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Chapter 501 Shattering the Abyss (6.4K Chapter)

Inside the world instance, Wu Chang and the others were unaware of the changes in the outside world; their attention was entirely focused on the enormous heavenly gate in the sky.

It is the end of everything, the final link in conquering the world dungeon, and the last connection between the world dungeon and the abyss.

Once the Heavenly Gate is shattered, everything will come to an end.

In ancient times, the Seven Immortals sealed the Heavenly Gate and left behind a ritual of sacrificing to the earth, thus leaving two paths for future generations.

The first path is to replace Heaven with Earth, defeat the demon race, seize the power of the Heavenly Sacrifice Ritual through the Earth Sacrifice Ritual, break free from the control of the Upper Realm, and lead this world into the third layer of the Abyss.

The second method involves using Tai Sui as the core to shatter the Heavenly Gate and completely sever the connection between Heaven and Earth.

Now, as the ultimate winner in the struggle for power, everything depends on the choices An Rong makes.

Wu Changzhen looked at An Rong and said:
"You'd better act quickly, or it might be too late."

Eileen's Sword of Order can eliminate all beings that affect the order of the plane. This effect targets ordinary beings but does not include the Abyss Game Administrator.

The Abyss Game Administrator is, in a sense, the embodiment of the Abyss Game itself. Life forms far surpass those of the Abyss Game. For the Administrator, the Sword of Order is at most a static shock when opening the door.

The fact that the administrator was able to temporarily relinquish control by using the Sword of Order, thus temporarily disconnecting the world dungeon and the Abyss game, already demonstrates that the administrator respected the rules.

If they can't take advantage of this time to break through the Heavenly Gate and wait for the Abyss Game to re-establish contact with the World Dungeon, then even if An Rong wanted to take action, it would be too late.

An Rong took a deep breath, the last trace of confusion in his eyes dissipating. He gathered all his spiritual energy into the halberd in his hand and hurled it toward the Heavenly Gate.

The halberd flew out of his hand, and the giant dragon that Da Xianyuan had transformed into, under An Rong's control, chased after the halberd and crashed into the Heavenly Gate together.

The halberd emitted blinding lightning, transforming into a thunder pearl. The giant dragon caught the thunder pearl and slammed it fiercely against the Heavenly Gate.

A violent clap of thunder exploded, and in an instant, the sky was transformed into a blinding silver.

As the lightning subsided, everyone looked up at the sky again and found that the stone frame around the Heavenly Gate was broken, but the source connecting the center of the stone frame to the upper realm was intact.

The halberd flew back and landed in front of An Rong. An Rong looked at the Heavenly Gate above his head, his face turning extremely ugly.

The power of the Great Immortal's Fate and the power of Tai Sui actually managed to avoid harming the core of the Heavenly Gate to some extent.

how is this possible.

The Demon Emperor, who had observed the entire process, had anticipated everything that was happening. He looked at the Heavenly Gate and said with a self-deprecating smile:

"Why do you think I abandoned Tai Sui and transformed into a demon king back then? And why did the people of the upper realm believe in my sincere allegiance and grant me the title of demon emperor?"

Everyone looked at the Demon Emperor, waiting for him to say what he was about to say.

The Demon Emperor's eyes were filled with memories as he slowly spoke:
"When the demon race had not yet become a force to be reckoned with, with the help of Tianquan, I infiltrated the Heavenly Gate and forced out the Heavenly Gate's true form from the Birth Demon Pool."

“At that time, Tai Sui’s position was unstable, but he was more than capable of controlling the earth-worshiping ceremony. However, the moment I saw the Heavenly Gate, I knew that I could not break it.”

"It is a passage embedded in this world by the great supernatural power of the upper realm. It grows along with this world. The stronger the energy in the world, the stronger it will become."

