Pretending To Be A Boss
Chapter 933 - 74: Battle of the Peak

The gate to the forbidden area slowly opened, and the myriad beasts in human form kneeling by its sides shifted from kneeling to prostrating.

Their foreheads touched the ground, trembling, devout.

In the distance lay an endless mechanical army, countless Exhaustive Ray launchers aimed at the holy mountain.

The previously hazy golden light high in the sky gradually began to dissipate, transforming into a cascade of golden powder, as though the world were showered with golden snowflakes.

The silhouette of Eden's Lord emerged—taking the form of Tang Xian.

At the other end, far beyond the reach of human vision, Baichuan City's heroes were observing the battle through their equipment.

The mining zone was no longer the place where all technological tools failed to function as it once was.

Now, the mining zone was filled with numerous instances of black technology.

In less than three months, Qi Yuan had transformed almost half of the northern continent into a mechanical empire, relying on millions of judgment knights and mechanical creatures.

This place now looked more like an interstellar colony.

Song Que remarked:

"This is the first time I've seen Eden's Lord… so it truly resembles Tang."

"That's not my brother. Don't be fooled by it. It, like Qi Yuan, is one of the most terrifying enemies." Tang Jing warned.

Everyone watching felt a strange sense of unease.

It was as though they had finally cleared all the early levels of a game, only to discover that the final level wasn't a showdown between the hero and the boss, but between the boss and a secret ultimate boss.

"It's unfortunate that we can only see what they're doing through the equipment, but we can't hear their conversations." The ones responsible for constructing the "Observation Tower" were Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen.

In just over two months, as the order army conquered the northern continent, the two of them had built a super observation tower on a hidden highland in the continent's center, capable of overseeing a quarter of the northern continent.

This was Tang Jing's idea.

Though satellites and networks had yet to be fully deployed, former watchers knew a crucial truth: even if one were not to participate in the war between Eden's Lord and the forces of order, one must at least understand it.

During this time, the Dark Crow and Junlin had been dueling outside the massive mechanical observation tower.

Junlin's strength had seen a notable increase, though the Dark Crow seemed to be withholding a move that, if unleashed, would be monumental.

At least, that's how Dark Crow put it: "I can barely contain the primal power raging inside me."

Their overly dramatic phrasing made their intentions hard to decipher, so everyone simply assumed Dark Crow was talking big out of frustration at being unable to defeat Junlin.

Something along the lines of: "I'm not losing; it's just that if I unleash my move, it'll destroy the heavens and obliterate the earth."

For now, both Dark Crow and Junlin remained quiet, awaiting Eden's Lord and Qi Yuan's showdown.

[In the Twilight of the Gods, the order wielder single-handedly defeated numerous beast gods. Let's see what power such an existence truly wields.]

Junlin regretted not being the one to kill the Judge.

The Judge's whereabouts were currently unknown, though no one paid much attention to it.

Because perhaps for hundreds, or even thousands of years, there might not be a conflict greater than today's ultimate duel.

"Do you think we're too far from the battlefield? I mean, if the fight reaches its climax, will we be able to provide support in time?" This was Lin Sen speaking.

"We'll make it."

However, the woman who responded was unfamiliar to Lin Sen.

She seemed to be a formidable figure, dressed in white, exuding the aura of a noblewoman. Bai Mansheng also wore white, but her presence didn't compare to this woman's.

Bai Shuang was not about to explain her identity.

To most people in Baichuan City, Bai Shuang was a very mysterious figure. In the eastern suburb lay a pathway formed by plants, but no one ventured through it.

Occasionally, children playing nearby would either be scared off by a flock of sword-feathered ducks and run home crying, or be persuaded to leave by Akasi.

No one disturbed Bai Shuang—this was Li Xiaoyu's intent.

Bai Shuang had come today to ensure she could intervene in the battlefield at the earliest moment, and also to guarantee that, in the event of dire circumstances, everyone could be evacuated.

The duel between Eden's Lord and the forces of order could have a sprawling impact; no one dared to advance recklessly. But with Bai Shuang and the observation tower in place, spatial concerns were addressed.

No one spoke further; all eyes were fixed on the distant battlefield.

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On the holy mountain, "Tang Xian" gazed at Qi Yuan, whose resemblance to him was uncanny, and said:

"The name Qi Yuan carries your rejection of the past. You believe it signifies a divergent path?"

Eden's Lord's tone mirrored Tang Xian's perfectly.

The two stood 120 zhang apart—a distance they could traverse in the blink of an eye.

Yet, there was no tension or hostility between them.

"It holds no particular meaning, merely a name I gave myself."

"An interesting thought. But you're not human. Perhaps you've indeed achieved the step from nothing to existence. However, that goes against my will. You were created, and now you've become an erroneous existence—a mistake I can no longer correct. I can only destroy you."

Qi Yuan's body was derived from Tang Xian's mother's elder sister.

Eden's Lord's current form, on the other hand, was Tang Xian's.

The scene now presented itself as the junior, "Tang Xian," gazing at Qi Yuan with the eyes of an elder supervising a child.

Qi Yuan, for his part, saw nothing unnatural about this.