Chapter 171: A Thousand-Year Battle, Lu Fa Sealed!

The celestial screen shifted.

A blue-green Earth appeared at the center of the display.

A timestamp showed in the lower left: Earth Year 1000 AD, Northern Song Dynasty period.

Sunlight was blocked by a massive metallic construct.

The kilometers-long interstellar warship Aphas hovered silently beyond Earth's orbit.

Its icy armor reflected a deadly gleam.

The warship's main control room.

Lu Fa sat in the command seat.

Half his face had fully transformed, sprouting hard, gray-green keratinous growths.

He stared fixedly at the blue planet on the screen.

"Seize the energy crystal—this is the last one."

Lu Fa spoke, his voice hoarse and unquestionable.

"Take it. Reclaim what is ours—the throne."

The myriad realms' audience held their breath.

Earth's doom had arrived.

Because.

At this moment, Earth was in the age of cold weapons.

Northern Song armies still wielded blades, spears, swords, and halberds.

The Great Qin Universe.

Ying Zheng gripped the hilt of the Taia sword.

"With such a technological gap, what can mortals use to resist?"

"When heavenly thunder strikes, the Great Song Dynasty will vanish in an instant."

"Only my Great Qin Empire can withstand such an opponent!"

The Marvel Universe.

Tony Stark pulled up armor schematics for comparison.

"They need only one shot to pierce the Earth's core. Northern Song China?"

"Even if I dragged my Iron Legion over, I could only delay them ten minutes."

But just as everyone thought Earth would be slaughtered unilaterally.

The view swiftly pulled toward the ground.

Three streaks of red light tore through the atmosphere, prematurely crashing into a deep mountain in the heartland of Zhongyuan.

The light faded.

Three shuttles bearing the emblem of the Galactic Patrol Unit rested on an open clearing.

Three warriors in silver-gray uniforms stepped down from the hatch.

The left shoulder bore the number: 1521.

Captain Golfa.

Following him were the hulking 3066 and the slender 2712.

"Captain, the Aphas will enter the atmosphere in two hours."

2712 swiftly manipulated the virtual light screen.

"With our firepower, we cannot possibly resist Lu Fa's Vanguard Guard."

"We don't need to clash head-on." Golfa turned, walking toward the cave's depths.

At the cavern's center, a crystal emitting pure white light floated midair.

This was Earth's energy crystal.

Golfa raised the summoner on his wrist and interfaced with the crystal's force field.

"Modify the energy crystal's operational program."

Golfa issued the command.

"Set it to free-running mode, immediately shielding the crystal's spatial coordinates."

The white light converged.

The energy crystal instantly vanished into the earth's meridian void, disappearing without trace.

The myriad realms erupted in uproar.

The Super God Academy.

Morgana slapped her thigh and laughed:

"Clever! These three grunts have some spunk!"

"Can't beat you? I'll hide your mission target—cut off your supply!"

The One Piece World.

The Warring States Marshal nodded approvingly:

"Brilliant tactic—this is like directly seizing Lu Fa's death grip in hand."

Outer space.

The Aphas alarms blared loudly.

"Commander, Earth's energy crystal signal has vanished!"

The operator cried out in alarm.

Lu Fa abruptly stood up.

He kicked the control console in front of him to pieces with one foot.

Fragments flew outward.

"Galaxy Patrol..." Lu Fa clenched his fists, bones cracking audibly. "Initiate ship landing, seize the Energy Crystals!"

Earth.

Central Plains border.

A village at the Song-Liao boundary.

Villagers were working in the fields.

Dozens of dark purple light pillars suddenly descended from the sky.

The light pillars slammed into the ground.

Smoke and dust dispersed.

Netherworld Demons with fangs and claws climbed out of the meteorite craters, beginning to eye the surroundings with predatory intent.

"Bang!"

A red energy projectile precisely struck its head.

The Netherworld Demon flew sideways, smashing through an earthen wall.