The Demon Emperor paused for a moment, then continued:
"We discovered that to break through the Heavenly Gate, three conditions had to be met. First, one had to be entrusted with the Mandate of Heaven. The Heavenly Gate was protected by the World Will. Only by being entrusted with the Mandate of Heaven could one pass through the World Will and harm the Heavenly Gate. Otherwise, before breaking the Heavenly Gate, one had to destroy the World Will first."

"Second, the energy within the world cannot be too strong, because the Heavenly Gate will grow along with the world. Back then, I couldn't even break the stone frame on its surface."

"Whether we shatter the Heavenly Gate or seal it, we must weaken the energy of this world."

"Third, simply weakening the world's energy is not enough. The Heavenly Gate will not weaken indefinitely; its lower limit is the strength of the boundary of this world."

After listening, Wu Chang seemed to understand something and said:

"So, the great war between humans and demons in ancient times, and the death of the Seven Star Immortals, were all deliberately orchestrated by you?"

The Demon Emperor said:

"That was Tianquan's idea. Our world was too powerful at the time. If we didn't kill as many demons as possible and deplete the human cultivators, even if I transformed into the Demon Emperor, I wouldn't be able to suppress Tianmen."

"I realized that the Heavenly Gate was not to be broken, so I abandoned Tai Sui and wanted to use the Heavenly Gate as an opportunity for this world to ascend to the upper realm through it."

"Tianquan was unwilling to give up, so he designed the Ziwei Exorcising Array and the Twelve Earthly Branches Method, which gathers the power of the earth through the Twelve Earthly Branches into Tai Sui, allowing Tai Sui to obtain the strongest power in this world and simultaneously meet the three requirements for destroying the Heavenly Gate."

Wu Chang raised an eyebrow. No wonder the Kaiyang Immortal Fate mission required him to activate the Twelve Earthly Branches. No wonder An Rong received a much greater boost when the Ziwei Exorcising Array was activated than Emperor Zhaoning, who was the controller of the array.

It turns out that from the very beginning, it was all a scheme orchestrated by Tianquan.

After thousands of years of spiritual depletion, the world instance plane is extremely weak. The Demon-Slaying Army was able to defeat the demon race entirely thanks to the participation of the players, the Celestials.

At this moment, the demon race was almost completely wiped out, and the energy accumulated by Emperor Zhaoning was completely dissipated. The dungeon plane regressed to the Desolate Realm, causing the strength of the Heavenly Gate itself to change from a plane barrier of the Realm of Reason to a plane barrier of the Desolate Realm.

Furthermore, An Rong, as the Grand Duke of Jupiter, became the ultimate winner in the struggle for the Dao, and his cultivation level rose again and again.

It can be said that things have developed to this point, achieving the most perfect result in Tianquan's mind.

However, Tianquan overlooked two points.

The Demon Emperor sighed, looked at An Rong, and continued:
"It still doesn't seem enough."

"When attacking the Heavenly Gate, the Great Immortal's Fate will not only be ineffective, but its power will also make the Heavenly Gate stronger. Not to mention you now, even this extraterrestrial god would not be able to break through the Heavenly Gate."

These are the two points that Tianquan overlooked. The birth of the Great Immortal Fate was part of the plan for the third layer of the abyss, and it was actually one with the Heavenly Gate.

The power that Tai Sui gains through mastering the Great Immortal Fate cannot be used to attack the Heavenly Gate.

Secondly, the Heavenly Gate is too sturdy.

When Wu Chang broke through the outermost stone gate of the Heavenly Gate, he, who possessed the highest temporary administrative authority in the Desolate Realm, saw the great divine power of the Upper Realm hidden in the core of the Heavenly Gate, as described by the Demon Emperor.

That was a temporary management privilege for the Abyss Game, a privilege from the Realm of Reason.

Wu Chang's inspiration told him that if Eileen did not kill the Abyss Game Administrator and allowed the world instance's storyline to continue, this temporary management authority from the Realm of Reason would not be able to control the world instance of the Desolate Realm.

However, in order to stop them, the Abyss Game Administrator activated this authority, making the Heavenly Gate at least twice as strong.

