"You can protect this place, but not that one. You can save these people, but not those. In the end, everything will return to nothingness."
Lin Ye fell silent for a moment, then smiled.
"You're right. I am only one person." His voice was calm. "But I don't need to be everywhere at once."
The Perfect Creation Scepter suddenly blazed brighter, its golden radiance surging toward the sky like a tsunami.
"Because I have friends, comrades, and allies."
In the distance, the Multiversal Coalition's rallying signal sounded again. This time, it wasn't just Theta's voice. Dozens of powerful conceptual fluctuations appeared at once.
Beta, Theta, Delta, the Moderate Faction Four, the Underground Network's elite, and even the newly recovered Zeus, Gamma, and Alpha.
Every high-level being still capable of fighting rallied at that moment.
"Lin Ye." Theta's voice came through the conceptual network. "We'll handle those seventeen nodes. Just focus on the Lord of the Void."
"We've already divided up the battle zones," Beta added immediately. "Every node has enough fighting power assigned to deal with it."
Zeus spoke last. "Let us make amends for our mistakes. Leave the Void Council's lackeys to us."
Lin Ye's smile grew brighter. "Did you hear that? I'm not alone."
He pointed at the Lord of the Void. "And you? You pursue absolute nothingness, ultimate solitude. Your followers are merely tools, your allies merely pawns. When everything returns to nothingness, even you will disappear."
"You're the one who's truly alone."
The Lord of the Void's form trembled violently with anger, defiance, and something more complicated.
"Enough!" he roared. "I'll prove to you that nothingness alone is eternal!"
The Lord of the Void's form trembled violently, black waves of nihility roiling through the air.
But deep within that seemingly furious darkness, a voice sneered.
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