Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

[Understood, Master. Should we consider leveraging external forces?]

"Save it for last," Lin Yu said. "The True Lord's divine power is our trump card; we won't use it unless absolutely necessary. Let's test how far we can go with conventional methods first."

It's not that he doesn't want to leverage resources, but rather that there are time constraints on doing so.

After the True Lord's divine power descends, he only has ten minutes of peak condition, which must be used at the most critical moment.

Moreover, he had a premonition that this battle would not end within ten minutes.

One day later.

The Black Armor Legion reached a range of 5,000 kilometers from the divine body.

Looking out from the observation platform using the "Sky Eye," a black tide appeared in the void.

Four hundred and seventy thousand black-armored men formed a neat square formation and advanced toward the divine body at a completely uniform speed, like a huge, precise machine.

There was no sound, no shouts, only the faint clatter of armor plates colliding and the hum of energy propulsion.

At the forefront of the black tide, seven legendary black-armored figures spread out in a fan shape, like seven sharp knives.

At the very heart of the tide, a three-meter-tall, pitch-black figure floated motionless on a platform made of black energy, like a statue.

Lin Yu looked at the black tide with a calm expression.

"All artillery positions, target the three foremost squares, maximum range, fire."

Ten thousand new-type artillery emplacements fired simultaneously.

The dark golden energy blasts, trailing long plumes of flame, streaked across the void like ten thousand meteors, crashing into the vanguard of the black-armored legion.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!"

A series of explosions lit up the void, illuminating a large area with a dark golden light.

The thousands of black-armored warriors in the vanguard were engulfed by the explosion. When the light faded, Lin Yu saw that about a third of the black-armored warriors were blown to pieces, a third were injured, and the remaining third were unharmed.

They didn't even stop.

The wounded black-armored warriors continued forward, their shattered fragments being picked up by their comrades in the rear, just as the Red Demon had said; they were recycling the wreckage.

"Continue firing."

The gun emplacements began a sustained bombardment.

Wave after wave of dark golden energy blasts crashed into the black-armored legion, each wave taking away thousands of black-armored warriors. But the total number of 470,000 was too many, and this loss was less than five percent.

When the Black Armor Legion advanced to a thousand kilometers, seven legendary Black Armor warriors made their move.

They broke free of the formation and rushed towards the divine body at incredible speed. The auras of seven legendary figures were released simultaneously, like seven mountains pressing down.

"Legendary units, engage!" Lin Yu ordered.

【clear!】

Of the eighteen legendary Zerg, twelve went to meet them.

A fierce battle erupted in the void in an instant.

The legendary collision caused the space to tremble, and the energy aftershocks spread outwards like a storm.

The Emperor of the Underworld faced off against a legendary high-ranking black-armored figure. Dark golden death energy and pitch-black system energy collided and annihilated in the void.

Dracula and Po Jun joined forces to fight another legendary high-ranking opponent. The power of the Blood Abyss and the source energy intertwined, and they temporarily reached a stalemate.

On the Lord of the Ash Locusts' side, dark golden beams of light relentlessly bombarded a mid-level legendary black-armored man, pinning him down so he couldn't lift his head. However, the black-armored man's defenses were extremely sturdy, and his regenerative abilities were astonishing; the wounds inflicted by the beams healed within seconds.

"Release the interference insects."

At Lin Yu's command, the five million interference insects lying in ambush in the first defensive zone simultaneously released energy pulses.

A pulse wave of a special frequency swept across the battlefield, causing the movements of the seven legendary black-armored men to pause simultaneously, and their system energy experienced a brief disruption.

Ten million armor-piercing ants simultaneously fired high-energy particle rays, and ten million tiny red beams converged into a thick pillar of light, slamming into the chest of the legendary mid-level black-armored man.

The armor plates of the black-armored man began to melt and crack under the continuous bombardment of particle rays.

It tried to retreat, but the dark golden beam of the Lord of the Ash Locusts held it firmly in place.

"Sizzle—click!"

The armor plates shattered, and particle beams pierced through the black-armored man's chest, striking its dark red core.

The core cracked.

The body of the mid-level legendary black-armored man froze, and then, like the previous peak legendary man, it began to crack, shatter, and dissipate from his chest.

The first legendary black-armored man was killed.

The combination of the Interference Bug and the Armor-Piercing Ant can pose a threat to the Legendary Black Armor Man.

