Chapter 1108: Game Over

Danger!!

With no time to think, feeling the extreme danger of death, Lin An had no choice but to unleash all his trump cards.

In an instant, evil aura surged.

Demon!

Hell! Black Dragon!

After forcibly awakening the black dragon, Lin An fully unleashed his spirit energy shield, attempting to block this strike.

Resisting while fleeing.

In his perception, the power of this casual strike likely exceeded the 95-point threshold! Compared to the splendor of his own Equipment, the Corpse Emperor now was so powerful it was horrifying!

At the moment the giant palm came down, Lin An felt an indescribable vast force erupt violently. The spirit energy shield that could previously withstand a full strike from a Sunwalker now trembled like an eggshell.

Crack-crack

Amidst the fine cracking sounds, Lin An's face turned deathly pale.

In the blink of an eye, his spirit energy was rapidly drained; the pride he took in, enough to crush all Awakened Ones' spirit reserves, was now like a mere drop of water, unable to hold.

This...

Absolutely not the Corpse Emperor from my Past Life!

Its wings flapped wildly; under the immense force, no matter how Lin An struggled, the vast spirit energy locking the entire space clung like glue, firmly holding him in place.

Slightly lowering its body, the Corpse Emperor, occupying his entire field of vision, felt Lin An still struggling in its palm and couldn't help but sneer.

Tenacious... little bug...

Different from the Third Rank Peak Lin An saw in the information center. Only she herself knew that her true combat power had already approached the Fourth Stage.

Apart from the missing exclusive rules, her attributes and spirit energy far surpass what a Third Rank Awakened One could match.

In the recent nuclear blast, the set equipment's effect directly activated the Immortality Effect; with a tenfold boost to defense, it outright resisted all damage.

The 10-day delay in Lin An's system wasn't meant to stop promotion, but to consolidate!

Seeing Lin An still resisting, the Corpse Emperor simply pressed down again, its mountain-like giant palm slamming down.

Immortal Power!

Boom!

As earth-yellow light enveloped his whole body, the Corpse Emperor, with power surging again, directly gained strength comparable to the Fourth Stage; its already terrifying power instantly pressed down.

Bang!

Could no longer endure.

With a muffled explosion, the spirit energy shield on his surface shattered outright.

Feeling the unstoppable force, Lin An gave a bitter smile and could only prematurely trigger Aberrant Mutation.

Far... too lacking..

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, the silver hourglass from the ring shot out, after three consecutive flashes of white light, the Causal Sequence, fragments, and Dream Meme all surged forth.

As a final trump card, in desperation Lin An could only throw everything out.

Reversal!

Aberrant Mutation!

Meme!

Hum!!

As the fragments instantly pierced his brow, under the restorative power of time, Lin An's eyes turned deathly white, simultaneously entering the Aberrant Mutation and Meme states.

In an instant, Lin An felt his personality begin to dissociate, as if peeled away from the entire world.

Ahhh! Ahh!!

The final pain came from the body.

In his palm, Lin An's body suddenly twisted in pain, like ripples spreading in water.

Wave after wave of teeth-aching bone-shattering sounds rang out incessantly.

The world seemed to have been frozen.

Pfft-hiss

Pfft-hiss

Flesh and skin torn apart.

Frenziedly growing bone spikes pierced the flesh.

Only seen as it continually swelled, Lin An, pressed under the giant palm, instantly transformed into a hundred-meter-long elongated Mutant.

Sharp, pallid bone spikes pierced the joints, like a killing machine assembled from bone blades.

Four eyes met.

As the unstoppable evil power spread wildly, at the same time the Corpse Emperor saw another pair of blood-red eyes.

Aberrant Mutation...?

Heh...

Didn't care at all.

After the Aberrant Mutation bone spikes propped open his palm, the Corpse Emperor indifferently watched as it kept growing, swelling up to his waist, a hideous monster.

Boom!!

He threw a punch! If she were still a Third Rank Peak, perhaps she would indeed be wary of Lin An after Aberrant Mutation. But... now!?

So fast it exceeded visual afterimages, the instant punch directly intercepted the Aberrant Mutant that had instinctively rushed behind her midair.

Bang!!!!

A punch sent it flying, bone fragments exploding.

In the face of absolute strength, even the Aberrant Mutant's near-perfect combat instinct could not cancel the huge speed gap.

Watching the skeletal Lin An continually splitting apart under the Dream Meme, the contempt in the Corpse Emperor's eyes withdrew, and she silently activated her skill again.

「You think only you can split? 」

「Only you can rely on external power? 」

「Zzzt—zzzt」

Flesh-and-blood hell!

