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He looked no different from when he left, still wearing the same simple casual clothes, and even had a lazy smile on his face.

"Dad, Mom." Shangguan Yun nodded to his parents first, then looked at Huiye and the others, "I'm back."

Shangguan Che wanted to give his son a big hug, but Murong Xue pulled him back.

Just as he was filled with confusion, three figures rushed into Shangguan Yun's arms.

Shangguan Che's lips twitched, and he thought to himself, "Good heavens!"

Shangguan Yun's breakthrough to the eighth rank and the annihilation of tens of thousands of fifth-rank beasts could earn him a boast, but now, all Shangguan Che could say was, "You're incredibly awesome!"

Damn it, one isn't enough, I need to hold three more, and look at the few little girls behind me looking on with envy.

Even your father wasn't this awesome back in the day.

As if sensing something, Murong Xue's dangerous gaze instantly swept over, startling Shangguan Che into adopting a serious expression.

He wasn't thinking about anything at all. Of course, it's best to only have one wife! I'm not envious at all, and I'm ashamed to be associated with that brat!

Shangguan Yun was somewhat embarrassed to be hugged by three women in public, after all, his parents were still there.

Fortunately, the three women quickly realized what had happened and blushed as they let go of each other's hands.

"There are probably three big guys up there. I sensed their fluctuations when I made my move just now. I guess the next wave of attack is coming soon."

Shangguan Yun's words made Shangguan Che's heart jump.

Shangguan Yun is already an eighth-order being. If someone calls him a "big guy," he must not be a seventh-order being.

In other words, there are three beings of the eighth rank inside that spatial rift!

"Are you sure about this? If it really doesn't work, we can find another world to hide in, destroy the passage, and wait until you're strong enough before we talk about it again."

He knew his son's combat strength was astonishing, but he didn't understand the eighth rank. What if the opponent was no match for three eighth-rank beasts?

He didn't want Shangguan Yun to risk his safety. At worst, he could make a strategic retreat. With the kid's breakthrough speed, he might reach the peak of the eighth rank in a few days. Dealing with a few eighth-rank beasts would be a piece of cake.

"Don't worry, I don't even care about those three eighth-tier beasts. With me here, nothing will happen to this world."

Shangguan Yun's tone was calm yet revealed a strong sense of confidence.

Not to mention that the spatial rift above might give him a few experience points, even at his current mid-stage eighth rank, he wouldn't be afraid of a few eighth-rank beasts.

All he had to consider was whether he could break through to the ninth rank after killing those three big guys!

Nothing else was within his consideration.

Just as Shangguan Yun had thought, this thing, which resembled the "World's First Calamity," would only intensify its attacks wave after wave.

The fourth wave of alien beasts was several times stronger than the third wave. Hundreds of sixth-tier alien beasts fell over the skies of each continent. This time, they did not fall in the form of alien beast eggs, but instead created a massive rain of alien beasts that blotted out the sky, with some alien beasts reaching thousands of meters in height.

Chapter 345 Late Stage Eighth Rank!

If Shangguan Yun hadn't existed, this wave of strange beasts would have been enough to devastate the world.

However, this so-called calamity clearly overlooked Shangguan Yun, an anomaly who could gain strength through other experience points.

Hundreds of Tier 6 alien beasts have descended upon the skies of every major region around the world!

However, this time, the seventh-tier powerhouses from various countries reacted with surprising calm.

In the west, Michael floats in mid-air, his wings of holy light slowly unfurling.

He looked up at the six-tiered beasts that blotted out the sky, his face showing no fear, even... a hint of relief.

"Sixth rank...heh." He chuckled lightly, casually twirling his holy sword. "We've received word from the Divine Continent that we don't need to intervene."

Beside him, the sorcerer Merlin adjusted his pointed hat and slammed his staff on the ground: "This old man wanted to stretch his muscles a bit. But it's fine, it'll save some magic."

The two exchanged a smile and actually restrained their aura, remaining silent as they watched from the sidelines.

Shenzhou, Taiyi Gate.

Zhang Shundao stroked his beard, sitting calmly on a futon, with a Go board in front of him, playing against himself.

"Master! Sixth-tier exotic beasts! Over a hundred of them! Shouldn't we make a move?!" A young Taoist priest rushed anxiously into the temple.

"What's the rush?" Zhang Shundao didn't even lift his eyelids as he placed a black stone. "If the sky falls, there are tall guys to hold it up."

……

The Shangguan family.

Shangguan Yun looked at the sixth-tier alien beast falling from above, licked his lips, and thought to himself, "This world has really given me a great gift."

With one step, one's figure is already 10,000 meters in the air.

He ignored the ferocious, roaring sixth-tier beasts and instead looked up into the depths of the crevice, as if calculating something.

“Over a hundred Tier 6... their quality is much higher than Tier 5.” He murmured, “The next wave will probably include some Tier 7s, which should be enough to help me break through to the late Tier 8.”

He raised his right hand.

This time, no thunderbolts were triggered.

Instead, loosely clench your five fingers and gently pinch forward.

