Zhou Huai opened his eyes, and ecstasy burst from them!

The System was still there!

The brothers who had gone through thick and thin with him and fought to the last moment in Tokyo were all still here!

"Since I'm back."

Zhou Huai muttered softly, "Then it's time for all of you to see the light of day again as well."

The next second, a scene that would shock Chen Huaishu and Wei Liao for the rest of their lives appeared without warning across the wasteland.

"Hum——!"

Accompanied by a strange spatial tremor, a beam of white light lit up beside Zhou Huai.

Then came the second, the third...

One after another.

A full ten dazzling white beams of light transformed into towering pillars that rose from the ground with Zhou Huai at the center!

Within every single beam of white light emanated a completely distinct yet equally terrifying pressure to the extreme.

These pressures intertwined, causing the space of this heaven and earth to even begin twisting faintly!

The white light dispersed.

The first to walk out was a vagrant wearing a black trench coat with a crescent moon emblem, his uninhibited black hair tied loosely behind his head.

A long sword hung at his waist, and his body was surrounded by a violent force of thunder, capable of summoning the divine punishment of the Nine Heavens at any moment.

The Thunder Swordsman Yasuo!

Following closely behind was a youth holding a staff and draped in a Star-Moon Robe.

Starlight flowed within his eyes, and occasionally a wisp of Soul-Devouring Netherflame along with colorful auroras danced across his fingertips.

The Forbidden Spell Mage, Gandalf!

Next, shadows surged like a tide, and a silver-haired man with fair, transparent skin and an evil, charming disposition quietly emerged from the darkness, swallowing the light of the entire wasteland.

The Night Stalker, Moria!

Afterward, a robust man over one meter nine tall, with knotted muscles and carrying an archaic longbow on his back, stepped out in large strides. His sharp eyes could pierce through the starry vault.

The Divine Archer, Da Yi!

Not only them.

There was also the Divine Artisan Ou Yezi, holding a hammer and shirtless, radiating a shocking wave of heat!

There was also Xiang Yu, clad in heavy armor, built like an iron tower, and exuding an overbearing aura capable of suppressing everything!

There was also the Insect Emperor Caesar, driving endless zerg phantoms with a gaze of looking down upon the world!

...

Avatar after Avatar, having exhausted their powers or even collapsed during the decisive battle in Sakura Country, were resurrected under the mighty power of the System and walked out from the white light.

A full ten powerhouses.

After each of them appeared, they remained silent, quietly walking over to stand behind Zhou Huai.

Their auras were stronger and more restrained than the last, yet they transformed into ten unsurpassable massive mountains, firmly guarding Zhou Huai right in the center.

Chen Huaishu was even forced by this terrifying pressure to subconsciously take a few steps back repeatedly, his breathing becoming incomparably difficult.

Before coming, he had already read the description regarding the Ever-changing Star Lord in the top-secret archives and was mentally prepared.

However, when the words on paper turned into this genuine reality before his eyes, carrying immense visual impact, his heart still plunged into monstrous waves of shock!

A full ten transcendent existences standing at the pinnacle of the human pyramid!

Wei Liao widened his mouth, staring fixedly at the overbearing lineup behind Zhou Huai, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, yet could not utter a single word for a long time.

His brain had completely crashed.

At this moment, under the pressure of the ten powerhouses whose auras were as profound as abyss and mountains, Wei Liao, the iron-blooded minister who was decisive and resolute on the intelligence front, almost knelt on the spot.

That was not humiliation, but an instinctive trembling originating from the deepest part of the soul after his life level was absolutely crushed!

It was like an ant being simultaneously locked onto by the gazes of ten ancient dragons at the same time.

That power had already exceeded the scope of what willpower could contend against.

Relying on the astonishing willpower tempered through years of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he managed to firmly brace his knees and prevent himself from kneeling down on the spot; otherwise, he would have lost all face.

Even so, his entire body was still trembling uncontrollably—a violent shaking that he couldn't stop no matter how hard he tried.

Chen Huaishu beside him, although appearing much calmer than him, also exposed the raging stormy waves in his heart through his tightly clenched fists with bulging veins and slightly pale complexion.

"These... these..." Wei Liao swallowed with difficulty, his voice as dry as if it had been polished by sandpaper, "...are all your Avatars?"

He blurted it out subconsciously, in exchange for Zhou Huai's calm and resolute nod.

"That's right."

Zhou Huai ignored the churning giant waves in the two men's hearts. He turned around, his gaze falling upon Chen Huaishu, his tone calm yet carrying strength.

"Old General Chen, could you lend me the Pendulum of Life for a use?"

"Ah?"

Chen Huaishu snapped back to his senses from the immense shock. For a moment, he didn't quite react and looked at Zhou Huai uncomprehendingly.

Borrow the Pendulum of Life?

What was he trying to do?

Chen Huaishu subconsciously wanted to refuse.

This Divine Artifact was Great Xia Nation's future strategic trump card; how could it be easily lent to others.

But when his gaze swept across the ten silent, mountain-like, terrifyingly auraed figures behind Zhou Huai, the words at the tip of his tongue were forcefully swallowed back down.

Disagree?

If he disagreed... it didn't seem like it would work either.

Not to mention that he was currently only an acting commander-in-chief, even if Marshal Zhao were still alive, facing this lineup before him, he would probably have to weigh things carefully.

Furthermore, Chen Huaishu thought about it again: according to this youth's previous style of action, he saved Donghai City and crushed Sakura Country's conspiracy; every single thing he did was for Great Xia Nation. Such a person probably wouldn't use the Pendulum of Life to do anything out of line.

Thinking of this, Chen Huaishu suppressed the distracting thoughts in his heart and nodded heavily.

"Very well."

Zhou Huai smiled and pointed to an open space not far away: "Then I must trouble the two generals to come with me."

Saying that, he took the lead and brought the two generals, whose moods were complicated and brains had crashed, to a relatively safe location.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Huai transferred his consciousness onto the body of the Avatar Gandalf.

"Hum——"

At the same time, Uncle Fu's kind, wrinkled face clearly emerged in his mind.

The next second, he activated the Pendulum of Life!

"Clang——!"

A distant and ancient bell chime resounded through the wasteland.

On the surface of the Pendulum of Life suspended in mid-air, countless profound golden runes flowed endlessly, and that stationary pointer began to swing at an extremely slow speed.

Subsequently, a dazzling pillar of golden light projected downward from the bottom of the pendulum, enveloping Gandalf within it!

An irresistible stripping force came over, and the Life Origin inside Gandalf's body began to be extracted by this ancient Divine Artifact!

At the exact same instant the golden light enveloped him, Zhou Huai returned his consciousness to his main body, standing quietly to the side and observing all of this silently.

Meanwhile, Chen Huaishu on the side grasped Zhou Huai's intention at the very first moment when he saw this scene!

"You... are you going to... sacrifice your Avatar to resurrect your old butler?"