Su Han glanced at Rick and said indifferently, "I'm number ten."
"Huh?!" Tu Shan Honghong's expression changed drastically, and she almost doubted whether she had misheard.
Whitebeard stopped paying attention to the strange world in the sky, turned his head, and stared at Su Han, his brows furrowed. He now had an urge to use his Observation Haki to spy on Su Han…
However, he suddenly remembered the consequences of using Observation Haki to listen to Number Ten last time, and forcibly suppressed the impulse.
"Could you explain this further?" The Ancient One remained outwardly calm, but a hint of contemplation and doubt flickered in the depths of her eyes.
Ultimately, the gap between number ten and the person in front of them is simply too enormous...
Number Ten is a quintessential evil god. They even suspect that Number Ten might be one of the Old Gods… only, he betrayed the Old Gods' pantheon and joined the Council Speaker's ranks…
The one before me, judging solely from his temperament and power, is a genuine immortal or god-like figure!
Or is it that the ultimate end of the Eastern fantasy genre... is the ancient gods?!
"No, this is impossible no matter how you look at it, right?" Ancient One's eyelids twitched. She suddenly thought of the Drunken Sword Immortal in the Misty Space... and even Zhang Sanfeng.
Ultimately, Zhang Sanfeng's breakthrough was due to his integration of the immortal path of the Drunken Sword Immortal into his martial arts. The immortal martial arts he now cultivates are, in another form, the immortal path…
If the end of the Immortal Path is the Ancient Gods... their future, and even the future of the Council of Immortal Cultivators... is truly something to ponder.
“You’re overthinking it.” Su Han glanced at the Ancient One, his voice as ethereal as ever, surrounded by white mist and ethereal grace, as if he might shatter the void and vanish at any moment. “I am one of the incarnations of Number Ten.”
"Hmm...you could think of him as an embodiment of someone who specializes in cultivating the paths of immortals, martial arts, and fantasy, right?"
After a brief pause, Su Han continued, "The incarnations of the ancient gods possess infinite possibilities! For example, the Black King is an incarnation of Nyarlathotep, but last time in a certain world, I also saw Nyarlathotep's female incarnation, the Swollen Woman."
"The other avatars, like the Night Howlers, the Messengers of the Old Ones, and so on... they're all incredibly diverse! Of course... although the avatars are split from the same body, they possess their own intelligence and thoughts. I remember Number Ten telling you that even avatars of the same Old One might fight each other in private, right?"
Whitebeard and the Ancient One looked at each other, speechless.
They had indeed heard Number Ten mention this before, but they hadn't expected... Number Ten's implication was that he, too, possessed these bizarre and varied incarnations...
"A wicked god, a wicked god," Whitebeard murmured, shaking his head without offering any comment. Or rather, he didn't know what to say about it.
The next instant, a deafening roar resounded.
The illusory world above the sky has completely materialized. Countless monsters have gathered in another world, and then swept towards the mirror world.
"Alright, let's leave the discussion here." Bruce Wayne glanced at Su Han. Although he was also shocked, he knew this wasn't the time to dwell on that. "Prepare for battle."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bruce Wayne lightly tapped his finger in the air.
The numerous cards in front of him were all shattered, and countless Batman armors appeared in the void before him.
"Test all the weapons of mass destruction that Iron Man and I have developed on these enemies." Bruce Wayne's voice remained unchanged. He did indeed adhere to the principle of not killing, but when facing non-human beings, this principle naturally wouldn't be violated.
"As you command!" a cold, mechanical voice replied.
Immediately, the Batman armor at the forefront suddenly soared into the sky, nine bullet holes splitting open in the chest cavity of the armor, from which small missiles shot out.
With a deafening roar, intense light swept across the entire world, the earth was torn apart, and skyscrapers collapsed completely under the shockwave.
A mushroom cloud slowly rose.
The Ancient One raised her palm and easily blocked the shockwave.
“…This kind of thing.” Yukichi Akira instinctively took a step back, but his legs went weak and he sat down on the ground.
He stared blankly at the scene; even after the Ancient One neutralized it, the light still stung his eyes…
Shozo Yuuki already knew what had happened...
That is humanity's ultimate weapon: nuclear weapons.
"Impossible! If it were really as I guessed before, that game shouldn't have any nuclear weapons." Shozo Yuuki muttered, his mind a complete mess.
Suddenly realizing something, his expression changed drastically. "Wait a minute, you actually dared to openly detonate this kind of weapon on...Japanese soil?!"
Although this world had been constantly changing, he had at least seen a large number of pedestrians walking on the streets, whether they were horizontal or vertical, in those changed worlds...
Although I don't know what's going on in this world, it's definitely connected to the world he lives in.
"Don't panic! This is the mirror world... Father, you can think of it this way: even if the mirror world is completely shattered, it won't affect reality," Asuna Yuuki whispered to comfort him.
As the mushroom cloud dissipated, the Batman armor in the sky launched a second wave of attacks.
Brilliant laser beams streaked away, densely packed, numbering in the thousands.
Those monsters that barely survived, not located at the epicenter of the nuclear weapons, had their bodies pierced by these laser beams, and their entire bodies were instantly incinerated and vaporized due to the terrifying high temperatures.
"Is this... the power that humanity can possess after industrialization?"
Rick swallowed hard, staring blankly at the scene, his fists clenched, his heart filled with excitement, exhilaration, confusion, and fear.
This force is too strong!
Although there's a vast gap between them and the gods of their world, in the grand scheme of things, this level of power would definitely be considered upper-middle tier...
[PS: I'd like to recommend a friend's book... I'm Really Not a Chosen One. This book is simply divine; I was completely engrossed in it, neglecting sleep and meals. It's incredibly interesting... Aside from the time mysteriously disappearing, it's great...]
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Chapter 496 SAO Bosses Emerge from All Levels! The Clown King Descends upon Japan?