Clutching his head, Jiang He was sprawled at the center of the potato minefield.
Sneaking a look out of the corner of his eye, he found one of the potatoes swelling abruptly, as if endless flames were surging within. In the next split second, the potato blew up with a boom, followed by a second, a third, a fourth …
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Violent explosions echoed one after another beside his ears, and the fiery light that burst out instantly dyed the night sky bright red. Likewise, the violent explosions caused a chain reaction, and as the rumbling continued without end, all fifty potatoes that Jiang He had buried exploded!
Jiang He quickly closed his eyes.
The light …
It was a little blinding.
Even if he was clutching his head and sprawled on the ground, he could clearly feel the tremors from the potato bombs' explosions.
"The power of these potatoes would not lose out to the strengthened peas …" Jiang He suddenly felt a little pained at the thought. If he had known that the potatoes were so powerful, he would have buried a dozen or twenty of them. Was it not a waste to bury fifty at once?
The shockwave of the explosion rippled across all directions, and the zombies that were lunging at him were instantly vaporized within the potato minefield. Even those that were further away were directly torn apart by the shockwave.
The potato beneath Killer Star's feet exploded as well.
His corpse was directly blown into the night sky.
"What the hell …"
Further away, on the back of the horned boar, Pain Star had a bad feeling the instant Jiang He dropped to the ground. Even so, before she could react, the potato minefield had already erupted!
"Retreat! Retreat!"
She barked angrily.
Beneath her, the horned boar turned and fled. She did not even need to remind the Heavenly General of Earthen Diction and Heavenly General of Earthen Majesty were already running for their lives.
Earthen Savage Heavenly General was running as well!
Be that as it may, he was an Awakened, and though he was not much weaker than the Heavenly General of Earthen Diction and Heavenly General of Earthen Majesty, he was much weaker physically.
Even before he could run fifty meters, he felt the violent heatwave behind him. He promptly gritted his teeth and charged his superpower, his entire body igniting. In the next split second, he was drowned in the fiery light from the shockwave.
…
"Sigh, I've buried too many of them!"
"It's shameful to waste them!"
"By the way, I seem to have seen Killer Star's corpse fly into the air just now. I wonder if he was blown to bits … If he really was blown to bits, I can only visit his cenotaph next year."
The potato mines and cannons rained down on him.
Jiang He clutched his head and lay on the ground, feeling bored. He was thinking a lot.
A full ten seconds!
The aftermath of the explosion dissipated.
Jiang He promptly leapt off the ground and looked around to find that everything within a thousand-meter radius was in ruins. The violent explosion had even blown a huge crater out of the ground, and he was at the center of it.
"That old boar rider woman and the other three Sky Demon Cultists who don't look too weak are quite far away and would definitely be able to react and flee. Could they … have run away?"
Cursing inwardly, Jiang He darted into the night, blade in hand as he gave chase.
At the same time,
Three kilometers away.
Puchi!
Seated on the horned boar's back, Pain Star suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, her face pale.
Beside her, the Heavenly General of Earthen Diction and the Heavenly General of Earthen Majesty were unscathed, although the instantaneous burst of power was a little too much for their bodies. Their qi and blood were churning, and their True Qi was boiling uncomfortably.
Seeing that Pain Star was vomiting blood, the Heavenly General of Earthen Diction quickly went up to her and asked, "Are you alright, Gran?"
Pain Star coughed another mouthful of blood even as she opened her mouth.
The explosion had happened so quickly and suddenly that the energy Pain Star had attached to the many corpses was shattered by the violent explosion before she could retract it, and she herself was severely injured.
Waving her hand, Pain Star said weakly, "It's fine. It's just a little backlash."
Gritting her teeth even as she spoke, her eyes flashing with killing intent and hatred as she turned toward the direction of the explosion. There was some lingering fear in her eyes, and she muttered as if to herself, "Was it worth it?"
"Eh?"
Beside her, the Heavenly General of Earthen Diction appeared puzzled.
Pain Star then said, "According to the information we have, Jiang He is merely in his twenties, but he already has the ability to kill Killer Star. His future is limitless, and it is not impossible for him to reach divine-tier, but he …"
Pausing, Pain Star gritted her teeth. "He actually has the guts to take us down with him?"
That was right.
From Pain Star's point of view, Jiang He was intent on taking them down with him.
No wonder he was so fearless.
The Heavenly General of Earthen Diction was about to retort, but after some thought …
He could not.
The explosion just now had been too horrific.
Even rank-eight pinnacle martial artists wearing S-grade alloy combat suits would definitely die at the center of the explosion, let alone a mere rank-six martial artist like Jiang He. There was absolutely no chance of survival.
Even a rank-nine grandmaster with weaker defenses would be blown to death.
Even so …
Inwardly, he felt weird.
The Heavenly General of Earthen Diction could not help thinking, 'Why would Jiang He do this? He didn't have to show himself. He just had to bury the explosives and detonate them when we passed by … '
"Why would he lie prone at the center of the explosion?"
Puzzled, the Heavenly General of Earthen Diction shook his head when he suddenly remembered something and exclaimed in surprise, "Where's Earthen Savage? He … couldn't have been killed by the explosion, right? "
"No."
Pain Star said confidently, "Earthen Savage is a fire-type Awakened. He can transform his body into fire energy for a short period of time. In such a state, even if the power of the explosion exceeds his own strength, it won't cause him too much damage."
Her gaze then changed, and she seethed, "Make some adjustments. We'll follow the original plan and charge into Lingzhou City!"
"Well …"
The Heavenly General of Earthen Diction and Earthen Majesty Heavenly General traded glances and were about to dissuade her, but Pain Star coldly said, "Don't worry. My superpower is a little special, and I could quickly recover as long as enough people die when we charge into Lingzhou City, regaining control over the corpses and forming an army of zombies fearless of death … eh?"
She turned to look out into the night.
Under the moonlight, the Heavenly General of Earthen Savage was struggling to walk, coughing blood as he approached them.
Smoke was still billowing out of his body.
He had certainly turned his body into fire to negate most of the shockwave from the explosion … but it was so powerful that he was injured considerably.
The Heavenly General of Earthen Majesty and the Heavenly General of Earthen Savage were on good terms. Delighted that the Heavenly General of Earthen Savage had returned alive, he walked up to him with a smile, "Earthen …"
Still, he could only say one word before his face dropped.
The tip of a blade was directly poking out of the Heavenly General of Earthen Savage's chest.
The Heavenly General of Earthen Savage's face stiffened and he turned his head with much difficulty, intending to look behind him when a huge hand pressed against his head and pushed hard —
Splat.
The Heavenly General of Earthen Savage's entire body fell stiffly to the ground.
"No!"
"That's impossible!"
Pain Star looked as if she had seen a ghost and muttered, "You're a rank-six martial artist, and you were at the center of the explosion. How could you be unscathed?"
Dragon-Slaying Saber in hand, Jiang He sneered, "Everyone, surrender without a fight, and I'll leave your corpses intact."
Eh?
At those words.
Jiang He did a double take.
His tone just now was not right, was it not? Why did it feel like he was a demon lord?
I'm clearly the victim here, alright?
Adjusting his mentality, Jiang He charged forward with Dragon-Slaying Saber in hand, barking furiously, "You bunch of demented dogs! You've gone too far! Do you think I've given you any face by attacking me again and again?"
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