Chapter 58: Reigning Over the World

Standing on the alchemy airship, the tall, handsome man, Li Shengjiang, felt a slight shock in his heart as he faced the phantom of the strongest Hero King in history.

“As expected of the Hero King of ancient Babylon. A mere ancient phantom, summoned here, has already barely reached the Seventh Level. It seems I can no longer rely on the airship for offense; I'll have to use 'Grantham.'”

Before this, he had never personally taken action.

He had always relied on the alchemy airship to activate sorcery. Ten thousand slime engines frantically pulled bellows, converting kinetic energy into electrical energy via magic-patterned 'circuit boards.' This electrical energy was then transformed into spiritual potential energy, forming the spiritual magic power that allowed him to cast spells powerful enough to reach the Sixth Level, enabling them to fight against this world's formidable Death Monarch.

No one would believe it if he told them.

Ten thousand of the weakest slimes could actually contend with a Wizard Monarch who had reigned supreme for an era?

This was the allure of alchemical technology.

And it was also the endless potential of his slime race, of these very engines!

“I'll have to act personally now.”

Li Shengjiang leaped lightly, descending from the alchemy airship.

“Heh heh! Let these natives of this world witness... modern magically modified technology, with its airplanes, cannons, and artificial mechs! Though I can't livestream, I can take screenshots! I want to go back and show those players how I've secretly developed mechanical technology for over ninety years, making me invincible in this otherworldly realm! They still want to come? I've already cleared the new map by myself! If they do come, they'll just be eating my dust! But realistically, probably only a few can even reach this world. Right now, only I and Qiu Mingshan Car Speed have achieved this much!”

He chuckled, holding a shield in his left hand, on which black totem patterns glowed. In his right hand, he held a wooden staff, which flared with brilliant light as he raised it high above his head:

“In this world, there is nothing that cannot be killed. Even the dead, I will kill them for you to see.”

This statement seemed to make everyone's expression change slightly. People on the ground realized what was about to happen; this was the famous sorcery of the witch Circe from back then, known as the most terrifying and cruel spell in terms of lethality...

“Life-Death Curse!!!”

He roared!

Behind him, a gigantic, viscous, grotesque ghost-face mask floated.

Boom!!

The ghost face wildly churned, as strange, dark-red, viscous gas and liquid surged, like substantial blood plasma, continuously swirling and boiling like black lava.

It instantly collided with Gilgamesh's sword swing in front of him.

The air twisted.

A vortex formed in an instant, sweeping in all directions. When they regained their senses, they found that Gilgamesh's phantom had been obliterated by the impact.

Whoosh—

The sky instantly became cloudless for thousands of miles, a pristine blue.

All the clouds were dispersed by the terrifying air current.

Everyone looked up at the sky simultaneously, witnessing an incredible scene—a phenomenon unprecedented in this world.

“Is this still human power?”

Countless people muttered to themselves.

This was the legendary Hero King, the strongest man who dared to swing his sword at gods, yet he was so easily...

“This is already my strongest power.” Medusa’s body trembled slightly. She stared blankly at the scene, an unshakeable fear emerging from deep within her, consuming her entire being.

“Although this was only a tenth of the Hero King’s power from back then, it’s still far beyond what I can contend with. He actually used my teacher Circe's sorcery to easily defeat me.”

“How can such an enemy possibly be defeated?!”

Medusa’s entire body went numb. A fear she had never experienced in her life spread through her, causing her to tremble violently as tears and snot streamed uncontrollably down her face.

She was an extremely beautiful woman, exceptionally talented, possessing invincible power, and thus she treated everything with arrogance, never having tasted defeat. Yet now, she displayed a humiliating sight unlike any in her life.

Such was her fear that she trembled, unable to move. In this moment, she had never felt so weak.

“Is this… fear?”

“Is this what humans… feel when facing the fear of death?”

Suspended in the air, her body trembling slightly, she murmured, “What magnificent, intoxicating power this is, capable of even breaking people, instilling an unparalleled despair! But I, Medusa, I, Medusa the Death Monarch, how could I be thwarted by mere…”

“Move, damn it… Move!!!” Medusa shrieked heartbreakingly, her clear voice echoing through heaven and earth. Tears streamed wildly from her eyes, soaking her entire face. “That bottleneck of mine, move it!!!!”

An invisible aura rapidly spread, as if some long-suppressed power was quickly breaking through.

The sky churned.

Li Shengjiang watched Medusa, who was roaring at the edge of despair, a hint of surprise on his face.

The Rose Witches on the ground were also taken aback, and people on the streets continuously gazed up at the sky.

The people of the Babylonian Kingdom were stunned, letting out fearful and inaudible growls.

“This is bad!”

