84: Chapter 84: Go ahead and hit, I'll admit defeat if you can blow it up.

Time rewinds to the moment Sect Leader Lu Yun decided to force his way into the tower.

After two consecutive failed spells, Sect Leader Lu Yun was losing face. He had no choice but to bite the bullet and tell himself that his opponent must have used some kind of one-time weird magical artifact. He was an elite of the Tianyan Sect; how could he be played by a group of mortals? That was impossible.

He had to regain his standing.

How? By using the most direct method: absolute power to smash their most precious thing to pieces.

That high tower—he was certain there was something good inside—that was it.

"A group of ants who only know how to play petty tricks, daring to pull stunts in front of me!" Sect Leader Lu Yun floated in mid-air, his expression darkening, as he shouted down below, "Today, I'll let you open your eyes and see what absolute power is! Nothing you do will be of any use!"

He no longer held back, pushing his spiritual energy to the limit.

This time, he didn't use those flashy spells; he directly pulled out his life-bound magical artifact—the space-splitting ruler. This item was given to him by his master; it could cut through iron like mud and was his trump card.

"Rise!"

Sect Leader Lu Yun gave a low shout, pouring his spiritual energy frantically into the ruler.

A semi-transparent blade shadow, tens of meters long, instantly extended from the front of the ruler, its power terrifying. The surrounding air seemed to be bursting from this force, emitting muffled thuds.

The spell worked this time!

Sect Leader Lu Yun felt reassured, the corners of his mouth curling into a cruel arc.

"Hahahaha! As expected! You've run out of tricks!" He laughed triumphantly, his voice spreading below, "Now, use your despair to accompany your stupidity in the afterlife!"

He could feel that the gazes of the mortals below had changed, filled with fear and despair.

This feeling was fucking great.

This was how it should be!

These ants should be trembling non-stop under his divine might!

He raised the space-splitting ruler high, aiming at the top of the "Donghai Pearl Tower," where he sensed the core of the energy.

He had absolute confidence that with this strike, that broken iron tower, along with everything inside, would be instantly sliced in two and turned into powder!

He had even thought about how, after succeeding, he would deal with the Qi Refinement Stage brat who dared to talk back, and the death-defying mortal leader.

He wanted them to die in endless pain, crying for their fathers and mothers.

"Break... for me!"

With certainty of victory and bloodthirsty pleasure, Sect Leader Lu Yun used all his strength and swung his arm down violently.

That massive blade shadow, gathering eighty percent of his power, carried the momentum to destroy everything, tearing through the sky and slashing fiercely at the "Donghai Pearl Tower"!

At this moment, he felt like a god!

...

In the command center, it was dead silent; everyone had forgotten to breathe.

On the big screen, the massive blade shadow filled the entire frame, and the terrifying energy fluctuations emanating from it made everyone in front of the screen feel a chill in their bones.

"It's over... it's all over..." a young technician muttered, his face deathly pale.

"Director Zhao! Quickly order non-essential personnel to evacuate! If this strike lands, the shockwave could level every building within a kilometer!"

"Engineer Jiang! Engineer Jiang! Think of something!" Chief Engineer Wang Jianguo roared toward the laboratory, sweating profusely.

Director Zhao Lixin stared fixedly at the screen, his palms full of sweat. Although he trusted Engineer Jiang, the impact of the scene before him was too strong, too strong for him to remain calm.

He even prepared for the worst, intending to order the outer troops to launch a saturation attack; even if it meant mutual destruction, he would never let this madman run wild in Donghai City.

However, the door to the laboratory remained closed.

Jiang Ning hadn't made a sound.

Just when everyone was in despair.

That attack finally... struck the top of the tower.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment.

Everyone widened their eyes, waiting for the massive explosion they had imagined.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

...

Nothing happened.

No explosion, no loud noise, no fire.

On the screen, that attack capable of destroying everything, the moment it touched the top of the tower, simply vanished without a trace... it was gone...

Then, the entire "Donghai Pearl Tower" erupted with blinding light, illuminating the night as if it were day.

In the command center, there was a deathly silence.

Everyone had their mouths agape, frozen in place, motionless as if they had been hit by a paralysis spell.

After a long time, Chief Engineer Wang Jianguo tremblingly raised his hand, pointed at the screen, and stammered:

"Just... just now... what happened?"

"Did... did he... did his move... get eaten... by the tower?"

"And... and while at it... it charged itself?"

No one could answer him.

Because what was happening before their eyes had already exceeded the scope of what they could comprehend.

Just then, a cold, emotionless synthesized electronic voice suddenly rang out over the command center's broadcast.

"Report."

"The central core formation eye has suffered an external energy attack with an intensity of 'S-3' level."

"The 'Energy Absorption and Conversion Module' has started normally."

"This attack absorbed a total of 127,000 standard units of spiritual energy, which has been successfully converted into electrical energy and integrated into the city's A-level power grid."

"Calculations show that the energy absorbed this time is sufficient to meet the A-level landscape lighting requirements for Donghai City for the next month."

"Evaluation: A successful, efficient... charging process."

"Thank you to the... 'Target Person' for the outstanding contribution to our city's energy conservation and emission reduction efforts."

The broadcast finished.

The command center remained in deathly silence.

Until Director Zhao Lixin picked up the water cup on the table, took a big gulp, and let out a long, long sigh of relief.

He looked at the "Immortal Envoy" floating in mid-air on the screen, who was completely bewildered, and pulled a smile that looked worse than crying.

He muttered under his breath:

"I'll be damned... I should have thought of it sooner."

"In front of Engineer Jiang, there is nothing that cannot be subjected to 'Infrastructure Construction'..."

"Even taking a beating can be turned into power generation..."