.

Afterward, he settled the others, then privately found the Pope and returned the “Spear of Longinus” to him.

The Pope, naturally, held no resentment towards his former powerful enemy, now a companion.

After all, he was defeated head-on on the battlefield; he could only blame himself for being inferior in skill.

He cheerfully took back the magic spear, and after the two chatted about the situation in the Abyss for a while, they bid farewell and left.

Soon, Norton returned to the 11th layer of the Abyss, which was now the Alchemists’ base camp, through a teleportation gate.

He instructed his subordinates to organize the resources present in the Abyss and summoned all Tier 7 Alchemists to jointly research how to integrate those powerful alchemical arrays and construct the World Tree defense system.