Supreme Electromagnetic Tyrant
Chapter 402 - 286: The Brink of Nuclear Explosion_2

Chapter 402: Chapter 286: The Brink of Nuclear Explosion_2

Just before crashing into the "dark cloud," Ji Xinghuo’s spiritual energy surged, and the flow barrier on his body swelled like a balloon, forming an ellipsoid bubble about two and a half meters in length, protecting both him and Ren Mian within, as thin currents of electricity flickered across the bubble.

"Boom!"

A loud roar erupted as Ji Xinghuo slammed into the swarm of monsters.

Instantly, it was like a high-speed train plowing through a flock of sheep, all the monsters in front of the barrier exploding into a bloody mess upon contact.

The barrier, when struck, triggered thick bolts of lightning that burst out in all directions, turning the surrounding monsters to ash.

More monsters pressed forward, seemingly endless.

There were flashes of electricity and continuous thunder.

The path Ji Xinghuo flew through carved a straight channel in the monster swarm.

Though the approaching monsters were annihilated, each collision created resistance, slowing Ji Xinghuo’s flying speed, and he had to consume more star power to maintain his velocity.

"Be careful!"

Ren Mian issued a warning, as several Poison Stinger Flying Dragons concealed themselves among the densely packed monsters ahead.

They were all of Superior Level, not so easily taken down by a collision.

She was about to shoot out a beam when suddenly there was an intense burst of light in front of her. Boom, a massive lightning bolt formed out of nowhere, hitting one of the Poison Stinger Flying Dragons, piercing it straight through, then leaping to another, blinking and jumping multiple times until it stopped.

Visually, a zigzagging lightning bolt strung several Poison Stinger Flying Dragons together.

They then plummeted downwards.

Ji Xinghuo flew past their bodies, his complexion slightly pale, as releasing and controlling that Thunderbolt Hand took a significant toll on his spiritual energy.

Only now had they reached the middle of the monster black cloud, which, stimulated, surged even more ferociously towards them.

Like a tide inverting, it filled the entire view, with no visibility of the outside.

Their flying speed suddenly slowed.

"Leave it to me."

Ren Mian, sensing Ji Xinghuo’s plight, immediately spoke up.

She raised a crystalline hand, and light condensed at her fingertips for a few seconds before she flicked it out. With a bang, a fierce white light erupted, and countless beams of light pierced through the swarm, the intense brightness blinding the monsters within range, eliciting a series of shrill screams.

Ji Xinghuo immediately felt the pressure lift, accelerating and bursting forward to break open a path.

Ren Mian didn’t stop. She extended a hand forward.

Five beams of light shot from her fingertips. With focused concentration, the hundred-meter-long beams moved with the direction of her fingers, like the sharpest sword blades, slaughtering and slicing through the monsters ahead.

This reduced the resistance against Ji Xinghuo’s flight even further.

Meanwhile, every few seconds, she fired off a Light Burst Ball, causing a blinding effect on the surrounding monsters.

The two of them worked seamlessly together.

The density of monsters ahead dropped rapidly. After several minutes, there was suddenly clear space, and they finally flew out of the monster black cloud.

Ji Xinghuo didn’t look back and continued to fly frantically.

But before flying out, he had already operated the Eternal Day Badge, sending his location to the Crystal Elite Clan.

Boom!

Ji Xinghuo had not flown far when massive crimson laser beams penetrated the clouds, bombing the monsters in the sky and on the ground continuously. However, compared to the scale of the black tide, the attack range and frequency of the orbital laser cannons were still too small.

Spiritual Origin Ability was surging.

Ji Xinghuo slowed his flying speed and looked back at the bombarded monsters.

Suddenly, he was overcome with an eerie feeling, a sense of pain like a needle prick at his brow. Wanxiang Star Pupil emitted an unprecedented warning of danger.

Before he could understand what was happening, Ji Xinghuo’s vision became engulfed in white light.

"Nuclear explosion!"

A terrifying thought flashed through his mind. He turned his head and, with the fastest reaction, closed his eyes tightly, desperately accelerating as he flew madly forward, but tears still streamed from the irritation.

The world fell silent for several seconds.

The sky went completely dark.

Boom, boom, boom...

Ji Xinghuo heard sound again, the terrible sonic waves causing pain in his eardrums, the intense white light receded, the world first went dark, then gradually regained color. A strong shock wave hit his back, pushing him even faster though without causing injury.

Then came a wave of heat, the aftermath of the nuclear blast’s intense heat.

The electromagnetic waves around him surged and then weakened, leaving pulses in their wake, also a phenomenon of the nuclear electromagnetic pulse.