“Stop her quickly!!”

“You can no longer stop me,” Medusa said, slowly rising into the sky, spreading her arms as if to embrace the entire vast world.

Behind her, a blood-red rose wildly unfurled its multiple petals, as layers of power surged upward, her aura escalating exponentially—doubling, tripling, tenfold... as if without end.

Her spiritual power began to fully unleash.

This was the realm of a Seventh-Level Epic Wizard.

It was a realm that the Three Witches had only speculated about but never reached. Historically, only the legendary Hero King had ever set foot in this domain, and now, after nearly two centuries of accumulation, she had finally broken through.

She fell silent for a moment. The great ups and downs of her life filled her with complex emotions and shock, and she couldn't help but reveal heartfelt gratitude. She suddenly looked at Li Shengjiang and smiled faintly, “Thank you. I practiced Death Sorcery, yet I never truly experienced the fear of death. If not for you, I would not have comprehended the true meaning of death and fear, and I would not have broken through to the Seventh Level.”

“As a reward, I will not kill you,” she said, revealing a gentle smile. “I will make you my Queen, and together we shall reign over the world and rule it.”

“Come.”

She approached, reaching for Li Shengjiang's hand, and chuckled softly, “The Babylonian Kingdom you wish to save, I can hand its governance to you, provided you regularly supply men.”

Li Shengjiang froze for a moment: “What did you say?”

Medusa paused, then chuckled again, shaking her head. “You still want to fight me? Although my current strength has only just stepped into the Seventh-Tier Epic Wizard realm, it’s seventeen times stronger than before. You won't be my opponent…”

“So, your current strength is only seventeen times what it was before?” Li Shengjiang revealed a hint of disappointment.

Medusa was stunned.

She rapidly retreated.

“Flower of Death!!”

A terrifying aura, far exceeding anything before, wildly spread, surging towards Li Shengjiang.

Li Shengjiang waved his staff.

“Spring’s Protection.”

With a crisp sound, an unparalleled terrifying power shattered the rose flower.

Medusa was instantly sent flying backward.

Li Shengjiang sighed, “I thought you were hiding your Seventh-Level power and treated you with caution. Who knew I overestimated you? To think you only broke through now, right before your demise…”

“Our King, the Death Monarch, has been defeated!”

This terrifying scene spread through both great kingdoms, leaving everyone in disbelief.

Could it be that just now, it was only the alchemy fortress beneath his feet that was fighting against the Sixth-Level Medusa, while he himself had not even acted? And now, with his true power unleashed, he can easily crush the Death Monarch who just broke through to the Seventh Level?

“What kind of power is this, exactly?”

Medusa growled, her body uncontrollably trembling with despair. “No, it can’t be… your aura wouldn’t lie to me. You are clearly a Sixth-Level Wizard, yet you can easily unleash Seventh-Level power!”

“This is the power of alchemy, granting me terrifying combat strength that transcends an entire major realm. The Great Creator once said that only races capable of utilizing tools are truly intelligent.”

Li Shengjiang thought for a moment, then suddenly chuckled. He looked at the beautiful girl before him, bent down, extended his hand, and gently helped her up. “Do you want to learn? I can teach you.”

“Are you crazy?”

Medusa suddenly looked up, utterly astonished.

In the ancient history of wizards, "The Spear of Flourishing Sorcery" recorded:

In the year 398 of the Babylonian Kingdom, Grantham, the Alchemy Great Emperor who presided over the Gate of Alchemy and Truth, appeared across the land, overwhelming the world and defeating Medusa, the Wizard Monarch, in a single strike. The entire world was thrown into an uproar.

In the orchard.

Xu Zhi sat on a chair, looking at the small sandbox in the distance, and scratched his head. “This fellow, after nearly a day and over ninety years inside, finally got things done for me. Though he’s truly despicable, meticulously biding his time to develop, living off women's kindness, and only emerging once he was invincible.”

This guy is absolutely shameless!!

Show me any other protagonist who comes to another world with a race and *doesn't* fight monsters to level up! But him? He hasn't even fought a single giant beast. He just frantically lived off women's kindness, letting them provide him with cultivation resources—first seven little witches, then Lilith—only emerging to act cool after becoming unmatched in the world?

And he's incredibly sneaky!

Actually, as a Fifth-Level Wizard, he could already easily defeat Sixth-Levels with the help of mechanical technology. Yet he absolutely had to wait until he broke through to the Sixth-Level Wizard, donned 'Grantham,' and possessed Seventh-Level power before daring to come out. And he was still probing frantically, fearing Medusa might have hidden Seventh-Level strength…

“Shameless.”

Xu Zhi was speechless, silently complaining as he munched on an apple.