48: Chapter 48 A Domineering Declaration! I hereby declare you the strongest!

Just as Executive Jiang Xu poured twelve-tenths of his gravity into the Spear of the Firmament, preparing to launch a new round of desperate charge, the rhythm of the entire underground pump room suddenly stopped as if falling off a cliff.

Su Yun instantly ceased all one-handed control movements.

All those tentacles that were frantically fighting and regenerating in a twisted manner against Executive Jiang Xu just a second ago suddenly halted without any warning.

Executive Jiang Xu swung his spear into empty air, the tip grazing several stationary tentacles before slamming into the ground, kicking up a large amount of debris.

He immediately pulled back two steps, staring vigilantly at the behemoth before him, his chest heaving violently.

Immediately after, an incredibly shocking visual spectacle unfolded.

The thick, fleshy barrier in front of Su Yun burst open.

Countless purple-black Void Tentacles centered around Su Yun's back.

Like a terrifying black peacock from the Nine Nether Abyss, it was arrogantly spreading its tail.

Hundreds of tentacles stretched out, blotting out the sky and covering the earth, instantly filling all the remaining space in the underground pump room.

The original three-meter-high ceiling was directly crushed by these extending tentacles.

Debris of cement and steel bars fell down, but not a single piece could break into the Domain formed by the tentacles.

These tentacles writhed slightly in mid-air, the surface of each one flickering with a strange purple light that seemed to seize Souls.

Su Yun's main body slowly rose, lifted by the tentacles.

He looked down at Executive Jiang Xu, who was standing on the ground.

Those scarlet eyes, hidden in the mists of the abyss, lit up with a brilliance that chilled the depths of the Soul.

At this moment, Executive Jiang Xu felt that he was not facing a Strange Tales.

But a true god, the supreme Dominator who ruled the abyss.

Even for the iron-willed Executive Jiang Xu, the fingers gripping the spear turned slightly pale.

This suppression of absolute status caused the circulation of spiritual energy within him to experience severe stagnation.

Just as the atmosphere reached its peak of oppression, an incredibly ethereal, hoarse tone, as if layered with hundreds of reverbs, echoed slowly within the dilapidated pump room.

This voice did not seem to be transmitted through the air, but rather struck directly into the depths of the Soul of Executive Jiang Xu and Su Yao from the abyss of the Universe.

"Relying on the extremely fragile shell of a Mortal."

The voice was unhurried, carrying the absolute arrogance of a superior towards an inferior.

Su Yao, who had been wailing in pain due to spiritual pollution, could not even make a sound at this moment; she could only widen her eyes in terror.

Su Yun's aura was pushed to the limit at this moment.

"To be able to ignore the gaze of the abyss and sever my body."

The monster was speaking!

And it wasn't the mindless roar of a beast, but clear, logical human speech!

It was even evaluating the combat power of a human powerhouse!

Executive Jiang Xu's bloodshot eyes stared fixedly at Su Yun in mid-air.

This monster, which was supposed to be just a "larva" in the report, already possessed high intelligence not inferior to, or even surpassing, humans!

Just as a stormy sea rose in Executive Jiang Xu's heart, Su Yun very slowly raised one of the largest purple-black tentacles.

The tip of the tentacle, like a sharp sword, pointed straight at the tiny Executive Jiang Xu on the ground.

There was no killing intent in those scarlet eyes, only a kind of mockery and appreciation of a god looking at the struggles of a Mortal.

The overlapping, terrifying magic sound reached its climax in the underground space.

"In the Domain of a Mortal."

"I, the Lord of Blind Idiot God..."

Su Yun looked at Executive Jiang Xu's face, which was stubborn even though it was covered in blood, and threw out that line paying tribute to the classic.

"I am willing to call you the strongest!"

The moment the famous line was thrown out, the sense of oppression in the entire space exploded directly.

This sentence was an affirmation of Executive Jiang Xu's ultimate will, and it placed Su Yun himself in an invincible position above all living beings.

You are strong, you are the strongest human.

But in the eyes of my god, you are still just an ant that cannot withstand a single blow!

Executive Jiang Xu's pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpoints.

Not just because of this extremely arrogant and domineering declaration.

But also because he saw that the huge tentacle pointing at him suddenly changed direction.

The monster had no intention of continuing to attack him at all!

Su Yun's goal had been completely achieved; the act was done, and it was time to close the net.

His gaze had already crossed over Executive Jiang Xu and locked onto the crumbling golden Formation behind him.

