I can receive unlimited protection; my parents handed me over to the state.

Like a death forest made of tentacles, it swept over the eleven people who had just arrived! The terrifying, world-destroying force made Gu Tianye and the others, who had been so imposing just moments before, turn pale instantly!

They finally understood why even Elder Su, Tang Long, and Yan Ji were helpless against this [Abyssal Moss]! Within this domain, the infected "Ice Blade" was likely already incredibly close to a true S-rank! And even with the aid of divine artifacts, they were ultimately just a group of "students" with an average level below 50. This was simply an insurmountable battle!

"It's over..." Chi Lian stared at the overwhelming forest of tentacles, her face drained of all color. She felt that the little hope and fighting spirit she had just ignited had been extinguished in an instant by the absolute difference in strength.

However, at this critical moment when despair once again loomed, a calm voice, seemingly devoid of any emotion, slowly rang in their ears: "Oh? Is that so? The power of a god? Perfect. I also want to try whether my mortal 'creation' can... kill a god."

As the words fell, a figure, not particularly tall but incredibly upright, slowly emerged from behind the eleven people. He stood in mid-air, his black forging robes fluttering even without wind, and his eyes, which always carried a hint of laziness, now burned with golden flames more dazzling than the stars!

Behind him, the enormous, silver-white Pangu slowly unfolded its thirty-six "Creation Mechanical Arms," ​​like an ancient demon god about to unleash divine punishment!

When Lu Yuan's calm and indifferent voice rang out on the battlefield, everyone's eyes instinctively focused on him. Gu Tianye, Xiang Batian, Mu Bingli... these proud young men who had just felt a touch of despair due to the enemy's strength, instantly felt their wavering hearts settle when they saw that familiar figure appear. It was as if, as long as this young man stood here, they would be fearless no matter how terrifying the enemy.

"Master Lu!" "Master Lu!" They all bowed to Lu Yuan, their eyes filled with fervent reverence.

Meanwhile, Liu Wuhen, Chi Lian, and Wu Gu, the three newcomers, stared blankly at the young man standing in mid-air, seemingly one with the massive machine behind him. Their minds were completely blank; they never dreamed that this legendary "Master Craftsman" would also come with them to this battlefield where survival was a matter of life and death! And judging from his posture, he seemed prepared to personally intervene? A blacksmith going to the battlefield? Was this some kind of joke?

"Oh? Another one sent to die?" At the top of the mountain of flesh, "Ice Blade" looked at the seemingly frail boy who had suddenly appeared, his purplish-black eyes filled with disdain and mockery. "Or are you the 'god' of this bunch of trash? Perfect, let my lord taste the flavor of 'god' too."

With a sinister grin, he waved his hand, and half of the overwhelming purplish-black fleshy tentacles split off, like countless giant pythons that had smelled blood, and frantically bit at Lu Yuan in mid-air!

Faced with this terrifying attack, powerful enough to kill any A-rank Star Envoy on the spot, Lu Yuan didn't even lift an eyelid. He simply said, "[Pangu]".

"Yes, Master." A cold, emotionless, mechanical synthesized voice rang in Lu Yuan's mind.

"Scan the target and locate the spatial coordinates of its energy core and spiritual origin."

"Scanning begins..."

"Drip... drip... drip..."

On the silver-white sphere of Pangu, countless light blue data streams flashed wildly. The central main detector shot out a high-dimensional detection beam invisible to the naked eye, instantly penetrating layers of fleshy tentacles, piercing through the huge "mountain of flesh," and locking onto the body of "Ice Blade" that was completely eroded by abyssal energy!

[Target successfully locked!]

[Core energy coordinates: 3.72 cm below the third rib in the thoracic cavity.]

[The coordinates of the spiritual origin: Inside the pineal gland of the brain, there exists a spiritual singularity connected to the will of the abyss.]

Analysis complete.

"Very good." Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction, then slowly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers lightly at the countless fleshy tentacles that were now almost within reach. "Then, the surgery begins."

As he finished speaking, the thirty-six "Genesis Mechanical Arms" of Pangu behind him moved simultaneously!

