At this point, this was all Mingxi could do.

What will happen to Zetalem?

That's not her decision anymore.

Mingxi leaped forward, embracing Verina, who was wearing prop wings, and released her remaining spiritual energy to envelop her, protecting her from the aftershocks of the planet's destruction.

"boom--"

"Holy crap! Awesome! So beautiful! There's no fireworks better than this!" Verina's eyes sparkled with excitement, completely oblivious to the devastation her hometown had suffered.

Her only good impression of Zetalem was of her mother.

All that remains is disgust and hatred.

Her mother had long since passed away, and she didn't care whether Zetalem was destroyed or not.

So she was genuinely happy to see Zetalem turn into a giant firework display.

Mingxi smiled slightly: "...This is nothing, it's just a small scene."

Right now, only the base points have been destroyed; the real 'fireworks show' hasn't officially started yet, it's just the prelude at most.

At this moment, the sky above Zetalem is burning.

It wasn't the clouds, but the entire atmosphere that was ionized by excessive energy, turning it an eerie purplish-red color. Streaks of lightning darted through the clouds, yet remained silent.

All sound was swallowed up by an even more terrifying tremor.

The earth is groaning.

The modules of the City of a Thousand Faces no longer change, but are like clay being kneaded by an invisible giant hand, twisting, bulging, and collapsing.

One by one, the giant hinges connecting the modules snapped, the shrill sound of metal breaking mixed with the continuous rumbling of the ground.

"It's over, it's all over..."

An old mercenary, slumped on the ship, murmured. He had experienced countless life-and-death situations, but he had never seen such a sight.

Unlike Verina, he was deeply attached to Zetalem, the planet where he was born and raised, the place where his heart belonged.

He was certainly aware of the evils of Zetalem.

But dogs don't mind a poor home, and children don't mind an ugly mother; for people like them, only Zetalem can bring them a sense of security.

"well!"

Many people share the same thoughts as the old mercenary.

But no matter how resentful they are, they are powerless to change the status quo.

Circumstances are beyond our control!

Myojin is the strongest!

At the moment of synchronization, at the core of Zetalem.

This is not a lava core in a geological sense, after all, it is an artificial planet.

Zeta's core is a modified artificial energy cavity with a diameter of about three kilometers.

At the center of the cavity, surrounded by twelve interlocking energy suppression rings, lies a man-made earth flame core shaped like a sea urchin, constantly emitting spiky rays.

The reason Mingxi didn't run into the Earth's core with Qianshanjing is because the temperature at the Earth's core exceeds what humans can withstand.

If Mingxi doesn't need to isolate the origin of creation and the origin of birth and death, then going deeper into it wouldn't hurt.

However, with her mind focused on multiple things and acting cautiously, she can only allow the Thousand Mountain Path, which is said to have been dormant in the core of the planet for hundreds of years, to /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ make its own attempt to break through the core of Zetalem's fiery core.

Suddenly, the rock strata above the cavity were violently blasted through!

A streak of crimson-gold light pierced through tens of thousands of kilometers of the earth's crust, shooting straight in at a speed that almost ignored the obstruction of matter!

It is the path through a thousand mountains.

What it revealed at this moment was not the shape of a physical axe, but an energy torrent formed by countless tiny golden axe shadows!

Each axe strike sliced ​​through space, tore through matter, and vaporized the rocks in its path, leaving behind smooth, mirror-like tunnels.

It sensed the vibrations in the Earth's core cavity.

At this moment, a hazy, giant figure wearing a rose on his head appeared in the energy torrent of the Thousand Mountains Path. If Mingxi saw this scene, she would definitely be greatly shocked.

The appearance of the phantom signifies that the spirit of the artifact Thousand Mountains Path has become fully intelligent!

A true marvel!

The leading edge of the torrent appeared, its mouth gaping open in a maniacal laugh of battle intent.

"cut--!!!"

The giant phantom clenched its hands, and the torrent of crimson gold transformed into a colossal axe that split the heavens and earth, slashing down fiercely at the center of its body!

The first axe strike shattered the outermost three-ring energy suppression device!

The burst of energy turbulence melted hundreds of holes in the cavity walls!

The second blow!

The third blow!

...

Qianshan Path spares no effort.

A burst of light erupted, and cracks appeared all over the outside of the cavity!

The core of the crater trembled violently.

The ninth axe strike: the giant phantom clenched his hands together, and the crimson-gold torrent contracted, condensed, and compressed to its extreme, transforming into an axe beam as thin as a hair yet as bright as a star, cutting into the interior along the crack in the prism!