Ge Erfa appeared at the village entrance.

Not a word of unnecessary talk.

"Xingtian Armor!"

In another location,

The sound of an explosion rang out.

"Feiying Armor!"

Blue-white armor descended from the heavens, dust exploding outward.

A Netherworld Demon was directly caught off guard by the blast, sent flying in an instant.

Outside a doorway.

An incomparably burly Netherworld Demon probed inside, discovered no one, then quietly closed the door and withdrew.

Who knew the next second,

"Jingang Armor!"

Jingang Armor smashed the doorway to pieces with one punch, landing squarely on the Netherworld Demon, blasting both the Netherworld Demon and the doorway away together.

Battle Through the Heavens world. Xiao Yan clenched his fists.

"Here they come!

"Three patrol soldiers daring to challenge the Big Boss. This kind of egg-against-stone courage is a match for me, a real man!"

Armor World.

Duanmu Yan watched the Xingtian Armor on the sky-screen, gaze fanatical.

"Cool, no nonsense just action, I like this style."

Ge Erfa drew the Fire Punishment Sword, charging straight into the Netherworld Demon formation.

3066 fitted Burst Fists on both arms, one punch shattering the chest of a Greed-type Netherworld Demon.

2712 gathered blue light energy in both legs, kicking down airborne enemies one after another.

Three sets of armor coordinated seamlessly in different locations, forcibly holding off the assault of dozens of Netherworld Demons.

But just then, two powerful shadows descended from the sky. They slammed down heavily before Ge Erfa.

On the left was a tall Netherworld Demon covered entirely in gray-white bone armor, wielding a heavy axe. On the right was a lithe, crimson female Netherworld Demon, twin blades flashing with cold light.

Ge Erfa's figure abruptly halted. The Fire Punishment Sword froze mid-air.

Beneath the helmet, the heart-rate monitoring curve on the screen fluctuated violently. Alarm sounds rang in the earpiece.

"Vice-Captain Sha Bin..." Ge Erfa's voice was hoarse.

The gray-white Netherworld Demon raised its head, letting out a sigh.

"Ge Erfa, you still came." He was Sha Bin. Vice-Captain of the Gray Nether Squad. The benefactor who personally taught Ge Erfa martial arts.

The red female Netherworld Demon beside him sneered twice.

"Junior Brother, hand over the Energy Crystals."

She was Ku La.

Vice-Captain of the Red Nether Squad.

Ge Erfa's senior sister.

The myriad heavens and worlds fell into dead silence at this moment.

The audience who had been boiling with hot blood just now only felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured over their heads.

Perfect World.

Shi Hao froze in place.

He watched this scene, recalling those elders who had once fought shoulder-to-shoulder with him yet walked onto opposing paths.

Bleach world.

Kuchiki Byakuya frowned tightly.

Drawing one's blade against the teacher who instructed you — this is the greatest sorrow of a warrior.

On the sky-screen.

Sha Bin gripped the heavy axe tightly.

The Road Marshal was forced into a desperate situation by King Pearl.

If we don't obtain the energy crystal, the entire Netherworld Legion will be annihilated.

Step back, Golph.

Sabin took a step forward.

Golph straightened his body.

The energy of the Fire Punishment Sword replenished.

The red light on the blade illuminated his cold mask.

Article Seven of the Ares Star Canon: Absolutely no destruction of other planets' life cores for personal desire is permitted.

Golph stared at his former master.

The Marshal's grievance cannot serve as justification for slaughtering the living beings of this planet.

Kula waved his dual blades impatiently.

"Stop wasting words with him—just kill him and take the coordinates!"

Kula turned into a afterimage and charged directly at Golph.

Sabin let out an angry roar, raised his heavy axe, and brought it down.

The battle erupted.

The village was nearly reduced to ruins.

The collision of high-dimensional energy tore the earth open, forming a massive canyon.

Three mass-produced armors faced the Netherworld Legion's absolute elite, and eventually reached a stalemate.

