The Ultimate Victor

Inside the core control room of the sacrificial tower, three indigenous powerhouses monitored everything unfolding within the treasure chamber. “Let them slaughter each other.” “Good riddance.” “Fight hard.” “May they all perish.” Pue, Latimo, and Menbu were all incredibly agitated, watching the virtual projection formed by the monitoring system. As survivors of a racial catastrophe, they instinctively harbored animosity towards other alien races in the cosmos, especially those participating in the extraterrestrial battlefield. Their hatred for them was boundless. Because their race had been annihilated by the four peak races, simply to clear a battlefield. “Just to open a battlefield, they wiped out our entire race!” Their resentment was immense, their hearts filled with hatred. But to the four peak races... it was like several powerful lion prides wanting to establish a battleground, and the rabbit populations originally occupying that ground were naturally disposed of without a second thought. For the lions... eating rabbits or stepping on ants was perfectly normal. Yet, for the rabbits and ants, the lions were their mortal enemies. Among alien races... there was inherently no mercy. “Die, all of you die!” Pue, Latimo, and Menbu's eyes burned with fervor as they watched everything unfold. The ancient bell, mottled and purple all over, exuded an aura of antiquity. The dense, mysterious inscriptions on its body faintly emanated a powerful presence. As a terrifying, violent “rumble” echoed within the ancient bell, the explosive energy of the Fire God Origin Crystal, though constrained to a single direction, still generated a powerful concussive force against the entire bell body. Boom! Invisible shockwaves still radiated through the bell body! Bang, bang, bang! They directly impacted the gaunt, ferocious Zizhong King standing outside the ancient bell. Even after being weakened by ninety percent by the bell body, the concussive force still shattered Zizhong King's body, only for it to instantly re-coalesce. He grinned excitedly, his eyes filled with anticipation: “Cangjin King, human, may you both die! All treasures are mine! Everything is mine!” “Aaaahhhhhh!” A powerful, furious roar erupted from Cangjin King's throat, his eyes blazing with anger. “Zizhong King!!!” Cangjin King's eyes were bloodshot. Clang! The ancient bell roared, and the terrifying energy from the Fire God Origin Crystal's explosion was swept up, compressed, and controlled by the bell, blasting entirely in one direction—towards Cangjin King's position! Within the confined, narrow space of the bell, at such close range, Cangjin King had no way to dodge and was instantly subjected to a horrific bombardment. What was originally an omnidirectional explosion was forcibly constrained to a single direction, causing its power to surge by perhaps tenfold! Already comparable to three times the power of a Peak King-tier self-detonation, it now surged another ten times! “Boom~~~” Cangjin King's entire body surged with immense energy. Earlier, intending to swiftly deal with Zizhong King, Luo Feng, and others, he had already burned 3% of his Immortal Divine Body. Yet, before he could eliminate the other powerhouses, he was trapped within the ancient bell. With his Limit King-tier combat power and further burning his divine body, he was astonishingly able to resist this explosive impact for a fleeting moment. But it was useless. He only resisted for an instant. In terms of energy 'quality,' the power generated by Cangjin King burning his Immortal Divine Body was almost on par with the bombardment created by the ancient bell. However, in terms of 'quantity,' Cangjin King had only burned 3% of his Immortal Divine Body's energy, which was almost instantly depleted. The moment he was attacked, feeling that bombardment relentlessly consume his burning immortal divine power... Cangjin King understood: “It's over! I'm doomed!” “My disciples.” “My teachers.” “I, Kuwatuolei Meng Shasha... farewell. I hope that in the distant future, I can be resurrected and see you all again!” A trace of sorrow flashed in Cangjin King's eyes, followed by boundless madness. He roared furiously in his heart, “Zizhong King, you kill me? Then you'll die with me!!!” “Explode for me!” At the last moment, Cangjin King chose to self-detonate. Normally, when a Fire God Origin Crystal explosion kills a King-tier, the energies annihilate each other, with most of the energy being consumed in the clash. Just like when Cangjin King's single strike destroyed about 50% of Yechen King's Immortal Divine Body, it was a form of annihilation, without much commotion. But if one doesn't resist or annihilate each other, and instead chooses to self-detonate, it's like Yechen King's self-detonation causing such a massive disturbance. Self-detonating... meant Cangjin King himself transformed into a burning Fire God Origin Crystal! “Boom~~~” The Fire God Origin Crystal's energy surged. “Boom~~” Cangjin King's frenzied self-detonation was even more terrifying. It was as if two Fire God Origin Crystals exploded simultaneously, their power frighteningly immense. Outside the ancient bell. “No!” Zizhong King's expression drastically changed. He had been controlling the Fire God Origin Crystal's explosive energy through the ancient bell, constraining it to a single direction. He clearly felt the chaotic energy generated by the explosion inside suddenly surge! If he couldn't restrain or control it, this energy would blast in all directions. Even if the bell body weakened it by ninety percent, the remaining ten percent of the impact would be enough to completely annihilate him, a Peak King-tier powerhouse! After all, this was the self-detonation of a Limit King-tier powerhouse combined with a Fire God Origin Crystal! “Constrain it!” “Constrain it for me!!!” “All in one direction, all in one direction!!!” Facing a deadly crisis, Zizhong King frantically manipulated the