Otherwise, with this guy's temper and inability to hide his thoughts, he would have been jumping up and down with anxiety long ago.
Furthermore, this method of constantly letting his teammates come up as cannon fodder while he hides in the back and defends the arena would have drawn immense criticism.
For someone like him, who cared about external opinions and was a proud man, it was unthinkable that he would act this way.
However, there was no need to pay too much attention to whatever tricks this Vasily was up to...
In the face of my absolute and invincible strength, no matter how many convoluted schemes he conjured up, it would all be meaningless.
First, let's see what kind of person this subordinate they sent up is.
Lin Ran's gaze fell on Anar, who stepped onto the stage.
Upon receiving Lin Ran's gaze, Anar grinned:
"Although I may not be able to defeat you, I must let you thoroughly experience the terror of the Desert Emperor!"
"Sand! Rise!"
As the countdown ended, boundless yellow sand appeared on the stage, coalescing into sand soldiers wielding halberds.
"The endless yellow sand will surely engulf you!"
Lin Ran looked at the scene of the sandstorm Anar conjured and couldn't help but stroke his chin:
"You're the fifth one, aren't you?"
Anar didn't immediately understand what Lin Ran was saying:
"Hm?"
Lin Ran ignored him and chuckled softly:
"Then hurry up and speed things up, so that coward who's always unwilling to show himself..."
"Will appear as soon as possible!"
Anar sneered:
"Oh? Do you have the strength for that? You want to speed things up?"
"You probably don't know that in my country, Hongye, I have a title called 'The Strongest Defense'?"
"Even if I can't win against you, I can still wear you down considerably..."
"Come on! Witness my invincible sand wall!"
With that, Anar slammed his hand onto the ground. Piles and piles of sand rose from the earth, constructing layer upon layer of sand walls.
Lin Ran immediately burst out laughing:
"Well, well! I've seen people who are excessively boastful, but I've never seen anyone as boastful as you..."
"A mere Rank 7 awakened being from Hongye dares to call himself absolute defense!"
"Let me tell you this, to break through a sand wall of your caliber, I don't even need to move..."
As he spoke, Lin Ran beckoned behind him, and nearly eighty Gates of Babylon, imbued with Noble Phantasms, unfolded.
The Gate of Babylon!
After acquiring numerous divine artifacts and absorbing more than half of the Vajra Pestle, the power of Lin Ran's Gate of Babylon had been greatly enhanced.
The current Gate of Babylon was far from the mere piercing technique of the past.
Because each of its shots was imbued with a new and different effect!
The restraint inherited from Chains of Heaven, the speed from Vimana, the curse damage from the Sword of Curses, the holy light from the Sword of Victory, the lightning from Indra's Thunder, the sharpness from the Scythe God Sword, the causality from the Spear of Destiny, the demon-breaking effect from the Golden Armor, the sturdiness from the Shield of the Gods, the fragmentation from Ea's True-Enuma-Elish, the invisibility from the Robe of Hades, and the "world-cutting" ability from Ea...
Although each shot could only retain one of these effects randomly, it was already incredibly formidable!
Especially when facing such an overwhelming attack for the first time, it was guaranteed to completely stun the opponent.
Anar, for instance, was completely dumbfounded.
With an expression of disbelief, he watched as Lin Ran's Noble Phantasms tore through his sand wall defenses as easily as piercing a fragile windowpane.
The Noble Phantasms among them, inheriting the sharpness from the Scythe God Sword and the demon-breaking effect from the Golden Armor, took the lead, instantly shattering Anar's confident defense.
Looking at the sand wall, riddled with countless holes and layered upon layer, Anar's frozen mind lost all ability to act, utterly clueless about what to do.
And during this period of his stupor, other Noble Phantasms, inheriting different divine artifact powers, had already reached him...
*Swish swish swish swish!*
These artifacts either bound, inflicted curse damage, punished, summoned lightning, or fragmented... their effects varied.
The only thing they had in common was that they ruthlessly passed through Anar's flesh, turning him into a bloody sieve.
If Lin Ran hadn't stopped in time, fearing he would kill someone, the volley from the Gate of Babylon might not have even taken half a minute to completely annihilate Anar...
"Cough... Cough... Someone carry him away."
"I can't kick him again to send him off..."
"His injuries are too severe now. If we forcibly maintain this routine, wouldn't it be ridiculous to kick him to death?"
Lin Ran spread his hands towards the organizers.
At this moment, the organizers, jolted back to reality, quickly reacted. The referee hurriedly directed medical personnel to first shield the unconscious Anar with healing beams, then carry him down for further treatment using a dual approach of magic and technology: mana infusion and nanotechnology.
Lin Ran's swift dismantling of Anar with the Gate of Babylon also made everyone present gasp in amazement:
"So... so terrifyingly suppressed..."
"I remember a few days ago, when he was opening these Gates of Babylon to launch arrows, their power didn't seem this terrifying, nor was their quantity this great..."
"How long has it been?! He's already made such significant progress again?!"
"Actually, there's another possibility: Lin Ran was secretly holding back his strength back then..."
"Even with his performance on the stage today, who can be sure that this is his true strength?"
"Damn it!"
"If this isn't his true strength, then what the hell are we even fighting for?"
"A mere Rank 6 awakened being facing a Rank 7 awakened being, and he can crush them..."
"And after that, you say he's still hiding some of his strength?!"
"This young man from Longguo, is he truly this monstrous!?"
"Then our decades of living, struggling for almost thirty years, have all been for nothing?!"
"Uh... well... don't rush, don't rush... you're a bit too hasty..."
"This is actually unavoidable. Life always has those days where you're forced to accept settings you couldn't accept before; it's quite normal."
"Also, sometimes you really have to admit the importance of talent in certain fields..."
"The gap between people is wider than the gap between a person and a dog. What can you do!"