90: Chapter 90 He Awakened!

"KABOOOOOM—!!!"

A deafening roar, as if heaven and earth were rending apart, mixed with the cacophony of twisting and tearing metal, crumbling and shattering rock, and countless despairing screams, instantly swallowed everything!

The Lord of the Ultimate End merely blinked its colossal eye, comparable in size to a small city. An invisible force of rules, as casually as crushing ants, flattened half of the Underworld Fortress's most fortified frontal region along with dozens of internal functional zones!

Dust surged into the sky like a nuclear mushroom cloud, mingling with the crimson glow of the bloody moon, dyeing the entire sky a despairing shade of dark red. Torrents of scorching energy and an icy aura of death intertwined into a storm of destruction, raging madly among the Fortress's wreckage.

Inside the Fortress, survivors wailed as they fled like headless flies through collapsing corridors and cascading ruins. The once orderly sanctuary instantly transformed into a bloody hellscape. Severed steel bars protruded like the fangs of the Grim Reaper, adorned with tattered clothing and unrecognizable flesh. The remains of Yin Soldier Centurions were jumbled with human corpses, buried beneath rubble, the pungent stench of blood and scorched matter assaulting the senses of every survivor.

"Hold steady! Everyone evacuate to the central shelter zone! I repeat, evacuate to the central shelter zone!" Su Qingyu's voice crackled through the remaining broadcast system, carrying a barely perceptible tremor, yet underpinned by forcibly suppressed calm. Standing at the edge of the relatively intact command center, she watched the apocalyptic scene below, her nails digging so deeply into her palms they drew blood.

Amid the chaos, Zhang Hao was huddled into a relatively safe corner by his equally terrified and panicked Bizarre Monster "lackeys." Witnessing this god-like scene of punishment and destruction, he was scared out of his wits, his pants wetting once more, his mouth unconsciously repeating, "It's over... it's all over..."

And at this moment, atop the freshly collapsed, still billowing, smoke- and energy-sparking ruins...

A figure slowly rose from the swirling dust.

It was Lin Chen.

He still wore his silk loungewear, now covered in dust and splattered with dark red stains. Raising a hand, he casually wiped away a trickle of blood that had escaped his lips from the violent shockwave moments before. His eyes held not fear or panic, but a kind of... cold fury at being offended, mixed with a sliver of excitement at meeting a worthy opponent.

He looked up, his gaze piercing through the lingering smoke and dust, locking fiercely onto the colossal, indifferent eye peering from the rift in the sky.

"Damn it..." Lin Chen cursed under his breath, not from fear, but from heartache. "My 'Netherworld Rare Treasures Pavilion,' my 'Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Coral Decorative Wall,' and the eight hundred crates of top-tier Soul Brew I just stockpiled... all gone in your fucking blink!"

What he cared about wasn't how many had died, nor how severely the Fortress was damaged, but those luxury items he'd spent a massive fortune in nether talismans to exchange for—for his own enjoyment!

This mindset, in the face of such world-ending devastation, seemed utterly absurd, yet perfectly aligned with his persona as a "whale"—you can destroy heaven and earth, but don't you dare touch my collectibles and skins!

"Fine," Lin Chen said, his anger twisting into a grin, a ferocious curve lifting the corner of his mouth. "I was planning to play by the rules, but you just had to flip the table early..."

He stomped his foot down hard!

"Hum!"

The remaining foundation beneath his feet, shimmering with runic light, suddenly blazed brightly! An incredibly complex miniature teleportation array activated instantly!

As the light flashed, three suits of armor, forged as if from liquid gold and crimson flames intertwined and radiating terrifying energy fluctuations, along with three spears, wreathed in pure white light with tips condensed into a point of extreme, star-piercing heat, materialized, hovering behind him!

These were the ultimate armaments, forged at the cost of ninety percent of the Fortress's nether talisman reserves—the [Pseudo-Sun God Battle Armor] and the [Spear of Longinus Replica]!

Simultaneously!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Three terrifying, heaven-piercing auras of baleful energy erupted like signal smoke from three not-yet-completely-collapsed sections of the Fortress!

To the east, the phantom image of bai qi solidified. His dark armor was damaged, his ancient sword still sheathed, but his murderous intent, steeped in mountains of corpses and seas of blood, already stirred the winds and clouds. His icy gaze locked directly onto the depths of the Lord of the Ultimate End's colossal pupil—the location of the "intracranial" core!

To the west, the headless phantom image of Xingtian used its nipples as eyes and its navel as a mouth. Gripping its shield and axe, its battle frenzy surged like a tidal wave, firmly locked onto the area below the giant eye, corresponding to the "heart chamber"!

To the north, the phantom image of Ying Bu appeared arrogant and ferocious, holding a long halberd, its baleful energy piercing the heavens. Its imposing aura was firmly fixed on the root of the giant eye, which connected to an unknown space—the hiding place of the "spinal base" core!

Three "Solar Flare Assault Teams," led by top-tier Ghost Generals and composed entirely of elite Yin Soldier Centurions, needed no mobilization; they were already in their ultimate combat state! The yin baleful energy emanating from them and the supreme yang power radiating from the floating Solar Flare divine artifacts formed a bizarre equilibrium and opposition, like three blades of destruction, honed to an extreme contradiction and ready to strike!

"You all see that?!" Lin Chen's voice, transmitted through a kind of soul resonance, echoed in the consciousness of every assault team member and every survivor not yet broken by despair. It carried an undeniable madness and resolve. "That damn thing destroyed my stuff!"

He pointed a finger towards the indifferent giant eye in the sky, his voice suddenly rising like a declaration of war:

"Now, I don't want its compensation anymore!"

"I want its life!!"

"Bai Qi! Xingtian! Ying Bu!"

"For me—"

"Slaughter it!!!"

The command was issued without the slightest hesitation!

"As you command!" / "To battle!" / "Kill!"

The three Ghost Generals' responses were brief and violent!

The next instant!

"Whoosh—!!!"

"Whoosh—!!!"

"Whoosh—!!!"

The three sets of [Pseudo-Sun God Battle Armor] transformed into three streams of flowing golden flame, instantly donned by Bai Qi, Xingtian, and Ying Bu! The supreme yang power clashed violently with the Ghost Generals' extreme yin baleful energy, emitting a teeth-grating "sizzle," yet under some higher rule, they forcibly fused, erupting with a terrifying might far exceeding pure light or darkness!

The three Ghost Generals, transformed into gold-and-crimson interwoven gods of destruction, wielded the [Spear of Longinus Replica]. Like three solar arrows shooting defiantly against the firmament, they tore through the swirling smoke and chaotic energy flows. Moving at speeds beyond visual capture, they fearlessly charged towards the colossal eye in the sky!

Their targets were clear, their Division of labor distinct—aiming straight for the three major cores!

In the indifferent giant eye of the Lord of the Ultimate End, the figures of these three "ants" seemed to register for the first time, along with the "Solar Flare" aura emanating from them, which it instinctively found repulsive.

Its eyeball turned... ever so slightly.

Just this minuscule movement.

"BOOM!!!"

An even more terrifying, more immense pressure of rules, as if the entire sky were collapsing, bore down upon the Fortress, upon the three charging assault teams!

The Fortress's remaining defensive light barrier couldn't hold for even a second, shattering completely into a sky full of glittering motes!

The true god-war, at this moment, had fearlessly begun!