Chapter 1049: Heartless and Insane

Hand over the set!?

Hearing the sound, he was stunned for a moment; afterward, the presence inside the gray ball seemed to realize something.

"Do you know the Death God Set!?"

Despite Lin An never having activated the set's special effect in battle, and his whole body being wrapped in a shield, he actually didn't notice that Lin An had the same equipment as him.

He gave a slight nod; Lin An casually showed off the components on his body, merely looking intimidating.

Inside the gray ball, the man was first surprised, then bewildered, and finally his heart sank.

No wonder Lin An wouldn't quit; no wonder he came looking for me.

As the owner of the set, he naturally knows its allure.

But...

"Impossible. I cannot possibly hand over the set components to you."

He quickly refused; the man inside the gray ball stared dead at Lin An, his tone showing no hint of compromise.

Lin An furrowed his brows:

"I've said it before: hand over the equipment, and I'll leave on my own. You should know very well that I will definitely get the equipment on you."

"Either I find a way to kill you, or you voluntarily hand it over!"

Beside him, Xiong Hanzi also chimed in, saying:

"Yeah, old guy."

"Why the hell aren't you going out? Keeping the equipment for what? As a coffin?"

Inside the fire ball, the man's spiritual power fluctuated; obviously angered by Xiong Hanzi. Just holding his breath, he coldly replied:

"I'll tell you the truth: if you take the equipment, I'll lose the ability to absorb the instance's power."

"You should have seen it too: after humans die in this instance world, I can extract their power."

"Without this equipment, what do you think I rely on to survive this long?"

He laughed angrily.

For Lin An, this set component is extremely important, but for him, it's the very foundation of survival! Not to mention whether Lin An could kill him—handing it over would mean death, so how could he agree?

His gaze turned cold; Lin An spoke calmly after hearing that:

"So there's nothing to talk about, then?"

Hearing Lin An's tone, the black ball likewise replied coldly:

"No!"

He gave a light laugh; Lin An, deep in thought, stared at the black ball before him and then slowly spoke:

"If that's the case, then I can only think of a way to kill you."

His tone cold, as soon as he said that, the gray ball immediately snorted in disdain:

"Kill me?"

"You can try!"

Having said that, his spiritual power fluctuated; obviously he had already prepared for Lin An to wreck the instance and restart it.

It's nothing more than wasting some time; at most, he'd feel a bit uncomfortable.

He simply didn't believe Lin An had the time to keep dragging this out with him!

Looking at the gray ball that refused to yield, after a moment Lin An spoke directly:

"Do you really think I have no way to deal with you?"

"If I'm not mistaken, you're using the set's power to absorb the biological energy of the entire instance, thereby indirectly using the instance's power."

"That's quite clever, but... it might not be unsolvable."

Without waiting for the gray ball to speak, Lin An gave a light laugh:

"Let me guess."

"If I keep exiting and re-entering the instance, won't its contents keep resetting?"

"Each time I enter, I kill all the humans here and forcibly turn them into zombies."

Speaking, Lin An took out a black seed:

"As long as I keep killing zombies and then use the tool in my hand to absorb the scattered death energy,"

"After repeating this a few times, I refuse to believe the instance has no energy loss!"

His gaze narrowed; the man inside the gray ball stared at Lin An, dumbfounded, unable to speak for a moment.

If one says he, believing himself to be prolonging survival, founding a cult is already cruel enough.

Then Lin An is simply heartless and insane!

Repeatedly slaughtering all humans and turning them into zombies!? Is that something a person could think of!?

After a moment of silence, the gray ball gave an uneasy, struggling reply:

"Good! I admit what you're doing works! But I can tell you! The instance's power is beyond your imagination!"

"You might be able to drain a bit, but it's just a drop in the bucket!"

If you don't fear wasting time, you can certainly try!

Unwilling to hand over the set, under Lin An's heartless and insane pressure, he could only grit his teeth and take a gamble.

He could only bet that Lin An would give up after doing it a few times! He simply couldn't believe anyone in this world would be so perverse as to repeat it hundreds of times!

"Heh."

He gave a light laugh; Lin An gazed at the gray ball with a deep look.

"You think I can't do it?"

"Wasting time?"

No.

He shook his head slightly:

You should be well aware that someone of my level, an Awakened One, has plenty of people under me.

I only need to summon one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand Awakened Ones to charge in here, continuously refreshing 24 hours a day, and then unleash weapons bombardment as soon as they enter!

From turning them all into zombies to killing them, each time won't exceed 20 minutes!

One day, 24 hours, is enough for me to repeat seventy-two times!

Let me guess, each time consumes at least 200,000 lives, a day would be 14 million!

With a cruel smile, Lin An stood with his hands behind his back, hovering in midair, as if the lives he spoke of were merely numbers:

Ten days, 140,000,000 people! I don't believe this tiny instance can bear the loss of over a hundred million lives!

His words were extremely oppressive, not giving the Ash Ball any chance to rebut; Lin An's gaze was dark and cold, as he continued:

In the instance, aren't lives counted beyond just humans?

From plants to insects, from birds to beasts. If I wish, I can easily have the troops bring fuel in.

From humans to animals, from every blade of grass to the whole world, I don't mind burning this place into hell!

Inside the Ash Ball, the man's mouth hung open, his mental power trembled.

He even looked with some panic in his thoughts at the man before him.

Demon!

You are just a demon!!

He slumped, powerless.

He could imagine that scene, imagine that hellish scenario.

Reason told him that this demon-like man before him could really do all this!

His voice was hoarse and dry.

The Ash Ball no longer had its former absolute confidence; now, like facing fear, it began to plead:

Why bother.. Please, let me go, okay..

I just wanted to hide here... I pose no threat to you!!

At this moment, he actually regretted his earlier actions.

Perhaps he should have just watched Lin An kill his own followers, then wait for Lin An to leave as if nothing happened.

However, Lin An, standing in midair, showed no emotion at all, merely speaking coldly:

I said that already.

You have no room for choice!

Either hand it over, or die!