173: The incarnation of Cthulhu: a terrifying form of mental pollution!

Su Chen transformed into the unspeakable, thirty-thousand-meter-tall cthulhu incarnation. The Spiritual Contamination emitted by his mere existence caused all beings spying on this scene through screens to tremble violently and fall into deadly silence.

The Shadow Kingdom, Blue Star, the Star Sea Merchant Guild,

Before the light screens or water screens watching the battlefield, everyone—whether nobles, warriors, or ordinary citizens—felt as if their throats were choked, their eyes filled only with unspeakable horror and a deep, soul-stirring dread.

That twisted form, the blasphemous geometric structure, the chaotic whispers and murmurs—even through the screen, they caused minds to waver, pushing people close to madness!

In the center of the battlefield, Salazar faced this terrifying creature directly, his knuckles white from gripping the Shadow Greatsword too tightly.

An impulse stemming from primal instinct, the urge to flee this place immediately, washed over his entire body like ice water.

"What... what the hell is this thing?!"

Salazar's voice carried a tremor he hadn't even noticed.

He violently shook his head, trying to dispel the pervasive whispers of madness, and the rage and pride of being an Overlord reignited in his eyes:

"Impossible! You are merely a hatchling born just over a month ago! How could you possess this kind of power?!"

"A mere charlatan! Watch me cut you down—!!!"

Salazar let out a heaven-shaking roar, and the muscles beneath his Dark-Gold Armor bulged and swelled like coiled dragons!

A torrent of power far more violent than before erupted explosively from within him!

A-Rank Talent—Power Burst, activated!

Instantly, Salazar's strength attributes soared like a rocket, fiercely breaking through the two million mark to the terrifying four million point threshold!

The immense power stirred the wind and clouds, causing the space around him to show distorted ripples!

Inside the Shadow Kingdom Palace,

When Moros saw this scene, the shock brought by Cthulhu's appearance was instantly replaced by ecstasy:

"Power Burst! It's His Majesty's Power Burst!"

He stared intently at the water screen and roared grimly,

"Kraken! No matter what monster you turn into, you are nothing but vanity before absolute power! This sword strike from His Majesty is enough to sever all evil!"

On the barren plain,

Salazar poured his peak four million points of strength, without reservation, into the Shadow Greatsword!

The sword body erupted with an extreme darkness that swallowed all light!

"Die—!!!"

He swung the Greatsword with both arms, cutting from bottom to top, unleashing a ten-thousand-foot Black Sword Light that spanned heaven and earth, as if intending to cleave the entire world in two!

Wherever the sword light passed, space was ripped open with spiderweb-like cracks. Carrying the destructive will to crush stars, it violently slashed toward Su Chen's unspeakable, massive body!

Facing this world-shattering strike, powerful enough to cleave a continental shelf, Su Chen, in his cthulhu incarnation,

merely extended a massive, green-scaled, twisted, and writhing hand.

The hand opened, neither dodging nor evading, and went straight to meet the destructive sword light.

"Ooom—!"

The sword light and the hand fiercely collided!

The anticipated scene of the hand being instantly shredded did not occur.

The sword light, containing four million points of terrifying power, instantly slowed down as if it had plunged into an endless, viscous swamp the moment it touched the hand!

The next moment,

A denser, more blasphemous, and terrifying whisper, acting directly on the level of universal rules, surged forth from Su Chen's octopus-like mouthpart!

It was no longer sound, but the contamination and negation of the laws of reality!

Amidst these unspeakable whispers, the stable internal energy structure of the Black Sword Light began to fluctuate violently, became disordered, and then, as if dissolved from within by an invisible hand, it let out a series of overwhelmed wails, finally... "BOOM!!!!!"

The ten-thousand-foot sword light exploded in mid-air!

It transformed into scattered fragments of dark energy, which were completely swallowed by the twisted force field, vanishing without a trace!

"Th-this... How is this possible?!"

Salazar's pupils contracted sharply, his face filled with absurdity and incomprehension,

"My strength has reached over four million!! Why?! Why is it useless!!!"

The immense psychological gap intertwined with the pervasive Spiritual Contamination,

causing Salazar's mind to shake violently, plunging him into profound self-doubt and confusion.

And as the range of Spiritual Contamination emanating from Su Chen rapidly expanded, the hundred thousand Blood Scale Guard below suffered terribly.

"Ah! Monsters! Monsters everywhere!"

"Kill! Kill them!!"

"Mother... save me..."

Screams, maniacal roars, and the dull thud of weapons cutting into flesh instantly replaced the battlefield's grim silence!

The Blood Scale Guard fell completely into madness, starting to attack everything around them indiscriminately, even turning their weapons toward their own chests!

In just a few breaths, the entire military formation turned into a bloody hell of mutual slaughter!

In the Shadow Royal Court,

The ecstasy on Moros's face completely froze, turning into extreme pallor and terror,

He watched the water screen, his voice sharp and distorted:

"Spiritual Contamination! Such terrifying Spiritual Contamination!! It can instantly drive an army mad?! What kind of monster is this?!!"

Inside the Star Sea Merchant Guild's Council Hall,

The Directors, who had originally been sighing in disappointment, now rose in horror,

President Nicola was too shocked to speak.

Lucia's maniacal laughter caught in her throat, all color draining from her face.

Only Lan Xin,

her tightly clenched fists trembling slightly, burst forth with an incredibly bright light in her eyes!

She murmured, "I knew it! I knew... you could still create a miracle!!"

Just as Salazar's mind faltered due to his sword move being broken and Su Chen's whispering murmurs—

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"

Four subtle yet heart-stopping sounds rang out, as if space itself was being sliced.

Su Chen's four tentacles, transformed into invisible Spatial Blades, moved faster than perception, slicing through Salazar's limb joints instantly, like the most precise surgical scalpels.

Salazar's indestructible Dark-Gold Armor, his surging protective energy, and his battle-hardened Overlord-level physique,

were like fragile paper before this spatial cutting power imbued with the strength of "Myriad Realm Severance"!

"Hiss—!"

Blood gushed frantically from the severed limbs like four waterfalls suppressed for a thousand years!

Salazar's hands and feet were severed cleanly at the joints!

He instantly transformed from a majestic and tyrannical king into a 'Human Swine' floating in mid-air, left only with his torso and head!

"Ugh ah—!!!"

A heart-rending scream erupted from Salazar's mouth, but it contained more than pain—it was the ultimate humiliation and collapse of his dignity being trampled and his existence being negated!

"My body!!! How dare you?! I am an Overlord! I am the King of Shadows!!!"

However,

his roar was instantly drowned by the even more surging whispers of madness and Spiritual Contamination.

Su Chen's myriad chaotic eyeballs focused on him simultaneously, forcefully injecting terrifying Mental Illusions into his mind!

Salazar "saw"—his proud Shadow Royal Court rotting and collapsing under countless writhing tentacles;

his loyal subjects twisting into howling monsters, devouring one another;

his dynasty, his everything, was utterly annihilated in the most unacceptable and blasphemous way...