Chapter 756: Chapter 213: Pulling Out the Tower (Request for Monthly Pass)_3
"3!"
Sarquis, his face a portrait of devotion and absorption, raised his arms high as if in praise of the earth.
"2!"
Whoom!
A mournful hum rose through the air as the reversed rain suddenly became violent.
Xu Shu could hardly keep his footing; he felt the sea above exerting an even stronger pull, causing even his facial skin to tremble.
It seemed not only the water from the ground but also the moisture within his body was being drawn into that sea in the heavens!
And to the naked eye, the entire Star Tower was engulfed in blackness, transformed into an ominous dark monolith.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The massive heartbeat sounds started from the depths of the earth, emanating from the base of the Star Tower.
A pair of slender, sinister eyes slowly opened within the darkness.
It appeared that some colossal entity was about to break through the soil!
Xu Shu’s eyes suddenly went wide, staring intently.
He was greatly shocked.
So this was how it worked!
The Evil God also needed the Star Tower to reach the surface?
Without the Star Tower, it couldn’t descend?
So... this was the true purpose of their plan...
That bizarre Evil God tainted the entire Star Tower with an evil, maniacal presence.
Once It actually arrived, it was likely that not a single person here would survive!
Better to...
Xu Shu’s heart sank. Realizing the dire situation, he knew there was only one way to prevent the Evil God’s descent—destroy the Star Tower.
Rather than letting the Star Tower become a medium for the Evil God’s arrival, a foundation for producing Demons, it might be better if he uprooted it himself!
But if he did that, how many would truly survive?
Xu Shu’s brows furrowed sharply, but time did not allow him to ponder any longer.
Sarquis paid no attention to Xu Shu, his smile growing as wild as the torrential rain:
"1!"
As soon as he spoke, Sarquis suddenly heard Xu Shu let out a sigh of relief behind him.
"Since that’s the case, then I have no choice but to activate it."
Caught up in the surging tide of excitement, Sarquis casually replied, "Go ahead and activate."
After speaking, he hesitated slightly.
Uh...
Activate what?
Sarquis turned his head slightly, looking behind him, only to find no one there.
Xu Shu, who should have been there to witness this spectacle with him, had disappeared.
Sarquis started to wonder.
Where is he?
My Star Group friend?
He was just here!
[You have selected "Legendary Mode", you have used three charges this time!]
[Detection indicates you are near the Star Tower, your legend will cause 100% destruction to the Star Tower!]
Whirl!
Xu Shu opened his eyes to find himself breaking through layers of fog, with chaos intertwining before him.
"Alas!"
In the void, the Tai Chu Scroll fluttered wildly, and Xu Shu couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.
He had once vowed to protect this Star Tower, to defend his homeland, yet he hadn’t expected to break his word in such a manner—activating a triple-draw Legendary within the safe zone meant certain destruction of the Star Tower, a fact Xu Shu had long been aware of.
Therefore, within the safe zone, he had always merely used fleeting journeys to brush for items or resorted to "Continuing Legends".
But this time, Xu Shu truly hadn’t anticipated that the Jianqi Sect’s occupation of the Star Tower was actually for the purpose of establishing a foothold on the surface using the tower.
Why? Could it be that they, like humans, are helpless without the Star Tower? What is the principle behind this?
Xu Shu didn’t have time to ponder these questions.
Just as Sarquis had said, once the Star Tower fell into enemy hands, it would become a breeding ground for the birth of Demons and even protect them—just as it had protected humans in the past, it would protect these Demons from now on.
Therefore, the Star Tower in district D8B3, had to be destroyed.
It must be destroyed.
If they allowed "King Solomon" at the base of that Star Tower to descend upon the human world... Xu Shu’s intuition told him that the entire safe zone and all its people would perish instantly.
No, not just D8B3, but the entire human world would suffer a catastrophic disaster.
That entity was far beyond anything humanity could currently handle; it must not be allowed to appear!
Xu Shu was aware, of course, that once the Star Tower was destroyed, the boundary line would become decorative and all monsters could come and go as they pleased.
