208: The neon lights in the sky are all shining for you.

"Hmm?"

Venerable Xuan Jian, who was about to strike again with his sword to completely destroy this place, suddenly felt a shiver run through his body.

He looked up and saw that the ant had produced a mottled, dark-gold scale at some point.

Its surface was ancient and worn, appearing as if it might fall apart at any moment.

"Hahaha, die, die!"

On the other side, Morrgan threw the scale, a crazed smile on his face, and leaped onto one end of the scale.

This was a treasure his ancestor had accidentally obtained when discovering Ruin No. 1, and it had been passed down ever since.

It was a one-time consumable item with a simple effect.

Once bound to a bloodline, the user could choose any target to weigh the weight of their life.

If they were equal, both would die together.

If they were not equal, the scale would balance them until they were equal, then repeat the previous rule.

Because of its heaven-defying effect, his ancestor, fearing it would be used by others, had bound it to his family's bloodline before entering the ruin and passed it down to this day.

The moment Morrgan jumped onto it, the dim scale suddenly lit up with a golden glow. A chain extended directly from the platform on the other end, spreading toward Venerable Xuan Jian in the blink of an eye.

"I will die!"

His spiritual sense screamed a frantic warning of danger from the depths of his being.

Venerable Xuan Jian barely had time to think when an identical body suddenly stepped out from within him.

The golden chain locked onto that body and dragged it back onto the platform.

Instantly, one end of the scale plummeted.

But soon, surges of life force were transferred from that end to Morrgan's side. The body identical to Venerable Xuan Jian's instantly grew a head of white hair and became incredibly aged.

The scale also slowly returned to a balance.

"Why can't even this kill you? I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled!"

Morrgan looked at the pale-faced true body of Venerable Xuan Jian not far away and let out an unwilling roar, but he then scattered like sand in the wind.

The already dilapidated scale quietly shattered after completing this weighing.

"Damn it! Why are there so many remnants of higher planes in this world?"

Venerable Xuan Jian's true body looked terrifyingly grim.

If he hadn't practiced a Method of Substitute Death just now, he would have fallen at the hands of an ant from this lower world.

But he didn't dare to investigate, or even think about it.

A power capable of developing such a tool that allowed a mere mortal to stand against a god could crush him as easily as an ant.

"I can only wait until I return to find that damned Chamber of Commerce for compensation. As for now..."

His eyes grew colder. After swallowing a pill, he gripped his heavy sword and swung it hundreds of times in an instant. He wanted to vent all his anger on the ants of this world.

The violent sword qi was like a nuclear bombardment, instantly turning the entire space into dust, leaving nothing behind.

Ruin No. 17, which had existed for countless ages, thus completely vanished from this world.

He glanced at another dimming light on the disc in his hand and synchronized the remaining coordinates with the elders of the Xuanjian Sect:

"Pass down my order: kill everything in this world, do not leave even a single stone behind."

Saying that, his figure flickered, and he arrived at the Star Alliance's Watcher Galaxy.

An army led by two 3S-Class Transcendents was forming a solid wall of copper and iron.

Over a million phase defense systems were linked to form an isolated space, protecting one of the Statue of Liberty's "spatial topology servers."

"Laughable."

Venerable Xuan Jian held his longsword horizontally.

Although he didn't understand this technological machinery, the sword in his hand told him it was completely fragile.

"Clang!"

With a clear ring, a brilliant sword qi swept through, and the phase space collapsed layer by layer.

The wall formed by the steel torrent behind it didn't provide even a moment of delay, shattering instantly.

"Herilier, what do you say?"

At the very back, the two marshals of the Star Alliance looked at the spreading sword qi with bitter smiles.

"So this is the kind of existence we're really up against?"

A strange glint flashed in the eyes of Herilier, the marshal of the Second Legion.

"Igeus, what was your rank among the God Candidates again?"

"Over 290 billion. Why? Why care about that at a time like this?"

Igeus said, somewhat surprised.

"Over 290 billion... I seem to be only over 300 billion. That won't do..."

Brilliant golden light spots surged from Herilier's body as he walked forward, looking back with a slightly mocking smile:

"I am a marshal of the Star Alliance. Now that these damned Outsiders are destroying my home and killing my team members, how can I retreat? Oh, by the way... I'm at 250 billion now."

As he spoke, the golden light on his body grew even brighter, and he charged toward the sword light without hesitation.

"Die, you damned Extraterrestrial Demon!"

"Heh, second place is always second place. Do you think you're the only one not afraid to die?"

Igeus was stunned for a moment, then let out a cold laugh. His body turned into an infinite torrent as he accelerated and charged upward.

"Even if we die, it has to be after me!"

"Puff—!"

But to Venerable Xuan Jian, who had reached the peak of the level 3 rules, whether they were Class 3S Experts or ordinary civilians, they were no different from ants.

Their full-power strike didn't even hinder the sword qi for half a second before it was completely annihilated.

The entire space shattered.

The "spatial topology server" hidden within it also shattered in response.

At the same time, the other elders of the Xuanjian Sect were also acting simultaneously.

Entire galaxies were being destroyed.

Infinite sword qi covered everything, and the entire universe was wailing.

One by one, the "spatial topology servers" of the Statue of Liberty hidden in the void were being destroyed.

One... a hundred... a thousand... she constantly pieced together the remaining controllable materials to form mechs and warships to buy time.

But it was all in vain.

The high-level combat power of an entire level 3 rules sect had taken the field; it was simply not something such a lower world could defeat.

"Real-time win rate... 0%... Generatable combat measures: None..."

Near Ruin No. 1, all 10 of the Statue of Liberty's remaining servers were gathered.

She could clearly feel that there were no living things left in the entire universe; almost every piece of space had been completely destroyed.

"It's good that Your Excellency can leave safely... It's a pity I can't continue to follow you and create a truly free world together..."

Her last remaining core server flickered with soft spots of light.

She had done her best.

She knew she was being tracked, so she couldn't run away.

Even if she weren't, she had to stay behind to buy time, giving Asroth enough time to evacuate Zhang Huaiyuan.

The only thing left she could do was to see if she could use her own demise to lure them into destroying this ruin before arriving here.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Figures emerged one after another.

Venerable Xuan Jian and the group of elders appeared at the same time.

"Not running anymore?"

Venerable Xuan Jian let out a cold laugh.

"A thing that isn't even alive actually caused my Xuanjian Sect so much trouble. You truly deserve to die!"

"Disappear completely!"

As he spoke, he pointed two fingers, and a strand of sword qi brewed.

"Try touching her and see what happens!"

But just then, a cold voice suddenly came from all directions, as if the entire universe were speaking.

Not only that, the starry sky in the distance, which had become a field of ruins, suddenly restored itself rapidly, like a video being played in reverse.

Densely packed spots of light emerged.

Stars, fleets, nebulae, civilizations... everything, as if responding to the Statue of Liberty, simultaneously and orderly flickered with a soft light.

At this moment, the neon lights of the entire universe were flashing for her...