A fierce wind swept across the mountaintop, and the thick fog surrounding the mountain surged towards the summit, transforming into the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind around the Demon Emperor.

The Demon Emperor looked at An Rong and said:
"Although you cannot break through the Heavenly Gate, you can leave hope to future generations, just like we did back then."

"If we work together, we can seal the Heavenly Gate again. When the Heavenly Gate reappears in the next thousand years, perhaps they will have a way to deal with it."

An Rong's face showed resentment. He remained silent for a moment, then looked at the Demon Emperor and said:
"I want to take one last gamble. If I lose, I'll leave this world to you."

The Demon Emperor asked疑惑地问道：“意意要做什么。”

An Rong brought his index and middle fingers together like a sword, then thrust them into his own brow with his backhand. He then pulled them outwards, drawing out a wisp of starlight from his brow's sea of ​​consciousness.

The starlight was filled with a rich, ethereal aura, a testament to the divine destiny he had inherited from the Tai Sui.

He placed the starlight in his palm, then clenched his fist tightly, a crisp cracking sound echoing from his knuckles.

His destiny to immortality and his entire cultivation were shattered in that single grasp.

The Demon Emperor was stunned upon seeing this. Gu Zhihan immediately flashed to An Rong's side and supported the swaying An Rong.

The connection with Tai Sui is the core of the Earth Worship Ceremony; if the connection with Tai Sui is broken, the Earth Worship Ceremony ceases to exist.

Within Zhenyue City, the Purple Star Exorcising Array, which had been emitting a faint light within the Lidi Temple, instantly dimmed, and within the world instance, faith in the earth rapidly dissipated.

The spiritual energy has been cut off for thousands of years, causing the belief in earth worship to gradually replace the belief in heaven worship, becoming an extremely important force in the plane.

The sacrificial ground was cut off at its source, causing a significant decrease in the power of the world's dungeon planes. Both the Great Immortal Fate and the Heavenly Gate in the sky visibly weakened.

The Great Immortal's Edge, which was a thousand meters long, shrank to three hundred meters in an instant after the worship of the earth dissipated. The Heavenly Gate, which was a thousand meters high in the sky, was also cut in half to a height of five hundred meters.

Having severed his own connection to immortality, An Rong's cultivation has dissipated, and he has returned to being an ordinary person.

He helped Gu Zhihan stand up straight and said to Wu Changzhen:
"This is all I can do. I bet you'll have a solution next."

Wu Changzhen hissed. He hadn't expected that An Rong's gamble would be on him having a solution. Wasn't that putting him in a difficult position?
To be honest, given how things have come to this point, according to the Demon Emperor's plan, sealing the Heavenly Gate again would also be considered severing the connection between Heaven and Earth, and wouldn't affect his ability to complete the hidden side quest.

Moreover, according to the calculations of the Omniscient Crystal, under the interference of the Abyss Game Administrator, the Heavenly Gate's hardness is frighteningly high, and even if he attacks with all his might, he may not be able to break it.

It's better to avoid trouble; there's no need to push yourself so hard.

But in the instant An Rong severed his connection to immortality and fell back to the mortal realm, a blood-red last message that he had almost forgotten flickered with a faint light.

[Without relying on any gods or higher-dimensional beings, humanity's future will be decided by human will alone.]

This was Schultz's bloody last words, and after the Anthem Company copy, he never found the opportunity to complete them.

Previously, An Rong possessed a divine destiny and could be considered a god, but he did not meet the conditions of the blood-red will, so Wu Chang did not think about it in that direction.

Unexpectedly, at the end of the world instance, An Rong actually fulfilled the conditions of the Crimson Last Word by severing his own immortal destiny and using a method that was almost like exploiting a bug.

At this moment, the blood-red last words seemed to sense An Rong's will, and actively flashed its light, reminding Wu Chang of its existence.

Could it be that Schultz's lingering obsession also led him to want to help Anrong?

