Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

Bai E: ...? And who are you?

Jiang Jiu put down his phone, confirmed that it was Xiaobai on the other end, and then turned to ask Lai Gushi, "What is the time difference between the inside and outside of Onpharos that you are currently adjusting?"

Lai Gushi was silent for two seconds, but Jiang Jiu was too lazy to wait, so he directly borrowed the remaining computing power of the Zandal machine head and started calculating on his own.

Lai Gushi remained silent for even longer.

He hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it extremely impolite of you to dismantle someone's head in front of them?"

Jiang Jiu shook his head: "It's alright, I wouldn't do that to others. As for you... as a senior, you should be more patient with your juniors, right, senior?"

Laigushi: "..."

After all, the person was inside the scepter, which itself was a large computer, and Onphalus was conceived in this place.

So if you want to know some information, all you need to do is bypass a few firewalls and gain some privileges.

Very simple.

After calculating the specific multiplier, he roughly calculated the time, and it turned out that... there were only about ten minutes left.

It's still quite fast.

"Actually, there are two opportunities to kill the Iron Tomb: either kill it when it hatches, or nip it in the bud."

"Either stop it from blaspheming the Great Sage, sacrifice the life of a genius, and define the catastrophe of the Iron Tomb as a matter of Imperial War."

Jiang Jiu turned his head to look at Lai Gushi.

“But no matter which method you choose, it will disrupt the fourth moment of the Venerable Master, so... you have no reason to stop me.”

Chapter 144 What are you doing?

After hearing this, Lai Gushi nodded slightly.

"Then, please proceed."

Jiang Jiu scoffed lightly, and the power of destiny condensed at the tip of his sword.

Without saying a word, he glanced at the time, confirmed that both times had reached a certain stable point, and then cleaved the seal of the Iron Tomb with a single sword strike.

Purple mist swirled around the Lonely Star Sword. Jiang Jiu watched as the Iron Tomb slowly reappeared in its complete form from the very center of the seal, and subconsciously tightened his grip on the longsword.

The destructive, dark red torrent of data continued to tilt, and Jiang Jiu raised his hand to open two cracks in the sky with nothingness.

The appearance of the Iron Tomb is described as an incubation.

It's highly likely that because what conceived it was actually a sphere, its breaking out of its shell can hardly be called hatching.

They gathered, reassembled, and gradually revealed the outline of the Iron Tomb.

It has not yet fully locked onto Jiang Jiu, or rather, its emergence requires a certain amount of time to adapt to or understand certain rules of this world.

This includes turning its attention to the Venerable Master.

However, Jiang Jiu did not give it any time to adapt or think.

The instant the outline of the Iron Tomb materialized, a sword light ripped through the sky, and the destructive dark red torrent was momentarily reversed before being swallowed by the endless void.

Jiang Jiu took two steps back and observed the source of the Iron Curtain's energy.

"The scepter itself... it seems that without severing this connection, the Iron Tomb cannot be harmed."

The surrounding destructive forces are not unclaimed creations; they were born from Onpharos, from the scepter, and are the best nourishment for the Iron Tomb.

Jiang Jiu actually tried to see if he could turn the destructive forces around him against him and bring them under his control.

But it didn't work...

"Tsk, this program is pretty inflexible."

Jiang Jiu clicked his tongue and gave up trying.

He knew very well that to truly harm the Iron Tomb, he had to sever its connection with the Imperial Scepter, or rather, to forcefully break through its defenses with pure violence.

However, the latter is not something he can do right now.

Although the Iron Tomb is newly born, it relies on the energy reserves of the entire Imperial Scepter, and the entire Onpharos serves as its nourishment.

If they try to outlast each other, he'll definitely be the one who suffers.

"Since we can't take it..."

Jiang Jiu's aura shifted. Using the path of destruction to directly clash with the Iron Tomb wasn't very effective, so using the power of nothingness would be better...

"Then... deny your connection with your surroundings."

In an instant, a dark purple light concentrated and slashed at a spot slightly to the left of Iron Tomb's heart, a weakness found during... countless reincarnations, or more precisely, during the previous timeline's battle with Iron Tomb.

I remember last time I used a very strong penetrating attack but still couldn't kill it.

However, while not a fatal weakness, cutting off or interfering with these pivots can greatly slow down its energy absorption and attack accumulation speed.

The moment the longsword pierced through, the originally smooth and solidified outline of the Iron Tomb suddenly froze, and the dark red data stream surging towards it experienced a brief period of disorder and interruption!

effective.

