Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 561 What a coincidence, I don't want to.

"It's...it's risen from the dead!"

[Imagine] It roared out, and its body immediately disintegrated into countless shards like lenses.

Sheng Tianwang swung his spear again, scattering the fragments into pieces, and at the same time, he reached out and struck the sky with his palm.

This palm strike caused the heavens and earth to tremble. The flat-topped mountain beneath Sheng Tianwang immediately developed numerous cracks, while countless lightning bolts appeared in the sky, weaving a giant net that shot upwards against the sky, bombarding the descending [Heavenly Wrath].

Lei Chi, however, moved three miles away with a thought.

His eyes flickered, and his expression seemed thoughtful.

At this moment, [Heavenly Wrath] let out a fierce roar, and more figures appeared from the purple clouds.

Its body is dragon-shaped, light blue all over, with dragon scales, claws and tail. If you don't look at the head and only look at the body, it is almost indistinguishable from the divine dragon in Earth mythology.

But it is not a physical body of flesh and blood, but an aggregate of energy.

The lightning net unleashed by Sheng Tianwang could not stop [Tian Nu] in the slightest. [Tian Nu] simply fell from the purple clouds, completely ignoring the lightning net and allowing itself to be attacked. The lightning that struck its body seemed to have no power and left no trace. Its body stretched out, estimated to be four or five hundred meters long, swimming and swirling, exuding a power similar to an artistic conception.

That power cannot affect the Thunder Pool, but if an ordinary person were to come here, they would probably be terrified.

It is a power that inspires fear in people involuntarily, just as the name "Heavenly Wrath" suggests. When mortals face it and are affected by its power, it is probably as if they are facing the true wrath of the heavens, such as boundless raging waves, thunder in the sky, landslides and earthquakes, and so on. They will act instinctively and uncontrollably!

With a roar, Sheng Tianwang was clearly trying to resist the influence of the [Heavenly Wrath]'s intent. His body rapidly expanded, growing to tens of feet tall in the blink of an eye. His armor shone brightly, radiating gold, making him look like a war god who could fight against heaven and earth. He bravely and fearlessly wielded his spear to attack [Heavenly Wrath].

[Heavenly Wrath] opened its mouth, and lightning shot out from it. Its six eyes emitted red light that was more than ten feet long. As it flew and roared, it was extremely terrifying.

Rumble rumble rumble...

A deafening sound rang out, like thunder clashing and crashing, as Sheng Tianwang and Tian Nu engaged in a head-on battle. The brilliance generated by their battle, like a rainbow or an aurora, instantly filled the sky and the earth.

The earth trembled, mountains collapsed, and all forms of energy were unleashed: lightning, gales, heat, magnetism...

The space itself seemed to crumble.

Lei Chi watched all this with a pleasant surprise in his heart.

His growth rate has accelerated!

"The battle between the Heavenly King and the Wrath of Heaven elucidates certain mysteries of the universe, and now that I have observed it, it has allowed me to grow!"

Lei Chi felt as if he were looking at a "cultivation manual," and the microcosm within his body operated on its own, simulating and deducing.

The quantum computer was also performing various analyses and calculations, constantly reporting changes in Sheng Tianwang's combat power, and it also detected the energy level of [Heavenly Wrath].

In short, the combat power of these two people has increased to over 100 million in a very short period of time, and is still increasing.

"Hurry up and leave!"

The divine will of the Victorious King transmitted again: "Remember my name, I am the Victorious King. Although I cannot overcome the wrath of Heaven, it cannot kill me either. Go find Eternal Sonic and tell him everything that happened here!"

Lei Chi ignored this completely, and to others, his behavior was nothing short of dumbfounded.

King Shengtian, not understanding what was going on with the Thunder Pool, transmitted his divine thoughts again: "Are you perhaps an idiot, unable to understand my words? I'm burning my life force to help you escape, and you're just standing there dumbfounded?"

"Huh?" Lei Chi replied via his augmented reality system, "Don't worry about the details, just focus on your battle!"

"You...you're running away!"

"No rush, I want to see how you fight. Good luck, I believe in you!"

"You think I'm a good candidate? I... thank you!"

King Sheng wished he could spit out a mouthful of blood!

What kind of oddball is this?

He made himself fight seriously?

Just watching the show from the sidelines?

Is there such a thing?

Does he have even the slightest awareness of being prey?

Did I make a mistake by betting on this?

What kind of nonsense is this?

In fact, King Shengtian possessed powerful perception abilities. He discovered the Thunder Pool and sensed that its power was immense, far surpassing that of all the star races, divine beings, and powerful creatures that had been tricked into coming here by [Imagination]. It was at least a realm lord-level existence.

