I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Yan Ziming's eyes were dull and lifeless as he thought about these things listlessly, clearly having lost all motivation.

Ah... after all this effort, this is all I get...

I don't want to move a single finger anymore...

Let me sink into the abyss of depravity and perish on my own...

My active mind fell silent, and my heart felt like parched earth deprived of water, cracked and filled with excruciating pain.

Besides this, there is also confusion.

Yes, feeling lost—

Why is my own origin attacking me?

Everything I did... was in vain... those who were meant to leave will still leave...

Like a revolving lantern, a series of wondrous scenes flashed through Yan Ziming's eyes, dreamlike and unreal.

There's the scene of her collapsing at Mu Mu's feet... wailing in solitude... the helplessness she felt facing the scorpion... her beloved younger sister almost dying with her... her vulnerable struggle before that mysterious woman...

And now, trapped here in weakness and helplessness, knowing that the people I cherish are in danger but powerless to help.

Scene after scene flashed by, representing proof of her past existence.

[I gave it my all, risked my life, and this is still the result...?]

"Are you kidding me?!"

Squeezing out a few words from his hoarse throat, Yan Ziming stared with bloodshot eyes at the slowly receding view, a flame igniting within him.

Why did I cry so sadly that time?

—What have I gained after giving up the extremely decadent life of my past life and the mundane life of my present life?

—Since then, I've worked tirelessly from dawn till dusk, participating in land reclamation efforts and fighting between life and death. What was it all for?!

Stop pretending. It's impossible that it's just because of reasons like serving the country or living life on one's own terms. It's mostly about one's own selfish desires.

To avoid repeating that failure, to be able to stand on the same level as her next time, to catch up with that unattainable figure, to protect my current life, to protect her family, to protect her friends, to protect her... lover.

Ah! Yes! Admit it! Everything she did was just selfish desire disguised under the guise of "righteousness"!

But is there anything wrong with this?

Driven by this selfish desire, she hovered on the border between hell and earth several times, dozens of times, even hundreds of times, yet each time she struggled with her mutilated body, crawling back like a demon, leaving a trail of blood, and advancing toward that goal.

"What a load of rubbish! This level of risk doesn't even qualify as risking your life!!!"

A choked sob escaped his throat, and he managed to utter an incomplete sentence. Though the voice was faint, it was powerful and resounding.

Her voice ignited a torch, setting off a raging inferno of blood. Reason was burned away by the blazing fire, turning into tiny sparks that, with the force of a wildfire, filled her heart with grief and indignation.

Starting from her heart, her whole being burst into flames.

Not in a metaphorical sense, but truly burning; she seemed to have transformed into a torch made of lightning, burning her own life force!

sizzle-

Her body made a sound of being unable to bear the weight, and blood oozed from every pore on her body, especially from the seven orifices, where the blood gathered into a trickle, and the wetness at the corners of her eyes stained two lines of bloody tears.

However, the moment the blood flowed out, it was ignited into an even stronger fighting spirit, and lightning surged endlessly within her body.

Blood was burning, hearing had long since vanished, and vision had turned black, leaving only that one thing...

That was a dividing line, the dividing line between hell and the human world.

—I've only ever lingered over there before, but this time... I'll just jump over it!

Elementalization... activated!

He forcefully twisted his still-flying body, grabbed the Spear of Victory beside him, which was also flying backward and was half broken, with his broken hand. The rain of light gathered instantly, and the Spear of Victory reappeared in the world. Yan Zimo's momentum returned to its peak in an instant.

Time returned to normal in an instant.

Rumble!

"What's wrong? What happened? What happened?"

Lei Yunting, who was outside, watched the storm clouds outside that had been about to collapse but then reformed in an instant, and let out a strange, incomprehensible cry.

Just now, he clearly felt that Yan Ziming's aura was rapidly weakening, and his heart was in his throat. But the next moment, it recovered completely, and its momentum was even more powerful and awe-inspiring than before. Its height decreased, and it was almost touching the ground. It was only a dozen feet above them.

Moreover, it seems that something else has appeared, causing a fundamental change in the wildly dancing thunder in the sky.

For a moment, the lightning that was closing in on them did not frighten them; instead, it dispelled their unease, and the people around them became excited as if they could see a hopeful future.

boom--

The blow struck the semi-transparent barrier formed by the white night, producing a deafening roar that shook the earth three times, and the barrier, as she had wished, began to crack.

