Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 374 Instant Ignition
With a smile on her face, Xiangzi guided the dreams of the human elite.

She gained a great deal from these dreams.

In her eyes, the scientific knowledge possessed by these human elites was not low at all. The technological level of human civilization in the Ultraman Tiga world was already capable of colonizing the entire solar system, and research stations had been built on the outer perimeter of the solar system.

This knowledge greatly enriched her background.

But pure knowledge is not the most important part. The world that some people dream of is particularly exciting. After those people’s dreams were passed on, Xiangzi’s own heart was also filled with a more positive and uplifting attitude.

"If I could truly pull all of humanity on Earth out of this cycle of delusion, my future achievements would be immense!"

Xiangzi thought excitedly.

In her view, this kind of opportunity is the greatest benefit that reincarnators can enjoy. Once their strength reaches a certain level, such actions can lead to further advancement. Compared to these opportunities, reward points and side quests are simply insignificant.

"Don't let your guard down..." Xu Feng reminded him through the mental chains. "The final battle could erupt at any moment, and you will inevitably be Gatanothor's first target."

Xiangzi smiled: "I act quickly, perhaps Gatanothor..."

Just then, she suddenly clutched her head, and the eighty-one giants of light standing around her emitted a golden light, illuminating the surrounding area.

Gatanothor is by no means a boss who sits idly by and watches the reincarnators grow powerful.

Previously, it remained indifferent, only seeking to become stronger, but Xiangzi's actions have provoked Gatanothor's core, something it absolutely cannot tolerate.

The final battle began much earlier than Xiangzi had anticipated.

In the dream world, before those who have rediscovered hope have even awakened, countless black mists surge from the depths of their brains, containing extreme desires, extreme pain, and deep-seated malice... all mixed together, rushing toward the still budding flower of hope.

In the blink of an eye, these human elites who were about to awaken turned into a twisted, octopus-like monster.

Furthermore, these monsters, like squid spitting ink, spread a black mist containing Gatanothor's dark energy. Once they come into contact with this black mist, all humans in the dream will undergo this mutation.

—After realizing that someone was trying to steal food from its jaws, Gatanjee stopped chewing slowly.

Harvest all the humans on this planet, reach the strongest level you can reach in a short time, then fight the outsiders, and finally leave Earth regardless of victory or defeat, since there are quite a few civilized planets in this world anyway.

After its core interests were attacked, Gatanjah became much more aggressive.

Xiangzi, whose mind was connected to these mutated humans, was under immense mental pressure from this BOSS.

"This... is this Gatanothor's counterattack?" Shoko said, her face extremely pale.

Her condition was extremely bad.

Golden blood flowed continuously from her seven orifices. This blood, which contained the true essence of Buddha's power, turned black immediately after leaving her body, turning into a cloud of black mist and dissipating into the world.

Compared to the physical condition, the mental state is even worse.

Endless desires rose in her heart, and black energy emerged from the depths of her soul, attempting to corrupt it. She had to cut off pieces of her own flesh to heal her wounds and constantly destroy the corrupted power.

Fortunately, the eighty-one giants of light continuously replenished her energy and took the damage for her, offsetting the vast majority of the dark energy. Most importantly, Xu Feng absorbed most of the attacks for her within the mental chains, which allowed her to barely maintain her sanity.

"How terrifying... If I hadn't prepared properly, I would have instantly turned into a monster under that kind of infection!"

Xiangzi nervously simulated that attack within the mental energy chain.

Xu Feng's expression was solemn as he said, "Stay here to recover. I will cook your food and serve it to you later."

So far, the Reincarnators and Gatanothor have only been fighting on a mental level, but this confrontation has already caused millions of people on Earth to degenerate from humans into monsters.

Xu Feng's true form within the sun formed hand seals.

At the same time, the colossal Dharma image that enveloped the sun moved accordingly, and then a beam of light shot out from the sun.

—This is the Nine Yang Flame condensed to its ultimate form!
The blazing white beam of light pierced through space, disappeared into the universe, and reappeared radiating light and heat outward from the landing point base.

The black mist that was spreading throughout the world was instantly reduced to nothingness by the flames.

South Pacific.

