chsdbacks Chapter 246 Annihilation
Chapter 246 Annihilation
"Duoduo, be careful!" Although Nie Lingfeng was engaged in a fierce battle with two other giant corpse puppets, his senses were constantly monitoring the entire scene. Upon seeing this, he shouted a warning and forced back the enemy in front of him with a palm strike, intending to rush to his aid.
However, Chen Duo's reaction was even faster than he had expected!
Just as the blood-stained spear was about to reach her, Chen Duo seemed to have eyes in the back of her head. With incredible flexibility and agility, her petite figure suddenly twisted and spun to the side! At the same time, without turning her head, she swung her hand backward!
"Phoenix True Fire - Cyclone Wings!"
A circular shield of pure golden flames, with sharp, knife-like edges, and spinning rapidly, instantly formed behind her!
"clang--!!!"
The blood-stained spear slammed into the fiery shield, producing a deafening clang like metal clashing! The dark red blood energy and the golden phoenix fire clashed and annihilated each other! The fiery shield trembled violently, cracks appearing on its surface, but it ultimately withstood the fatal blow! Chen Duo, using the force of the impact, floated forward several meters like a feather, landing steadily. Her face was slightly pale, but her eyes remained bright and determined, carrying a hint of lingering fear and pride—"Luckily, I blocked it!" She glanced back quickly at Nie Lingfeng, her eyes seeming to say, "See, I can do it too!" (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
A huge weight lifted from Nie Lingfeng's heart, and a hint of approval flashed in his eyes. Chen Duo's progress was indeed astonishing. Whether it was her grasp of timing, her use of true fire, or her reaction in a crisis, it far surpassed what she had shown before.
"Well done!" he shouted, no longer distracted, his eyes burning with dark golden flames as he looked at the two giant corpse puppets in front of him, which had been slightly weakened by their companions' distraction.
"Now, it's time to thoroughly clean up your remains, which have tarnished the name of 'Guardian'!"
The battle has reached its climax!
Meanwhile, in the distance, the scarred captain of the "Council" squad watched as Nie Lingfeng and Chen Duo moved through the horde of corpse puppets with unparalleled domineering presence and agile purification skills, especially the distinct yet equally sacred and powerful flames emanating from them. His expression turned extremely grim, his eyes filled with horror, greed, and a deep sense of apprehension.
"Qilin... Phoenix... who are these two?! Could they be... the company's secret 'ultimate weapon'? Or... those legendary ancient inheritors?" His mind raced, then he gritted his teeth and growled into the communicator, "Team B! Team C! Wherever you are, move towards me immediately! A major change has occurred to the target! Repeat, a major change has occurred to the target! An extremely dangerous individual, suspected of possessing 'divine bloodline,' has appeared! Activate the 'Final Plan'! If necessary... we can abandon the 'sacred artifact,' but we must obtain their biological samples! At all costs!"
Inside the cave, dark gold and golden flames collided violently with dark red filth and deathly gray tides, illuminating this forgotten and defiled ancient altar.
But deeper shadows and schemes are quietly brewing amidst the flames and the clamor of battle...
The air in the cave distorted and boiled violently under the reflection of the dark golden flames that suddenly erupted from Nie Lingfeng's body, burning and flowing like liquid gold! A terrifying aura, far surpassing anything before, mixed with supreme majesty, as heavy as the earth, and as fiery as molten lava, descended with a roar, like an ancient god awakening! The Qilin tattoo on his chest seemed to come alive completely, roaring proudly in the dark golden flames, releasing a boundless will to suppress all heavens and cleanse all evil!
"This...this is?!" The scarred captain's pupils constricted sharply, and he nearly dropped his gun! His teammates and the doctor in the white coat were even more shocked, as if struck in the chest by an invisible hammer. Their faces turned deathly pale, and they staggered backward, their eyes filled with boundless horror and fear! This aura had surpassed their understanding of the power of "Outsiders," as if they were facing not a person, but an erupting volcano containing divine power!
The first to bear the brunt were the two giant corpse puppets that were locked in combat with Nie Lingfeng, as well as the remaining ordinary corpse puppets that were still trying to pounce on them.
Under the pure, domineering, and sacred pressure of the Qilin, the ordinary corpse puppets seemed to have encountered a true natural enemy. The dark red soul fire burning wildly in their eyes flickered violently like candles in the wind, their forward movements instantly froze, and some even began to tremble, instinctively wanting to retreat and flee. The dark red, filthy blood vessels connected to their bodies were also as if they had encountered their nemesis, convulsing and shrinking violently, their color becoming much darker.
