Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 562 Subduing Two Divine Creatures

In mid-air, Lei Chi manifested as the human form of [Sang Biao], and his body entered a multi-dimensional, super-physical form.

This is the manifestation of the Thunder Pool Universe.

It can almost be said that the image of Leichi that outsiders see at this moment is the cosmic barrier of the Leichi universe.

Boom boom boom boom boom...

Lightning bolts kept appearing in the void surrounding the Thunder Pool; it was not the power of the Thunder Pool, but the power of the current starry universe.

It seems that the vast starry universe sensed the manifestation of the Thunder Pool Universe and issued a warning with thunder.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Lei Chi laughed loudly. He was already a hundred feet tall and his aura was overwhelming. After laughing, he turned to the side and reached out with his four arms.

Rumble rumble rumble...

Those four arms, like four cosmic dragons, caused thunder to roar and numerous spacetime rifts to appear wherever they passed. An invisible force, covering several miles, swept towards the [True Greatsword God General] and the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal] like a giant wave.

[True Greatsword God General] instantly unleashed a sharp blade light over a hundred meters wide, striking one of Lei Chi's palms. However, the blade light shattered like glass when it was struck by Lei Chi's palm, while Lei Chi's palm remained undamaged and its speed did not decrease in the slightest.

"Woohoo!"

[True Greatsword God General] roared, twirled his sword, and suddenly vanished into thin air.

He used the technique of escaping into the air, instantly fleeing several miles away.

The Nuclear-Powered Sword Immortal was also attacking Lei Chi's palm. His attack speed was faster, and he unleashed more nuclear-powered sword energy. However, all those sword energies that struck Lei Chi's palm were like mud oxen sinking into the sea, having no effect whatsoever.

However, the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal] was not as swift as the [True Greatsword God General], nor did he have any means of escaping into the air. In the blink of an eye, he was grabbed by a large hand from the Thunder Pool.

The Nuclear-Powered Sword Immortal acted decisively, his body instantly transforming into light as he self-destructed!

With a muffled boom, a small mushroom cloud exploded in Lei Chi's palm.

The power of the nuclear explosion was enough to destroy an asteroid, but Lei Chi's palm remained completely unharmed. He blew a breath and dispersed the mushroom cloud, revealing a black card in his open palm.

This is the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal] being reduced to its original form and transformed back into a card!

"receive!"

Lei Chi's voice boomed like thunder. With a thought, the small black card in his palm merged into his hand and was stored in his inner world.

The next moment, a long sword appeared on Lei Chi's hand, along with the other three hands that grabbed him at the same time.

That longsword was almost identical in appearance to the longsword of the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal], only much larger.

"This card possesses the power of another universe, which I cannot yet simulate or control, but mere nuclear energy is not difficult to generate! With this, I will use it as the first move of my Cosmic Sword Technique, named Nuclear Explosion!"

With a thought, Lei Chi's four arms moved again, this time wielding swords, and the sword energy they unleashed was nuclear explosion sword energy.

This nuclear explosion sword energy was generated by the simulation of his internal microcosm. It is a condensed, directed burst of super composite energy, very similar to the nuclear energy sword energy of the [Nuclear Power Sword Immortal].

The targets of these four sword energies were [True Greatsword God General], [Imagination], and [Heavenly Wrath].

Among them, the [True Greatsword Divine Sword] was attacked by two sword energies. He swung his greatsword and was able to block the two energy sword energies, causing them to deflect and refract!

【Imagination】 and 【Heavenly Wrath】 took the two nuclear energy sword energies head-on. However, since they were conceptual life forms with very peculiar constitutions, the two nuclear energy sword energies exploded into mushroom clouds on their bodies, but did not seem to cause them any obvious damage.

The next moment, [True Greatsword God General] flashed to Lei Chi's side and thrust his sword straight into Lei Chi's right pupil.

This strike was incredibly sharp, possessing a quality that transcended time and space. It was so fast that no one could react, and even Lei Chi couldn't dodge it.

However, the Greatsword of the True Greatsword General could not penetrate Lei Chi's pupil. A flash of light appeared in Lei Chi's eye, and a gourd suddenly appeared in his pupil. The gourd opened its mouth, and a powerful suction force suddenly burst out.

The Great Sword God General was bound by this power and quickly transformed into a beam of light, flying into the mouth of the gourd.

The gourd disappeared the next moment, and Lei Chi's pupils returned to normal.

He looked at [Imagination] and [Heavenly Wrath], and his body suddenly expanded again. After a breath, his height was already a thousand feet.