But before he could even rejoice, the three-meter-tall figure at the core of the black-armored legion moved.

It raised its head.

A flash of white light appeared through the vertical crack in the mask.

The next second, a jet-black beam of light shot out from the crack in its mask, with a diameter of over one kilometer, heading straight for the divine body.

It wasn't aimed at Zerg units, nor at turrets, but directly at the Divine Body itself.

The Rock Mother Nest let out a hiss, and the biomass concrete barrier on its back instantly expanded to its maximum, blocking the path of the black beam of light.

"boom--!!!"

A black beam of light struck the barrier.

The barrier of the Rock Mother Nest, which could withstand a full-force attack from a mid-level legendary being, was as fragile as paper in front of the black beam of light, lasting less than two seconds before being breached.

The remaining force of the beam of light struck the crystalline shell of the divine body.

"Snap—!"

A massive crack, over three kilometers in diameter, appeared on the crystalline shell, sending dark golden fragments flying in all directions.

The beam of light pierced into the divine body, blasting a crater several kilometers in diameter into the creep, annihilating tens of thousands of Zerg units.

Lin Yu's face darkened completely.

This attack was more than three times stronger than the strongest attack from that legendary peak black-armored man.

Demigod.

This guy is at least a demigod.

After the black beam of light struck, the three-meter-tall black-armored leader did not continue its attack.

It lowered its head, and a white light flashed again through the crack in its mask, and then—

It moved.

It wasn't a spatial flicker, but pure speed. Its body transformed into a black streak of light, rushing straight towards the divine body.

The speed was so fast that even Lin Yu's Heavenly Eye could only catch a fleeting afterimage.

"Stop it!"

Six legendary Zerg warriors rushed forward simultaneously—the Lord of the Ember Locusts, the Blood Scythe Mantis King, and the Four-Headed Thunder Beetle King abandoned their respective opponents and joined forces to intercept the Black Armor Leader.

Six legendary attacks struck simultaneously.

The black-armored leader did not dodge.

The six attacks struck it as if they were hitting a piece of ancient, cold iron. The beam of light from the Lord of the Ember Locusts was deflected, the forelimbs of the Blood Scythe Mantis King's scythe broke open, and the source energy lightning of the four Thunder Beetle Kings didn't even leave a trace on its body.

It didn't even slow down.

The leader in black armor threw a punch.

A jet-black, arc-shaped shockwave swept across, sending six legendary Zerg flying as if hit by a train.

The Lord of the Ember Locusts had half of its wings torn off, the Blood Scythe Mantis King's scythe-like forelimbs were broken, and the carapaces of the four Thunder Beetle Kings were completely shattered.

Lin Yu gripped the Demon-Slaying Sword tightly.

The black-armored leader flew through the Zerg's defenses toward Lin Yu's location.

Its mask was facing Lin Yu, and the white light in the crack flickered uncertainly.

[Anomaly detected, threat level: extremely high. Action: Prioritize elimination.]

The information flow was the same as that of the legendary peak black-armored man before, but this time, Lin Yu sensed a slight... difference from that cold will.

In the black-armored leader's will, besides the mechanical execution of commands, there was also a very faint emotion, like "curiosity".

It is not entirely a machine.

Lin Yu didn't have time to think it through.

The black-armored leader was already a hundred meters away from him, and threw a punch.

The pressure of the pitch-black fist distorted the very space around it.

Lin Yu did not take the hit head-on.

He activated his spatial teleportation, appearing behind the black-armored leader, and thrust his demon-slaying sword toward its back.

"clang--!"

The sword tip pierced the armor plate as if it had struck an invisible wall.

A layer of jet-black energy membrane appeared on the surface of the black-armored leader's armor plates. The Demon-Slaying Sword pierced it, but didn't even leave a white mark.

Its defense is more than one level stronger than that of the legendary peak black-armored man.

The black-armored leader turned around and grabbed with his backhand. Five jet-black fingers, carrying the power to tear through space, reached for Lin Yu's head.

Lin Yu dodged again, but the black-armored leader seemed to have anticipated his landing point, and his other hand was already waiting there.

"Bang--!"

Lin Yu raised his sword to parry, but was sent flying, tumbling hundreds of meters across the crystalline armor before coming to a stop. His arms were numb, his tiger's mouth was split open, and blood flowed down the hilt of his sword.

Very competitive.

They are not even in the same league as the opponent.