"Om-"

Centered on him, the space within a radius of a thousand miles instantly froze and collapsed.

The sixth-tier beasts that were diving, roaring, and spewing energy suddenly froze!

They were horrified to discover that the space around them was collapsing, squeezing, and disintegrating inward! It was as if an invisible giant hand was treating this area of ​​space like a sponge, squeezing it tightly!

"Roar--!!!"

"Awooo—!!!"

A series of piercing screams erupted simultaneously from the mouths of hundreds of sixth-tier beasts! They struggled desperately, their sixth-tier energy exploding wildly, unleashing a terrifying force capable of moving mountains and filling seas, bombarding the surrounding spatial barriers—

But it had no effect.

"Puff puff……"

A series of muffled cracking sounds rang out.

Starting with the smallest sixth-tier alien beasts, and then those colossal beasts that were thousands of meters long, one after another, they exploded like bursting balloons, turning into a sky full of blood mist in the solidified space!

Then, the blood mist was completely annihilated in the spatial collapse, turning into the most primitive energy particles and dissipating into nothingness.

The entire process lasted less than three seconds.

Three seconds later—

The sky is clear.

Hundreds of sixth-tier beasts left not even a trace.

Only the faint smell of blood lingering in the air and the lingering energy fluctuations at the edges of those spatial rifts prove that they once existed.

The world has fallen silent once again.

Then came deafening cheers!

"Another... another instant kill?!"

"I'm speechless... Just kneel down and watch!"

Online, the barrage of comments flooded the screen again, but the content had gradually shifted from initial shock to a kind of fanatical worship and numbness.

Yes, numbness.

When a person becomes powerful enough, people will take it for granted that they can do anything incredible.

Shangguan Yun stood in mid-air, closing his eyes to feel the growing strength within his body.

After reaching the eighth rank, it was indeed a step up, and he killed hundreds of sixth-rank beasts. His strength still hadn't broken through to the late eighth rank, but it wasn't far off.

This time, before he could fully process it, the spatial rift in the sky, which had shrunk to less than 10,000 meters, trembled again.

"Roar--!!!"

"hiss--!!!"

"唳——!!!"

Dozens of distinct but equally terrifying roars erupted from the depths of the vortex!

Immediately afterwards, figures with imposing auras tore through space and descended upon the world!

They varied in size; some resembled ancient giants, towering thousands of feet tall and wielding massive bone axes; others were like nine-headed serpents, each head spewing destructive breaths of different attributes; still others were like celestial beasts, surrounded by gravitational fields that distorted even light in their wake…

But they have one thing in common—

The energy fluctuations emanating from them all reached... seventh rank!

A total of thirty-two seventh-tier exotic beasts!

All the seventh-tier powerhouses in the world gasped in shock the moment they saw this scene!

Thirty-two heads, seventh rank!

This number already exceeds the total number of all current seventh-tier powerhouses in humanity!

Even knowing Shangguan Yun's power, he was still a seventh-tier beast capable of destroying the world!

Judging from this situation, there must be something even more terrifying inside the spatial rift.

Eighth rank?!

The hearts of the world's strongest were once again in suspense. If Shangguan Yun couldn't hold on, their world would surely be shattered by the alien beasts.

"You've come at the perfect time."

Shangguan Yun's voice was very soft.

Yet it was clearly transmitted throughout the entire Earth.

He smiled.

That was the excited smile on a hunter's face when he saw the prey he had been waiting for.

"Thirty-two heads at the seventh rank... that's enough for me to break through."

He stretched out his right hand, fingers spread, and made a "grabbing" motion towards the thirty-two seventh-tier beasts in the sky.

"boom--!!!"

The power of countless laws converged wildly around Shangguan Yun! They intertwined, merged, and sublimated, ultimately coalescing into a "chaotic light" that could not be described in words!

That beam of light, seemingly slow, actually traversed space in an instant, enveloping all thirty-two seventh-tier beasts!

"Roar--!!!"

The seventh-tier beasts fought back fiercely! They bit, spat, and rammed! All sorts of world-destroying attacks bombarded the Chaos Light, unleashing energy shockwaves powerful enough to tear apart the continental shelf.

But it didn't work.

"Crack..."

"Pfft..."

"Boom..."

One after another, seventh-tier beasts disintegrated, crumbled, and annihilated in the chaotic light!

When the last seventh-tier beast—that ancient colossus ten thousand feet tall—exploded with a final, unwilling roar—

"Om-"

Within Shangguan Yun's body, some kind of constraint was broken.

Late stage of Rank 8!

A vast, star-like power surged from the depths of his limbs and bones, his understanding of the laws was further elevated, and the range of his divine sense expanded wildly.

He opened his eyes, and in them he saw the birth and death of the universe, and the rotation of stars.

Then, he slowly raised his head and looked up at the highest point of the sky, at the pitch-black vortex that had shrunk to its limit.

Deep within the vortex, three pairs of giant, scarlet eyes opened simultaneously.

Across endless space, I met his gaze.

“Finally…” Shangguan Yun licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with an almost burning light, “It’s your turn.”