The tortoise shell expanded in mid-air, transforming into a golden hemispherical barrier that protected the entire flatboat along with the Annihilation Instrument.
"BOOM—!!!"
The black orb of light slammed into the golden barrier, unleashing a deafening roar.
The dazzling light illuminated the entire ruins space.
Mo Lao trembled all over, his hands maintaining the output of magic power, and blood flowed from all seven orifices at the same time.
"Hold on... Hold on for me!"
However, the divine artifacts of the Seventh World could not ultimately withstand the higher-dimensional laws bestowed upon the Sea God by Mr. Duan.
"Crack..."
It lasted less than a breath before a shocking black crack appeared on the supposedly invincible golden tortoise shell barrier.
Then, under Old Mo's despairing gaze...
"Bang!"
The barrier shattered.
The raging torrent of black laws, now unrestrained, poured mercilessly onto the small boat.
The Annihilation Device, which was about to completely melt the entrance to the ruins, along with the precious crimson magic stone, disintegrated in the light of destruction, eventually turning into a pile of lifeless metal slag.
The light faded.
The deep blue vortex at the entrance dimmed considerably, but its rotation speed gradually increased and eventually stabilized.
"Splash—"
Not far from the small boat, a burly red-haired man struggled to surface.
One of his arms was broken in a bizarre way, his chest was caved in, and he was coughing up mouthfuls of blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.
"Damn it... so close... so close!" The burly man stared at the intact entrance to the ruins, his face filled with resentment and despair, and slammed his fist hard on the water.
On the small boat, there was complete silence.
Old Mo slumped down on the deck, utterly dejected. He didn't wipe the blood from his face, nor did he pay any attention to the raging winds and waves.
He stared blankly at the wreckage of the Annihilation Instrument, his cloudy eyes devoid of any light, and remained silent.
We lost.
We've lost completely.
Even the last hope of trapping the monster in the ruins was dashed.
The sea god let out a triumphant growl, its massive body slowly turning toward the entrance to the ruins, preparing to continue its terrifying plan to devour the mortal world and complete its divine status.
The end of the world is now irreversible.
Deep within the unfathomable stomach of the Sea God, Zhou Huai, immersed in the joy of frantically racking up points, remained completely unaware of the despairing scene unfolding outside.
He continued to wield the Netherworld Chain, smashing the black spheres to pieces.
【Gained 10,000,000 Heavenly Merit Points!】
"More! More!" Zhou Huai's eyes gleamed as he transformed into a tireless demon god of destruction. "Once I've accumulated enough merit, the first thing I'll do when I get out is tear this damn sea god apart!"
Zhou Huai looked at the rapidly increasing merit points on the system panel and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
The "Saint's Domain" surrounding the Great Sage Li Er's avatar still radiated a sacred purple-gold aura, dispelling all the high-dimensional death energy within a hundred meters radius. Within this domain, all upgrade costs were remarkably eliminated.
Time is running out.
A glint flashed in Zhou Huai's eyes as he focused his mind deep into the system and issued a direct command:
"Words become law! Raise the levels of the Celestial Dragon Rider Arthur, the Insect Emperor Caesar, and the Void Realm Herrscher Victor to level 70!"
In an instant, a dazzling white light burst forth from the depths of the dark and lightless stomach of the sea god!
The white light stretched endlessly, layer upon layer, like countless stars exploding simultaneously in the darkness. The violent upgrade energy transformed into a tangible golden rain of light, surging wildly into Zhou Huai's body.
"Boom—Boom—Boom—!"
Three consecutive muffled spatial explosions resounded within Zhou Huai's body.
With the forced surge in his level, Zhou Huai's aura rose to an unprecedented height in an almost frenzied manner. The void around him couldn't even withstand this explosive increase in attributes, and began to collapse and fold on a large scale.
This backlash resulted in a total deduction of 980 million merit points from the host!
Nearly one billion merit points evaporated in an instant!
However, in contrast, Zhou Huai exuded a terrifying pressure that transcended the laws of the mortal world.
"This power..."
Zhou Huai clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking like muffled thunder.
Under the absolute passive buff of "All Things Return to One," the attributes of the four level 70 SSS-level clones were perfectly superimposed on his main body. He felt as if his entire body was filled with inexhaustible power, and the mana in his body was surging like a vast ocean, as if he could tear this entire dark dimension apart with just a wave of his hand.
Zhou Huai suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the black spheres in the distance.
The void behind him instantly tore open, revealing a vast, boundless space filled with a thick green mist of insect swarms.
"Buzz buzz buzz—!!!"
The next second, a deafening roar, loud enough to tear eardrums and shake the entire high-dimensional space, suddenly exploded!
After accumulating and multiplying over these days, a total of 300 million soldier beetles, like a black flood bursting its banks, surged wildly out of the insect swarm space!
The swarming black insects instantly obscured Zhou Huai's entire vision.
"Hiss—ha!"
The lead beetle emitted a sharp hiss.
Zhou Huai noticed that these soldier beetles looked completely different from the ones Caesar had first summoned.
After Caesar reached level 70, the quality of these beetles improved exponentially. Their carapaces took on a metallic black sheen, with faint green toxin runes moving across them, and their mouthparts became as sharp as serrations, emitting an acidic aura capable of dissolving space itself.
"Go! Destroy them!"
Three hundred million beetles transformed into dozens of enormous black tornadoes, roaring as they swept across the void and precisely attacked the dozens of small black spheres suspended in the darkness.
"Snap! Snap! Snap!"
The dense, gnawing sounds immediately resounded throughout the entire space.
The high-dimensional barriers that formed the hard outer shells of those small worlds were like fragile biscuits before the sheer number of beetles. Countless beetles used their mouthparts, capable of dissolving space, to frantically tear at the law-based restrictions on the surface of the sphere.
Although the destructive speed of a single beetle is far less domineering and swift than when Zhou Huai uses the "Sea-Severing Nether Chain" to strike.
However, the number of Zerg is simply too large!
Dozens of huge black spheres were simultaneously covered by a swarm of black insects. From the outside, they looked like sugar balls wrapped in black ants, shriveling and breaking at a visible speed.
Even more terrifying are the Zerg's racial characteristics.
The beetles that had devoured the fragments of the small world's laws suddenly began to swell violently. Their carapaces cracked open, releasing green slime, and they split into two identical new beetles!
One became two!
Two became four!
In this environment where there is almost no limit to the absorption of high-dimensional energy, the reproduction rate of the beetle has reached an extreme, increasing almost exponentially!
The insect swarm, originally numbering 300 million, doubled in size within minutes after devouring several small worlds, reaching a terrifying 600 million!
The overwhelming black waves stretched out dark shadows in the void, enveloping more and more small worlds.
