81: Chapter 81 Demolition Team

That glittering golden electronic bill was like a trivial yet incredibly eye-catching label, firmly stuck in the center of the Lord of the Ultimate End's city-sized pupil.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

That indifferent eyeball, filled with the meaning of zeroing and termination, actually seemed to experience an extremely brief stagnation due to this 'bill' that was completely beyond comprehension. The slowly rotating dark vortex even fluctuated slightly, as if some supreme will was processing this unprecedented 'erroneous data'.

Zhang Hao, lying prone on the ground, struggled to lift his head a little. Seeing this scene, his mind went completely blank, leaving only one thought: My master... is a fucking genius! No, he's a madman!

Su Qingyu was also stunned, even temporarily forgetting the pain of her internal organs being injured by the pressure; her heart was filled only with a sense of the absolute absurd.

However, this 'daze' lasted for less than half a second.

“Buzz—!!!”

A will far more violent and furious than before erupted from that giant eye like a cosmic storm! That bill, composed of nether talisman energy, couldn't even last for a thousandth of a second before instantly annihilating like a bubble!

It was enraged!

Thoroughly enraged by the provocation of a tiny ant!

The giant eye's pupil contracted sharply, the dark vortex's rotation speed skyrocketed, and an even more terrifying, more concentrated destructive energy gathered within it! This time, it was no longer a casual 'blink' but a lock on the only ant still standing below who dared to 'charge' It—Lin Chen!

It wanted to completely erase this blasphemer, along with the broken Fortress beneath his feet, from the long river of time and space!

Facing the terrifying precursor of this wrathful strike, not a trace of fear could be seen on Lin Chen's face. He even had time to glance at the nether talisman balance on the system interface, which had once again become empty, and that glaring debt figure of '-70,000,000'.

“It's only natural to pay back what you owe. You don't want to compensate me, and you even want to demolish my house?” Lin Chen's voice was cold, clearly reaching everyone's (and every ghost's) ears through the raging energy storm. “Then don't blame me for demolishing your damn eye first!”

He suddenly looked up, a fierce light flashing in his eyes, no longer holding anything back!

“System! Activate the final combat plan—'Forced Demolition'!”

“Authorize the use of all remaining resources and credit limits!”

“Target: Three power cores of the Lord of the Ultimate End!”

“Execute!”

【Final combat plan 'Forced Demolition' has been authorized!】

【Integrating resources... Consuming all reserved nether talismans... Utilizing maximum credit limit...】

【'Ghost General Temple' overclocking! 'soul suppressing pagoda' outputting at maximum power! 'Three-Phase God-Slaying Formation Base' activated synchronously!】

【'Underworld Soldier Legion · Demolition Squad' formation complete! Total number: 100,000!】

【Mission Assignment:】

【Demolition Squad 1 (Led by Bai Qi, assigned 30,000 Underworld Soldiers), responsible for attacking 'Core α' (Strongest energy, coordinates locked)!】

【Demolition Squad 2 (Led by Zhang Hao, assigned 30,000 Underworld Soldiers and his subordinate Bizarre Monster legion), responsible for attacking 'Core β' (Elusive position, requires real-time tracking)!】

【Demolition Squad 3 (Remote command by Lin Chen, assigned 40,000 Underworld Soldiers and all Fortress automated defense firepower), responsible for attacking 'Core γ' (Strongest defense, coordinates locked)!】

【Combat Objective: Destroy the three cores simultaneously in 3.7 standard seconds!】

【Orders issued! All forces, attack!】

With Lin Chen's command and the system's frantic operation, the entire broken Fortress erupted with its final and most brilliant light!

“Rumble—!”

Light from the Ghost General Temple soared into the sky as countless newborn Underworld Soldiers with highly condensed soul fires surged out like a steel torrent!

At the top of the soul suppressing pagoda, that eyeball shedding blood and tears forcibly stabilized, its ghostly blue light dead-locking onto the three constantly moving core coordinates, providing the most precise navigation for the three armies!

The 【god-slaying spear】, 【boundary-breaking shield】, and 【annihilation core】 in the hands of (or mentally connected to) Lin Chen, Bai Qi, and Zhang Hao all hummed simultaneously, entering the final activation countdown!

“Bai Qi!” Lin Chen shouted.