Just as Lin Yu steadied himself, the black-armored leader arrived again.

Its attacks were relentless, each punch and palm strike precisely blocking Lin Yu's evasive maneuvers, forcing him to take the blows head-on.

"Clang clang clang clang—!"

The Demon-Slaying Sword blocked four times in a row, and a crack appeared in Lin Yu's arm bone during the fourth block.

His body carved two deep furrows into the crystalline carapace, and his feet sparked as they ground against it.

The fifth punch.

Lin Yu did not block, but instead activated his divine power, materializing himself and allowing the attack to penetrate his body.

The black-armored leader's fist passed through Lin Yu's right shoulder.

But the moment the fist passed through, the pitch-black energy suddenly changed; it was no longer a physical attack, but rather a force that directly attacked the very existence of itself.

Even in his divinely materialized state, Lin Yu's right shoulder was still ripped off, with blood splattering everywhere.

Kamui is ineffective against it.

Or rather, it can sense the essence of Lin Yu's existence in his illusory state and directly attack "existence" itself.

Lin Yu gritted his teeth and retreated, putting distance between himself and the black-armored leader.

His third eye was operating frantically during the battle, analyzing every move and energy flow of the black-armored leader.

Then he discovered a problem.

The jet-black energy emanating from the black-armored leader was remarkably similar to the dark power of the Void Serpent.

They are not the same species, but they share the same origin.

The Void Serpent feeds on the world and is an ancient being from the deepest part of the Void.

The Black Armor Leader is the system's cleaner, but his power originates from the same source as the Void Serpent.

What does this mean?

Lin Yu didn't know, but he didn't have time to think about it.

The black-armored leader charged again.

This time, Lin Yu did not dodge.

He poured his source energy into the Demon-Slaying Sword and simultaneously activated the Samadhi True Fire.

Dark golden source energy and dark golden flames intertwined on the sword, and his eyes turned dark gold, with his Heavenly Eye and Sharingan activated to their maximum potential.

"The True Technique of Demon Slaying - First Form: Dispelling Evil!"

He went to meet him.

Golden sword energy and jet-black fist imprints collided in the void.

"boom--!!!"

This collision was more violent than any of the previous ones.

Golden and jet-black energies clashed violently between the two, and the resulting shockwave leveled everything within a hundred kilometers.

Lin Yu's feet slid two deep grooves into the crystalline shell, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

The black-armored leader took three steps back—it was the first time it had been repelled.

Although it only takes three steps, this proves that the Demon-Slaying Technique is effective against it.

The black-armored leader looked down at the armor plate on his fist, where there was a shallow sword mark that was slowly healing.

It raised its head, and the white light from the crack in the mask brightened a bit.

[The anomalous entity possesses the ability to counteract system energy. Threat level increased. Execution: Full-scale elimination.]

Its aura began to surge.

Dark energy surged from its body, condensing behind it into a huge black phantom, which was a humanoid shape exactly like it, but hundreds of meters tall, with blurred features, and only two white beams of light shooting out from where the eyes were.

The power of a demigod is fully unleashed.

Lin Yu stared at the hundred-meter-tall black phantom and gripped the Demon-Slaying Sword tightly.

He knew that conventional methods were no longer sufficient.

"Queen Insect."

【exist!】

"Withdraw all legendary units back to the surface of the divine body, consolidate the defensive line, and turn all turrets towards that guy. Don't be stingy with energy."

【clear!】

"Also," Lin Yu took a deep breath, "notify Tangtang to go to the Divine Core area. If Qingyuan can mobilize the power of the Divine Core, have her prepare."

【Yes. 】

Lin Yu closed his eyes.

He planted the Demon-Slaying Sword into the crystal armor in front of him and clasped his hands together.

Inside the apartment, the third prince in the Nezha Conquers the Dragon King portrait sensed his will, and fiery red light surged from the portrait, descending across space.

"The True Spirit Borrows Power—Third Prince!"

A crimson-gold flame exploded from Lin Yu's body, and the Samadhi True Fire surged along his meridians, enveloping his entire body in a crimson-gold fireball.

His hair stood on end in the flames, a flame pattern appeared on his forehead, and his eyes turned a burning crimson gold.

Behind him, the phantom of the Hun Tian Ling wrapped around him, the Wind and Fire Wheels hovered and spun beneath his feet, and the Demon-Slaying Sword was enveloped in crimson-gold flames, transforming into the phantom of a fire-tipped spear.

