Wizard: My skills can be upgraded indefinitely.

Chapter 477 Head-on Confrontation with a Level 7 Overlord

However, this method cannot be used without limit.

After the stellar core collapses, it will briefly form a singularity-like existence, which Ian can only maintain for three breaths with his current strength.

Three breaths later, the singularity will automatically dissipate, and the stellar core will return to its normal state.

Within these three breaths, all rules within the area covered by the simplified singularity will be "temporarily archived".

Order, chaos, time, space, causality—within the area covered by the singularity, all these rules break down.

The rule incarnations of seventh-level true spirits and the distorted domains of seventh-level rulers will both be temporarily reset to zero in the face of the simplified singularity.

Without rules, the gap between level seven and level six is ​​eliminated.

However, maintaining this three-breath duration comes at a huge cost.

Each release of the singularity consumes more than 60% of the energy reserves in the star core.

After release, the star core will enter a cooldown period of at least ten days, during which the radius of the chaotic field will be reduced to one-tenth of its original size, the rule pulses will be unusable, and the grafting and redefinition capabilities will be greatly weakened.

One more thing, based on the panel's speculation, a miniature regular bounce will occur when the singularity dissipates.

The restored rules will surge back into this void in an instant, triggering an annihilation-level impact at the center of the singularity with immense power.

Regardless, this is his closest attack to level seven power so far, and it is also the stepping stone he has reserved for himself to reach the true event horizon of a black hole.

When his simplistic star core is able to withstand complete gravitational collapse, he will step into the seventh level of True Spirit.

As they get closer to the cocoon, the pressure inside the star core is rising rapidly.

The degenerate star nuclei are further compressed, and the distance between them exceeds the electron limit.

At the very core of the star's core, an extremely tiny "point" begins to take shape.

It is only one ten-thousandth the size of an atomic nucleus, yet it is "heavier" than the entire mass of a stellar nucleus.

All rules compressed to their limits converge infinitely towards this point.

Ian named this pseudo-singularity the merged singularity.

At the core of the fleshy cocoon, two forces of will are tearing each other apart.

Zagara has completely lost her Zerg hive form, and her body is entangled with Tassadar's Overmind form.

Dark purple, chaotic tentacles extended from its body, piercing deep into Tassadar's psionic core.

With each absorption, the silvery light dimmed a little, but Tassadar continued to resist stubbornly, compressing its will to the limit and confronting the twisted rules head-on with pure psionic energy.

For every bit of energy Zagara absorbs, he has to expend two bits of power to suppress his counterattack.

"Stop resisting." Zagara's voice was filled with madness.

"I will soon break through to level seven. The Twisted Rules have become one with me. After I kill you, I will devour Kerrigan's godhood. The entire Void Race and the entire Abyss will become my nourishment!"

Suddenly, Zagara's laughter stopped abruptly as an extremely unusual fluctuation was detected emanating from outside the flesh cocoon.

The twisted domain she had created outside the fleshy cocoon looked as if it had been "eaten up" by something.

The dark purple creep, the twisted rules, and the corrupted Zerg units all lost their connection to her the moment the fluctuation touched them.

"What is that?!" Zagara suddenly turned towards the direction from which the fluctuation came.

A soft tearing sound rang out.

An extremely thin and concentrated beam of grayish-white light brutally tore through Zagara's distorted barrier.

Wherever the beam of light passed, the distorted rules vanished silently, and the dark purple patterns were completely erased from the void the moment they came into contact with the gray-white light, as if they had never existed.

The beam traveled at incredible speed, piercing through the massive cocoon in the blink of an eye and striking Zagara's hive core directly.

"what!"

Zagara let out a mournful howl, and its massive cocoon of flesh convulsed violently.

The distorted rules that she relied on to break through to the seventh level were instantly lost, temporarily "returning" her from the seventh-level dominance to the ambiguous zone between the sixth and seventh levels.

Although it was only temporary, and although the connection between the Seed of Chaos and her was being restored, this momentary fall was enough.

Around the fleshy cocoon, a grayish-white light coalesced into a human figure.

Ian stepped out of the passage, his face as pale as paper, the light in the gray-white crystals deep in his pupils dimmed considerably.

The singularity's existence is limited to three breaths, and he used less than one breath. The remaining two breaths were forcibly suppressed deep within the star core as a backup trump card.

Seeing Zagara fall from grace, Ian clenched his fist, causing the Jianhe Star Core to tremble violently. All the remaining energy surged into his palm, condensing into a three-foot-long gray-white spear.

The surface of the light spear has no patterns, only pure emptiness.

Wherever the spearhead points, light bends on its own, and the void collapses on its own; all rules make way for it.

"It's you!" Zagara's compound eyes flashed with shock and greed.

"What have you done?! My twisted rules—"

It recognized the aura of chaos. When the gray-white pillar of light rose from the depths of the Star Ruins, the Seed of Chaos on her forehead resonated violently. She never expected that the bearer of chaos would appear here.

"This power—should belong to me!"

Ian's face was cold. He gripped the light spear tightly, aimed at the densest tentacles within the fleshy cocoon, and hurled it fiercely.

A burst of grayish-white light exploded, transforming into countless fine threads that engulfed every node in the path.