Therefore, King Shengtian took a desperate gamble, risking his own feigned death to attack [Imagination] and [Heavenly Wrath], hoping that this unknown powerful figure could escape from this place, thus giving himself a sliver of hope to escape alive.

He only has this one chance.

He knew very well that after he made his move, [Heavenly Wrath] would suppress him again and would definitely keep him under control, never giving him a second chance to contact others. Then no one would know that he was here, and he would never be able to turn his life around. In the end, when his life energy was completely exhausted, he would definitely be devoured by [Heavenly Wrath] and become part of its body.

However, he never expected Lei Chi to behave this way.

At this moment, [Heavenly Wrath] had already entangled the hundred-zhang-tall Sheng Tianwang. Its body was exploding with electricity, mercilessly injecting various cosmic energies into Sheng Tianwang's body. The latter's face was ferocious, his movements were hindered, and he had completely fallen into a disadvantageous position, losing the power to fight back. His heart was filled with resentment and unwillingness, and finally he couldn't help but roar loudly in pain.

Splash splash splash...

At this moment, a large number of lens-like fragments converged towards the Thunder Pool and pieced themselves together, and the figure of [Imagination] re-condensed beside the Thunder Pool.

"You ambushed me!"

The speaker's tone was filled with anger: "True Greatsword General, Nuclear-Powered Sword Immortal, show yourself and attack the Resurrected King of Heaven!"

Two bangs.

The cards of 【True Greatsword God General】 and 【Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal】 exploded, and the two appeared. They launched an attack on Sheng Tianwang directly, but after only one attack, the two card characters retreated and stood on the left and right behind Lei Chi.

"Huh? Are they spying on me? To prevent me from escaping?"

Lei Chi thought it was interesting, but he remained calm and composed, still appearing completely dumbfounded.

[Imagine] At this moment, a message was transmitted to Lei Chi through the Star God Chains: "I didn't expect this guy to have been playing dead all along, but it's okay, don't be afraid, [Heavenly Wrath] will suppress him!"

"oh!"

Lei Chi gave a casual reply, but in his heart he thought it was a pity. Seeing that the battle between Sheng Tianwang and [Tian Nu] was already one-sided and would end soon, his observation would also come to an end, and his growth rate would definitely slow down as a result.

"Great unification, my good friend, come here!"

[Imagine] He beckoned Lei Chi over again, but Lei Chi did not move.

If we go past it, we might be falling into an ambush.

Although Lei Chi was confident that he could overcome both imagination and divine wrath with his own methods, he was not stupid and would not willingly offer his head to be beaten.

He remained standing there, pretending not to hear.

Soon, the tremors in the sky and on the earth stopped. Sheng Tianwang's body shrank, and Tian Nu also loosened its body. It swallowed Sheng Tianwang in one gulp, but the next moment, as if it had eaten something extremely unpalatable, it spat it out and even spat a few times.

The body of the Victorious King fell into the shattered earth, like a speck of dust.

Upon seeing this, Lei Chi couldn't help but shake his head.

Sheng Tianwang is very strong. During the battle just now, his peak combat power reached 9.9 million. However, Tiannu's peak combat power exceeded 15 billion. It is normal that Sheng Tianwang cannot defeat Tiannu.

However, Sheng Tianwang's body was clearly unusual. He was not actually dead at this moment. It seemed that he had entered a state of desolation on his own initiative. His combat power dropped to a minimum, but he was still alive.

"The battle is over just like that? Not quite enough, is it? If we want to continue observing the mysteries of the universe, perhaps I'll have to take action myself?"

As Lei Chi was pondering this, the [Heavenly Wrath] opposite him was too lazy to beat around the bush. Its six slanted eyes looked at Lei Chi, projecting a black light over a hundred meters long. Suddenly, it opened its mouth wide and charged towards Lei Chi.

With its enormous size, swallowing the Thunder Pool whole would be no problem at all.

"They really dare to make a move in broad daylight?"

Lei Chi had anticipated this. With a thought, he teleported a hundred miles away, took out the Star God Chains, and asked [Imagination], "So, my friend, you really tricked me into coming here to feed me to this monster?"

[Imagine] He followed, dropping the pretense, and said, "Good friend, how can you say that? I went through all that trouble to take you across the starry sky for your own good!"

"Yeah?"

"Yes! Heaven's Wrath possesses near-supreme divinity. If you assimilate with it, you will become a part of that supreme being. This is the path to immortality. You wouldn't be unwilling, would you?"

"What a coincidence! I really don't want to!"