The three-headed, eight-armed Dharma form condensed behind him, with six arms clearly emerging, each holding a different weapon phantom—the Fire-Tipped Spear, the Universe Ring, the Chaos Ribbon, the Demon-Slaying Sword, the Samadhi True Fire Palm, and an empty hand slightly clenched into a fist.

Lin Yu could feel the power within his body surging. The source energy and the Samadhi True Fire intertwined, and with each breath, crimson-gold sparks spewed from his mouth and nose.

His aura rose steadily from the mid-level of legendary.

The black-armored leader stopped in his tracks.

The white light from the crack in its mask flickered a few times, as if it were reassessing Lin Yu's threat level.

[An abnormal individual's energy level has increased. An unknown force has been detected intervening.]

Threat Level: Extremely High. Action: Eliminate with full force.

A hundred-meter-tall black phantom roared silently, its pitch-black energy transforming into countless spears that rained down on Lin Yu.

The three-headed, eight-armed Dharma image behind Lin Yu moved.

With all six arms waving simultaneously, the illusory image of the Hun Tian Ling (a magical ribbon) was flung out, and crimson-gold flames wove a large net in the void, trapping all the black spears.

The Samadhi Fire spread upwards along the spear, the black energy sizzling in the flames before being burned away completely.

Lin Yu spun his Wind and Fire Wheels, transforming himself into a streak of crimson-gold light as he charged straight at the black-armored leader.

The illusory image of the Fire-Tipped Spear pierced out, the Samadhi True Fire on the spear tip condensed into a single point, the temperature so high that the surrounding space was distorted.

The leader in black armor raised his hand to block.

"clang--!!"

The spear tip collided with the pitch-black energy membrane, and the crimson-gold flames and pitch-black energy were violently annihilated at the point of contact. The resulting shockwave sent both of them flying back hundreds of meters.

A charred mark appeared on the palm of the black-armored leader.

Samadhi Fire is effective against it.

Lin Yu didn't give it a chance to catch its breath.

The Wind and Fire Wheels spun again, his figure leaving a crimson-gold afterimage in the void as he circled around to the side of the black-armored leader, sweeping his Fire-Tipped Spear horizontally.

The black-armored leader dodged to the side, and at the same time threw a backhand punch at Lin Yu's head.

Without raising his head, Lin Yu raised one hand of the Dharma Image behind him, and the illusory image of the Qiankun Ring flew out and smashed into the fist of the black-armored leader.

"Bang--!"

The Universe Ring was deflected, and the black-armored leader's fist was also deflected.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Yu flicked his Fire-Tipped Spear upwards, the tip of which grazed the black-armored leader's chin, leaving a reddish-gold burn mark on the armor plate.

The black-armored leader took two steps back, the white light shining blindingly from the crack in his mask.

The hundred-meter-long shadow behind it moved.

The phantom raised a giant hand, and a ball of pitch-black energy, over a hundred meters in diameter, condensed in its palm, and slammed down towards Lin Yu.

Lin Yu looked up.

He did not dodge; the six arms of the three-headed, eight-armed Dharma form rose simultaneously, and all the power converged on the fire-tipped spear.

"Samadhi True Fire—Burning the Heavens!"

Crimson-gold flames erupted from the tip of the spear, transforming into a fire dragon tens of meters long, which met the black energy ball.

The fire dragon and the energy ball collided in the void.

The crimson gold and jet black lights flashed alternately, and the energy aftershocks spread outwards like a tsunami.

The crystalline armor on the surface of the divine body developed numerous cracks in the aftershocks, and several cannons were shattered.

Three seconds later, the fire dragon pierced through the black energy ball.

Although most of the flames were consumed, the remaining Samadhi Fire still burned on the palm of the hundred-meter-tall phantom.

A large hole was burned into the phantom's palm, and pitch-black energy continued to evaporate in the flames.

The black-armored leader swayed slightly.

The phantom and it are one; if the phantom is injured, it is also affected.

Lin Yu seized the opportunity, his Wind and Fire Wheels spinning at full speed, his entire body like a crimson-gold meteor, crashing into the chest of the black-armored leader.

The fire-tipped spear was aimed directly at the core beneath its breastplate.

The black-armored leader crossed his arms in front of his chest, and the jet-black energy membrane thickened to its maximum.