As the sound of vast flesh and blood peeling away rang out, countless slender red tentacles instantly burrowed into the earth. No one knows how many humans she buried underground during this time after the Apocalypse!

The earth split open, densely packed with millions of rotting corpses, spread like stored food across a hundred meters underground.

Using it as one of her trump cards, the Corpse Emperor simultaneously shed a new self from her main body and frantically drew blood from underground. This is the source of her power!

「Boom!! 」【72】 「Hiss!! 」【73】 She smashed the replicated Aberrant Mutant with a palm, the Corpse Emperor expressionlessly gazing at the massive bone spur piercing her chest.

Pfft!!

With one palm, he shattered the replicated Aberrant Mutant; the Corpse Emperor, expressionless, gazed at the huge bone spur piercing through his chest.

A massive hand clenched around it, then slowly pulled the bone spur out with a reverse motion.

「Boom!!! 」

After another punch shattered the latest Aberrant Mutant, she drew a slight breath, her wounds healing rapidly. With up to a million humans as energy reserves, she virtually possessed limitless vitality!

「Wait for the Meme effect to fade... let's see how you block me! 」

Extremely annoying.

Needless to say, the Lin An split off by mutation and the Meme indeed caused her great trouble. Kill one, another appears. If the Dream Meme were not damaged, the split-off Lin An could still use skills, and she would have only thought of fleeing first.

After all, with several peak Fourth Rank Aberrant Mutants attacking simultaneously, even if she were stronger she could only temporarily avoid their edge.

But facing Aberrant Mutants with no special abilities, she had enough patience to wait out the Meme's end!

As expected.

As time trickled by, the Dream Meme's duration neared its end. With an imperceptible tremor, the four Aberrant Mutants that had charged simultaneously vanished like phantoms in place.

Seeing only her own Lin An remaining, the Corpse Emperor gave a sinister laugh and instantly teleported behind the Aberrant Mutant.

「Boom! 」

Grasping the massive bone blade with both hands, watching the Aberrant Mutant struggle madly, the Corpse Emperor's smile widened:

「Take a look at yourself now... Lin An... 」

「You without reason are even more like a monster than I am... 」

「Crack! 」

With a sudden burst of strength, bolstered by the Immortal's set, the Corpse Emperor snapped the Aberrant Mutant's arm like a twig.

Under continual violent pressure, the Aberrant Mutant tightly trapped in the Corpse Emperor's hand kept emitting metallic howls.

「Heh, keep struggling. 」

「Wait for the fragment's energy to run out, then I'll be curious what other trump cards you have... 」

She chuckled softly.

In the Corpse Emperor's eyes, the fragments capable of mutating Lin An were like transparent, constantly draining power. Even Lin An didn't realize that the fragments triggering his mutation relied on their own energy. Once overused or with no surrounding lifeforms, the mutation would automatically cease.

Struggling, shrieking.

After a few seconds, the Aberrant Mutant whose bones had been crushed finally ceased struggling. Its pallid white bone spikes likewise withered and faded away.

His head felt like it would split, his will reassembling.

When Lin An's reason returned, he despondently discovered he had exhausted all his strength, while those gigantic blood-red eyes stared fixedly at him.

Helplessly slumped in the giant hand, Lin An gave a bitter laugh, continuously spitting mouthfuls of fresh blood.

He now felt only the thought fragments in his brain constantly assaulting his sanity; with mind and body doubly exhausted, he could not even stand.

Or... had he failed...

His unwillingness seemed the last strength keeping him conscious, but at this point, no amount of unwillingness could help.

All his trump cards were exhausted, even the Second Will seemed to have vanished.

Even that guy thought it was unsolvable...

「The game is over, Lin An... 」

She admired Lin An's unwilling expression.

As her words fell, the Corpse Emperor, without hesitation, slowly opened her bloody stance, directly controlling a drop of blood to fly out slowly.

In her eyes, Lin An at this moment had no means of resistance whatsoever.

He was nothing but a worm clinging to life.

However, as the blood flew out, a rough yet gentle voice suddenly sounded.

「Oh... 」

「Really? 」

Raising his nonexistent glasses frame, Zhang Tie stood calmly at the Corpse Emperor's feet, smiling lightly as he spoke.

Given the huge size difference, it was like a worm speaking to her.

!?

The Corpse Emperor started, turning her head; her colossal form filling the sky trembled imperceptibly.

She recognized this worm!

When!? This worm actually blocked her perception and ran straight to her side!?

Lifting his head, Zhang Tie gazed calmly at the astonished Corpse Emperor and smiled; he then snapped his fingers and spoke calmly:

Actually....

I want to kill you... for a long time...

Klein, open the space door!!