Lei Chi smiled. Divine beings have no humanity, especially those like [Imagination] and [Heavenly Wrath]. They don't distinguish between good and evil and act according to their own logic. Therefore, Lei Chi understood that there was no need to reason with them, because it was simply impossible to reason with them.

"You don't want to?"

[Imagine] paused, and when [Heavenly Wrath] caught up, his voice continued from the Star God Chains: "You have no choice but to comply, my friend. I advise you to obediently assimilate with Heavenly Wrath."

"I refuse!" Lei Chi raised his fist, gestured towards [Imagination] and [Heavenly Wrath], and said, "Come and fight!"

The next moment, before [Heavenly Wrath] could launch an attack, [True Greatsword God General] and [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal] attacked Thunder Pool first.

These two were very peculiar life forms in Lei Chi's eyes, and their strength was also very powerful. However, their attack methods were predictable and could not provide Lei Chi with any insights into the mysteries of the universe. Lei Chi had no interest in getting entangled with them. With a thought, he moved a hundred miles away, then opened his mouth and spat out two small orbs of light.

The two small orbs of light rapidly grew larger, transforming into two majestic tigers!

"All things in the universe are nothing more than energy transformations! With the microcosm within me, I evolve a grand unification, and the Beast Tower descends!"

Lei Chi then reached out and pointed repeatedly, and the power of his cosmos erupted in the places he pointed, transforming into the Four Heavenly Kings, [Qiong Ha], [Sang Biao], [Xiong Ba], [Six Eyes], and so on.

He had created a forest of towers in a short time using only his own strength.

At this moment, [True Greatsword God General] and [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal] also caught up. Their eyes seemed to be only on Lei Chi. They arrogantly broke into the tower forest that Lei Chi had set up, and were immediately attacked by those beast towers.

These two will naturally retaliate.

Lei Chi watched quietly as the [True Greatsword God General] moved swiftly, wielding his sword with immense power at close range. Lei Chi saw him decapitate the seventh-tier [Qiong Ha] with a single strike, which also annihilated the wisp of will that Lei Chi had imbued within it. Before it could even release its super-energy ray, it dissipated into a mass of unconscious energy, just like vanishing into light in the system world.

The divine general swiftly dodged a few more times and beheaded a [Soul Beast].

"Truly a divine general, extraordinary indeed!"

Lei Chi sighed, greatly admiring the combat skills of the [True Greatsword God General]. He then looked at the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal], whose attack methods were much simpler, consisting of nothing more than unleashing sword energy.

However, the sword energy unleashed by the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal] has extremely strong penetrating power. It may seem ordinary, but it can destroy the Sixth-Order Beast Tower, including the Four Heavenly Kings, in a single strike.

The AI ​​issued a notification, warning Lei Chi to be wary of the nuclear explosion attack by the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal]. It had already detected that the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal] had extremely unstable energy fluctuations within its body, and there was a high probability that it possessed the ability to self-destruct. If it were to actually self-destruct, the power would be extremely strong, potentially even destroying a planet.

"Ding, collecting information, generating evaluation report... Based on simulation calculations, the [True Greatsword God General] possesses superb combat skills, is agile and swift, and excels in both offense and defense. Its actual combat power far surpasses that of the [Nuclear-Powered Sword Immortal]. The [Nuclear-Powered Sword Immortal]'s internal energy is unstable. If it self-destructs, it can perish together with ten [True Greatsword God Generals]. The former can be called a one-on-one king, while considering self-destruction, the latter can go toe-to-toe with any being of the same energy level."

Upon hearing the evaluation report from the Pioneer Light Brain, Lei Chi was even more fond of the [True Greatsword God General] and the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal], but unfortunately, they were now enemies and could not be recruited to his side.

"While both of you are undoubtedly exceptionally powerful, what would you do if I unleashed the power of the First Universe, forcing you to confront the universe directly?"

Lei Chi spoke softly, and then a chaotic scene appeared behind him. The chaotic scene immediately became clear, with stars scattered throughout, like a galaxy.

"Thunder Pool Universe, open!"

Lei Chi's expression hardened, and he suddenly projected the First Universe within his body.

The first universe contains 1600 stars, the first of which is Wuji Star, which has already undergone the creation of the world and transformed into a single world.

Lei Chi's fighting spirit soared, and his body rapidly grew larger. The illusory image of the universe hung behind him like a strange magic ring, and his power seemed to be unleashed at this moment.

With a loud bang.

Six more arms grew out from behind Lei Chi.

"Matter, energy, time, space, life, soul—all are under my control! Today, let me unleash the might of my unified divine body, manifest the form of the Wraith, come! Fight!"

Lei Chi roared, his voice seemingly capable of shattering the heavens.

(End of this chapter)