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

The laser cutters at the ends of the eighteen robotic arms were instantly activated. Eighteen white lasers, thinner than a hair yet sharp enough to cut through space, shot out like a most magnificent rain of death towards the overwhelming forest of tentacles!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

There was no violent explosion, no astonishing sound, only a series of crisp, rapid sounds, as if cutting tofu! Countless incredibly tough flesh tentacles, which even B-grade weapons could hardly sever, were instantly sliced ​​into billions of pieces like the most fragile noodles before the eighteen nano-level laser cutting blades! Purplish-black blood rained down from the sky like a storm, a bloody scene that was both gruesome and filled with extreme violent aesthetics!

"Wh...what?!" The "Ice Blade" atop the mountain of flesh stared wide-eyed at the unbelievable scene before him. He never dreamed that his prized tentacle attack would be so easily countered!

However, this was just the beginning! While he was still in shock that the attack had been broken, the other eighteen robotic arms were already ready!

The "spatial stabilizing anchors" at the ends of the nine mechanical arms were activated instantly, and nine invisible spatial forces formed an inescapable spatial cage, instantly imprisoning the "ice blade" and the "mountain of flesh" beneath his feet in place!

And finally, the "high-precision energy scalpels" at the ends of the last nine robotic arms lit up with a chilling, eerie blue light!

"Found you." Lu Yuan looked at "Ice Blade," who was trapped in place with a face full of shock and confusion, and a cold smile appeared on his lips. "First step, cut off the energy core."

With a thought, three dark blue energy scalpels vanished from their original spot and reappeared without warning in front of "Ice Blade's" chest. Then, with speeds exceeding the limits of human reaction and precision down to the nanometer level, they carved an incredibly precise triangular incision into the tough chest covered by the fungal carpet, and dug it out, forcefully removing the purplish-black core that was still providing him with immense abyssal energy!

The whole process was smooth and seamless, so fast that even "Ice Blade" itself didn't have time to react!

"Ah—!!" The moment the energy core was ripped out, a heart-wrenching pain spread throughout his body. He let out a painful roar, and the "mountain of flesh" beneath his feet began to shrink and collapse violently due to the loss of energy supply!

"The second step is to eliminate mental pollution." Lu Yuan ignored his screams, his voice remaining cold and calm.

The other six energy scalpels also moved, appearing around "Ice Blade's" head in a teleportation-like manner. Following the trajectory that Lu Yuan had already calculated, they precisely pierced into his brain, beginning the most meticulous peeling and excision of the "mental singularity" connected to the "Will of the Abyss"!

This is no longer a battle; it is a high-tech surgical operation conducted on the battlefield, transcending space and dimensions—a soul surgery personally performed by the "Master Craftsman"!

Gu Tianye, Xiang Batian, Liu Wuhen, Chi Lian, and others in the distance stared in disbelief at the miraculous scene before them, their minds completely blank. They couldn't describe their feelings at that moment; they only knew that all their previous understanding of the "divine craftsman" had been utterly overturned.

It turns out that when a blacksmith becomes extremely powerful, he can even treat the battlefield as his operating table and his enemies as his experimental subjects, dissecting, manipulating, and controlling everything in the most elegant yet cruel way!

"Aaaaaaahh ...

Iceblade's face, twisted beyond recognition by abyssal energy, was etched with extreme pain and terror. He felt as if his brain was being repeatedly pierced and churned by countless red-hot probes; the excruciating pain, directly affecting the very essence of his soul, was a thousand times more terrifying than any physical injury!

He wanted to resist and struggle, but his powerful body, barely reaching S-rank, was completely immobilized by the nine "spatial anchors" of [Pangu]. He could only watch helplessly as six energy scalpels, shimmering with a ghostly blue light, performed a terrifyingly precise "brain surgery" inside his brain.

"Found it." Lu Yuan's voice was cold and calm, like that of a seasoned surgeon. "Mental singularity, begin the removal process."

With a thought, the tips of the six energy scalpels instantly burst forth with dazzling energy light, like six most skillful surgical forceps, carefully peeling away bit by bit from the origin of his soul the "spiritual singularity" that was deeply fused with the "Ice Blade" pineal gland and resembled a purplish-black tumor.

This process was extremely dangerous; the slightest mistake could cause "Ice Blade's" soul to collapse on the spot, turning it into a mindless vegetable. However, under Lu Yuan's supercomputer-like precision calculations and [Pangu]'s nanometer-level micro-control, everything proceeded smoothly.

