The premise of this plan is that the entire Fallen Legion must be teleported over before making a move.
Therefore, Lin Ran would not proactively destroy the teleportation gate before they completely arrived.
However, he still had to put on a show.
Firstly, to tie up the energy of the many Fallen, preventing them from attending to other matters. Secondly, to make these people believe that his target was their teleportation gate, thereby confusing the enemy.
Gate of Babylon!
Lin Ran once again summoned sixty Gates of Babylon, directly firing at the nodes of the Blood Sacrifice Teleportation Gate's magic patterns.
Thanks to Ling Xiao's prior warning, the Fallen also reacted swiftly, flinging various skills into the air.
While knocking down the Gates of Babylon, they also aimed to bring Lin Ran down from above.
Unfortunately, Lin Ran, with his Amaterasu Wings, coupled with the speed boost from the Sharingan and the Moon Walk, was simply too fast.
Not to mention the precognition from Kenbunshoku Haki.
Even Ling Xiao, a peak Rank 6 powerhouse, was no match and couldn't keep up with Lin Ran's speed, let alone them.
Thus, the only thing they could achieve was to knock down the Gates of Babylon.
Amaterasu!
Seeing that the Gates of Babylon had no significant effect, Lin Ran activated the Mangekyo Sharingan's dojutsu.
Lin Ran, who possessed the Heart of Nature and could convert life force into elemental power, wielded Amaterasu with utter abandon.
With a wave of his hand, black flames that occupied half the sky appeared.
This was something Itachi Uchiha had never imagined in his lifetime, only managing to be slightly extravagant when he had infinite chakra through Edo Tensei.
Moreover, as Lin Ran's combat power had broken through the 30,000 mark, officially entering the ranks of Rank 4 Awakened, the burning intensity of Lin Ran's Amaterasu became even more monstrous.
The sky filled with Amaterasu transformed into countless blazing fireballs descending from the heavens, raining down a meteor shower as dark as ink.
As the Fallen's various skills met Amaterasu head-on, preparing to once again strike down Lin Ran's assault, Lin Ran merely flicked his wrist.
Room: Slaughterhouse!
Swish-swish-swish-swish!
The various skills of the Fallen were severed at their waists, precisely bypassing each black flame meteor shower.
Room: Baton!
This was not the end. Under Lin Ran's continued manipulation, their launched magic energy was reversed and detonated with their newly arrived ranged attacks.
And the originally scattered black flame meteor showers, under the control of the baton, converged into a single point and descended from the heavens, striking the Blood Sacrifice Teleportation Gate.
The Fallen cried out in disbelief.
But having missed the optimal timing, it seemed too late to stop Lin Ran.
Even Lin Ran's heart skipped a beat.
Damn it! How could these guys be so utterly useless?
He had only shown a few tricks, and they were already running around in circles.
Could it be that they had exhausted all their tricks?
If that were the case, how was he supposed to continue the act?
Simply retracting Amaterasu would be too obvious.
As Lin Ran was contemplating this, Ling Xiao finally couldn't hold back any longer.
He spread his wings and flew into the air, roaring:
"Stop wasting your energy, perform further blood sacrifices and channel the power to me! Let me use Divine Chosen Possession!"
"I will stop him!"
With that, Ling Xiao, like a moth to a flame, charged towards that outrageously potent Amaterasu.
The Fallen below also knew that this matter was urgent and could not be delayed, so they complied without hesitation.
A blood-red energy pulse separated from the Blood Sacrifice Teleportation Gate and directly injected into Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao roared in pain as he continuously emitted angry shouts, while frantically increasing his size.
In the blink of an eye, he grew to about five meters tall.
He had lost all semblance of humanity, looking almost indistinguishable from an Abyssal Demon.
This was also a special ability of the Fallen's blood sacrifice.
Through the runes inscribed on them by alien races, they could use their flesh and blood as sacrifices to strengthen one person with the collective power of many.
Although it did not achieve a perfect additive effect, and the magnitude of reinforcement had its limits, it was still an unparalleled method to deal with a powerful single enemy.
The only issue was that it required pre-existing formations.
However, with the presence of the Blood Sacrifice Teleportation Gate at this moment, this existing energy converter could be utilized.
As for the cost, it was naturally the usual for cultists.
Life force, soul strength, physical lifespan, purification of flesh and blood, and so on.
Strengthened, Ling Xiao became spirited once more, waving his significantly thicker demonic wings and loudly proclaiming:
"Demonic Aura!"
In the next instant, countless dark, soul-like fluids emanated from him, one after another, heading towards the Amaterasu that was about to fall to the ground.
The flame energy within Amaterasu gradually and rapidly canceled out with Ling Xiao's Demonic Aura, finally nullifying it before Amaterasu could fully descend.
Witnessing all this, Lin Ran nodded with satisfaction.
It still had to be you, Ling Xiao!
You've been a great help!
"Hoo... hoo..."
It seemed that this move also consumed a great deal of Ling Xiao's energy, leaving him somewhat depleted.
However, with continuous replenishment from the Fallen below, Ling Xiao quickly recovered and laughed to the heavens:
"See? Inferior humans!"
"This is the power of us Fallen!"
"Join our Lord's embrace! Achieve the eternal position of a Divine Chosen, and you can too!"
"Why not abandon your human form and dance with us?"
Lin Ran glanced at the several Fallen below who had been sucked dry by Ling Xiao and sneered:
"Oh? Is that so?"
"Then when a Fallen higher than you sucks you dry through blood sacrifice, I hope you'll still think that way!"
Ling Xiao's expression instantly changed, and he said sternly:
"You're seeking death!"
"Let me show you our true power!"
"Divine Chosen Demon Body!"
With Ling Xiao's roar to the heavens, a giant, ethereal demon spirit appeared outside his body.
This demon spirit reached a height of nearly fifty meters.
In terms of sheer size, it could have sent Lin Ran flying with a single punch.
"Submit to the cleansing of Divine Chosen power!"
Ling Xiao laughed as he manipulated the demon spirit to charge towards Lin Ran.
A smile of excitement appeared on Lin Ran's face.
Good heavens! You're the first to dare to pilot a giant robot in front of me!
With the teleportation gate now more than halfway complete, and the number of Fallen below exceeding ten thousand, it seemed he could play with you a little longer.
Susanoo, activate!
Unwilling to be outdone, Lin Ran's right eye's tomoe swirled, and a half-body Susanoo materialized.