A colossal beast, growing to over 600 meters tall in a nutrient-rich environment, opened its eyes and emerged from the seabed.

As it emerged, countless black mists rose from the depths of the earth, and the clouds in the sky turned pitch black.

The entire Earth seemed to be draped in a black curtain, plunging into absolute darkness in that instant.

Sunlight cannot penetrate it.

Ordinary sunlight falling into the black fog not only transforms into electrical ions stored within the fog, increasing the energy contained within it and potentially causing greater damage.

As for the faint starlight and moonlight, they are even less likely to have any effect in this environment.

The range of light that can travel inside the Earth is extremely limited within the black fog; the light emitted by ordinary lamps disappears as soon as it appears.

In this absolute darkness, all surviving humans were plunged into despair.

Those humans who reached the depths of despair gained some inexplicable abilities. They could see in absolute darkness and sense the presence of their own kind. In their eyes, Gatanothor, in the absolute darkness, became incredibly tall, as if it were the only being in this world.

Those in despair saw in Gatanothor a way to merge with the great Gatanothor.

As a result, the world became bloody and chaotic.

The evil god Gatanothor has fully awakened!

Having just made its official debut, it has already demonstrated its capabilities with a significant commotion.

If it so desires, it can destroy the entire human civilization in three minutes!
Gatanothor's gaze fell upon the only source of light on Earth, where blazing white flames burned away the black mist, while golden light counteracted the darkness.

A beam of light shot out from its eye.

The temperature of the burning flames dropped slightly, and at the same time, the white flames that were invading the surrounding area seemed to freeze, confined to a single space.

Gatanothor's momentum actually increased as a result.

"A miniature spacetime boundary?"

Xu Feng instantly analyzed the effect of the beam of light.

The power of flames is isolated by isolating space and time, much like the controlled nuclear fusion achieved through magnetic confinement. Nuclear fusion has extremely high temperatures, but as long as it is not deactivated, the space itself can comfortably withstand those temperatures.

Furthermore, the boundless micro-space-time realms will disperse the energy of the flames, eventually diluting it to a level that Gatanothor can absorb, thus transforming it into its own energy.

This is an absolute defense; weaker flames simply cannot break through it and will only become food for Gatanothor.

Not only fire, but even powers of the light attribute will become food for Gatanothor.

This move can easily steal the energy of the Giant of Light!
Xu Feng smiled slightly: "However, this kind of flame can even ignite space itself!" In an instant.

The white flames confined within the spacetime boundary intensified once more, and the miniature spacetime boundary that Gatanothor had used to restrain these flames became fuel, instantly collapsing completely.

The flames continued to spread towards the area shrouded in black mist.

The two different types of energy cancel each other out, thus tearing a gap in the darkness that blankets the entire Earth.

With a thought, Xu Feng used the Ancient Blood to open a portal to time and space. White flames swiftly traversed the space-time continuum, transforming into specks of fire that spread across the Earth. In an instant, the temperature of the entire planet rose by several degrees.

With the help of the energy emitted by the sun, the black fog retreated steadily.

Than consumption?
Gatanothor is no match for him!
"Have you suppressed Gatanothor?" Shoko felt much better.

The mental stress caused by Gatanjah has decreased significantly.

"It hasn't fully awakened yet," Xu Feng said with a smile. "It's temporarily gained the upper hand due to its advantageous location, but it's hard to say what will happen once it's fully awakened. This thing's power is a bit too mystical."

"Hehe, let's just take it down cleanly, before it has a chance to unleash its full power," Xiangzi suggested with a smile.

Xu Feng shook his head: "It's difficult unless I can completely crush him. I probably can't crush Gatanothor right now."

Despite saying this, he did not stop his brutal attack in the slightest.

While the white flames were still burning, another giant golden hand descended from the sky, slamming towards the South Pacific Ocean.

Buddha's Palm!

Furthermore, this is the Buddha's Palm, empowered by the power of the sun.

If this palm strike were to be used directly, without even needing to land on Earth, the pressure generated during its movement would be enough to blow away most of Earth's atmosphere, and the heat generated during the friction between the giant energy palm and the atmosphere would be enough to ignite the vast majority of organic matter on Earth's surface.

