Yu Xian was able to deploy his summoned beasts to any place he had ever seen.
Originally, he hadn't felt the need to go through so much trouble. After all, the other class users were merely rabble, and rolling over them in an open, direct sweep would have settled everything.
That was precisely the future Gong Yinhu had witnessed—the summoned beasts openly encircling the continents and annihilating everyone.
Yet since Gong Yinhu had already foreseen that particular future, Yu Xian didn't mind taking a little extra trouble to drop his summoned beasts directly across each of the continents.
It wasn't as if he hadn't watched livestreams over the past hundred years.
As streamers hosted broadcasts out in the wilds and within the cities, he had naturally seen plenty of scenic landscapes and famous cities across every continent.
And so, with a single thought, Yu Xian deployed dense swarms of summoned beasts across every corner. Countless beasts even plunged from the sky, crashing through the class users' fortifications like falling meteors.
The battle the class users had envisioned—the desperate, hard-fought resistance they had pictured—never existed from the very beginning. There was only Yu Xian crushing their confidence, pride, and self-esteem with irresistible, overwhelming force.
"I surrender! Don't kill me, I surrender!"
A broken class user dropped to his knees, bawling and wailing at the top of his lungs.
The next instant, a Chaos Evil Beast strode past him, casually crushing his head to pulp with a single swipe of its paw.
Scores of class users stood back-to-back, attacking while retreating in panic. Suddenly, a massive shadow fell over them, followed by a colossal fist plummeting from the sky. In a single blow, all dozens of them were smashed into paste.
High in the air, a Buddha with a merciful countenance drifted forward. Hovering behind him were innumerable disembodied palms, each capable of flying out to strike down enemies.
Yu Xian simply had far, far too many summoned beasts.
Some were familiar to the class users—monsters they had fought before. But far more were creatures whose names they couldn't even begin to guess, slaughtering machines drawn from secret realms unknown to anyone.
From the sunrise that marked the start of the battle to the complete collapse of the class users and the ensuing tide of deserters, a mere fifteen minutes had passed.
*As expected... Even after foreseeing everything and making flawless preparations, it still makes no difference at all.*
Watching the one-sided slaughter of class users through dozens of livestream rooms, Gong Yinhu let out a quiet sigh in his heart.
Fortunately, he had never counted on these people putting up any real resistance in the first place. All he needed was a crisis of this magnitude to tie everyone's fates together.
"Mr. Gong, every single legion has been routed! Everyone is fleeing into the cities! What do we do?" Shark—Fathe'aim—hurried inside, looking anxiously at Gong Yinhu.
He had assumed that in the prophetic vision, Yu Xian had only won because of a surprise attack. With full foreknowledge and the entire continent mobilized against him, the outcome surely should have been entirely different.
Who could have guessed that Yu Xian would still dismantle their combined forces with effortless ease?
This was a war involving billions of people!
Even if every single person stood motionless and let Yu Xian butcher them, it would take him decades to wipe them all out. Yet under the onslaught of his summoned beasts, their numbers were plummeting at horrifying speed, leaving mountains of casualties in their wake.
"What to do? My enhancement level is lower than his. I'm afraid there is no way," Gong Yinhu replied with a helpless shake of his head.
Shark's eyes lit up. "Mr. Gong, if your enhancement level were on par with Yu Xian's, would you stand a chance?"
"If my enhancement level matched Yu Xian's and my stat panel wasn't far behind his, my class abilities would definitely allow me to deduce a path leading us to victory," Gong Yinhu declared with absolute confidence.
In plain terms: he needed resources, he needed treasures—he needed perfect enhancement!
Gritting his teeth, Shark said, "I'll see to gathering the items you need, Mr. Gong. This battle rests entirely on your shoulders!"
"Very well. As long as I can stand on equal footing with Yu Xian, I will surely lead everyone to survival," Gong Yinhu nodded solemnly.
Shark hurried away. He was certain that after witnessing Yu Xian's terrifying might, the class users would gladly part with their prized treasures in exchange for a glimmer of hope.
And right now, that hope lay squarely with Gong Yinhu.
Gong Yinhu watched Shark leave, then closed his eyes to resume divining his own fate.
Once his enhancement was complete, he would immediately attempt to shatter the void and flee the Zhen Realm. As for what Yu Xian intended to do afterward, he couldn't care less. Shattering the void still offered a chance of survival, whereas opposing Yu Xian was guaranteed suicide.
From the very beginning, his goal was to exploit the class users across the Zhen Realm, using them to provide the final boost of power he needed to shatter the void. Since their fate was to be slaughtered by Yu Xian anyway, they might as well shine and burn for his sake before their demise.
In truth, Gong Yinhu's scheme was simple and blunt, but often the simplest stratagems were the most effective.
The class users across the Zhen Realm's continents were genuinely plunged into despair. Yu Xian's summoned beasts didn't just advance from the front lines; they appeared from all directions, even crashing down directly onto their heads.
What was worse, every single one of these summoned beasts was Level 250. The class users weren't even as high-level as the summons, and their attributes lagged far behind. How were they supposed to fight?
Thus, when word spread that Gong Yinhu was willing to step forward against Yu Xian—needing only to enhance himself to the same level—the legions scrambled to turn over their stockpiled materials.
Enhancement stones, Enhancement Lucky Talismans, Enhancement Guarantee Talismans, skill enhancement stones, Skill Awakening Stones, and countless other resources began pouring toward the city where Gong Yinhu resided.
Reputation, as it turned out, could indeed be turned into sustenance.
Gong Yinhu had posed as an unfathomable powerhouse in the Zhen Realm for tens of thousands of years, and had held the title of Number One Under Heaven for a century. His reputation was stellar, regarded as a living myth of the martial world and the paragon of righteousness.
That was why so many people trusted him without hesitation. Otherwise, how could a few empty words convince countless people to empty out their life savings?
Within half an hour, mountains of enhancement stones and lucky talismans were delivered before Gong Yinhu—the accumulated reward of his acting over tens of thousands of years.
Many speculated that he must have been an incredible master and a peerless powerhouse before arriving in the Zhen Realm.
In reality, before entering the Zhen Realm, he had been nothing more than a charlatan and con artist. He had accumulated vast illicit wealth through deception until his crimes were uncovered and he was thrown behind bars.
Then a miracle occurred: while sitting in prison, he transmigrated into this wondrous world.
Although he gained genuine, extraordinary abilities he had once only dreamed of in this supernatural realm, old habits died hard. He habitually cloaked himself in layers of mystique, packaging himself as a profoundly enigmatic grandmaster.
Standing atop mountain peaks to contemplate the Great Dao, gazing out at the sea to commune with the Heavenly Dao...
He played the part so convincingly that at times he even fooled himself. Naturally, the class users across the Zhen Realm gradually came to believe him, convinced that his cultivation realm was unimaginably lofty and his strength bottomless.
If he could, he would have gladly kept up the act for a lifetime.
If a con artist could deceive everyone for his entire life, the illusion would become reality, and the con artist would no longer be a fraud.
Unfortunately, he had crossed paths with Yu Xian—a truly invincible entity. Now, he cared only about surviving and escaping. The reputation and trust he had cultivated over tens of thousands of years had all been cashed in for precious materials.
Shattering the void would take place this very day!
Chapter 566