With godlike talent from the start, how did he become invincible?

Chapter 289 Great Revenge Achieved

Lin Tian watched him with interest, seemingly enjoying his "death struggle" performance, and did not immediately make a move, but simply responded calmly:

"Oh? Really? Then I'll wait."

It's done! He's watching me! He didn't kill me right away! He's toying with me! That gives me time!

Kael'thas was overjoyed, but his face grew increasingly "desperate," and he even squeezed out a few murky tears (whether real or not was unknown), continuing to scream:

"You'll regret this! You have no idea what you're facing! The power of the abyss far exceeds your imagination!!"

As he roared, the process of his soul burning quietly accelerated, and his connection with the source of the abyss became clearer and clearer.

An extremely vague warning signal regarding the spatial coordinates of this location and the "deadly threat of outsiders" is slowly taking shape.

It will soon be transmitted through that mysterious connection to the deepest and darkest core of this abyss continent, to the perception of the supreme ruler—Tychdios.

It'll be soon...it'll be soon...

Kael'thas screamed inwardly, but his eyes revealed utter despair and resignation.

However, just when he thought his plan was flawless and he was about to successfully unleash this final "curse"—

Lin Tian, ​​who had been sitting quietly as if watching a play, suddenly let out a soft "Eh".

He tilted his head slightly, his gaze seemingly not focused on Kael'thas, but rather... penetrating his body and landing on a place deep within his soul where a subtle change was taking place.

Lin Tian's lips, which had been carrying a mocking smile, slowly calmed down.

Instead, there was an inquisitive expression, as if they had discovered something interesting.

"Interesting..." Lin Tian murmured to himself, his fingers unconsciously tapping lightly on his knee twice.

"Is the very essence of the soul dissolving on its own? Not collapsing, but some kind of purposeful burning... an attempt to communicate with something deeper?"

His keen perception of energy and soul fluctuations meant that even the most subtle anomaly deep within Kael'thas's soul did not completely escape his notice.

Especially when that burning soul power tries to establish a connection with a huge, obscure, and malicious entity deep within the earth beneath its feet, it produces an extremely subtle "ripple".

Although the ripples were so faint as to be almost negligible, to Lin Tian they were like an unexpected ripple suddenly appearing on the surface of a calm lake.

Lin Tian originally thought that Kael'thas might try to summon his accomplices or unleash some forbidden technique that would result in mutual destruction.

Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to be trying to... "send a message" in a more covert and costly way?

And was it a message sent to a being that seemed to be at a higher level?

"Is this your last 'shameless tactic'?"

Lin Tian looked at Kael'thas, the playfulness in his eyes fading, replaced by a cold understanding.

"If you can't beat them, you think of telling their parents? Or finding someone stronger to step in?"

Kael'thas's heart clenched, his soul burning process paused, and the "desperate and resigned" expression on his face cracked instantly, a look of disbelief and horror flashing in his eyes.

He...he noticed?! How is that possible?! I've been so careful, the fluctuations of burning my soul are negligible, and the connection to the source of the abyss is even more profound and obscure, how could he possibly have noticed?!

"Looks like I won't be able to catch any other fish."

Lin Tian shook his head with a hint of regret and slowly stood up from the huge skeleton.

As he rose, an invisible, chilling killing intent, more terrifying than the eternal silence of the Bone Valley, spread out like the first frost of early winter, locking onto Kael'thas.

"I was hoping to see if you, the Lord of Dark Erosion City, could summon a few decent opponents to stretch your muscles."

Lin Tian dusted off non-existent dust from his clothes, his tone calm, yet it signaled the end of the game.

"Since all you can do is these underhanded tricks, trying to alert some... potentially troublesome 'big guys'."

Lin Tian paused, his gaze as cold as ice, before settling on Kael'thas's face, which had turned deathly pale.

"Then you're useless too."

The moment he finished speaking, Lin Tian didn't even look at the shadow clone beside him.

He simply raised his right hand in Kael'thas's direction, very casually.

With your index finger, gently point forward.

At the fingertip, a point of profound starlight, condensed to its extreme and seemingly compressing a miniature starry sky within it, suddenly shone brightly.

[Astral rays] ×N.

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A sound so faint it seemed like a hallucination, a sound that could only be heard on a spiritual level.

Kael'thas's expression froze completely.

That look of horror, that hint of resentment, that bitterness, and that desperately maintained acting skills... all were frozen in the final moments of his life.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something more, or utter a final curse or shout.

But no sound came out.

The dark red light in his eyes flickered slightly, like a candle in the wind, and then... went out completely.

His upright body, having lost all support, collapsed forward like a rag doll with its spine removed, with a "thud" onto the cold, damp ground covered in black moss.

A few tiny specks of mud splashed up.

There was no more sound.

The soul is shattered, the imprint is obliterated, and consciousness is forever silenced.

Kael'thas, Lord of Dark Eclipse, has fallen.

In the final moments of his life, the faint warning he issued ultimately failed to take full shape due to the instantaneous annihilation of his soul's core and the destruction of his imprint, failing to cross that final distance to reach the darkest throne of that continent.

Only a tiny, fragmented, chaotic piece of information about "threats" and "outsiders" might drift away to the depths of the abyss as his soul dissipates completely, but it has lost all direction and effectiveness.

Lin Tian slowly lowered his hand, and the starlight at his fingertips quietly disappeared.

He didn't even glance at Kael'thas's corpse on the ground, as if he had merely crushed a buzzing fly.

Celia stared blankly at the pale flame that rose and then quickly dissipated.

Having avenged his great enemy and fulfilled his long-cherished wish, he felt no ecstatic joy as he had imagined, only a sense of empty relief and a faint trace of melancholy.

Lin Tian walked to her side, gently patted her shoulder, and said nothing.

Celia raised her head and met Lin Tian's calm gaze, as if the last trace of gloom in her heart had been dispelled.

She took a deep breath, nodded heavily, and her eyes regained their firmness and brightness.