The two giant corpse puppets, though stronger and possessing a more resilient will (or rather, their tainted fighting instincts), now let out painful, fearful howls. The dense, foul blood energy emanating from their bodies melted away like ice and snow under the illumination of the dark golden flames, rapidly becoming thin and unstable. The rusted greatswords and spears in their hands lost their previous ferocity, becoming slow and heavy as they were wielded.
"roar--!!!"
From Nie Lingfeng's mouth came a deeper, more ancient roar, seemingly from the depths of the earth, filled with boundless majesty and fury—a roar of a Qilin! This roar was not directed at the physical body, but directly impacted the soul and the source of energy! Wherever the sound waves passed, the filthy and evil aura permeating the air was rapidly purified and dispelled, like dust swept away by a gale! The dark red soul flames in the eyes of those corpse puppets all suddenly dimmed!
"Now!"
A sharp light flashed in Nie Lingfeng's eyes! He no longer held back, unleashing the new and even more powerful force he had just merged with and begun to control without reservation! He stomped his feet on the ground, and dark golden flames erupted from beneath his feet, scorching and melting the rocks beneath him! His figure shot into the sky like a cannonball, leaving a burning dark golden trail in mid-air, heading straight for the two giant corpse puppets!
While in mid-air, he held his hands in a gesture of retraction, then suddenly opened and closed them to the sides!
"The True Form of the Qilin - The Furnace of Earthly Fire!"
With his shout, the ground within a ten-meter radius of him collapsed and melted! Intense, dark golden magma, mixed with the condensed Qilin True Fire, erupted from the ground, instantly transforming the area into a small, burning lava inferno! The terrifying heat caused the air to crackle and pop, and the light to distort severely! The two giant corpse puppets, along with seven or eight ordinary corpse puppets that couldn't escape in time, were instantly engulfed by the erupting fiery furnace!
"Awoooooo!!!"
A piercing, indescribable scream erupted from the furnace! The ordinary corpse puppets couldn't even last a second before being completely vaporized and annihilated by the dual burning and purification of the lava and true fire, leaving not even a speck of ash! The two giant corpse puppets, relying on their stronger tainted blood energy and tattered armor, barely managed to resist, but the tainted blood energy on their bodies was visibly evaporating and being purified, and their rusted armor quickly turned red-hot, softened, and disintegrated! They frantically swung their weapons, attempting to attack Nie Lingfeng in the center of the furnace, but the scorching lava and the omnipresent dark gold true fire formed an absolute stronghold and barrier, their attacks like mud oxen sinking into the sea, unable to even touch the hem of Nie Lingfeng's clothes!
Nie Lingfeng hovered in the center of the furnace, like a master controlling the flames and the earth. He was expressionless, and his hands slowly pressed down.
"Forge - Suppress!"
"boom--!!!"
The dark gold magma and true fire within the Earthfire Furnace suddenly contracted, compressed, and exploded inward! An indescribable destructive energy, a mixture of extreme high temperature, terrifying pressure, and a pure purifying will, erupted instantly, completely engulfing, crushing, and purifying everything within the furnace's range, including the two giant corpse puppets that were still struggling in their death throes!
As the blinding dark golden light and scorching heat slowly dissipated, only a massive crater remained, ten meters in diameter and several meters deep, with smooth, mirror-like edges and a charred, crystallized interior. Inside the crater, apart from wisps of smoke and the lingering, comforting aura of high-temperature purification, there was nothing else. The two powerful, gigantic corpse puppets, along with the filth on their bodies, had been completely erased from this world, as if they had never existed.
Quiet.
A deathly silence.
Only the central blood pool continued to churn, making a "glug-glug" sound, but it seemed to have quieted down considerably because of this terrifying outburst, with the churning and the gushing of foul blood both decreasing in intensity.
In the distance, the four members of the "Council" squad stood frozen in place, staring blankly at the massive, charred crater and at its edge, where Nie Lingfeng's dark golden flames slowly receded and returned to the ground, his aura still as powerful as a mountain. The scarred captain's Adam's apple bobbed painfully, cold sweat pouring down his forehead. He had no doubt that if that attack had landed on them, their entire squad, including their supposedly rocket-proof individual shields, would have been instantly annihilated! This was a force beyond human resistance! This was simply… a walking catastrophe!
Chen Duo, her mouth agape, stared wide-eyed at Nie Lingfeng, her emerald green eyes wide and unblinking, her face filled with amazement and… a sense of pride and excitement. Although she knew Nie Lingfeng was strong, the godlike aura and devastating attack he had just unleashed had still deeply shaken her. She unconsciously clenched her small fists, thinking, “Nie Lingfeng… is so amazing! Even more amazing than before! I need to become stronger quickly too, I can’t hold him back!” (☆▽☆)