Chapter 291: Ragnarök Ninth Round—Humanity's Defeat!!!
The Mechanical Divine Body of the First Emperor now resembled a computer overloaded with too many running programs.
Or perhaps it was because an overwhelmingly massive amount of data had suddenly flooded in, exceeding the computer's processing capacity, causing it to crash.
Therefore, the flickering light emitted by the Mechanical Divine Body gave off a very ominous feeling.
The next instant, black smoke overflowed as if an explosion had occurred inside, accompanied by erratic electrical sparks.
The entire massive Mechanical Divine Body began tilting and descending in altitude—was it about to fall?
Fall down?
Immediately, all spectators in the arena changed their expressions, because the Mechanical Divine Body was currently suspended right above the arena.
If it were to crash down, wouldn't it crush the arena into ruins?
However, most humans and gods realized something particularly important—had this match been decided?
Had the First Emperor been defeated?
Suddenly, a staff flew onto the competition stage, standing upright on the gods' side of the field.
It was Buddha's Six Realms Staff, whose condition made the divine spectators who witnessed it uneasy—clear cracks were visible along its shaft.
So, could this match end in another draw?
Suddenly, the staff glowed faintly, and a transparent figure emerged—it was Buddha.
So, what exactly had he done?
He had merged all the reincarnated scenario memories up to this point, packaged them together, and treated them as a small world.
Therefore, the so-called [Three Thousand Worlds of Reincarnation] meant creating one billion copies of reincarnation data.
Thus, his goal was to inject one billion copies of chaotic data through the Six Realms Staff into the First Emperor's Mechanical Divine Body, into his consciousness, causing computational overload and collapse!
Of course, in reality, he couldn't actually stack up to one billion copies—he wasn't sure of the exact number.
In any case, he just needed to inject this data into the First Emperor's mechanism until it crashed.
He had almost finished himself—if the mechanism hadn't collapsed, Buddha would have collapsed first.
Here, "collapse" didn't mean that Buddha himself couldn't withstand the countless copied data. As the copying party, he didn't actually need to experience these memories, otherwise he would have collapsed earlier than the First Emperor.
Here, "collapse" referred to the rapid consumption of his power to copy data, and his form might not be able to maintain itself and would disintegrate.
Therefore, now, he raised his hand high above his head, striking his signature victory pose.
"What does this mean?"
"It's appeared! This is Buddha's exclusive victory pose!"
"This means-!!!"
The divine spectators fell silent for a moment, each taking deep breaths.
The next instant, as if they were all exhaling all the oxygen from their lungs at once, their cheers shook the heavens and earth.
Buddha had won!
The gods' side had won!
The gods had won!
"Sister Brunhilde, have we lost?"
"Did that Qin Shi Huang lose?"
"Is he dead?"
The thirteenth, eleventh, and tenth sisters murmured in confusion.
"I—I don't know!"
Brunhilde could only answer this way, biting her lip tightly.
In reality, she had immediately checked Qin Shi Huang's condition through the Akasha sub-terminal in her hand, and the result confirmed his death!
"BOOM—!"
A tremendous roar interrupted the arena's cheers as the massive mechanical holy body erupted in a violent explosion. Flames engulfed the entire structure, accelerating its descent.
Therefore, immediate evacuation from the arena was necessary.
Thus—
"RUMBLE!"
Tremors that seemed to shake the entire Central Celestial Realm spread outward. All humans and gods watched the arena's destruction, witnessing the ruin of the First Emperor's mechanical divine body.
Some, through floating screens in the air, could also see that Qin Shi Huang's mechanical forces had ceased functioning.
This further confirmed his defeat!!!
"The final battle between humans and gods—ninth round winner—Buddha!!!"
Heimdall officially announced, sending countless gods into another frenzy of cheers.
Then, after receiving some news, he paused, took a deep breath, and declared once more!
"The purpose of initiating [Ragnarök] was to decide whether humanity would continue for a thousand years. Does this still require an answer now?"
"NO!!!"
"Whether humanity continues for a millennium will no longer concern the gods! The gods have lost the right to decide humanity's end—only humanity itself can determine its fate!!!"
"Of course, there is one scenario where the gods would seek to destroy humanity. But this wouldn't be the condescending decision of the past. Rather, if war breaks out between humans and gods, the gods will treat humanity as worthy opponents and devote their full power to annihilate them!!!"
These words weren't a threat but the greatest respect humanity could receive!!!
For it meant humanity had been acknowledged as equals by the gods!
"Therefore, the true victor of the final battle between humans and gods, Ragnarök, is—the human side!!!"
This wasn't declaring humanity's victory in the ninth round alone, but proclaiming humanity as the ultimate winner of the entire Ragnarök!!!
Yet few humans celebrated this announcement.
Because humanity's most brilliant, miraculous king had fallen in battle!
Though he lost, it was he who won this outcome for humanity!!!
"Then, we gods—our battle isn't over yet!!!"
Heimdall continued with this declaration...
All gods understood his meaning. What followed would be their war against the Primordial Gods!!!
Thus, gods began unleashing their violent auras, many transforming into streaks of light as they vanished, heading straight for the battlefield.
After watching nine rounds, their battle lust had swelled to its limit. Now was the time for release!
"Then I leave it to you~"
Buddha watched as some chief gods departed.
In his current state, he couldn't properly join the battlefield. He would delay his death as long as possible, preserving his final strength. Therefore, he would immediately enter slumber within this staff.
When facing the final battle against the Primordial God Gaia, he would awaken and unleash his ultimate power, striving to secure as much chance of victory as possible for the gods!!!
The Grand Temple!
"What exactly happened?"
"How is Lady Gaia?"
"I don't know, it seems..."
It seemed as if she had gone mad, her mind somewhat disturbed, but such words were better left unspoken.
Thus, only Lady Gaia returned from that place, while all the others remained dormant there.