Chapter 1453: Disaster 1

Disaster Power!

Hum!

Accompanied by an imperceptible hidden power bursting from Lin An's body, countless strands of black energy instantly surged toward the void beneath his feet.

Compared to the Disaster Power he had used before, this time Lin An did not let it trigger disasters on its own; instead, he focused his mind and spirit into it, probing deep into the planet's core.

He didn't hesitate much.

Although Lin An himself never imagined it, the trump card to end this battle turned out to be the Death Calamity, a skill he had almost overlooked.

First, his previous self lacked the power to trigger a planet‑destroying calamity; second, even if he forced it, he would drag the Alien Species into mutual destruction. In reality, he also needed to reverse to the Fifth Stage to sustain such a drain.

But it was obvious that after reversing to the Fifth Stage, he actually didn't need to do that anymore...

Destroying this world would still be too cruel in the end.

It can only be said that the Alien Species Emperor forced him to do this.

Events had surpassed everyone's expectations; for Lin An, it was like an arrow on the bow—he had no choice but to release it, with no retreat, and the Alien Species Emperor likewise had no way out.

After confirming the detonation of the Ultimate Calamity...

For some reason, Lin An always felt that, from the very start, fate had already been sealed in the shadows.

Either humanity would be destroyed, or the Alien Species World would be destroyed.

It seemed to sense something abnormal in Lin An; as it kept drawing power, the Alien Species Emperor showed signs of pain, as if the surging force inside him were violent magma, far less gentle than the system's enhancement.

All he saw was the Alien Species Emperor staring fixedly at Lin An, straining to sense what else Lin An had done.

You've invoked the Rules?!

How, you still want to break my Rules?

Heh.

With a faint sneer, feeling a power similar to the Rules, the Alien Species Emperor's earlier unease dissolved on its own.

He isn't afraid of Lin An using the Rules; he only fears that damned bastard might have some new trick!

Just the Rules!

As one who has studied the Rules deeply and mastered their power, he naturally sensed that Lin An only grasped the initial stage of Fourth‑Stage Rules, at most the intermediate level—though slightly special, it was pathetically weak!

At that level of Rules, if it weren't for his strong physique, a single thought could kill Lin An!

Seeing the Alien Species Emperor apparently enjoying psychological warfare, weakening his will with words, Lin An paid no heed, closed his eyes, and ignored the emperor's mockery.

He clearly understood that if the Alien Species Emperor still had the leisure to chatter, it could mean only one thing.

That is, besides idle talk, this Supreme Sovereign had no other means left; he was afraid, using words to mask his fear...

No matter how strong one's power or how high one's status, in the face of life and death the same nature is revealed, exposing one's fragility.

Seeing that Lin An had no thought of giving up, the Alien Species Emperor simply shut his mouth and said no more.

Exactly as Lin An had judged, he had grown too lazy to stay rational, or rather, he no longer wanted to remain calm.

The battle between them had nothing to do with wit; it was purely a clash of strength!

No schemes, no plots—either he dies or Lin An dies!

As long as he drags it out until he has fully absorbed the Transformative Power, Lin An will be the one who dies—there's no escape!

And vice versa!

Therefore, he naturally hopes to crush Lin An's fighting spirit, so that he will give up!

As both sides fell into silence together, the battlefield instantly became extremely eerie.

Quiet, soundless.

Under the final showdown of the two civilizations, the sky above now only roiled, with the energy storm gradually dissipating.

Although this should have been the ultimate battle, with both sides expected to shatter heaven and earth in a life‑and‑death struggle, at this moment they both waited for something, only to learn the outcome at the very last instant.

Spreading, penetrating.

Covering the Death Calamity with his mental power, Lin An for the first time clearly observed how it operated.

Before, when he triggered volcanic eruptions, he would invest only part of his mental and spiritual energy; with the skill activating extremely fast, it usually just took an instant to set off the disaster effect.

But this time, when he poured all his mental and spiritual energy into it, everything changed.

'The higher the disaster's grade, the longer the casting time…'

'With my current mental power strength, I still can't meet the skill's demand.'

With his mind and spirit fully committed, Lin An unexpectedly discovered that the mental power he was pouring in seemed like a bottomless pit, greedily sucking his strength away as the skill's energy demand swallowed it like a whale.

Endless and boundless—if he wished, he could keep pouring in without limit!

Having never fully unleashed the Death Calamity, Lin An wasn't sure what level would detonate a planet, so he simply cranked the output to the max; as long as this SSS‑rank skill could still absorb, he dared to pour in.

'After all… is it to destroy a planet?'