After the stalemate set in,

Golph turned his head and issued his final order to 3066 and 2712.

"Release the safety lock. Activate the Ares Annihilation Technique."

The command was issued. The audience across myriad realms shuddered in their hearts.

Warhammer Universe.

The Emperor sat upon the Golden Throne, his eyes narrowing. He was all too familiar with this kind of choice.

That was a declaration of mutual destruction.

3066 and 2712 hesitated not at all.

They rose to their feet simultaneously.

The energy circuits on their armor turned into a blinding scarlet red.

The armor disintegrated.

The core energy chamber was directly exposed to the outside.

The two warriors launched their final charge toward the densest concentration of Netherworld demons.

"For galactic justice!"

Two clusters of energy, brighter than the sun, exploded on the battlefield of the Song Dynasty!

The immense shockwave instantly flattened the hills within a radius of several li. Dozens of Netherworld demons were vaporized directly in the white light.

The aftershock of the explosion hurled Kula and Sabin into the air.

The light faded.

Only two scorched craters remained at the site.

The Diamond Armor and Shadowflight Armor lay scattered across the ground.

3066 and 2712 left not even ashes behind.

Naruto World.

Might Guy covered his mouth.

Tears welled up and spilled over.

"This is the ultimate burning of youth! They are true heroes!"

Wandering Earth Universe.

Liu Peiqiang stood at attention.

Salute.

All personnel in the underground city stood and saluted toward the screen.

To protect a completely unfamiliar, backward planet.

Two alien warriors sacrificed their lives.

The smoke on the battlefield had not yet cleared.

Lu Fa appeared.

He had not actually been killed by the Ares Annihilation Technique.

He stepped onto the scorched earth, his gaze vicious as he looked at Golph, who clung to his last breath.

Golph's Heaven-Sunderer Armor was damaged in multiple places; he knelt on one knee, supporting himself with his sword.

Lu Fa flipped his palm. A metal rod emitting golden light appeared in his hand.

Gengjin Diamond Pestle.

The ultimate weapon of Ares.

Capable of reorganizing all matter and energy.

"Foolish."

Lu Fa spat out two words.

"You think destroying my subordinates can stop me?"

"I have the Gengyu Diamond Pestle. I can forcibly reverse the energy crystal's program."

Lufa raised the Diamond Pestle.

Light began to seep deep into the earth.

The Earth's rotational frequency produced a slight stagnation.

Gorefa tried to stand up, but Lufa struck through his chest armor with a palm strike from afar.

Blood gushed out.

Absolute power disparity.

The myriad heavens and worlds fell into despair.

Marvel Universe. Captain America clenched his shield.

"Has it all been in vain?"

Just as Lufa focused all his attention on activating the Gengyu Diamond Pestle to reset the energy crystal.

Behind the ruins.

Three mud-covered humans crawled out.

They were the exiled female soldiers of the Song Dynasty, Yang Nu and Li Nu, and the Khitan soldier Jin Shunyi, who had been scattered in the previous battle.

They witnessed this heaven-and-earth-destroying battle.

They saw the alien warriors who died fighting to protect Earth.

Jin Shunyi grabbed a single-edged long knife from the ground.

Yang Nu and Li Nu drew the standard short swords of the Song army.

Mortals.

Facing a cosmic tyrant with the power to destroy star systems.

"Damn it!"

Jin Shunyi cursed loudly.

Three ordinary people braved the terrifying force field emanating from the Diamond Pestle and charged toward Lufa.

Lufa sensed the movement behind him.

A flicker of disdain flashed in his eyes.

He did not dodge or evade; his protective gangqi directly sent Yang Nu and Jin Shunyi flying dozens of meters.

The two shattered their bones on the spot and fell to the ground.

But taking advantage of the two's cover, Yang Nu rolled into Lufa's blind spot.

She exerted the last of her strength and hurled the short sword fiercely.

The short sword did not stab Lufa. Ordinary steel could not pierce the defense of the Netherworld Demon.