"Stripping completion rate 30%..."

"Stripping completion rate 60%..."

"Stripping completion rate 99%..."

"Pfft—" A very faint sound, like a bubble bursting, rang out, and the purplish-black "spiritual singularity" was finally completely peeled off from the soul essence of "Ice Blade"!

The instant it was stripped away, a pure abyssal will filled with madness and chaos erupted from the "singularity," trying to escape!

"Trying to run?" Lu Yuan sneered. The "energy sealers" at the ends of the other nine mechanical arms that were already waiting nearby were instantly activated. A large energy net composed of countless golden runes appeared out of thin air, instantly wrapping the "spiritual singularity" tightly. Then it was quickly compressed and sealed, eventually turning into a purplish-black crystal the size of a fingernail, which quietly floated in mid-air.

"Done." Lu Yuan let out a long sigh of relief, controlling [Pangu] to retract all its mechanical arms and also releasing the spatial confinement of "Ice Blade". After doing all this, his face turned somewhat pale - simultaneously controlling [Pangu] to perform such a high-precision "cross-space remote surgery" had greatly depleted his mental energy.

At this moment, "Ice Blade," having lost its "energy core" and "spiritual singularity," began to wither and decay rapidly at a visible speed as its body was eroded by abyssal energy. The massive "mountain of flesh" beneath its feet also completely collapsed and disintegrated, turning into a pool of foul-smelling, purplish-black pus.

"Ice Blade's" inhuman body plummeted helplessly from mid-air, crashing heavily to the ground. His purplish-black eyes, which had been filled with madness and chaos, gradually regained a sliver of clarity. He looked at the boy who was looking down on everything in mid-air like a god, his lips twitching slightly as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't utter a single word. He simply closed his eyes slowly, completely losing all traces of life.

He died. A terrifying being who was halfway to S-rank was thus "surgeoned" to death by Lu Yuan in a way that was almost like "death by a thousand cuts".

In the distance, Gu Tianye, Xiang Batian, Liu Wuhen, Chi Lian… all stared in stunned silence at this astonishing scene, their minds completely blank. They only knew that from this day forward, the title "Divine Craftsman" would no longer represent merely supreme creative power in their hearts, but also an absolute control and destruction that sent shivers down their spines!

However, just when everyone thought the terrifying crisis was over, another unexpected event occurred!

The purplish-black Abyssal Moss covering the entire ice field, instead of withering after losing the "Ice Blade" as its "core," began to writhe and coalesce at an even more frenzied pace! In just a few seconds, it coalesced into an enormous, bizarre woman's face in the center of the battlefield, covering an area of ​​several kilometers in radius!

The face was beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful, yet also repulsively evil. Her enormous eyes, composed of pure abyssal energy, slowly opened, calmly gazing at Lu Yuan in mid-air. Then, a woman's voice, filled with endless allure and an ancient aura, resounded directly in everyone's minds: "Interesting... little fellow. You actually managed to destroy a 'subsidiary' I painstakingly cultivated. Your soul smells very special, more 'delicious' than any 'god' I've ever devoured."

The voice possessed an indescribable magic, stirring an irresistible urge in everyone who heard it—a desire to worship and offer everything to her! Even Gu Tianye and Xiang Batian, whose willpower was the strongest, began to have their eyes become unfocused.

"Psychic charm?" Lu Yuan frowned. The [Pangu] behind him instantly released an invisible mental protective field, enveloping himself and Gu Tianye and the others below. The alluring demonic sound was instantly blocked. Gu Tianye and the others woke up as if from a dream, their faces turning pale with lingering fear—they had almost fallen for the spell!

"Oh? You actually managed to withstand my 'whisper'?" The enormous human face looked at Lu Yuan, seemingly somewhat surprised. "It seems you do indeed have many secrets. Little one, I'm becoming more and more interested in you."

"I am the mother of the Abyssal Moss, you can call me 'Gaia'." The enormous face revealed a smile powerful enough to make all things in the world tremble. "Now, I give you a choice. Either become a part of me, merge with me, and share this eternal evolution; or..."

Her voice suddenly turned icy, filled with unquestionable authority: "Just like this barren world, you will be completely devoured and digested by me, becoming new fertilizer in my garden."