If it were to fall intact onto Earth, it could easily flatten this not-so-large planet, and its power would be enough to send the remnants of the planet flying out of the solar system, becoming a rogue planet.

With meticulous control, the palm strike transcended space and instantly imprinted itself on Gatanothor's body.

The power within the Tathagata Palm is not a one-way strike, but rather, like a clenched fist, it is applied evenly throughout Gatanothor's entire body, compressing it to its limit under absolute force.

If it were ordinary matter, it would be able to reach the conditions for fusion under such pressure, and eventually its internal matter would transform into something like a neutron star.

But Gatanjee is no ordinary creature.

After enduring this attack, it inexplicably shrank and eventually vanished into nothingness.

It's not a transfer through time or space... If it can perform this kind of spatial teleportation without Xu Feng noticing at all, its spacetime power is enough to allow this monster to crush the East China Sea team, and its strength is definitely not just at this level.

But after the golden giant hand disappeared, it reappeared unharmed not far away.

To Xiangzi, who was watching the game, this was very strange.

She even had a fleeting thought that the East China Sea team might be trapped in this world.

But Xu Feng smiled.

"It is indeed a very magical ability. Gatanothor first transforms into energy, and then into information. As long as we cannot destroy that core information, we cannot kill Gatanothor. Theoretically speaking, whether it is the black mist, the ancient monsters, or those humans who have become monsters, they all carry Gatanothor's information. As long as those monsters still exist, Gatanothor is not completely dead and has a chance to be resurrected."

This monster's moves are indeed quite tricky.

It is extremely difficult to kill.

Simply overwhelming the monster with sheer numbers can only suppress it, not kill it. To defeat such a monster, you need a sufficiently deep attack and a high level of microscopic awareness to completely erase all information about it.

But once you figure out the principle behind this monster's move, you'll have a chance to win.

All that's needed now is to figure out how to break this tactic.

“If Gatanothor’s core is information… then how do we obtain its power?” Shoko couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.

She had originally thought she could get the greatest benefit from this world.

Now that she has obtained this information, she feels that she has overestimated herself.

“What we’ve always intended to hunt isn’t Gatanothor itself!” Xu Feng reminded him with a smile, “but rather the dream world created by Gijera, which makes monsters of Gatanothor’s level stronger. That’s the kind of world that’s suitable for activating the dark attribute genes of the Twin Goddesses, allowing them to achieve a unity of light and darkness.”

Xiangzi paused for a moment: "It seems so..."

She added somewhat dejectedly within the mental chains, "But in this situation, is there still a chance to intercept Gatanothor's food? That guy is practically 'smashing the pot' right now!"

In the end, the Great Demon King was too decisive, not giving this 'hero' a chance to develop at all, and launching a final battle as soon as there was a glimmer of hope.

If it weren't for the divine protection behind the 'hero,' this battle would have been a complete and utter defeat.

"It's not too late, and saving humanity in this world is the top priority."

Xu Feng said, "Since we can't kill Gatanothor for now, I'll attack the monster's wings first to weaken its power, and then try to wear it down little by little!"

Xu Feng said with a compassionate expression, "Next is the second move..."

Another palm strike emerged from the void.

This palm strike did not carry any physical force; it was entirely a mental attack.

"Spiritual martial arts?" Xiangzi's face lit up with joy.

This move was developed by her and Xu Feng together.

"I have suppressed the darkness. Now, I can focus on igniting hope among the humans of this world. As long as the humans of this world do not help Gatanothor, defeating it will be extremely easy," Xu Feng transmitted through the mental chains.

He pressed down with one palm, not using the power of the Tathagata Palm to erase the darkness in people's hearts, but simply suppressing it.

This makes it easier for Xiangzi to continue to grow stronger.

Xiangzi noticed that Gatanothor was in a panic; it extended countless tentacles and attacked the base.

With a single strike, half the energy was drained from the golden stupa atop the base… This defense, resembling a miniature world, could only withstand two full-force attacks from Gatanothor…

She couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Are you alright?"

Distracted by suppressing the darkness in people's hearts, Xu Feng was no longer able to fight at full strength.

Xu Feng said calmly, "I can handle this level with just one hand."

(End of this chapter)