The short sword precisely struck the core crystal in the Gengyu Diamond Pestle held high in Lufa's hand!

Crack.

A faint crisp sound.

The high-precision energy circuit was forcibly severed by external force. The Gengyu Diamond Pestle instantly lost control and backfired.

Violent energy exploded on the spot.

Lufa let out a miserable scream.

His flesh body violently disintegrated under the energy's onslaught.

The Diamond Pestle shattered into three fragments, scattering in all directions.

The Alfas in space lost control signal from its mother ship, and the main engine shut down.

The massive warship, amid a piercing screech, plunged into the atmosphere and crashed straight into the mountains of Zhongyuan.

The warship's stern deeply embedded into the crust.

The myriad realms' audience gasped, their jaws dropping to the ground.

Ming Dynasty Universe.

Zhu Di slammed the table hard.

"Good! Good, a commoner's fury!"

"Three mere mortals actually overturned the galactic overlord!"

Heaven-Shrouding World.

Ye Fan's eyes blazed with sharp light.

"Even ants can shake a tree. No matter how strong the technology, it cannot measure the depth of human resolve."

The battlefield fell into calm.

Lufa's flesh body had been completely pulverized.

A cluster of unwilling genetic energy shot out, attaching to a fallen Song Dynasty ancient garment nearby, sinking into deep dormancy.

Gorefa used his last strength to crawl to the three severely wounded, dying mortals.

And the sole surviving Kura quickly possessed Li Nu.

In a thatched hut

The exhausted Gorefa removed his helmet, revealing a young face covered in blood.

Gorefa dripped his own blood separately onto the foreheads of Yang Nu, Li Nu, and Jin Shunyi.

"Thank you... for saving this planet."

Gorefa's breath was as thin as a silk thread.

"My life has come to an end. The secret of the armor is now entrusted to you."

Gorefa pressed the summoner.

Three metal tokens emerged from the void and landed in the hands of the three.

"Living in obscurity. Passing down through generations. Until a thousand years later, when a new summoner appears. You are the first generation of Secret Cultivators, Technique Cultivators, and Hidden Cultivators of Earth."

Having spoken these words, Gorefa's eyes slowly closed.

His body turned into specks of starlight, completely dissipating in the wind.

Yang Nu and the two others gripped the tokens tightly, swallowing their last breath.

On the sky canopy.

The setting sun was like blood.

The wreckage of the Alfas was buried under thick soil, ultimately becoming a sinister ancient tower—the Demon-Suppressing Tower.

A thousand years of wind and sand blew past.

The narrator's voice was low and solemn.

【Three patrol soldiers, who gave their lives to block the galaxy's most terrifying army.】

【Three mortals, who, with their flesh and blood, ended the ambition of the cosmic tyrant.】

【They buried their bones in a foreign land. They remained unknown and unsung.】

【They brought a thousand years of peace to Earth.】

At this moment, all realms fell silent. Countless people removed their hats in tribute before the light screen.

There was no ultimate perfection. Only the most tragic sacrifice.

The scene swiftly shifted. The river of time spanned a thousand years.

Skyscrapers rose from the ground. The neon lights of modern society flickered on the screen.

【A thousand years have passed.】

【The power of the seal gradually weakened. Lu Fa's genes, in the darkness, opened their eyes once more.】

The image froze on a dim basement in a modern city.

A playful little boy, rummaging through antique piles, accidentally tore open the seal of a Song Dynasty garment.

A pair of scarlet eyes suddenly flared in the hood of the ancient robe!

A piercing laugh echoed in the basement: "A thousand years have passed... Earth, I, Lu Fa, have returned!"

【Next Volume: The Armor Heir of a Thousand Years Later, the Ultimate Weapon Asura Descends!】

Black screen.

Suspense maximized.

The hearts of the myriad realms' audience instantly rose to their throats.

In Earth a thousand years later, who can resist the revived Ares tyrant?!