Chapter 1796: Crimson Radiance

The low rumbling explosions echoed within the exchange point.

Mixed in were pleas for mercy and the death‑roars of the Star‑Destroyers, enough to let one imagine how brutal the outside situation was.

Although hearing it was shocking, the pleas of the Lord of Radiance and others made the Xu Kong Chong Mu feel ridiculous.

But right now, she had no mind to think further.

The fox mourns the rabbit's death.

The fate of the Thousand‑Eyed Lord and the others will soon be hers!

"Emperor Lin, I see you seem very interested in the power of the Void."

"Coincidentally, we Void Insect Clan know a lot about this power. I have a piece of knowledge about the Void I can offer you..."

She completely changed her previous arrogant posture.

Suppressing the panic in her heart, the Void Insect Empress squeezed out a dry voice, trying to curry favor with Lin An.

When Lin An exchanged for the Props, she instantly realized she had little hope of threatening Lin An.

Watching the stone gate continually heal, she could roughly estimate that those Star‑Destroyers outside could not break this gate.

If they had gone all out from the start, combined with the power of the Star‑Destroyers' self‑detonation, perhaps there would still be a sliver of hope.

But now...?

"Void knowledge?"

He raised an eyebrow, wrapped in a thick light barrier, Lin An calmly watched the Void Insect Empress straining to "block the door".

Working together, the stone gate was being repaired at a speed exceeding its rate of destruction.

He certainly noticed that the Xu Kong Chong Mu now wanted even more to stabilize him.

"Hand it over."

Lin An chuckled inwardly, then directly used his mental power to take the storage crystal the Xu Kong Chong Mu offered, without courtesy.

Out of caution, he didn't even glance at it before tossing it straight into his ring.

Such behavior instantly made the Void Insect Empress's heart sink sharply.

This is completely different from the Xu Kong Chong Mu's uneasy speculation about how Lin An would deal with her; at this moment, Lin An had no thought of attacking at all.

His mission was about to be completed.

He had wiped out so many Fifth Stage beings in one breath; he didn't care at all about the meager reward on the Insect Mother!

So much, too much!

This time he could obtain a full sixteen permits; he had so many of them he couldn't possibly use them all!

Compared to Hei Di and the others dying and then fighting desperately with the Xu Kong Chong Mu, the risk and reward there are completely disproportionate!

He now only wants the mission to end normally, without any further accidents!

But....

(This insect creature might not be so honest! If she knew how many points I still have... she'd probably spare no expense to gamble everything!)

In the eerie atmosphere, Lin An and the Xu Kong Chong Mu maintained a fragile balance, each wary of the other.

No one knows better than Lin An how exaggeratedly high his point total has become!

However, less than a second or two had passed since the exchange just now.

The rapidly surging pressure had completely crushed the other War‑Star level beings on the battlefield.

And with the death of all Star‑Destroyer level and below, his points had now reached the terrifying eight‑thousand‑point mark! It's hard to imagine how exaggerated this number is—even Lin An himself finds it unbelievable!

If it weren't for a considerable portion of the kills not counting as overlimit, and another portion dying from the sudden spread of black mist,

Lin An has no doubt that his current point total absolutely exceeds twenty thousand!

After subtracting the Star‑Destroyers killing each other, in this Stellar Battlefield participation, nearly a thousand Fifth Stage beings almost all died at his hand!

The remaining thousand Fourth Stage Peak beings were also long dead, clean and tidy!

With such an exaggerated point reserve, he could even hire Sixth Stage beings to work for him!

(This insect creature probably hasn't realized this yet...!)

(She probably still subconsciously thinks I am a Fragment‑Star, that killing a Fifth Stage yields at most one point. Moreover, most died in the calamity, so she can hardly imagine the system counting those heads toward me...)

Putting herself in his shoes, she observed and judged.

Lin An's gaze flickered over the exchange point behind him; the incessant kill‑reward notifications sounded like poisonous snakes, also making him a bit restless.

Not being excited would be false; his points in hand are still increasing, so it can be said that every few tenths of a second his 'strength' also surges.

According to normal logic, he should take advantage of the Xu Kong Chong Mu not daring to act and exchange for higher‑grade Props again.

But Lin An also fears that this move of his would completely provoke this insect creature.

He only exchanged for defense; the Xu Kong Chong Mu still has hope to survive.

But if he even exchanged for Fragment‑Star‑level consumable Props, this insect creature would likely fall into utter despair and strike directly!

(We still need this insect creature to help repair the stone gate; relying on me alone... no, the biggest risk now is actually this insect creature. We might not need her, but she could break the gate from inside!)

(What a pity—if during that earlier exchange opportunity I had this many points, I could have exchanged a few Star‑Destroyer‑level Props in one go!)

Suppressing the regret in his heart, Lin An didn't dwell on it further; he merely kept secretly accumulating strength, planning to seize another chance to rush to the exchange point.

Having come this far, he absolutely will not allow his effort to fall short!

At the same time, the Xu Kong Chong Mu was desperately thinking about how to break the situation.

The reward she had in hand just flew away like that; she refuses to accept it no matter what!

With their differing thoughts, the Xu Kong Chong Mu's eyes couldn't help but dart back and forth between Lin An and the stone gate.

Absolutely cannot let Lin An exchange for anything else!

Otherwise, her little life won't be safe!

Damn it!

Just now I should have forcibly taken Lin An! Crush him to death! She really shouldn't still be blabbering, which let Lin An find the only opportunity!

(Should we break the door? Use breaking the door to threaten him into discarding his defensive props?!)

(No, if an accident happens I'll die too! The risk is simply too great!)

Thoughts raced, the Xu Kong Chong Mu felt utterly vexed, unable to think of any way to turn the situation around!

She clearly understands that Lin An is merely wary of her breaking the door from inside, leading to mutual destruction!

Outside, the rules are chaotic; inside, there are none!

If she goes all out, it's not impossible to break this door, dragging Lin An to die together.

(Give it a probing push? Otherwise..!)

In an extremely short moment, just as the Xu Kong Chong Mu grew ruthless and prepared to try something,

The next second, the originally intermittent self-blast bombardment suddenly surged, and in an instant the stone door, which had just been repaired, began to totter on the verge of collapse!

It seemed as if Hei Di and the others outside were launching a final struggle!

Under the simultaneous self-detonation of four Star-Destroying Level beings, a huge crack instantly burst open like a baby's mouth!

Having learned from past mistakes, the Xu Kong Chong Mu's expression shifted slightly as she instinctively mobilized all rule-based power to protect herself.

While hurriedly injecting more rule power to repair the stone door, she nervously stared at Lin An.

She didn't know why Hei Di and the others suddenly had so many Star-Destroying Level beings self-detonate together.

Mutually canceling rule-based self-detonations may seem more powerful, but they absolutely cannot hope to break the door like consecutive self-detonations can!

Without time to think further, she now worries even more that Lin An will seize this chance to go exchange again!

"Lin Emperor! I can't hold on any longer!"

"Pour in power together! They're fighting desperately!!"

Instinctively, she threatened Lin An not to act rashly.

Just as the Xu Kong Chong Mu hadn't yet pretended to be weak to hold back Lin An,

The next second, a flash of blood-red, like a bloody afterglow, suddenly shone from the crack!

Only seen, beneath the exchange point, the Chimera Emperor, shaped like a bone dragon with its entire flesh and blood crushed, seized the dying Lord of Radiance without hesitation and hurled it at the stone door like a cannonball.