Not good!

Executive Jiang Xu's heart skipped a beat.

He finally realized that this seemingly intense fight had been nothing but this monster playing with him from beginning to end!

Everything happened in a flash.

The lingering echo of Su Yun's "I am willing to call you the strongest" was still reverberating in the spacious underground pump room.

The moment the voice fell, that thick tentacle that had been pointing straight at the tip of Executive Jiang Xu's nose whipped back without warning.

The movement was incredibly fast, drawing a clearly visible purple afterimage in the air.

It passed over Executive Jiang Xu's head.

With destructive, violent power, it slammed fiercely into the Holy Domain Spiritual Vein Formation not far behind Executive Jiang Xu.

That Formation had already been exhausted by Su Yun's previous "rogue polishing".

The golden light shield protecting the very center was thinner than a layer of low-quality window paper.

"Stop!!!"

Executive Jiang Xu let out a rare, uncharacteristic roar.

He turned around abruptly, ignoring the excruciating pain from his carbonized left arm, and frantically poured all the remaining spiritual energy into the Spear of the Firmament.

He threw the spear in his hand with all his might, attempting to intercept the whipping tentacle in mid-air.

But, it was too late.

Su Yun had long since calculated every time difference.

The white spear had only just flown a few meters out of his hand.

"Clang!!!"

A crisp, explosive sound, like extremely precious crystal glass being smashed to pieces by a large hammer, burst into everyone's eardrums.

The purple-black tentacle struck with extreme precision the weakest energy node of the golden light shield.

Without any suspense.

That layer of golden light shield, symbolizing the highest defense barrier of the Holy Domain, was instantly covered with dense cracks like a spider web.

The speed at which the cracks spread was not even 0.1 seconds.

The next instant.

The entire three-dimensional golden Formation floating in mid-air completely collapsed and disintegrated!

Countless broken golden runes scattered into dots of golden light in mid-air; that was energy dust overflowing after the underlying logic of the Formation was forcibly shattered.

With the destruction of the Formation, the crystal at the very center that had been emitting pure fluctuations — the spirit vein anchor.

It was just like that, exposed naked to the air.

Without any protection.

Without any buffer.

The spirit vein anchor lost the restraint of the Formation, and the high-intensity energy originally used to stabilize the space boundary inside began to boil and spiral out of control.

"Sss, sss, sss..."

Accompanied by a piercing sound of space tearing.

The Void Realm around the anchor began to show large-scale distortion and collapse.

A long, narrow, pitch-black crack emitting an extremely ominous aura was slowly opening above the anchor!

Violent abyss aura, mixed with a rich smell of sulfur and decay, poured out frantically from that crack.

The temperature plummeted to freezing in a few seconds, and the water vapor in the pump room instantly turned into frost.

"It's over..."

Su Yao, who had been kneeling on the ground, watched helplessly as the abyss rift began to take shape.

The spirit in her eyes completely faded away.

The desperate memories of her past life perfectly aligned with reality at this moment.

The apocalypse had arrived.

Once the abyss rift was fully opened, thousands of terrifying Strange Tales would swarm into Linhai City like a tide.

This bustling city would turn into a living hell within a few hours.

The heartland of Great Xia would become a slaughterhouse for the carnival of Strange Tales.

She had been reborn, she had reported it regardless of the cost, she had exposed her identity.

In the end, nothing had changed.

"Why? Why still couldn't stop it..."

Su Yao knocked her head against the cold ground in despair, her fingernails digging deep into the flesh of her palms.

Executive Jiang Xu also stopped moving.

The spear fell to his feet, and for the first time, a sense of powerlessness appeared on his cold face.

The Formation was broken, and the process of opening the rift was irreversible.

Human power, in the face of this kind of cosmic-dimensional catastrophe, was ultimately too insignificant.

However.

Just when these two humans were plunged into extreme despair.

Su Yun, surrounded by tentacles in mid-air.

Those scarlet eyes, however, stared fixedly at the expanding abyss rift.

His breathing began to become rapid.

Not because of fear, but because of excitement.

Because of thrill.

"So fragrant..."

Su Yun stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips greedily.

Where was that any doomsday rift that would destroy the world?

In his eyes, that was clearly an endless, free buffet that was about to open for business!

Growth rate 0/1000?

Today, I'm going to eat until I'm stuffed right here!

Su Yun's tentacles began to restless, preparing to welcome the upcoming feast.

How was he going to gorge himself under the noses of the Great Xia officials?