223: Chapter 223 Old man, times have changed!

Ye Fei, who had been standing at the back, now had eyes that had turned a brilliant, dazzling gold. The Myriad Spirit Divine Seal on her forehead resonated intensely with the entire Tower of Heaven.

"In the name of the Lord of Myriad Spirits... you are not worthy of this tower's authority!"

"God-Level Command: Defense System Reversal!"

"Beep, beep, beep! Highest authority override detected! System resetting..."

As a cold mechanical female voice echoed through the tower, the Gravity Matrix and Energy Absorption System that the Wu Tian had been using to suppress everyone suddenly turned their aim!

"Boom!"

A terrifying gravity, a hundred times stronger than normal, mixed with energy rays capable of decomposing magic, poured entirely onto the Wu Tian without warning!

"No!! This is impossible! What have you done to my tower?!"

The Wu Tian let out a terrified roar. Under the perfect cooperation of the four and the backlash from the Tower of Heaven, his proud demigod shield finally shattered with a sharp "crack!"

"Old man, times have changed!"

Chen Xi seized this once-in-a-lifetime opening, gathering all his remaining energy into his right fist as a blinding pillar of dark-gold light shot into the sky.

"Go... to hell!!"

"Bang—!!!"

Chen Xi's punch, carrying the power of destruction, slammed solidly into the Wu Tian's chest!

"Crack!" The clear sound of bones breaking rang out. The Wu Tian, a demigod powerhouse who had stood at the top of the human pyramid for a century, was sent flying hundreds of meters like a cannonball. He smashed through the hard inner wall of the Tower of Heaven and was buried deep within the ruins, his fate unknown!

"Huff... huff..."

Chen Xi maintained his punching posture, gasping for breath. The dark-gold patterns on his body began to fade rapidly, replaced by shocking trails of blood. The system's life-countdown warning blared frantically in his mind.

"Captain Chen!"

"Captain, how are you?!"

The three girls rushed forward to support the staggering Chen Xi. Li Murou desperately activated Time Rewind, trying to pull Chen Xi's physical state back to a few minutes ago, but she found that the power of laws within him was too violent; the rewind effect was negligible.

"Don't worry about me, I can still hold on..."

Chen Xi waved his hand weakly, his eyes fixed on the large hole where the Wu Tian had crashed. "A demigod doesn't die that easily. This is only a temporary suppression. Ye Fei, while you have partial authority, quickly find where the path to the hundredth floor is! The Source Stone must not fall into his hands!"

Ye Fei closed her eyes and communicated rapidly with the Tower of Heaven's system. Just two seconds later, she snapped her eyes open and pointed to the center of the hall.

"Found it! The central lift light pillar goes straight to the Core Control Room on the hundredth floor! I've unlocked the passage!"

"Go! Get in!"

Supported by the three girls, Chen Xi stumbled into the glowing blue lift pillar that had just lit up.

At the very last second, as the light pillar carried them upward, ascending rapidly toward the top of the tower.

"Boom—!!!"

From the ruins, a black mist more terrifying than before, filled with extreme madness and violence, surged into the sky. With disheveled hair and covered in blood, the Wu Tian crawled out from the rubble, his once-kind face now twisted into that of a true demon.

"Chen Xi! Ye Fei! You've destroyed a century of my hard work! I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!!!"

The Wu Tian let out a beastly roar and turned into a streak of black light, frantically chasing after the lift passage.

"There's no time left. Prepare for the final judgment..." Chen Xi watched the black shadow chasing from below, his gaze becoming more determined than ever.

"Ding—One hundredth floor, Core Sanctuary, reached."

Accompanied by the cold mechanical prompt, the lift light pillar slowly stopped. The moment the sealed alloy gates slid open silently to both sides, the four members of the Nirvana Battle Team felt as if they had stepped into the vast, boundless depths of space.

It was a spherical space so massive it made one lose their sense of direction. The surrounding walls had long since vanished, replaced by a holographic projection of a brilliant galaxy. Countless stars flowed slowly around them, as if they were in the deepest part of the Milky Way.

In the very center of the space, a multi-faceted crystal about the size of a truck floated quietly. It was a deep, dark purple, with countless ancient runes flowing across its surface.

It was like a living heart, beating with a rhythmic "thump, thump." With every beat, it released a visible ripple of blue energy, powerful enough to make one feel the urge to worship it.

[High-Dimensional Creation: Source Stone Core]

[Status: Charging (99%)]

"Is this... the source of all evil and power?"

Su Xiaoxiao's voice was dry as she looked at the Source Stone, feeling the uncontrollable resonance of the Void Thunder Punishment within her.

Just then, the top-secret chip that Chen Xi had taken from the Mechanist and kept close to him suddenly emitted intense heat. It flew out of his grasp uncontrollably and embedded itself directly into a slot beneath the Source Stone.

"Buzz—!"

As the chip was inserted, the Source Stone's beating suddenly paused. Then, a massive holographic projection unfolded before everyone.

The figure appearing in the projection was actually the one who had dissipated in the underground factory of the Black Swamp Forest—Black-Robed Shen Ye!

However, this was clearly a hidden message he had recorded and stored in the chip long ago.

"Chen Xi, when you see this message, it means you have successfully killed the Mechanist and brought Ye Fei to the top floor of the Tower of Heaven. Congratulations, you have passed my test."

The Black-Robed Shen Ye in the holographic projection looked at Chen Xi with a complex expression and spoke slowly.

"Don't be surprised. Although I tried to resurrect Ye Fei, I am by no means a lackey of the Truth Cult. I cooperated with them only to use their power to get close to this Source Stone."

"Do you think the Truth Cult's High Priest, the Wu Tian, went through all that trouble to fuse with the Source Stone just to become the god of Earth? No, he's far more insane than that!"

The image of Black-Robed Shen Ye pointed at the beating Source Stone, his voice becoming incredibly shrill.

"This Tower of Heaven is not some ruin at all; it is an Interstellar Beacon! And this Source Stone is the Radio Transmitter for the signal!"

"The energy leak a hundred years ago didn't just allow humans to awaken; it lit a beacon in the universe. The beasts we face are merely 'parasites' from the bottom of the universe, attracted by a weak signal."

"That madman, the Wu Tian, believes that human evolution is too slow. He wants to use Ye Fei's Lord of Myriad Spirits bloodline as a key to fully activate the Source Stone's 100% charge and broadcast Earth's complete coordinates into the deep reaches of space!"