The End IV

"You undid the Dark Lock inside your body!!?" Bottom Crawler's voice rang out at the same time, threaded with shock and disbelief.

"How was my acting? Pretty convincing, wasn't it?" Long laughed.

He stood before the White Tower, with the rest of them lying motionless on the ground beside him.

To withstand the explosion of half his body just now, La and the others had already exhausted every ounce of strength. Already weak to begin with, they were now powerless to struggle, able only to watch helplessly as everything took another turn.

"Dark Lock? I got rid of that thing many years ago. The Spirit Eye Clan's computational peak was indeed impressive. It was difficult to unravel." Long's expression returned to calm, the complete opposite of his earlier exaggeration.

"But what could I do when I had nothing to occupy me every day? I spent most of my body's computational power working on it for three hundred years. This Dark Lock held me up for a full three hundred years, so it served a useful purpose after all."

The rain now poured in sheets. Long held the key in his hand, and nothing stood in his way any longer.

The purple light around him was gradually suppressed by golden light, growing dimmer and smaller.

"Your performance has entertained me greatly." Smiling in satisfaction, Long walked up to the White Tower.

"Thank you for your efforts. I am very pleased."

He raised the key before him.

"At last. It is time to say goodbye."

Whoosh.

In an instant, his hand left an afterimage as he slammed the key against the White Tower.

Crack.

A crisp sound rang out.

The White Tower finally activated, blazing with dazzling purple light.

The purple beam condensed for a second, then shot into the sky. It