171: The might of a hegemon!

"Bastard—!!!"

"I want you dead—!!!"

"I want every living creature on the entire Blue Star to pay for your stupidity—!!!"

Witnessing his daughter turn into a puddle of blood, Salazar's projection let out a heart-rending roar.

The figure, composed of water elements, violently twisted and fluctuated due to extreme rage, finally exploding with a "bang" into a mist of water, disappearing.

Almost simultaneously with the projection's dissipation, from the direction of the core sea area of the Shadow Kingdom far away, a terrifying energy fluctuation that dimmed the heavens and earth erupted, like an Ancient Ferocious God awakening from slumber!

The next moment,

A dark golden stream of light, wrapped in destructive energy, tore through the sky at a speed faster than thought, violently rushing towards the Reef Wasteland!

"Master!! The High Priest's prophecy... it means certain death!!"

Bearman King Enuoke felt the rapidly approaching pressure from afar that made his soul tremble, his voice filled with uncontrollable fear.

"I know,"

Su Chen's massive compound eyes remained calm. "Isn't it just that we attracted the old dog, the Shadow King?"

He sneered,

"Since he came, I will naturally present him with a... lifelong unforgettable gift!"

"A gift?! Master... he... he is in the Overlord Realm!!"

Enuoke's voice was trembling. The mere trace of aura Salazar's projection emitted previously had made him feel like he'd fallen into an ice cave. Now that the true body had arrived, the might was simply unimaginable... Star Sea Merchant Guild, Circular Council Hall.

The deathly silence was broken, replaced by an uproar and disbelief.

"Killed her?! He actually killed Selina?! Right in front of Salazar?!"

"Is he crazy?! Doesn't he know what it means to provoke an Overlord-level powerhouse?!"

"It's over... He has heaven-defying potential, but he's just a reckless idiot with no sense! Salazar's true body is coming; he has zero chance of survival!"

"Our investment... it's completely ruined before it even started!"

The Directors beat their chests and stamped their feet, their faces filled with disappointment and vexation.

President Nicola also sighed heavily, rubbing his temples, as if watching the hope for the Guild's rise being ruthlessly extinguished just as it was ignited.

Lucia, who was sprawled on the ground, suddenly raised her head, her face once again showing a sickly flush and ecstasy.

Pointing at Su Chen's figure in the light screen, she directed sharp, grating mockery toward Lan Xin:

"Hahaha! Lan Xin! Look! Look at the 'genius' you chose! A complete and utter fool! He sought his own death! In front of an Overlord-level being, what is his strength worth? Nothing! He's dead! And your ambitions are ruined along with him! Hahaha!"

Facing Lucia's frantic sarcasm and the Directors' pessimistic discussions, Lan Xin merely stared blankly at the towering figure in the light screen.

She recalled the scenes of Su Chen repeatedly defying common sense and crushing powerful enemies.

The wavering in her beautiful eyes was gradually replaced by a belief that was almost fanatical.

"No, you don't understand."

She spoke softly, yet her voice clearly reached everyone's ears,

"He is not reckless, nor is he a fool. Since he dared to do this, he must have his confidence! Just watch... Kraken, from this moment on, your name will resound throughout the Endless Sea! This Vast Star Sea will eventually become your... hunting ground!"

...Reef Wasteland,

Under the gaze of countless eyes—some fearful, some despairing, some mocking, some resolute—the distant sea surface exploded!

A figure wrapped in dark golden lightning, like an apocalypse meteor tearing through the firmament, smashed through the sky-high waves with an unparalleled savage posture, descending violently above the wasteland, carrying a terrifying pressure that caused all things to wither!

An Overlord-level powerhouse!

Salazar the Shadow, true body descends!

He was two meters tall, covered in grotesque armor that flowed with dark golden brilliance, wearing a twisted Shadow Crown. His face was hidden beneath a deep shadow, with only two points of dark red Hellfire gaze piercing through, locked tightly onto Su Chen.

In his hand, he held a Shadow Greatsword as tall as himself. The blade was wrapped in ominous black mist, and merely hovering there, the surrounding space hummed under the overwhelming pressure.

When his gaze swept over the patch of Selina's fresh, scarlet flesh paste on the ground, his entire body trembled uncontrollably, his armor grinding with a harsh "kaka" sound.

"Bas—tard—!"

He squeezed out a low growl from his throat, utterly hoarse, as if originating from the Nine Nether Hells,

"You actually... you dared... to kill my Selina..."

The next moment—

"BOOM————————————————!!!!"

A terrifying pressure, hundreds or even thousands of times stronger than his projection, erupted without reservation from Salazar's body, like the Big Bang at the beginning of the universe!

A dark red pillar of energy shot into the sky, churning the clouds!

The earth cracked and sank beneath his feet!

The air across the entire Reef Wasteland seemed to be instantly sucked dry. Thirty thousand Shenxia Warriors, along with their Giant Bear Mounts, groaned in unison, nearly suffocating, as if crushed by an invisible mountain range!

The might of an Overlord is truly terrifying!

However, facing this overwhelming might, which was enough to cause ordinary Awakening Level powerhouses to suffer mental collapse, Su Chen merely let out a cold sneer:

"Squawking and rambling, so much nonsense! I haven't tasted what an Overlord-level is like yet!"

Before his voice had faded,

Su Chen's thickest tentacle was already raised high like a Siege Hammer!

The cuticle layer on the tentacle's surface instantly hardened, gleaming with a metallic luster, and the grotesque bone spurs along the edge shot out with a "tseng," becoming longer and sharper!

(C+ Level Skill—Death Whip!)

"Whoosh—!!!"

The tentacle instantly broke the sound barrier, raising rings of milky-white sonic boom clouds, emitting a terrifying shriek like ghosts wailing and gods howling, with an momentum that tore apart everything,

violently smashing down toward Salazar, who was suspended in the air!

Seeing that Su Chen was not only fearless but dared to actively swing a tentacle at him,

The pent-up rage, the grief of losing his daughter, and the humiliation of being challenged by an ant completely detonated within Salazar at this moment!

"I will tear you into ten thousand pieces—!!!"

Accompanied by a roar that shattered the cosmos, Salazar's arm muscles bulged to the extreme, and the Shadow Greatsword in his hand erupted with an ultimate darkness that swallowed light!

He swung his sword from bottom to top, fiercely slashing against the descending giant tentacle!

This single strike,

seemed to cleave the entire space in two!

Buzz—!

In an instant,

A pitch-black sword light, composed purely of destructive energy, spanning heaven and earth, easily sliced through Su Chen's hardened tentacle as if tearing cloth!

Su Chen's powerful defense, provided by his nearly 400,000 Physique,

under Salazar's sword,

offered not the slightest resistance!

Pfft—!

The sword light showed no pause, traveling up the tentacle like a hot knife through butter, instantly severing Su Chen's body—including the four tentacles and a small portion of his torso—right at the root!

The cut was smooth as a mirror!

The massive tentacles and severed torso segment crashed onto the ground, emitting a dull, heavy sound.

Meanwhile, the terrifying pitch-black sword light continued forward with undiminished momentum, plowing across the earth!

"Rumble Rumble Rumble—!!!!"

Where the sword light passed, the incredibly hard ground of the Reef Wasteland was forcefully split open, creating a massive chasm hundreds of meters wide, bottomless, and stretching out to the horizon!

The entire Reef Wasteland was completely sliced in two by this enraged strike from Salazar!

One strike from an Overlord, and the world loses its color!