“By your command.” Bai Qi's voice remained cold and rippleless. He took a step forward, his figure merging into the void. When he reappeared, he was thousands of miles away, followed by a grand army of thirty thousand elite Underworld Soldiers! The blood-colored 【god-slaying spear】 in his hand pointed toward a distorted space in the distance that radiated terrifying energy fluctuations like a supernova—Core α!

“Zhang Hao!” Lin Chen called out again.

“Here! Master!” Zhang Hao roared hoarsely. He forcibly withstood that world-ending pressure, wielding the 【boundary-breaking shield】, followed by his ragtag army of Underworld Soldiers and Bizarre Monsters. Light flickered on the boundary-breaking shield, guiding him toward the trajectory of Core β, which was constantly flashing and difficult to capture in space!

“As for you...” Lin Chen's gaze finally fell back onto the giant eye in the sky that was about to launch a destructive strike, as well as the most heavily defended Core γ it was connected to.

He did not leave the Fortress himself but floated up, nether talismans burning around him and turning into a golden storm! The 【annihilation core】 hovered above his head, its collapse and expansion frequency dead-locked with the energy fluctuations of the distant Core γ!

“For me...” Lin Chen held his arms out as if lifting the weight of the entire world, and toward that giant eye, he let out the most violent roar since the start of the battle:

“TEAR IT DOWN!!!”

With one command, heaven and earth moved!

Three 'demolition squads' composed of a hundred thousand Underworld Soldiers launched a death-defying charge toward three different directions at the exact same microsecond!

On Bai Qi's side, it was the simplest and most direct! The 【god-slaying spear】 transformed into a blood-colored rainbow spanning heaven and earth, carrying an absolute killing intent that could pierce through eternity and slay gods and Buddhas. Ignoring all spatial barriers, it crashed directly into Core α! The battle array formed by thirty thousand Underworld Soldiers poured all their power into it, providing the most violent thrust for this strike!

On Zhang Hao's side, it was the most eerie and elusive! Relying on the spatial power of the 【boundary-breaking shield】, he frantically traversed through countless spatial layers, tightly dogging the constantly teleporting Core β! His Bizarre Monster legion let out various shrieks, using their chaotic force fields to interfere with Core β's movement patterns, creating fleeting opportunities for Zhang Hao! “Hold... still for me!” Zhang Hao seized an opportunity and slammed the 【boundary-breaking shield】 fiercely toward a patch of nothingness ahead!

On Lin Chen's side, it was the most violent and overbearing! He used no fancy techniques; he simply poured the massive energy gained from burning nether talismans, along with the power gathered from forty thousand Underworld Soldiers and the output of the Fortress's remaining defensive arrays, entirely into the 【annihilation core】 above his head! That dark purple crystal instantly expanded to the size of a mountain, the scene of stars being extinguished within it becoming reality. Carrying rules that ended all things, it slammed fiercely toward the locked-on Core γ and the giant eye faintly connected behind it!

Three battlefields, three completely different attack methods, yet under the precise coordination of the soul suppressing pagoda, they hit their targets at the exact same microsecond!

“Puff—!”

The airspace where Core α was located burst like a punctured blood-colored bubble; those terrifying energy fluctuations stopped abruptly, instantly collapsing and annihilating!

“Crack—!”

The void where Core β was located shattered inch by inch like a mirror; that constantly flashing point of light let out a shrill scream, suddenly dimming and disintegrating!

“BOOM!!!!!!!”

The area where Core γ was located erupted in the most violent explosion! The power of the 【annihilation core】 slammed hard against the Lord of the Ultimate End's strongest defensive core—rules collided, and all things returned to nothingness! The aftershocks of the explosion even traveled along some invisible connection, fiercely impacting the giant eye in the sky!

“ROAR—!!!”

The Lord of the Ultimate End, who had always been indifferent like an executing program, for the first time let out a silent roar of pain and fury that shook the entire world!

In the center of that city-sized giant eye, a mass of chaotic dark energy suddenly exploded, and the originally stable rotating vortex became distorted and broken! A clear crack spread from the edge of the pupil!

It was wounded!

However, almost at the same time, that damaged eye, due to extreme rage, completely abandoned its 'programmed' erasure. The long-condensed destructive energy, like a bursting river of stars, crashed down toward the broken Fortress below, toward Lin Chen suspended in the air!

That light annihilated all color.

That energy transcended any description.

Death had never been so close.