"Snap—!!!"

The crisp cracking sound was transmitted throughout the Earth's core cavity via energy vibration.

The core of the fiery earth was completely exposed.

It wasn't destroyed, but rather its 'anchoring connection' with Zetalem was severed at the rule level!

The Earth Flame Core, forged from different metals and different fires, burst forth from the broken opening like a ferocious beast breaking free of its cage!

However, it did not spread out of control. Instead, it was guided and restrained by the Axe Shadow Barrier that Qianshan Path had set up in advance, and turned into a torrent that rushed towards the surface along the tunnel from which Qianshan Path had come.

The mission at Thousand Mountains Path is complete.

But it did not leave immediately.

The giant phantom lowered its head and looked down into the cavity.

There, because the suppression device was destroyed, the previously suppressed Earth Core Flame and Earth Core Gold are now surging forth from the cracks!

Earth Core Flame is the purest flame in a planet's core, its color resembling molten ruby, and its temperature sufficient to vaporize ordinary starship armor.

Earth Core Gold, also a regular crystal formed by planetary metal elements under extreme pressure, is harder than Stellar Steel and naturally contains gravity and solid rules.

Both of these are the foundation of a planet, and they generally only appear when a planet is destroyed, and will most likely dissipate along with the destruction of the planet.

However, the Earth Core Flame and Earth Core Gold here were not born from the planet Zetalem itself, but were created by humans.

However, the Earth Core Flame and Earth Core Gold are real.

It's genuine, no discounts.

They are not only precious materials for forging tools, but also top-grade materials for refining the bodies of extraordinary steel and fire-type creatures.

"nice one!"

The giant phantom's eyes lit up. "Master said, take whatever benefits you can!"

It opened its mouth wide and inhaled sharply!

It's not about physical absorption, but about using the essence of a divine artifact to collect matter!

The surging subterranean flames transformed into a crimson fire python, which was then swallowed into its mouth;

The flowing Earth Core Gold, like liquid gold, was drawn in by its two palms.

The collection lasted for about five seconds.

Then, the giant phantom let out a satisfied burp, its body swayed, and transformed into a stream of crimson-gold light, rushing back the way it came!

It returned to Mingxi's side with incredible speed, shrinking back to a tiny bracelet pendant.

And in the third second after it left—

Having lost the support of its fiery core and having had a large amount of energy extracted, Zetalem finally lost its balance.

The first sign of imbalance traveled from the Earth's core to the surface in just 0.3 seconds.

The entire planet Zetalem fell silent once more.

It's not that time stands still, it's that all motion is happening.

Instead, the flow of the wind, the drift of the clouds, the transformation of the modules, and even the movements of the strange beasts and humans running in a daze were all paused by an invisible force.

Then, the sound disappeared.

All the noise, cries, explosions, and collapses were wiped out in the same instant.

Absolute silence enveloped the planet.

The eerie silence lasted for about two seconds.

Then--

"boom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The terrifying energy accumulated due to the imbalance at the Earth's core has erupted.

First came a deep, soul-shaking roar emanating from within the planet.

That's not sound transmitted through the air; it's vibration that acts directly on the space itself!

All living things still on the earth's surface, no matter where they hide, feel as if their internal organs are being squeezed and kneaded by a giant hand!

Blood gushed from his ears and nose, and he collapsed to the ground.

Then came the light.

It didn't come from the sky, but from underground.

Beams of blazing white, golden-red, and dark purple light shot out from thousands of cracks on the planet's surface!

Soaring straight into the sky, it tore the dark sky to shreds!

Those beams of light were a mixture of liquefied rock, metal, and energy, with a temperature exceeding one million degrees. Wherever they passed, all matter was directly sublimated!

The modular buildings of the City of a Thousand Faces are like paper in front of these beams of light, easily penetrated, melted, and vaporized!

But this is just the beginning.

The release of Earth's core energy triggered a chain reaction.

As an artificial planet, Zetalem's modules are inherently fragile.

Under the impact of the Earth's core energy, those connection points completely collapsed!

"Crack—Boom—!!"

Giant modules, on the scale of continental plates, have begun to peel away, drift, and collide with each other!

The metal frame at the joint twisted and broke, and tens of thousands of tons of alloy structure were thrown into the air like a toy, and then crashed down, causing a secondary impact and explosion!

A bottomless chasm splits between the tectonic plates, and scorching subsurface material pours in like a waterfall, then gushes out, forming towering waterfalls of lava!

Even a single module can't hold up.

