The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

Thump—! ! ! !

Without any warning, in this ancient plane shrouded in war, both the earth and the sky trembled violently at the sudden sound of a heartbeat.

All the shouts of battle, the howls of monsters, and the explosions of skills hitting the ground.

They were all instantly suppressed by an immense and supreme will.

The charging Devourers froze, and then their bodies began to tremble uncontrollably.

At the same time, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Calamity Army in the battle formation stopped their weapons. Su Qiong's grip on her weapon suddenly loosened, and she seemed to be frozen in place.

"This...this voice...?"

The next moment, she suddenly looked up at the sky, her voice even a little stammering.

In mid-air, Jiang Shu, Li Tiezhu, Lin Yuan, and Bai Ye all froze, then said in unison, "Yes... Commander."

However, just after their exclamations subsided...

thump—

Another heartbeat echoed in their ears.

At that moment, all the soldiers of the Calamity Army felt their hearts resonate with the heartbeat, and they all stopped their charge.

After all, they were all too familiar with that heartbeat.

On Earth, in countless interdimensional wars, in countless moments when we were on the verge of despair.

They had all heard similar noises.

Whenever that deep heartbeat sounded, it meant that their legion commander had stopped holding back and had begun to truly unleash the power belonging to the old ruler.

This time, however, his voice was deeper and more resonant than ever before.

It's like an ancient heart spanning the galaxy, slowly beating in the depths of the universe.

"What exactly happened to the legion commander?"

Li Tiezhu gripped the giant shield in his hand, looked up at the rolling golden light curtain above the Elf Forest, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

But obviously, no one answered him, because none of the people present knew the answer.

They didn't even know where Gu Xu was now.

They had no idea what kind of enemy their legion commander was facing.

But the sound of a heartbeat indicates that the situation has become critical to some extent.

Unfortunately, there was nothing they could do but pray silently in their hearts: "Commander... please come back safely."

……

Amidst the silent prayers of countless soldiers, on the other side of the starry sea, atop the Feather Spirit Hub.

Since activating the End King Core, Gu Xu has clearly felt that he is no longer the same as before.

Previously, every time I used the Calamity Pump, my body would show obvious signs of Cthulhuization.

The arms will swell into grotesque tentacles, writhing flesh will emerge from under the skin, and the bones and muscles will twist in some inhuman direction.

That change will not bring pain immediately.

But it always gave Gu Xu the feeling that his body was gradually slipping out of his control.

It was as if his flesh and blood were merely a temporary container.

And those ancient forces hidden deep within the power could break through this container at any moment and replace his will.

But now, everything seems to have disappeared.

He looked down at his arm.

His skin was still fair, his fingers were long and slender, and the contours of his joints and muscles were no different from before.

There were no tentacles, no scales, and none of those disturbing deformities.

Even though he had fully activated the End King Core, his body still maintained a human appearance.

This feeling is a bit strange.

However, Gu Xu did not feel uncomfortable because of this.

On the contrary, he could sense that a completely new order had been born deep within this seemingly ordinary body.

The heart is no longer just a heart, and blood is no longer just blood.

Each heartbeat felt like a miniature universe being born in his chest, only to vanish in the next second.

Stars burn between his cells, and time flows through his veins.

The old powers that once overwhelmed him have now become an integral part of his life, no longer an external force, but a part of himself.

"Is this what it feels like to be crowned on the throne?"

Gu Xu murmured to himself, raising his hand and clenching his fingers slightly in the air.

In an instant.

The space within thousands of kilometers around seemed to be forcibly compressed by some invisible force.

Click!

The next moment, a pitch-black crack appeared out of thin air in front of him.

However, there were no violent spatial turbulences or ear-piercing explosions at the edge of the crack; it was like a wound cut open by a sharp blade, quietly suspended in the starry sky.

At the other end of the crack, a faint crimson light shone through, revealing the scene inside the blood-red curtain.

Seeing this, Gu Xu did not step straight in, but instead glanced at the crowd behind him.

The six ruling elders remained kneeling on the ground, their faces pale, unable to rise, while Governor Mondstadt gritted his teeth, trying to protect his personal guards behind him.

As for the white-haired girl, she remained standing in the same spot, her smile unchanged, as if she had anticipated this scene.

"Stay here."

The next moment, Gu Xu spoke calmly, his voice reaching everyone's ears.

Rigley raised his head, and his lips moved.

He really wanted to say something.

For example, you could warn Gu Xu to be careful, or tell him that the Divine Court fleet could provide support.

But the words just wouldn't come out.

Because he knew very well that with their strength, they were simply not qualified to participate in that level of combat.

All they can do is wait.

We await the return of this newly crowned former ruler from the blood-red veil.

"Sir, please be very careful."

Finally, Rigley said in a low voice.

Gu Xu glanced at him and nodded slightly.

Without saying anything more, he stepped directly into the spatial rift.

With a single step, the figure vanished, and the spatial rift slowly closed.

The white-haired girl gazed in the direction Gu Xu had left, her crimson eyes burning with an even stronger fervor.

"It's finally starting."

Her voice was so soft it was almost a whisper: "The real end is finally about to begin."

……

Inside the blood-red curtain, this place can no longer be considered a starry sky.

Space, time, light, and even the laws of matter were completely disrupted by a massive and distorted force.

Crimson fog filled the field of vision.

Countless fragments of a broken planet floated in the mist, like corpses forcibly stripped away by some force.

Some fragments still bear the outline of the city.

Towering buildings, a collapsed port, shattered defense towers, and a figure frozen in a moment.

Some were fleeing, some were kneeling on the ground praying, and some were spreading their arms, trying to block the blood-red beams of light falling from the sky.

But regardless of their identity in life, or the power they once wielded.

Within this blood-red curtain, all that remained was the right to have their lives extracted. Crimson chains pierced through the galaxy and penetrated into the depths of the void, and at the other end of the chains was a colossal figure that defied description.