"Thank goodness we were far away,"

Ji Xinghuo stopped flying and turned back to look at the location of the nuclear explosion.

A massive mushroom cloud had burst through the dark clouds in the sky, already several kilometers high. Even from dozens of kilometers away, he could see it clearly, and a chill went down his spine.

"The Crystal Elite Clan still has a bit of conscience," Ji Xinghuo muttered through clenched teeth, "but not much."

Ren Mian’s pretty face also showed signs of lingering fear.

If the nuclear explosion had occurred a bit earlier, both of them would have been affected. Even a Shepherd Star Saint would struggle to survive at the epicenter of a nuclear blast.

They were merely Super Mutants; had they been slower, they would have been ash by now.

"The Crystal Elite Clan often uses nuclear weapons to eradicate monsters," Ren Mian said, "Once every sixty years or so, they forbid the Eternal Day Guards from going to the surface, and bomb the globe with nuclear weapons, clearing the vegetation on the surface of the planet and destroying the ecosystem."

"That’s ruthless!"

Ji Xinghuo listened in shock.

"But it’s not very effective," Ren Mian shook her head, "The genetic mother tree has long since hidden deep underground. In just a few months, it can retake the surface and regrow the vegetation."

She glanced at the mushroom cloud, "During the surface bloom period, the Crystal Elite Clan rarely uses nuclear weapons, as it’s easy to accidentally injure Eternal Day Guards. It’s likely that they resorted to this desperate measure due to the sheer scale of today’s black tide, with the orbital laser cannons’ firepower not being sufficient."

"The yield of this nuclear blast should be around 500,000 tons, enough to wipe out the black tide,"

Ren Mian made her assessment.

"Damn it..."

Ji Xinghuo couldn’t help but curse.

Today really started on the wrong foot, encountering the black tide out of nowhere, with a nuclear weapon thrown directly overhead, almost getting blasted to death.

And to add insult to injury, so many monsters in the black tide died in the nuclear explosion, but because he was too far away, he absorbed only a very small part of it.

Ji Xinghuo glanced at the interface of the Wanxiang Star Pupil.

[Spiritual Origin Ability: 83453]

Before entering Earth Abyss Star, his Spiritual Origin Ability was already over 50,000 points. After surviving a nuclear blast, it only increased by more than 30,000.

The Fifth Level region was truly dangerous.

"Let’s head down," Ren Mian said.

Carrying her, Ji Xinghuo descended to the ground and asked, "Sister Ren, do we still go? Or shall we wait a bit to see how things unfold?"

Ren Mian thought for a moment, "Let’s wait half an hour. After the aftereffects of the nuclear explosion have subsided, we’ll cut straight through."

"Okay."

Ji Xinghuo nodded.

Although the area after the nuclear blast had radiation, all the monsters in it were gone, making it the safest place.

The two waited on the spot for a while, and the huge mushroom cloud gradually dispersed.

Ji Xinghuo once again lifted Ren Mian and took off.

Soon, they flew back into the center of the nuclear blast, which used to be at the edge of a swamp, but there was no longer any trace of the swamp to be seen. The water had evaporated, and the vegetation had burnt, flattening everything, yet no crater was left by the nuclear blast on the ground.

"It must have been an airburst, capable of causing a wider range of damage," Ren Mian murmured.

"Someone is coming."

Ji Xinghuo detected several figures through his electromagnetic induction.

They were a team of Eternal Day Guards, a total of five people, entering the nuclear blast zone from another direction, seemingly searching for something.

Ren Mian also saw them, "They’re here to scavenge."

"They sure got here quickly," Ji Xinghuo remarked. Although most of the monsters had been killed by the nuclear explosion, if some were far enough from the center, they might have survived, and those would be the most powerful ones, possibly Catastrophe-Level.

These monsters, if not dead, would be gravely injured. By finishing them off, one could not only obtain alien species but also gain Eternal Day Merit.

Ji Xinghuo continued to fly, noticing more people converging from all directions.

Nearby Eternal Day Guards were all drawn in.

Among them were many Legendary figures, like Ji Xinghuo, with flying abilities, and they weren’t slow, circling in the sky in search.

"Ignore them, let’s fly straight across,"

Ren Mian had no desire to interact with the other Eternal Day Guards and urged Ji Xinghuo to leave the area, but just as she spoke, she noticed a change in Ji Xinghuo’s expression.

"What’s wrong?" she inquired.

Ji Xinghuo’s gaze fell on a spot on the ground ahead, "A Catastrophe-Level monster, it’s at least at Bright Level, critically wounded and hiding underground, shall we go for it?"

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