Inside the Cloud Mist Internet Café, the celebration that followed the defeat of the Godslayer Sentinel lasted only a few seconds before the entire hall fell silent once again. The cheers that had erupted across the building slowly faded as the next system message appeared on the giant screen.
The words glowed ominously.
FINAL GUARDIAN AWAKENING
The moment the message appeared, a wave of unease swept through the crowd.
Standing near the center of the hall, several cultivators exchanged worried glances.
"The final guardian…"
"If the sentinel was the second boss…"
Nearby, Liu Kang scratched his head.
"Hahaha… okay…"
He glanced toward the screen again.
"Whatever shows up next is probably insane."
Beside him, Chen Yu frowned slightly.
"The difficulty of this realm has already exceeded the Heavenly War Domain."
Yan Feng nodded slowly.
"And we still haven't seen the true ruler of the battlefield."
On the third-floor balcony overlooking the hall, Long Wei leaned against the railing while observing the screen carefully.
"The sentinel called itself a guardian."
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"That means it was protecting something."
Beside him, Mo Tian remained calm.
But his gaze had grown sharper than before.
Inside the simulation, the battlefield slowly changed again.
The enormous ruins of the wasteland still stretched across the horizon, and the shattered remains of the sentinel's armor continued dissolving into crimson particles.
The broken spear lay embedded in the ground nearby.
The sky above the battlefield darkened.
The lightning that had been flashing earlier suddenly stopped.
An eerie silence spread across the wasteland.
Inside the café, several cultivators whispered nervously.
"Why did the lightning stop?"
"That battlefield feels different now."
Standing behind the counter, Lin Tian quietly watched the system panel inside his mind.
A new notification appeared.
FINAL BOSS ACTIVATION — ANCIENT GOD BATTLEFIELD
Lin Tian nodded slightly.
"So the final enemy has awakened."
Inside the simulation, the ground began trembling again.
But this time—
The movement felt different.
It was slower.
Heavier.
Inside the café, the watching cultivators leaned closer to the screen.
"What's happening now?"
Inside the simulation, a massive crack slowly spread across the battlefield.
The earth split apart like a broken shell.
Crimson light began rising from the depths of the wasteland.
Then—
A colossal hand slowly emerged from the ground.
Inside the café, several cultivators gasped.
"That hand…"
"It's even bigger than the titan!"
The enormous hand slowly pressed against the ground as something massive began pulling itself upward.
Stone and ruins collapsed around it.
The battlefield shook violently.
Then—
The creature rose.
And the entire café froze.
Standing in the center of the shattered wasteland was a towering figure far larger than anything that had appeared before.
Unlike the Fallen God Titan, whose body had been skeletal, this creature still possessed flesh.
But the flesh looked ancient.
Decayed.
Its enormous body stood nearly three hundred meters tall.
Black armor fragments covered its massive torso, and glowing crimson cracks ran across its body like rivers of molten energy.
Its head resembled that of a fallen god.
Two enormous horns curved upward from its skull.
Its burning eyes glowed like twin suns.
Inside the café, several cultivators whispered in disbelief.
"What… is that?"
Standing near the screen, Chen Yu slowly spoke.
"That… doesn't look like a guardian."
Yan Feng nodded.
"It looks like a god."
On the third-floor balcony, Long Wei narrowed his eyes.
"That must be the ruler of this battlefield."
Beside him, Mo Tian finally spoke.
"The final boss."
Inside the simulation, the enormous creature slowly lifted its head.
The wasteland trembled under its presence.
Its voice echoed across the battlefield like the roar of thunder.
"You have slain my guardians."
The sound shook the air itself.
Han Jue stood calmly below the giant figure.
His sword remained steady in his hand.
Inside the café, Liu Kang whispered.
"That thing is huge."
Inside the simulation, the giant creature slowly stepped forward.
Each step shook the battlefield.
"You have proven your strength."
Its burning eyes focused on Han Jue.
"But this battlefield…"
Crimson lightning suddenly returned to the sky.
"…belongs to the ancient gods."
The system message appeared across the screen.
FINAL BOSS DETECTED
ANCIENT WAR GOD
Inside the Cloud Mist Internet Café, the entire hall froze.
Because the final enemy of the Ancient God Battlefield had finally appeared.
And it was far more terrifying…
…than anyone had expected.