# 1972
Chapter 1972: One Man Stands Against a Million Armies
"Worried that the scene of his own death would cause panic, so he actively sealed off this battlefield..." The eyes of 【Chaos】 seemed to pierce through Lin Qiye's thoughts, and it burst into laughter. "Do you think such a trick can delay us for long?"
"You can't stop us at all... As soon as you die, this curtain will automatically collapse, and your tragic death will be exposed to everyone. Then, it will be the scene of those ants being trampled and torn apart!
The Great Xia Night Watch Commander-in-Chief is dead, and，再加上百万人口暴毙，这么一来，Great Xia's hundreds of millions of people will completely sink into panic and despair... Tell me, how many hours do you think we need to annihilate all of humanity?"
As the black tide approached, dense cracks spread across the earth. Lin Qiye calmly raised his head to meet 【Chaos】's gaze and said calmly:
"Are you so sure I can't hold you back?"
"Hold us back? What do you have to hold us back with?" 【Chaos】 sneered. "If you wanted to run, we might not be able to catch you... But if you're determined to keep us here, do you believe me? Even if I don't make a move, just those Black Goat spawn and the eighteen Chief Gods can kill you within three minutes?"
DONG DONG DONG DONG——
A dull rumble came from several kilometers away. The ground beneath Lin Qiye's feet had already shattered into pieces, and clouds of dust rolled wildly through the air, outlining countless massive black silhouettes within!
"Then come and try."
Lin Qiye stood firm in place. The howling wind swept up sand and gravel, flipping up a corner of the deep crimson cloak, revealing a body covered with scars.
The black curtain danced behind him as he alone stood before the millions of Cthulhu Faction soldiers. The Straight Blade in his hand slowly unsheathed...
Then, the blade turned, and pierced into his own chest inch by inch.
Crimson blood flowed along the blade, spilling onto the barren earth below, tracing out a mysterious and complex pattern that rapidly spread beneath his feet.
Seeing this, 【Chaos】's brow furrowed slightly in mid-air. Staring at the blood-colored formation rapidly taking shape beneath Lin Qiye's feet, as if remembering something, a flash of astonishment crossed its eyes.
"【冥荒低语】? You're actually using yourself as a sacrifice?!"
Lin Qiye didn't answer. He calmly dragged the Straight Blade's edge downward, creating a ghastly wound across his body. At the same time, a faint dark-red glow lit up from the blood-colored patterns beneath his feet, and the outline of a blood-colored portal condensed behind him!
Summoning Forbidden Spell, 【Whisper of the Underworld Wasteland】!
During the Battle of Chennan Pass, Lin Qiye had once used this sole summoning forbidden spell. Back then, with only "Klein" realm cultivation, he had used the flesh and blood of dozens of Divine Beasts as the price to summon a mysterious existence from beyond the world, instantly erasing two Lesser Gods, and within seconds, slaughtering nearly a hundred Divine Beasts!
【Whisper of the Underworld Wasteland】 was the most powerful and most skilled area-of-effect trump card Lin Qiye currently possessed... And where the limits of this trump card lay, even Lin Qiye himself could not fully comprehend.
In the current situation, 【Whisper of the Underworld Wasteland】 was his only possible means to withstand the Cthulhu Faction army!
But to complete the summoning, a large amount of flesh and blood was required as the price. Although Lin Qiye faced endless Cthulhu Faction soldiers before him, whether Black Goat spawn or the eighteen Chief Gods, all were tainted with Cthulhu Faction energy and absolutely could not be used as sacrificial material.
Therefore, Lin Qiye's only choice was to use his own flesh and blood as the medium.
He mastered the Law of Miracles and the Law of Darkness, and had massive amounts of faith power pouring into his body. His flesh and blood contained terrifying energy. Using his own flesh and blood as a sacrifice was something the Divine Beast offerings from the Battle of Chennan Pass could never compare to.
As Lin Qiye's life force rushed out in a torrent, an indescribable aura leaked out from behind the gate. Even without any killing intent, it still evoked an overwhelming urge to worship! Like someone who had lived in cramped underground spaces suddenly stepping onto the surface, witnessing with their own eyes the vast and boundless starry sky!
This immense and grand sensation was comparable to even the Gate of Truth, and in terms of oppressive pressure, it might even be superior!
From just this hint of leaked aura, Lin Qiye could be certain that the "Underworld Wasteland" from beyond the world behind the gate was absolutely no weaker than the 【Key to the Gate】.
The moment this aura appeared, the millions of charging Black Goat spawn all faltered, as if sensing some extremely terrifying existence. Their speed diminished slightly, and even that blood-red giant eye within the cloud of flesh and blood suddenly contracted!
"The gate... opens again..."
A soft whisper drifted out from the portal behind Lin Qiye.
The next moment, a human silhouette stepped out slowly from the phantom of the flesh-and-blood gate, as if someone was trying to pass through a blurred membrane, descending from beyond the gate into this world!
The silhouette behind the gate grew clearer and clearer. Lin Qiye could even make out the person's vague features, but even so, the person still seemed unable to truly cross this membrane. After attempting for a moment, they sighed helplessly...
"Forget it, one arm will do... If I came through completely, you wouldn't last more than a few seconds even with your life on the line."
SPLURT——!
As that person took a half-step back, an arm suddenly stabbed through the membrane, piercing into this world!
The barrier between worlds was broken by this single arm. A palm was exposed to the air—it looked like an extremely ordinary hand, with the same thick calluses as Lin Qiye's, the kind that came from years of wielding a blade.
Seeing this, Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed slightly.
He clearly remembered the annotation Merlin had specially left in the Forbidden Spell Codex. 【Whisper of the Underworld Wasteland】 was essentially a formation that used flesh and blood as a medium to connect with a certain existence beyond the world, thereby attracting its descent... And the so-called "Underworld Wasteland" most likely came from the "True World." The more times 【Whisper of the Underworld Wasteland】 was used, the more it would lock the Divine's gaze onto the caster and accelerate its descent...
The last time Lin Qiye used 【Whisper of the Underworld Wasteland】, although he had also heard whispers from the existence behind the gate, he couldn't make out what was being said. But this time, not only could he clearly hear the other party's words, the other party had even managed to pierce an arm through the world's barrier and descend here!
Did this mean that "He" was getting closer and closer to this world?