"Imagine you are a conceptual life form, capable of traversing the stars and exceeding the speed of light—a truly extraordinary gift. Unfortunately, you are ignorant of good and evil, unable to distinguish right from wrong, and lack understanding of reason. Today, in the name of my Great Unity, I punish you with a thousand years of labor to teach you how to be civilized. Are you willing?"

[Imagine] There was no reply; instead, he took off running.

"How could we let you get away?"

Lei Chi chuckled lightly.

[Imagine] It can fly across the starry sky and take people to the end of the universe, but it cannot escape the laws of the universe.

"Your power doesn't originate from within yourself. If my speculation is correct, your power, or rather, your energy, is infused by outsiders. With this energy, you possess imagination; without it, there is no imagination! And the attack from the Heavenly King just now, which shattered your limbs, also allowed me to feel the power of faith! You are alive, but you are already dead! Or perhaps, you possess a physical body. Let me guess, where is your physical body? Could it be within the Coffin of God Locking..."

Lei Chi spoke loudly, knowing that he could not harm the body of the [Imagined] at this moment, but he could affect the energy within it.

Because it is the power of faith!

To counter the power of faith, Lei Chi possesses the art of faith.

Faith techniques, recorded in the "Degree Nerve," are diverse, including many that specifically target the power of faith.

Therefore, given enough time, Lei Chi could completely use his faith magic to kill [Imagination].

But Lei Chi had a better idea. With a thought, nine beams of light flew out from the cosmic ring behind him. The nine beams of light quickly transformed into [Great Mighty Tiger] and rushed towards the God-Locking Coffin!

At this moment, [Heavenly Wrath] also launched an attack on Thunder Pool.

It resembled a fearless thunder dragon, its body growing larger, just as it had done in its previous battle with Sheng Tianwang, charging headlong into the thunder pool.

Lei Chi was secretly delighted despite its attack.

"Heavenly Wrath, do you know that your existence is a cosmic wonder to me? Observing you is how I grow stronger!"

Lei Chi spoke slowly, unsure if the [Heavenly Wrath] opposite him could understand. In any case, his battle with [Heavenly Wrath] was indeed like cultivation, with his own growth rate and combat power increasing rapidly.

Therefore, when Lei Chi fought Tian Nu, he changed his previous approach, only feeding him moves and only defending without attacking.

Heaven's Wrath is undoubtedly very powerful, with a peak combat power exceeding one billion, enough to destroy a world.

But it only destroys one world, not a universe.

The current Lei Chi can crush it, or even destroy it.

During the battle with Tiannu, based on the analysis report provided by the pioneering quantum computer, Lei Chi determined that Tiannu was an energy aggregate with simple consciousness and evolutionary instincts, and that he himself was a miracle.

Lei Chi felt it would be a pity to destroy such a being directly.

"Although this Heavenly Wrath is not suitable as my mount, it would be a wonderful thing to tame it and make it one of my messengers!"

Thinking of this, Lei Chi felt even better.

A moment later, before the battle between Lei Chi and Tian Nu had ended, the Nine-Headed Mighty Tiger brought over the God-Locking Coffin.

As Lei Chi had predicted, [Imagination] followed far behind.

"Open the coffin!"

Lei Chi let out a soft shout, then opened his mouth and spat out two points of light, which transformed into two figures: the treasure hunter Holke and Lan Zheng, the head of the Lan family.

These two were previously taken into Lei Chi's inner universe. Now they are being released so that they can open the God-Locking Coffin.

Without any imaginable guardians present, and with neither the [True Greatsword General] nor the [Nuclear-Powered Sword Immortal] hidden inside the coffin, the [God-Locking Coffin] was simply an inanimate object.

Treasure hunter Holke and Lan family patriarch Lan Zheng dared not defy Lei Chi's will, and bravely went to open the God-Locking Coffin, and surprisingly encountered no obstacles.

When the coffin lid was opened, it was filled with a thick fog of light, which severely obstructed people's vision.

Holke and Lan Zheng were momentarily baffled. Just as they were discussing whether to retrieve the items from the coffin, Lei Chi received a report from the Pioneer AI: "Ding, remains of an unknown life form discovered. Analysis data has been obtained; the probability that these remains are those of the imagined entity is 99.99%!"

Lei Chi nodded secretly. After hearing the announcement from the pioneering quantum computer, he was basically certain that his previous guess was indeed correct. The [Locking God Coffin] contained the original body of [Imagination].

"This corpse is the very source of imagination. With it, there's no worry about imagination not remaining loyal!"