Since that's the case, he had no choice but to take action.

However, before making a move, it is necessary to blind certain people.

Wu Chang gave Eileen a look, and Eileen immediately understood. She reached out and summoned a large amount of undying holy fire, which formed a semi-circular shield that enveloped the painter and the other players inside the Heavenly Gate.

The painter panicked. He had signed an alliance with Peace, but not with Eileen. Could it be that Peace was going to harm him?

He shouted, "Peace, what are you doing!"

Wu Chang said, "Don't be nervous. I just want you to stay put and not see anything you shouldn't see."

Upon hearing Wu Chang's reply, the painter immediately calmed down.

Wu Chang's words were not only directed at the painter, but also at the other players inside the Heavenly Gate. Putting aside their abilities, whether they could pass through the Undying Sacred Flame or not, even if they could, if his inspiration discovered it, then they shouldn't blame him for being impolite.

Blindfolding everyone, Wu Chang approached An Rong and said:

"Your Excellency Tai Sui, I formally challenge you to a duel. Whoever wins will obtain the destiny of this world."

An Rong instantly understood Wu Chang's meaning. He asked doubtfully, "Will this work?" Wu Chang replied, "Leave it to me."

An Rong shook off Gu Zhihan's support and came to Wu Chang. He wanted to pick up the halberd, but he was too weak and could only barely assume a fist stance, saying:

"I accept your challenge."

Wu Chang stepped in front of An Rong, pushed him back into Gu Zhihan's arms with his index finger on An Rong's forehead.

"The player defeats Tai Sui An Rong and becomes the chosen one of destiny in the Huang-76271 plane."

The Fortune Stealer activated, and Wu Chang absorbed all the nebula fortune around An Rong into himself, transforming his true self into a child of the plane.

To fulfill the first condition for breaking through the Heavenly Gate, one must be entrusted with a destiny.

Immediately afterwards, he stretched his body and addressed the crowd:

"You guys stand back a bit, what's coming next might be a little big."

As he spoke, his body continued to grow taller, transforming into a sea giant a thousand meters tall.

You can reach the Heavenly Gate in the sky without taking off.

The Demon Emperor had never seen Wu Chang transform before. He looked at Wu Chang, who was thousands of meters tall and resembled a demon god, with great surprise on his face.

However, what surprised him even more was yet to come.

Wu Chang did not stop there. While transforming into a giant, he also activated his ultimate skill.

Black mist, representing conflict, spewed from his mouth, enveloping his massive, thousand-meter-tall body and forming a suit of armor on his surface.

The armor was extremely form-fitting, not only covering his body but also his two extra, enormous tentacles.

If Wu Chang before was merely resembling a demon god, then now he is the demon god himself.

Ultimate Skill: Knight of Discord

"Skill Description: By fusing with the source of chaos, the power within flesh and blood is unleashed, transforming into a constantly collapsing Knight of Conflict for a short period of time. During the duration of the skill, the user will be regarded as a lower-level god."

Any fighting within your area will grant you additional attributes and extend the duration of the Knight of Strife to some extent.

In Knight of Strife form, all your attributes are doubled, and the buffs are not reduced by dimensional barriers, but cannot exceed the dimensional barrier's limit. Cooldown: Two instance dimensions.

In the Conflict Knight state, all of his physical attributes will be doubled. According to the skill description, his doubled attributes cannot exceed the dimensional barrier limit, that is, no single attribute can exceed 500 points.

However, this restriction is not unbreakable due to the "violator" nickname.

While cleaning up Calabash Mountain and collecting demon-suppressing blood talismans with the Fire Demon-Slaying Army, he had already devoured a large number of demon generals and demon guards. After the sacrificial ceremony, he also swallowed the Earth Demon King and the Water Demon King.

The accumulation of a large amount of vital energy caused the dimensional barrier that was blocking him to become cracked and on the verge of collapse.

Entering the Strife Knight state at this moment became the final mountain that broke the camel's back.