By then, everyone in the D8B3 safe zone would essentially be thrown into a monstrous free-for-all in the "wilderness," a scenario of almost certain death.
But almost certain death still held a chance of survival!
As long as they could flee to the border of an adjacent safe zone, they could survive.
It was better to fight for survival in the wilderness than to wait for the Evil God to descend and be slaughtered; at least, such an entity did not exist in the wilderness.
"We can only do so much. It’s twelve o’clock now. By the time I leave Legend, it will be six in the evening. There are six hours for everyone to escape... As for myself, I don’t know if I can make it. Hmm, it’s a gamble for ordinary people, but for Transcendents, there’s another way out..."
Xu Shu shook his head. Since he had made the decision, he decided not to think too much about it. His gaze fell in front of him, and his expression suddenly froze.
Normally, after activating Legend mode, he would go through processes like "choose world," "select character," "draw fate," and so on.
But this time, nothing happened.
Instead, he was swallowed by a barrage of captions and scrolling text that hit him squarely in the face:
——
[You have plundered the essence of the Star Tower, and your current Legend mode has triggered a one-time change—Historical Vision.]
[Everything before your eyes turns to darkness, and you enter a special perspective, finding yourself standing on the ground.]
[All you can see is a sweep of sky that’s indescribable, beyond words.]
[It spreads out violently, splitting into four parts, like four blades of a sword, each falling to the earth.]
[Your consciousness follows the blades, and you witness a world as hellish as Hell itself:]
[The first patch of land is a world of greed and envy. They are creatures living in hardship, deceitful and malicious, coveting friends’ wealth and envying others’ abundance. Thus, they betray the lives of blood relatives, covet the wives and daughters of close friends, steal a portion and plunder it all.]
[The second piece of land is filled with hunger and laziness. Filthy streets, decaying bodies, moldy skyscrapers, and beings frantically fighting for food! Every person is oozing pus, ravenous to the point of not sparing even each other’s flesh and pus, devouring it greedily. A single glance makes you feel your body corroding, dirtied not only in body but also in thought, unable to escape, forced to blend into the dark green pus around you.]
[The third piece of land is a sea of corpses and rivers of blood, a world of anger and fear. You see countless lives passing, carnage blossoming, death on the run, pure savagery manifesting in the slaughter of beings against beings, chaotic and furious.]
[The fourth piece of land is a world of pride and lechery. You see flesh and bone, intermingling into flawless forms, some your lovers, some your offspring, and others your friends, teachers, siblings, brothers, sisters. They are your closest kin, but your desires erupts like a tide, entangling with them, drowning in indulgence forever, savoring countless pleasures.]
[This mortal world is presented before you, brimming with the most primal of evils and desires, driving to despair.]
[But then, the firmament arrives.]
[It brings a sword, shredding this chaotic and evil world!]
[One sword rises in the east, exterminating demons and banishing nefariousness! All schemes and tricks vanish like smoke!]
[One sword sets in the west, slaughtering gods and annihilating immortals! The stench is cleansed, and the lotus emerges in enlightenment!]
[One sword advances from the south, causing heaven and earth to collapse! Burying riots, extinguishing disputes!]
[One sword travels northward, severing affection and ending contemplations! Suppressing indulgence, cutting off desires!]
[These are not single swords, but a dense and firm rain of swords.]
[When they fall to the ground, they become tombstones.]
[One of them finally catches your eye.]
[It bears an epitaph.]
["Passing clouds and conjoint mist, in this world my only confidant is myself!" — Lv Liang.]
[The light fades, the world shatters, and your thoughts return to oblivion.]
[This Legend is over.]
[You have obtained a Root Fragment: Extermination of Immortals 24]
...
...
Dust settles.
The sun sets in the west.
Billowing smoke rises.
Xu Shu returns to reality from Legend, standing in the ruined square that resembled a wreckage, silently lowering his head, staring at the small sword that had appeared in the Tai Chu Scroll, slowly typing out a question mark.
"Ah?"