In less than a breath, the crack had healed completely.

Yan Ziming struck again, and the cracks continued to widen, showing improvement over the previous strike.

After the repairs were completed, an even greater attack followed.

click-

This time, it wasn't the sound of cracks appearing in the barrier, but rather from her body.

boom--

With another, even stronger strike, the spear of victory in her hand finally ran out of power and shattered into countless brilliant showers of light.

Dense cracks appeared all over her body, and the blazing light that had been contained within her body was bursting out through the cracks, making her look like a porcelain doll pieced together from fragments, which would shatter at the slightest touch.

The Spear of Victory shattered, so she resorted to her fist, slamming it into the barrier. Her elemental arm, now composed of lightning, exploded into countless streaks of lightning. She was missing an arm, but...

That's not enough... If you lose your right hand, you still have your left...

boom--

[He may have lost his right hand, but he still has his legs!]

Boom boom——

[My limbs are gone, but I still have my body; my body is gone, but I still have my bones; my bones are gone, but I still have my soul, my blood, my will—!!!]

Yan Ziming's frenzied aura completely overwhelmed Lance, who was watching from the sidelines. The scene was so shocking that he forgot where he was and what kind of danger he was facing.

Similarly, Lei Yunting and the others outside also felt this crazy aura and stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what to think.

At this moment, Yan Ziming had lost all four limbs, and the severed joints were slowly disintegrating into a shower of light. He looked extremely disheveled and appeared to be on the verge of death.

She recalled how others had described her—the strongest attacker among those of the same rank.

But she kept her eyes fixed straight ahead, her dark, jade-like eyes focused on only one goal:

[The strongest among its kind! Its current attack power is still not enough; it needs to be stronger...stronger...stronger—!!!]

Time seemed to have dropped to freezing point, as if everything was frozen in time.

The light rain formed from the limbs was forcibly condensed together, and even bones, will, spirit, and blood were all extracted and blended together to form a brand new spear of victory.

[Break it for me!!!]

The shouting stopped abruptly, replaced by the sound of the barrier shattering completely, which Yan Ziming had been eagerly anticipating.

With that came the destructive storm that had been firmly locked inside the barrier, threatening to collapse even the space itself, which suddenly erupted.

Chapter 109 Unexpected Changes Never Stop

The moment the barrier of white night shattered, Xiao Ze, who had been in Yan Ziming's chest, stirred.

A loud roar echoed through the underground world, and the five elements separated the blue-purple lightning, creating a safe zone with a radius of about two meters centered on Yan Ziming.

In this cataclysmic event, Lance and the old man were the first to be affected, instantly vanishing into nothingness in the destructive storm.

It contained the energy that Yan Zimo had released after several all-out attacks, and it all exploded at the same time. The power was simply terrifying, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as earth-shattering.

It far exceeded the scope of being completely one, and its power made many ninth-level experts feel inferior.

Then came a massive collapse.

Outside where Lei Yunting and the others were, the ground had shattered into numerous rocks of varying sizes. The impact from below had caused them to arch high, with one section rising over a hundred meters in an instant, forming the shape of a volcano. Then...

boom--

From within, a magnificent and awe-inspiring lightning bolt erupted, shooting out like meteors in all directions, igniting clusters of blue-purple flames upon landing on the ground, causing countless mutated species to suffer as a result.

The sight sent shivers down their spines, making them realize how insignificant they were in the face of this cataclysmic destruction.

After the spraying was completed, the ground began to sink down as if it had been hollowed out. Only the spray nozzle could be barely preserved, but it was also on the verge of collapse. The 100-meter-high spray nozzle dropped by tens of meters.

Fortunately, everyone present was a superhuman, and the weaker ones were protected by the stronger ones, so there were no casualties for the time being.

Looking out, the boundless mountains and rivers rose and fell as if they had been hit by a magnitude 12 earthquake. A shockwave suddenly spread outward from here, and several snow-capped peaks in the distance were hit by rolling rocks, creating a terrifying scene.

"This is Lei Yunting. Are there any casualties?"

Lei Yunting breathed a sigh of relief after hearing several squad leaders' replies that "everyone is safe" through the communication.

"Holy crap... What is this thing?! Calling her a monster is a gross underestimation of her!"

Lei Yunting cursed and thought to himself that if he had taken that hit, he would probably be reduced to ashes.