Cracks began to appear in the space around his body, which not only meant that the dimensional barrier had been shattered by him, but also that the world's replica dimension was becoming unable to support his existence.

Breaking through the barrier of the desolate dimension allowed his attributes to arrive at:
Life: 765
Power: 1000
Agility: 252
Stamina: 213
Energy: 723
Inspiration: 196
Will: 283
Having broken through the upper limit of the Desolate Realm, his overall attributes reached 3432 points. Relying on external things is indeed not as good as relying on oneself. In his Conflict Knight state, he is much more powerful than when piloting the Peacekeeper.

Feeling the immense pressure emanating from Wu Chang, the Demon Emperor's breathing became rapid, as if Wu Chang had sucked up all the oxygen from the mountaintop.

Even though he was the king of demons, he couldn't help but call Wu Chang a monster when he saw him.

A thought popped into his mind: such a monster might actually be able to shatter the Heavenly Gate.

Is Wu Chang, transformed into the Knight of Strife, enough to shatter the Heavenly Gate?
The omniscient crystal's answer was simple: not enough.

If Tianmen only possessed the strength of the Desolate Realm Plane Barrier, his current power would be sufficient. However, under the temporary management authority, Tianmen's strength is equivalent to a plane barrier at the top of the Desolate Realm, plus a plane barrier at the bottom of the Realm of Reason.

With his current strength, he is not strong enough to shatter the Heavenly Gate.

One isn't enough? Then have two!

Within Zhenyue City, the shattering of Tai Sui Immortal Fate caused the Ziwei Exorcising Array to dissipate, but Wu Chang, piloting the Peace Knight, remained standing atop the sacrificial altar of the Lidi Temple.

His previous use of Deepwater Devourer had not been in vain. Under the effect of Deepwater Devourer, all the players who had been bound by the Golden Armored Heavenly Soldiers and taken back to the Lidi Temple had fallen into a coma due to the poison. He no longer needed to worry about his actions being seen.

Since the true self isn't enough, then add his physical form.

Although the attributes of the original body are not as powerful as the true self that transforms into the Knight of Strife, the skills and status of the original body are not to be underestimated.

He looked toward the Heavenly Gate, where the Peacekeeper was poised to fire a gun. A surge of red energy erupted from the Peacekeeper's hands, condensing the mech's arms into a massive weapon over thirty meters long.

In the Steampunk dimension, he encountered a player who wanted to assassinate Maga. This player later died at the hands of the executioner and turned into a blood-red resentment.

When Wu Chang killed the executioner, he accidentally revealed the player's skill, which he hadn't had a chance to use until now.

Skill Name: Flesh and Blood Spear

Skill Level: A

"Skill effect: By integrating the firearm into one's own flesh and blood, one can enter the Gun God form. During the Gun God form, the maximum health is reduced by 1 point per minute for 24 hours."

Status Name: Gun God

"Status effect: Condenses any part of the body into a giant, variable-form firearm, filling it with flesh and blood from oneself or other sources, which can be transformed into blood bullets."

"Blood Bullet: Depending on the flesh and blood used, the Blood Bullet will condense different attributes. Select one attribute to retain as the Blood Bullet's special effect. If you use your own flesh and blood as the bullet, you can retain two attribute effects."

To fire a flesh-and-blood spear, you must fill it with your own flesh or flesh from other sources. The stronger the flesh, the more powerful the resulting blood bullet.

Wu Chang happened to have something suitable as a bullet: the flesh curse generated by the "Heart of the King of Giants".

"Item Skill: Blood Curse"

"Skill Description: During the duration of Vigorous Life, all life-reducing effects you suffer will be reduced by 30%. 50% of all the life you lose will be stored as Flesh Curse, which will burst out when you activate it, dealing the same amount of damage to the target. Cooldown: 1 minute."

As the dungeon progressed, including the temporary maximum health, the Unyielding effect had already deducted 1500 health points from him. The deducted health points transformed into a flower of flesh and blood, which could turn into an attack of 750 points at any time.

