Chapter 1109: Invincible

As the words fell, with Zhang Tie at the center, an invisible ring of spatial ripples spread rapidly like a cut through the world.

The image froze, as if a corner had been cut from a block; the Corpse Emperor caught in the ripples felt the space beneath her feet being torn away, and a sudden surge of panic spread wildly.

As the ripples spread to her periphery, a ring of fist-sized wormholes silently expanded behind Zhang Tie.

Inside the wormhole, amid the pitch-black color, muffled prayers kept coming, as if the Divine Realm had descended, and a blinding milky-white light began to cut across the scene.

In the darkness, a twisted band of light instantly connected from the wormhole to Lin An in his palm.

What... is that!?

In shock, a flash of fear crossed the Corpse Emperor's ferocious face.

She didn't know what had happened, nor what this strange worm was up to! But she knew that once the spatial channel fully opened, she would surely die!

She could feel an incomprehensible power being transmitted from the light band into Lin An!

The oppressive pressure from this power almost made her tremble!

She clenched her right hand without hesitation, and in extreme panic she no longer cared about capturing Lin An alive; she only wanted to nip the danger in the bud.

"Your reaction is pretty quick..."

"But wouldn't waiting to die be fine?"

Zhang Tie gave a light laugh, stood calmly in place watching, as if he didn't care at all about the Corpse Emperor's simultaneous attack.

On his fleshy face, that air of everything-under-control confidence formed a stark contrast with his appearance, like a solemn-faced bear chanting sutras.

The next second.

"Bang! Bang!"

The huge fist froze in front of them.

As the Corpse Emperor's attack slammed into both of them, a thin light membrane representing the system appeared and blocked all damage.

"No need to struggle..."

"The instance is linked; now is the 60-second invincible period at the start of the instance. You can't break the system's protection."

As the words fell, Zhang Tie habitually reached behind his buttocks and pulled out a chocolate bar.

He furrowed his brows, and after tearing open the wrapper, he patiently waited as if anticipating the upcoming performance.

"No! This is impossible!!"

Helpless fury.

The frenzied Corpse Emperor repeatedly tried to activate her teleportation ability, but no matter how she tried, the whole world seemed only as big as her surroundings; each time she struck the spatial edge and bounced back, she finally despaired to find herself trapped like a lamb awaiting slaughter.

Like a madwoman, the Corpse Emperor desperately clenched her fists, trying to burst the shield protecting Lin An.

"Ahhhhh!!"

"How could I die! How could I lose!!"

Fear, madness.

Upon realizing she was about to die, the Corpse Emperor stared fixedly at Lin An within the light cocoon, repeatedly striking down!

However, no matter how she attacked, that thin layer like an eggshell's system shield remained unmoving, with no reaction at all; instead, the recoil force transmitted made the blood color throughout her body tremble.

In her view, the information above Lin An's head representing his spiritual energy strength began near zero, close to death, and rose infinitely.

100..

1000...

100000!!

Eyes bloodshot, on the verge of bursting, as the prayers inside the wormhole grew louder, instantly a blinding pillar of light like Judgment's radiance erupted from the wormhole.

Stiffly turning his head.

All he saw was that inside the wormhole expanded to a hundred meters, a black door like a heavenly canopy slowly opened.

Within, countless pairs of fervent eyes—numbering in the millions to tens of millions—gazed outward, toward the doorway and at the figure in the Corpse Emperor's hand.

In an instant, the endless white sea of people burst into a sky‑shaking shout, kneeling!

"My Lord..!!"

"Ling An!!!!!"

Crossing time and space, boundless Faith Power gathered into a mighty surge of energy, bursting forth instantly.

White, the utmost white.

In a daze, Lin An heard the fervent shouts in his ears, feeling as if thousands upon thousands of threads were connecting into his consciousness.

Fervent, excited, devout, praying...

The simultaneous chorus of hundreds of millions of voices, like whispers, filled the entire world of will.

As the emotional power was absorbed, Lin An felt a force completely unlike spiritual energy erupt from within him.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!!"

As if the war drums of the Heavenly Realm were beating, the previously depleted interior began to burst forth with vast amounts of vitality, endless, as if only deities could wield such terrifying power that filled his body.

Infinite zoom‑out, the scene shrank.

In an instant, Lin An seemed to have detached from the world, like an emotionless deity existing in an unfathomable form after receiving faith.

His consciousness transcended all speed, appearing directly outside the world.

Infinitely large, infinitely small.

Standing outside Earth, Lin An gazed blankly at the blue planet before him.

For some reason, he felt as if he could grasp that planet in his palm just by reaching out.

How big am I?

The moment that thought arose, the scene once again expanded infinitely.

In an instant, consciousness returned to the body, devoid of thought, feeling, or emotion.

Under absolute rationality and calm, Lin An again felt as if he had shrunk to a singularity in the microscopic.

How small am I?

Unable to comprehend his current state, he only knew that something seemed to have been broken by himself. It was as if he had crossed the boundary of life rank, and a completely new sense of will replaced his mind.

Unlike Lin An, who had entered an incomprehensible state.

At the same time, in the eyes of the external Corpse Emperor, she felt that in her hand, a supreme aura like a rule began to surge.

In the next second, an extreme white light burst open like a cosmic explosion, and the violent-to-the-extreme vast power swept through the entire space.

The light faded.

Only a gigantic humanoid light mass, reaching a kilometer in height, suddenly occupied the entire field of view.

Thought froze.

Under extreme fear, the Corpse Emperor gazed up at that dazzling face like an ant, and an utterly irresistible panic spread wildly from deep within her heart.

In her eyes, the enormous number above Lin An's head almost crushed her will.

「Fifth... Fifth... Stage！！？」

Her voice barely squeezed out from her throat, the Corpse Emperor desperately looked at Lin An, who seemed like a deity descending into the world, her whole body almost trembling like a sieve.

She did not know what Fifth Stage meant, but she knew...

That number represented invincibility.

After a moment, the light filling the world moved.

Like a heavenly canopy, the giant hand suddenly moved; Lin An, in a state of no thought, 'curiously' extended a finger, just as a child seeing an ant on the ground, carefully pinching up the Corpse Emperor.

「Bang.. 」

A streak of blood mixed with red and white brain matter instantly exploded.

The Corpse Emperor died.