The internal energy core overloaded and exploded, and the weapons arsenals secretly built by various forces detonated under the impact, causing stored dangerous chemicals to leak and mix, triggering a chain reaction...

"Bang! Bang bang bang bang—!!!"

Explosions rang out from every corner of the planet's surface!

Buildings collapsed in clusters, the ground caved in into abysses, and the already chaotic streets were completely flattened by the fireballs and shockwaves from the explosion!

Thick smoke, flames, and energy storms intertwine to create an apocalyptic scene.

When plate tectonics and structural collapse reach a critical point, the most spectacular and terrifying scene unfolds—

The planet Zetalem began to crumble layer by layer from the outside in.

Instead of exploding into several large pieces, it was like a glass ball being repeatedly hammered by an invisible giant hammer, with countless spiderweb-like cracks appearing on its surface, which then spread, deepened, and intersected...

"Splash—!!!"

The first piece to collapse was a giant commercial module located in the equatorial region.

It didn't explode; instead, it turned into dust.

Like a sandcastle blown away by the wind, the entire module, under some kind of high-frequency vibration, decomposed into billions of particles finer than dust. These particles were carried into the sky by the energy flow erupting from the Earth's core, flashed in the light for a moment, and then disappeared completely.

Then came the second and third modules...

The destruction spread like a plague.

Plates were shattering, mountains were shattering, rivers were shattering, ruins were shattering, and the spaceships, vehicles, and surviving creatures that couldn't be taken away in time... were all reduced to the most basic particles in the irreversible collapse.

There were no screams.

Because just before the shattering occurred, all life in those areas had already been dispersed at the molecular level by high-frequency vibrations.

Death comes so suddenly that there is no time to feel pain.

After the surface material was completely pulverized, Zetalem revealed its final form—

A damaged geothermal core, riddled with lava fissures and energy jets, but its diameter is one-third smaller than before.

And there is that origin of creation, which floats and rotates in the torrent of stars.

Mingxi could feel the resonance gradually disappearing.

Indeed, the starry sea is the true home of the origin.

No wonder the source of life and death within her wanted to kill her.

well.

But she's innocent too.

The destruction of Zetalem was not yet over.

The final structure of the Earth's core cavity, having lost all its outer support, was finally exposed to the vacuum of space.

"puff--"

Like a punctured balloon.

The cavity exploded.

The accumulated core energy, along with the remaining core flames and core gold extracted by the Thousand Mountains Path, all mixed together, transforming into an energy torrent with a diameter of over 500 kilometers that soared into the sky!

"Red Jade, Azure Moon, go!"

Mingxi waved to the two pets who were already itching to do something, letting them do what they wanted.

Now that the source of creation flows into the sea of ​​stars, they will not be constrained.

"Ling!"

"Yi Kong!"

Chi Yu sat on Lan Yue Liang's back and stepped into the air towards the direction where Di Xin Yan and Di Xin Jin were located.

Yao Xuan smiled, "If they perfectly absorb the Earth Core Flame and Earth Core Gold, their strength will increase significantly."

"Ya prison."

Her bright, sparkling eyes were full of envy.

Why isn't it a steel or fire type?

Now everyone is on the same starting line, and everyone has the chance to compete for the second pet to evolve into a god-level pet. But now, Lan Yue Liang and Chi Yu have gotten ahead.

Damn it!

Mingxi silently rubbed Liangjing, who was drooling on her head.

At this moment, Chi Yu and Lan Yue Liang had already rushed into the Earth Core Flame and Earth Core Gold, and began to rely on them to refine their bodies.

Wherever that final, dazzling torrent of energy passed, even space itself was scorched with distorted scars!

It shot straight upwards, piercing through the Zetalem wreckage, and continued its ascent into deep space!

The planetary remnants, having lost their last source of energy, began their final disintegration.

There was no explosion, no fire.

It simply collapsed, scattered, and turned into a dust cloud that spread for millions of kilometers in silence.

The dust particles shimmered with a dark golden light under the starlight, like a silent funeral for the planet.

Zetalem was thus completely annihilated.

It took four minutes and seventeen seconds for it to go from existence to non-existence.

The entire process of Zetalem's destruction was recorded from multiple angles by at least seven hundred observation ships positioned at a safe distance.

The footage is transmitted to the interplanetary network in real time.

At first, there was deathly silence.

Everyone watching the live stream, regardless of their location, race, or stance, lost the ability to speak when witnessing a planet vanish in such a spectacular and utter way.

The chat channel was silent for a full minute.

Then, the information flow began to explode.