Almost at the same moment Jiang Jiu hit the node, a cold red light suddenly shone on Tie Mu's body!

There was almost no power buildup.

Driven by an extreme and pure will to destroy, the space around the Iron Tomb instantly distorted, and tens of thousands of dark red data lasers shot towards Jiang Jiu from all directions without any blind spots!

Jiang Jiu raised his hand to deny most of the attacks, then withdrew to the vicinity of the Iron Tomb, attempting to redirect some of the attacks towards the Iron Tomb itself.

However, Jiang Jiu gave up after discovering that these attacks had a tracking function. He dodged some of them, but there were simply too many.

As a life form born from the supercomputer Emperor's Scepter, the Iron Tomb's attacks are not only not static, but also highly adaptable.

Some of the lasers collided and merged as they approached, transforming into a massive, spiraling torrent of destruction. Others refracted strangely, bypassing his frontal defenses and attacking his sides and back from tricky angles!

laugh!

Despite Jiang Jiu's best efforts to dodge and parry at high speed within a limited area, and the Silent Star Sword constantly shattering or guiding the incoming lasers into nothingness, some still managed to slip through the net.

A laser beam grazed his left arm, instantly tearing a long gash in the skin. Another beam pierced his shoulder, leaving a deep, bone-revealing burn mark.

The destructive data stream seemed to be trying to spread to his internal organs. Jiang Jiu glanced down at it, then touched the wound with his hand. The power of nothingness briefly covered the wound.

Repairing it is impossible, but clearing away the damage and stopping the bleeding is still possible.

"...System, will I be affected by the Iron Tomb's corruption of intelligence?"

Theoretically, this pollution could have a limited impact on the unit; it's possible, but the probability is low.

Jiang Jiu was relieved.

He took a few deep breaths, and for some reason, the dull pain in his body didn't seem as unbearable as he had imagined.

The attack felt almost unreal except for the first instant, but that's probably a good thing, as it won't affect subsequent actions.

Jiang Jiu swung his sword twice. The first strike severed most of the connection between the Iron Tomb and the scepter. With the second strike, Jiang Jiu prepared to attack the core of the Iron Tomb.

The sword flashes once more!

This time, Jiang Jiu's figure became even more elusive. The purplish-black void swirling around the tip of his sword did not directly attack the Iron Tomb's sturdy outer shell, but instead precisely severed the energy replenishment nodes it was connected to.

Large areas of blank space began to appear around it.

From nothingness, pure nothingness.

Iron Tomb's body shuddered violently, and the areas that had been temporarily erased by the power of nothingness suddenly burst forth with an even more dazzling red light!

Its arms are raised, palms facing each other.

Countless dark red data streams converged wildly within it, instantly coalescing into an enormous dark red giant sword composed of pure destruction!

Jiang Jiu gripped the Lonely Star sword with one hand, thought for a moment, and decided not to dodge since the sword strike would be an area-of-effect attack anyway.

He took a deep breath, slightly turned his wrist, and the purplish-black ethereal light on the Lonely Star Sword receded inward, while the blade slowly rose.

If you can't avoid it, then... take it head-on!

Faced with this attack, Jiang Jiu did not retreat but advanced. Taking advantage of the gap in Tie Mu's concentration on controlling the attack, he closed in and slashed at one of Tie Mu's arms with his sword.

As one arm snapped off, a wide-area attack came crashing down on Jiang Jiu.

"Listen... to the annihilation of all things!"

The two attacks clashed, creating a powerful shockwave.

"......cough!"

Jiang Jiu crashed into the wall and uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood.

He didn't check how serious his injuries were, but they were probably... not light.

He simply looked at the severed arm of the Iron Tomb and calmly uttered the word "deny".

Just as he was about to try to cut off another arm, a voice suddenly rang out.

The sound originated from him.

"...Jiang Jiu?!"

"What are you doing!!!"

Chapter 145, second storyline ends.

Jiang Jiu paused for two seconds, then subconsciously glanced at the black tower doll peeking out of his pocket.

"..."

How come we didn't manage to knock this little doll away during the fight?

However, Jiang Jiu didn't intend to pay any attention to the Black Tower. He raised his hand and pressed the Black Tower back down, then casually gave the Iron Tomb another blow.

After much back and forth, Jiang Jiu finally came to a conclusion.

It seems that the Iron Tomb cannot be destroyed until one has destroyed oneself.

If we go back a bit further in the timeline, when the Iron Tomb progress was still relatively low, there might be a chance.

However, this line doesn't have much of a chance to revert to its previous state.