ancient bell with all his might, also intending to force Cangjin King's self-detonation energy, like the previous Fire God Origin Crystal explosion, into a single downward blast! Constraining it to one direction would make the attack power in that direction particularly terrifying, while other directions would be much weaker. This would significantly reduce the outward impact through the bell body, but it was clearly difficult to restrain and control such terrifying energy, even with the aid of the ancient bell. “Constrain it for me!” Zizhong King's entire body ignited with immortal divine power, his eyes filled with madness. Whoosh, whoosh~~~ The burning immortal divine power, like a surging flood, continuously poured out and was frantically absorbed by the purple bell. With this infusion of burning immortal divine power... the bell's own power instantly surged, forcibly constraining Cangjin King's final suicidal self-detonation to the same direction as the Fire God Origin Crystal's energy! The two energies converged! In one direction! Directly downwards! “Boom~~” This energy slammed into the floor of the treasure chamber, the area covered by the bell body. The walls and floor of this treasure chamber were indeed very strong, capable of withstanding a Peak King-tier powerhouse's self-detonation. One must know that this was already comparable to the power of an ordinary strike from a Universe Venerable. But the self-detonation of a Limit King-tier powerhouse... further constrained by the ancient bell to blast in one direction, increased its power tenfold. This resulted in the floor instantly suffering over a hundred times the impact force! Bang, bang, bang~~~ The metal floor of the treasure chamber was directly shattered and torn apart. The treasure chest's position was precisely in the center of the floor, naturally covered by the bell body and engulfed by the blast! As the metal floor was completely ripped apart, the twelve chains connected to the ground and the treasure chest bound by them clearly possessed extremely strong defenses. In the face of such an attack, the twelve chains and the treasure chest stubbornly resisted without any damage. “Rip~~~” The metal floor was blasted through. The defenses of other areas of the sacrificial tower beneath the treasure chamber were much weaker. Yechen King's self-detonation of 50% of his Immortal Divine Body had previously turned a 60-kilometer radius into ruins. This attack, now countless times stronger and constrained to a single direction, was far more devastating. “Rumble~~” A visibly thick impact column plunged directly downwards! Fragments of the metal floor, mixed with the twelve chains and the treasure chest, along with a vast quantity of treasures released from shattered 'World Rings' under this terrifying bombardment—many treasures were damaged, but even more expensive ones, accompanied by the metal fragments, chains, and treasure chest, were blasted directly downwards. In one go, a deep chasm extending 6,000 kilometers was carved out before the impact force dissipated. Everything within that 6,000-kilometer range was pulverized into dust! Cangjin King's fate was tragic, but Luo Feng wasn't faring much better. When the Fire God Origin Crystal explosion was constrained to blast specifically at Cangjin King, the scattered residual impact posed little threat to Luo Feng; he could still withstand it. However, Cangjin King then self-detonated... and that was a huge problem. Although Zizhong King exerted his full power to constrain it, the scattered energy was vastly greater. Luo Feng was hit by roughly thirty to fifty percent of a Limit King-tier powerhouse's self-detonation! “Hide!” The moment Cangjin King self-detonated, Luo Feng, who was caught in a corner inside the bell, knew things were bad. He immediately withdrew his Earthling original body into his Inner World. Unlike the cumbersome process of collecting items with a World Ring, Luo Feng's three bodies could switch instantly and enter his Inner World in a flash. This was because the Inner World nurtured them and was the core of his three bodies. Although he instantly hid in his Inner World, the 'World Ring' containing his core was hidden by Luo Feng within his Shi Wu Wings. The Shi Wu Wings had long been refined by Luo Feng and could integrate with his body. His body's muscles and the Shi Wu Wings were completely fused, allowing the World Ring to also merge with his muscles. Thus, the World Ring could naturally be stored within the Shi Wu Wings. This! Was the safest method! “Rumble~~~” The silver Shi Wu Wings, encasing the World Ring, were blasted downwards, spinning as they plummeted along with countless other treasures and fragments. In truth, that particular World Ring was custom-made by Luo Feng to have the strongest possible defense. The mere residual impact wouldn't have shattered it. But Luo Feng dared not gamble, so he kept it within his Shi Wu Wings. As the Shi Wu Wings, encasing the World Ring, chains, treasure chest, metal fragments, and the countless treasures released from Cangjin King's World Ring—shattered by the direct impact, representing the legacies of previous King-tier powerhouses and Cangjin King's own wealth—all plummeted downwards. “It's all mine!” “It's all mine!” As the entire floor was completely shattered, Zizhong King, who had burned his Immortal Divine Body to constrain Cangjin King's self-detonation, had already consumed 26% of his Immortal Divine Body. His losses were immense. “It's worth it!” “It's worth it, it's worth it!” “All the treasures of these King-tiers, the countless years of accumulation by Cangjin King, a Limit King-tier powerhouse, that human's powerful defensive treasure, and that chained treasure chest—everything is mine. The lost Immortal Divine Body... it's worth it, it's worth it!” Although Zizhong King was slightly startled by the shattered floor, he immediately dove down, rushing towards the vast quantity of treasures.