Lei Chi was in a good mood.

Sure enough, just as Holke and Lan were pulling a stiff corpse resembling a human infant out of the God-Locking Coffin, the [Imagination] rushed over recklessly. It had no means of attack at this moment, but it bent its front legs and knelt down in front of Lei Chi's figure.

"Please don't harm my true form! I surrender, and I'm willing to serve you for a thousand years!"

The divine thought of [Imagination] was transmitted through the Star God Chains.

Lei Chi was still fighting against [Heavenly Wrath] when he received a reply from [Imagination]. Overjoyed, he reached out and pointed into the air during the battle, and a golden hoop appeared.

That was a golden hoop formed from the tightening spell.

Of course, this is not an ordinary golden hoop, but a special one made by Lei Chi, which can lock the energy body and the spiritual body.

After the golden hoop took shape, it quickly flew to the vicinity of [Imagination].

"Wear it, become my mount, and your future will be incredibly bright!"

Lei Chi gave instructions through the Star God Chains.

[Imagine] After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally put the golden headband on his head.

The golden hoop was also strange; it immediately took root and firmly fixed itself on [Imagine]'s forehead.

At this point, Lei Chi had already begun to enslave [Imagination]. If he were to recite the Tightening Spell, even if [Imagination] was just a conceptual life form, it would feel intense pain and the crisis of death.

Now that [Imagination] has been bound by the golden headband, there is no need to continue opening the [Coffin of God Lock]. Lei Chi instructed Holke and Lan Zheng to put the small corpse back into the coffin, and then carefully closed the coffin lid.

This thing can only be an exclusive piece of equipment from imagination, yet it does possess considerable power.

Two days later, Tiannu also put on the golden headband.

However, it wasn't voluntary; it was forced onto the garment after the victim was crippled by the lightning strike.

Thus, Lei Chi's battle at the edge of the universe came to an end.

He dispersed his unified divine body, transformed back into human form, and examined his own condition, discovering that he had consumed a considerable amount of his cosmos.

However, compared to the benefits, this small amount of effort is insignificant.

After a brief rest, Lei Chi absorbed the God-Locking Coffin, [Imagination], and [Heavenly Wrath] into his inner universe, and then brought them to the vicinity of the massive pyramid.

The pyramid is still very sturdy. Lei Chi had fought with [Tian Nu] before, and the aftershocks of the battle hit the pyramid several times, but the pyramid was completely undamaged.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the treasure of the Victorious King is hidden inside this pyramid. You two, come with me!"

Lei Chi spoke slowly, and then took the lead and walked towards the entrance of the pyramid.

Holke and Lan exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with joy, and they quickly entered the pyramid.

The passageways inside the pyramid are wide; after walking a hundred meters, you will arrive at an extremely spacious golden hall.

The Golden Hall was so vast that it was equivalent to dozens of football fields, and it truly housed a huge number of items.

"This... could this be the legendary, long-lost treasure of the Naaru realm, the Southern Cross Penance Token?!"

"Look! The Throne of Victory! The legendary battle throne of the Victorious King!"

"Could this be the Shangqing Cloud-Piercing Sword!"

"Are these firefly eggs?"

"As expected of the Heavenly King's treasure trove, any item here would be a priceless treasure if taken out..."

Holke and Lan Zheng became increasingly excited as they looked around; to them, the treasures in this treasure hall were simply too many.

However, Lei Chi was slightly disappointed.

The AI ​​had already scanned all the items here. Although there were many treasures, there were not many that were useful to him.

In Lei Chi's opinion, the combined value of all the items in this treasure hall was less than that of the [True Greatsword God General] card or the [Nuclear Powered Sword Immortal] card.

What Lei Chi urgently needs now is a cosmic artifact that can reveal the mysteries of the universe, but most of the treasures in this treasure hall are man-made.

Only the [Three-Phase Divine Fire] is quite interesting.

This divine fire is only the size of an infant's fist. Although it is called divine fire, it actually looks more like a white mist. Inside it is a lotus-shaped flame core, which can continuously absorb energy from the outside to maintain its combustion.

It seems that its combustion has an entropy-reversing effect, that is, it makes energy or matter continuously tend towards order, and eventually turns into pure light.

In short, this is a strange flame that can burn most things into light.

"This item can indeed be considered a cosmic wonder, allowing me to observe some of the universe's mysteries and aiding my growth!"

Lei Chi put away the [Three-Phase Divine Flame]. As for the other items, he had Holke and Lan Zheng pack them up, as they would all be taken away eventually.

(End of this chapter)