Zagara suffered another devastating blow, and the massive fleshy cocoon began to collapse.

Tassadar, who was fighting Zagara, sensed an opportunity. The Hive's Will began to rise again, and a silvery-white psionic light shone brightly from the depths of its core.

The fleshy cocoon trembled violently, and Zagara gave up on continuing to devour Tassadar.

Now that Ian has helped Tassadar pull him back from the brink of being swallowed up, there is no point in persisting any longer.

It retracted all its dark purple tentacles into its body, and the fleshy cocoon, spanning hundreds of thousands of kilometers, began to collapse inward, its aura rising rapidly.

Dark purple light erupted in all directions like a supernova explosion, and at the center of the light, Zagara's true form was fully revealed.

It is no longer in the form of the Zerg hive, but a humanoid shape pieced together by twisted rules.

It was a hundred feet tall, faceless, with the chaotic seed on its forehead swollen to the size of a fist, and countless tentacles extending from all parts of its body.

The overwhelming pressure of the seventh-level ruler's rules pressed down, turning the flesh cocoon remnants into dust.

A gray-white light emanated from Ian's body, and a chaotic domain unfolded, isolating him from all distorted rules.

The gray-white light film and the dark purple twisted rules clashed fiercely, and ripples constantly spread across the surface of the light film.

Zagara looked down at Ian, her countless crimson eyes flashing simultaneously: "You think rescuing it will guarantee you a living exit?"

Ian did not answer. He made a sweeping motion in the air with his right hand, and chaotic light condensed into a channel, sending Tassadar's core to Kerrigan.

"You go first, the true spirits of the Wizard Alliance will be here soon."

Kerrigan caught Tassadar's core, looked at Ian's retreating figure, nodded, unfurled her Void Wings, and carried Tassadar to the edge of the battlefield.

Her remaining insectoid swarm followed behind her, rapidly retreating from the void.

Zagara did not give chase; all her attention was focused on Ian, her crimson eyes filled with a mixture of greed and fear.

"The rules within you are purer than the Seed of Chaos. Once I devour you—"

Ian raised his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched, and another spear of light condensed in his palm.

Inside the short spear, the projection of the simplistic star core is clearly visible, with the infinitely collapsing origin at the core slowly rotating.

The moment the short spear took shape, the chaotic fragments between Zagara's forehead trembled violently.

Zagara's crimson eyes contracted simultaneously; if the short spear pierced the Seed of Chaos, her power level would drop again.

Although it's only temporary, in this level of combat, a moment's fall can mean death.

Ian gave her no time to think, raising his short spear horizontally, the tip aimed at the chaotic seed between Zagara's brows.

The chaotic domain suddenly shrank to a radius of 100 feet, and all the chaotic rules were gathered inside the short spear.

The grayish-white light on the surface of the short spear condensed to its extreme, changing from grayish-white to pure white, and from pure white to transparent. At the tip of the spear, the light slightly collapsed.

The greed in Zagara's eyes faded, and fear took over.

The Seed of Chaos is her greatest asset, but also her greatest weakness.

She chose to retreat. The hundred-foot-tall dark purple humanoid figure suddenly collapsed, transforming into a streak of purple-black light that disappeared into the depths of the void.

"You just wait, I'll be back—"

Ian did not pursue, maintaining the position of holding the short spear horizontally until Zagara's presence completely disappeared.

Then the short spear vanished silently, turning into countless gray-white light spots that entered his body.

His face paled even more; merely condensing the short spear and simulating the aura of the singularity had depleted his remaining energy reserves.

If Zagara hadn't been deterred, he could have indeed unleashed a second fused singularity, but at a severe cost.

Even if he couldn't scare Zagara away, he still had a mark left by his teacher in his mind.

But in the end, he still won, defeating a level seven overlord head-on.

Ian raised his hand and tore open a rift, stepping into the passage.

At the end of the passage, Tassadar sensed Ian's return, his will trembling silently: "Thank you!"

Ian landed in front of it, staring at the silvery-white core: "You owe me a life; you'll have to repay it to Kerrigan later."

Kerrigan looked up at Ian, then lowered her head and remained silent for a moment, feeling extremely ashamed.

"I'm sorry, I—"

"Don't talk about that now," Ian waved his hand to interrupt. "Zagara won't be back anytime soon. Go and gather up the rest of the Zerg remnants."

Kerrigan nodded and led Tassadar into the depths of the void.

Gaga flew to Ian's shoulder, its eyes showing some worry.

"Ian, aren't you going to get into trouble by just letting a Zerg Overmind go like this?"

"If it were before, it would indeed be a bit tricky, but now that I have broken through, and given my status as a disciple of the Witch King, there won't be any trouble."

A smile appeared on Ian's lips as he pinched Quack's wings.

The squeaky feathers ruffled slightly. "Don't touch me!"

"There was a lot of noise here just now. Someone will be here to check it out soon. Let's go back first."

Gaga nuzzled Ian's ear, "I left in a bit of a hurry this time, I don't even know if that little female worm has been born yet—"

"What? Didn't you say everything was arranged?"

Ian was speechless. He tore open another passage and took Gaga into it.

"Uh! I arranged for Emma to look after her. She's very careful and won't make any mistakes—"

With Ian gone, the void returned to its calm, as if nothing had happened.