"puff--"

The spear tip pierced the energy membrane, and the Samadhi True Fire burned wildly along the spear tip, melting the energy membrane like wax.

But the spear tip stopped after penetrating three inches. The black-armored leader's core was enveloped in layers of energy, making him more than ten times stronger than the previous legendary peak black-armored man.

The moment Lin Yu thrust in, the black-armored leader clenched his hands together and grabbed the shaft of the Fire-Tipped Spear.

The pitch-black energy spread upwards along the gun barrel, attempting to corrode Lin Yu's arm.

The Samadhi True Fire automatically retaliated, with the crimson-gold flames burning back along the gun barrel, the two energies tug-of-war on the gun barrel.

Lin Yu and the leader of the black-armored group were locked in a struggle across a spear.

He could sense that the black-armored leader's power was greater than his own.

The pitch-black energy pressed down relentlessly, and the defenses of the Samadhi True Fire slowly retreated.

"King of the Underworld!" Lin Yu roared.

"They're here!"

A deep, hoarse voice came from the side.

The figure of the Netherworld Emperor emerged from the void. It was no longer in its previous semi-transparent soul form. After absorbing a large amount of death energy and divine essence, its body became much more solid. Patterns of death power flowed on its dark golden bone armor, and the soul fire in its eye sockets was several times brighter than before.

It held a giant scythe made of pure death energy, the blade gleaming with a dark golden light.

"Stop pretending, get on the attack." Lin Yu gritted his teeth, gripping the Fire-Tipped Spear tightly with both hands, and wrestled with the Black-Armored Leader.

The King of the Underworld said no more. Its body flashed in the void and appeared to the side and rear of the black-armored leader.

The giant scythe was raised high, the power of death concentrated to its extreme on the blade, and then it was brought down fiercely.

"Death—Harvest!"

The dark golden scythe, carrying the power to tear through space, slashed at the black-armored leader's side.

"Clang—Snap!"

The armor plate shattered.

The Emperor of the Underworld cleaved through three layers of armor on the black-armored leader's waist with his scythe, the blade cutting in half an inch.

Although its core was not damaged, the black-armored leader's body visibly stiffened, and the power of death spread along the wound, interfering with the energy flow within its body.

That was it.

Lin Yu felt the resistance in front of the spear tip lessen for a moment.

He exerted his strength suddenly, and the Samadhi True Fire erupted at the tip of the spear.

"Get in there!"

The fire-tipped spear pierced two inches deeper.

The tip of the gun had already touched the last layer of energy membrane on the outermost layer of the core.

The black-armored leader let out a low roar, abruptly releasing its grip on the gun barrel and simultaneously slamming both fists into Lin Yu's chest.

Lin Yu didn't have time to put his gun away.

The two hands of the Dharma image behind him rose simultaneously. One hand used the Hun Tian Ling to wrap around the black-armored leader's fists, while the other hand condensed the Samadhi True Fire Palm Print and struck out.

"Bang--!"

The Hun Tian Ling was shattered by the two fists, and the Samadhi True Fire Palm Print was also blasted away.

The black-armored leader's fists continued their momentum, slamming heavily into Lin Yu's chest.

"Click—"

Lin Yu's chest caved in, and his body flew out like a cannonball. The Fire-Tipped Spear was pulled out of the black-armored leader's chest, leaving behind a trail of black energy fragments.

Lin Yu tumbled for over a thousand meters in the void before regaining his balance, with crimson-gold blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

The Third Prince's divine power was rapidly healing his injuries.

"Lin Yu!" came the voice of the Netherworld Emperor, tinged with anxiety.

"It's nothing." Lin Yu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

The King of the Underworld floated to Lin Yu's side, his giant scythe held horizontally in front of him. "Its core is harder than you imagined; your spear is only slightly inferior."

"I know, keep fighting." Lin Yu stretched his body; his broken bones had been set by divine power.

Lin Yu looked up.

The hundred-meter-tall black phantom had indeed recovered; the burned-through hand had reformed and was even larger than before.

Two white beams of light shot from the phantom's eyes, locking onto Lin Yu and the Netherworld Emperor.

"It's quite clever." Lin Yu frowned. "We just hit it with a combo, and it's adjusting its defense."

The King of the Underworld spat: "What to do? Fight head-on or try a different approach?"

Lin Yu did not answer immediately.

His third eye never stopped during the battle, recording every movement and energy flow of the black-armored leader.