He hesitated for a moment.

Feeling his spiritual energy and mental power nearly exhausted, Lin An's expression shifted slightly as he decisively opened the point exchange.

Having decided to unleash the Death Calamity, he naturally wouldn't give up!

If the energy supply fell short, delaying the calamity's eruption, and the Alien Species Emperor made a move, it would become troublesome!

Point exchange!

Recovery!

Taking a deep breath, looking at the recovery options on the exchange screen, Lin An's eyes flashed with a fierce hue as he frantically clicked.

To fully replenish his strength at his current level would actually require over three hundred thousand points! Before, such a sum was astronomical for him, and even in his worst state he wouldn't bear to spend it.

Such a cost, the system is practically outright robbery!

But now…

It doesn't matter anymore!

Even if he burns a million, he refuses to believe that even after replenishing four or five lives, he still can't meet the disaster's needs!

"Ding! Exchange successful! Current status replenished!"

"Hum"

As a new force surged through his body, the previously depleted spiritual energy instantly replenished.

But in the next second, Lin An couldn't be bothered to sigh over how useful the system was, and instantly poured the replenished spiritual energy into the skill.

Like a whale swallowing the sea.

With the energy reinvested, Lin An faintly felt that something was about to happen.

To be honest, even after obtaining the Death Heavenly Calamity for so long, Lin An still doesn't know what this skill actually is.

He only knows that the Death Heavenly Calamity is similar to a rule, but it doesn't count as his own rule.

And yet, as he repeatedly poured in mental power, he vaguely sensed that the rules contained within the Death Heavenly Calamity were somewhat similar to the feeling the system gave him.

But at this moment, he also had no time to delve deeper; he could only first pour in mental power and then talk.

"What will the final disaster effect be...?"

Curious, with a faint unease.

Sensing deep within his heart, an unnamed-crisis-like unease, Lin An couldn't help but look down at his feet.

Even though he knows this unease is self-induced, just like before an earthquake, it always makes keenly perceptive beasts feel panic in their life instinct.

At this very moment, Lin An also has this feeling.

"Star core shatter? Or planetary disintegration?"

"Internal black hole formation? Or perhaps triggering a superquake?"

Unable to judge the final disaster effect, Lin An only knows that the mental power he is currently pouring in is already comparable to ten Alien Species Emperors.

This energy is already so abundant that even he feels startled.

And the Death Heavenly Calamity skill that continuously absorbs his energy now seems to have merely flickered "bright" a little.

At the same time, noticing Lin An's internal power flickering in and out, the Alien Species Emperor couldn't help but flash a strange hue in his eyes.

In his perception, he completely couldn't understand what Lin An was doing.

Clearly, one moment his spiritual power was terrifyingly strong, making even him feel immense pressure; the next moment it rapidly weakened, then shortly after swiftly recovered.

Repeating like this, he even began to suspect whether Lin An, in desperation, had already lost control of his own power.

"Could it be... that this guy fundamentally lacks his current combat power? It's all temporary?"

Unable to discern the truth, with irritation rising in his heart, the Alien Species Emperor hesitated a moment, then resolutely endured the pain and continued to absorb the conversion power.

It doesn't matter! Even if this damned worm appears to have a problem now! But the safest method is definitely to absorb the conversion power!

After consecutive "mistakes" multiple times, he no longer dares to bear any error!

He only knows that as long as a few more seconds pass, victory will surely belong to him!

At this very moment, his attributes have already surged past the nine-hundred-point threshold, soon to rival Lin An!

But no one knows that, no matter what guesses or efforts the Alien Species Emperor makes, Lin An at this moment is simply frantically activating cheats, as if cheating by pointing at the exchange panel.

Aching secretly over the consumption of points, within the Thought Space, Lin An's face was stern, his eyes bearing a hint of resolve and madness.

He also didn't expect that, as the invested mental power grew ever greater, the Death Heavenly Calamity skill seemed to begin actively absorbing his power! Yet the imagined disaster remained long untriggered.

It's as if this world is opposing him!?

Damn it!

Is the whole world his enemy?

Like a stalemate, impossible to halt the disaster's progress, Lin An also realized that this so-called "will" of the world seemed to be resisting him.

Otherwise, given his expended mental power, there's no reason it wouldn't be enough!

"I, Lin An, have gotten to this point today solely through my own effort! Since the world is my enemy and heaven won't help me.."

"Then.."

"System! Give me full mental power!"

Ten lives, I'll smash this world to death even if I have to crush it!

In an instant, continuous buzzing sounds exploded one after another.

"Hum.."

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