Future City.
Technology Research Institute base.
Jiang Nanqiu's expression turned grave in the face of Mu Qing's formidable physical defenses.
With a soft shout, the golden gemstone on his chest lit up.
The energy that had been sparse within his body instantly surged back to fullness.
His seven previously blurred clones also recovered their energy at the same time. Together with his true body, they continued pouring energy into the illusory blood-red furnace, attempting to refine Mu Qing alive.
But Mu Qing's performance had truly exceeded Jiang Nanqiu's expectations.
As the blurry ferocious beast above Mu Qing's head gradually became clearer, Jiang Nanqiu felt an unprecedented sense of oppression.
A domineering pressure that looked down upon the world rushed toward him, and he fell into a daze.
He saw a mountain range piled high with the corpses of countless living beings, stretching for miles without end. Blood flowed down the mountain of corpses in winding streams, forming a crimson ocean around it.
Among the remains that made up the mountain of corpses, he saw towering giants as massive as mountains, majestic divine beasts resembling dragons, demons burning with hellfire... Even in death, these creatures' bodies still radiated terrifying energy fluctuations. One could imagine the horrifying strength they had possessed while alive.
Yet even so, they were merely some of the countless corpses making up that mountain.
At the summit of the corpse mountain stood a throne assembled from remains. A blurry figure sat upon it, and only those eyes radiating scarlet light could be seen.
It calmly overlooked the world.
At that moment, the figure on the throne slowly turned its head and looked toward him. Its gaze seemed to cross the barrier between illusion and reality, time and space.
Boom!
The instant their gazes met, Jiang Nanqiu felt his