The overlapping grand and cold voices suddenly shifted their tone within the crumbling cavern.
Lusheng slightly raised his head, his gaze piercing through everyone to lock firmly onto Ian.
The Mana Giant's intentions were laid bare in this moment. It understood that the man standing before it was the greatest anomaly in all its plans.
Ordinary Pola Beasts were incredibly fragile before that Titan and the blue giant, let alone this man.
It had to change its strategy.
"Outsider, the Source Essence within your body is as vast as a sea of stars."
The grand voice, carrying a bizarrely seductive tone, echoed directly in everyone's minds.
"It is enough to instantly fill the world's Source Essence deficit, restoring the unbalanced ecology to normal."
To prove its words, the Mana Giant transformed its colossal will into an incredibly realistic illusion.
In an instant, it was projected deep into everyone's minds.
*Rumble—*
The earth-shattering tremors before their eyes vanished.
They were replaced by the sensation of warm sunlight spilling across their skin.
The scarlet, withered earth shed its bloody hue. As if brushed by the hand of a god, it was rapidly cloaked in vibrant, tender greenery.
Brand-new buildings rose from the collapsed city ruins.
People emerged from the gloomy Lighthouse and cramped villages, their faces devoid of fear and numbness.
Children chased each other and played on the grass, their crisp laughter ringing out as the fragrance of fresh grass and soil filled the air.
A perfect new world with no Pola Beasts, no death, and no fear.
Ran Bing froze, subconsciously reaching out her hand as if to touch that ray of warm sunlight.
Her eyes grew moist. An emotion called 'hope' threatened to completely overwhelm her.
Xia Dou was even more mesmerized. She saw Meiduo and everyone from Dragon Bone Village smiling in the sun.
This scene was something she wouldn't even dare to wish for in her wildest dreams.
They knew the giant's words couldn't be entirely trusted.
But under the subtle influence of the Mana Giant's will, their yearning for a beautiful future washed away their rationality.
Uncontrollably, they cast expectant gazes toward Ian.
That grand voice, carrying supreme bewitchment, echoed once more.
"As long as you are willing to merge with us, all of this can become reality."
"Furthermore, you will become the one and only true god of this world."
"Pfft... Hahaha!"
A sudden burst of laughter shattered the solemn and sacred atmosphere.
Ian couldn't hold back his laughter.
It was as if he had just heard the funniest joke since arriving in this universe.
The laughter abruptly stopped.
Ian slowly straightened up, his eyes turning icy in an instant.
"What the hell are you blabbering about? Disrupting the planet's balance, destroying the ecological cycle..."
His tone was brimming with impatience and disdain.
"What does that have to do with me?"
"All I know is that you are Pola Beasts, not humans."
"And you have slaughtered countless humans."
"Therefore... you are heretics! You are a virus! You need to be eradicated!"
An incredibly terrifying and pure killing intent erupted with a bang!
"And there is only one fate for heretics."
Before his voice even faded, the Mana Giant's colossal will felt a shudder originating from the deepest depths of its soul!
It was the ultimate terror of imminent, total erasure!
"You dare!"
Sensing Ian's undisguised killing intent, the Mana Giant completely tore off its disguise.
It let out a hysterical roar, both the grand voice and Lusheng's voice twisting from extreme fury.
"I represent the will of the planet! If you kill me, you will destroy the planet's balance, and this planet will completely die!"
"All living creatures will slowly die on this wasteland, leaving no one behind! The human species will also face extinction!"
"Huh?" Ian tilted his head, catching the main point.
"The planet's will wants to exterminate humanity? Then the planet is a heretic too! Whatever, I'll kill the planet's will as well!"
"No! How dare you!" The Mana Giant emitted even more violent fluctuations.
"Did you misunderstand something?" Ian impatiently picked his ear.
"Do you really think a single planet is a rare resource?"
He looked at the 'Mana Giant' trembling madly in fear, a trace of pity appearing on his face.
"If it weren't for the fact that your Mana Ecology is somewhat unique and could add some diversity to the Imperium of Man's zoos, did you really think you'd have lived this long?"
That sentence became the final straw that crushed the Mana Giant's sanity.
Completely despairing, it activated its final trump card.
*Rumble—!*
The massive body of the Mana Giant in the center disintegrated in an instant!
It transformed into billions of squirming, insectoid Pola Beasts!
At the same time, endless swarms of insectoid Pola Beasts burrowed out from the ground, walls, and ceiling of the entire underground cavern!
These bugs surged like a black tide from all directions, intertwining, fusing, and stacking upon one another.
Ultimately, they formed a crawling, alien amalgam nearly a thousand meters tall, possessing countless twisted limbs and roaring maws! With a slight shift of its body, it burst out of the ground.
Viscous, blood-scented liquid constantly dripped from the crevices of its body, sizzling as it corroded the hard rocky ground.
Ian pointed at the grotesquely ugly monster and smiled at the terrified group behind him.
"Look at it. It claims to be doing this for the 'cycle,' but hasn't all the Source Essence just 'cycled' right into its own body?"
"What a hypocrite."
He shook his head, his face full of disgust.
"It's too disgusting. Dealing with this kind of thing will dirty my hands."
"Looks like I need to call in a 'professional' to handle this."
Ian casually snapped his fingers.
*Snap.*
Space was torn open, forming a rift.
But this time, what seeped out from the rift was no longer the divine, vast golden light from before.
Instead, it was a swirling vortex oozing yellow-green pus, radiating an extreme stench of rot and plague.
A terrifying aura symbolizing decay and ruin—yet bizarrely containing a certain kind of vitality—gushed forth from within.
The surrounding air instantly became foul and viscous, as if taking a single breath would cause one's lungs to rot.
A bloated, immensely obese figure stepped out of the vortex, its heavy footsteps making the earth tremble.
Its skin was a moldy, sickly green, covered in pustules that constantly burst and slowly healed.
A constantly chewing maw grew on its split-open belly, and its yellow-green intestines dragged on the ground like a scarf.
It wielded a massive, rust-mottled curved blade dripping with plague fluids, yet its face wore a kind and joyous smile.
It looked like an amiable priest about to hand out candy to children.
This was none other than a Great Unclean One from Nurgle's Garden.
The moment it appeared, it first bowed deeply and respectfully to Ian, performing an impeccable ancient greeting.
It let out a joyful, deep voice that sounded like bubbles rising from the depths of a swamp.
"Great Being, thank you for your summons."
Then, the Great Unclean One slowly turned its head.
It saw the hideously ugly alien amalgam composed of billions of insects.
In an instant, the countless small eyes hidden within the folds of its fat erupted with a fanatical light incomprehensible to mortals.
"Oh! What a wonderful creation! What a marvelous lifeform! What a rich psychic aura!"
The Great Unclean One let out an exclamation of ultimate delight, its entire plump body trembling with happiness.
It raised its Plagueblade high, pointing it at the madly roaring Mana amalgam.
"Come, child!"
Its voice was filled with generosity and the joy of sharing.
"Accept Grandfather's gift, and let the most magnificent flower of 'life' bloom upon this land!"