Now, he transforms this flower of flesh and blood into a blood bullet and fills it into his spear of flesh and blood.

The blood bullet was loaded, and the length of the flesh-and-blood gun instantly increased by a hundred meters. The peacekeeper had to use all his strength to withstand this huge weapon.

The Blood Curse originated from Wu Chang himself; the blood bullets he transformed into, and the inscriptions on the bullets, were all related to him.

He chose to keep two of the terms: "weak point attack" provided by the Source of Nothingness and "long-range shooting" provided by the Source of Space.

"Weak Point Strike: This bullet will accurately hit the target's fatal weak point, causing additional damage."

"Extreme Range Shooting: This bullet's range will be increased tenfold, and its power will not decrease with increasing distance."

Are these enough to break through the Heavenly Gate?

The Omniscient Crystal claims a success rate of 70%.

Since it's not 100%, let's keep adding!

Wu Chang infused all the remaining divinity within the Peace Messenger's body into the Flesh and Blood Spear.

"Item Skill: Peacemaker"

"Skill Description: Consumes all divinity to unleash a devastating attack."

Is this enough?
The Omniscient Crystal claims a success rate of 90%.

Then he continued adding, activating the second skill of "Hero's Proof".

"Item Skill: Reversing the Tide"

"Skill Description: Burns all current physical attributes, locking all attributes except Inspiration and Willpower to 1 point. All burned attributes will be condensed into a single strike to reverse the desperate situation. After releasing the attack, the Unyielding state will automatically end."

"Skill Notes: Even in the most dangerous and desperate situations, one can still become the key to turning the tide; this is what is known as the hero's moment."

The golden-red cloak behind the peacekeeper burst into flames, engulfing the mech and the flesh-and-blood spear.

A sense of tragic destiny arose above the mecha. Infected by the atmosphere, the golden dragon of human destiny that he had seized from Emperor Zhaoning materialized and hovered around the outside of his mecha, injecting the power of human destiny into the machine.

call.

He let out a long breath and asked, "Was this enough to pierce the abyss?"

Surrounded by golden-red flames, the Omniscient Crystal revealed a number.

120%.

He looked in the direction of the Heavenly Gate and pulled the trigger of the flesh-and-blood spear.

A halo of divine energy shone from the trigger, and as the energy continued to propel it forward, the halo extended along the gun barrel to the muzzle, finally transforming into a streak of silver light that tore through the sky and flew straight toward the Heavenly Gate.

Inside the Heavenly Gate, Wu Changzhen, transformed into the Knight of Conflict, activated the Wuxiang and saw the weakest point in the Heavenly Gate.

Facing a stationary moving target, he leaned back, transforming himself into a bow ready to be drawn, activating the three-second charge-up of "Iaido".

After three seconds of charging, he concentrated all his power into his elbow and delivered a powerful elbow strike to Tianmen's weak point.

The instant his elbow struck Tianmen's weak point, a silver light streaked across the sky, striking Tianmen simultaneously with his elbow strike.

Skill Name: Twin Synchronization

"Skill Description: When the user's main body and clone attack the same target at the same time, a combined attack effect will be generated, increasing the damage of the two attacks by 50% and concentrating it on one of the attacks to unleash a burst."

This was the strongest attack he had been able to unleash since entering the Abyss Game!
Let alone a Heavenly Gate, even if the Abyss Level 3 player who set up the Heavenly Gate came, he would be confused after taking a combined attack from his main body and true self.

The moment the attack hit the Heavenly Gate, the Omniscient Crystal gave a 400% increase in the success rate of shattering the Heavenly Gate.

"Man!"

Amidst Wu Chang's thunderous shout, the seemingly indestructible Heavenly Gate shattered, and the stagnant world instance continued to rise.

　A 6.4k-word chapter, equivalent to three normal updates, is considered a small bonus chapter, right?
　　
　
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