While Speaker Changjiang Hailiu was struggling in the flames, the blast, mixed with thousands of sharp bone blades, swept across everything like an overwhelming tide!
Standing behind Speaker Changjiang Hailiu were Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao, Director Lu Zui, and other senior officials of the government.
Other than Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao, most of them were civil officials.
Although they were all high-level Cultivators, and some of them were Jin Dan and Yuanying, they were all admin-type and research-type Cultivators like Speaker Changjiang Hailiu. They were seriously incapable of protecting themselves!
At the critical moment, Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao demonstrated the extraordinary qualities of a seasoned general. The moment the blast expanded, hundreds of hexagonal super plate armor appeared in front of him, which, together with his thick spiritual shield, constituted an iron wall and blocked the blast!
BOOM!
The blast collided with Zhou Hengdao's spiritual shield brutally. After a second explosion, Zhou Hengdao was blown far away, too.
Seventy percent of the organs on his body were artificial limbs, which could not withstand such a powerful collision and were already broken into pieces in midair!
Thankfully, after Iron Commander Zhou Hengdao blocked the blast without caring about his own safety, more than half of the blast and the shrapnel of the bomb were neutralized. The civil officials behind him, including Director Lu Zui, were not seriously hurt!
It was not until this moment that the bodyguards around them realized what was going on. They lunged at them in a hurry and activated countless pieces of defense magical equipment, blocking their way. The Speaker, who was soaked in blood and whose status was unknown, was snatched down from midair by several bodyguards, too!
The scene was transmitted to the eyes of billions of citizens of the Federation through the crystal cameras of thousands of media outlets.
It was perhaps the quietest second on the entire planet of the Xing Yao Federation since it was founded.
Even Li Yao was stunned for a moment.
Before he regained his senses, as a bomb expert, he had already analyzed the dispersion of the flames and the shrapnel of the crystal bomb with his instincts. He had figured out the level of the crystal bomb!
It was one, no, multiple demon cores and marrow crystals of the highest quality. It was a super hybrid bomb refined by melding them together!
Judging from the colors and jumping patterns of the flames, more than a hundred and thirty complicated rune arrays had been adopted. It was used to restrain the explosive power so that all the destructive power of the demon core and the marrow crystal could be concentrated on one point!
Not to mention that Speaker Jiang Hailiu was merely an admin-type Yuanying cultivator, even a combat-type Yuanying cultivator could be severely injured if caught off guard!
Whoever had crafted the crystal bomb was definitely an expert among experts. Also, it was impossible for them to have been crafted in a small workshop. It would require a huge magical equipment refining center to be able to refine such a terrifying item!
This was only the first bomb.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Half a second after the explosion of the first crystal bomb, before everybody came back to themselves from the extreme shock, another four crystal bombs exploded around the square.
This time, not only were the government officials and cultivators involved, but also the ordinary citizens who were participating in the rally!
For a moment, the square of the Federation was shrouded in thick smoke. The Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars flag that had been flying high in the air was now burning with smoke.
The millions of people were thrown into chaos!
Cries and screams. Moaning!
They ran for their lives in a panic, pushing and shoving each other, trampling each other!
The panic was like the blast wave of a crystal bomb. It spread out crazily, raising a tide of extreme fear!
Li Yao's pupils constricted into two glittering needle tips. He felt that he had fallen into an extremely cold cave. But he did not even have the time to feel frustrated or curse. Thinking quickly, he squatted and was about to fly to Burning Prairie!
This was a trap that covered the sky and covered the earth!
With everything coming to this point, it was useless to say anything. The only way to break the trap was to … Break out of the siege without caring about anything and fly to Burning Prairie.
He had to be caught. He had to be caught by the cultivators of the Flying Star Sector in order to explain everything!
However …
Just when he was about to jump … His heart seemed to have been dug out and pinched hard. He almost cried out in pain.
It was a sign of danger of the highest level!
There was a sniper!
The sniper had locked onto his heart!
The sniper had opened fire!
The sniper was definitely a top-tier expert, if not a 'god of guns'. Perhaps, the sniper had reached the Yuanying level. His ability to manipulate bullets was definitely amazing!
Li Yao could not hear the rushing sound of the bullet or see the glimmer when the bullet rubbed the air. Therefore, he could not predict the trajectory of the bullet. He did not even know where the sniper was hiding at all.
The only thing he could sense was that the air of death was piercing through his heart brutally!
Li Yao was about to dodge out of natural instincts.
But he was surrounded by panicked, innocent civilians. Right behind him, a helpless mother was hugging her two daughters hard!
If he dodged, the bullets would definitely tear apart the bodies of dozens of ordinary people!
Li Yao roared crazily. A few clusters of gel and a few shields flashed out of his Cosmos Ring while he activated his spiritual shield to the maximum!
"Shua!"
The gel was pierced through, and the shields were broken apart. A streak of hideous redness finally appeared and broke through Li Yao's spiritual shield easily, stabbing at his chest brutally!
In his haste, Li Yao only had the time to take out a 'Bright Gold Stone' of the toughest material and protect his chest.
The bullet was deeply embedded into the Bright Gold Stone. Its blast was not reduced at all. It hit Li Yao's chest like a heavy punch, breaking his ribs and piercing into his heart!
Li Yao's eyes were bloodshot, and his lips were purple. He finally confirmed that the sniper did not intend to capture him at all but wanted to kill him!
Besides, the sniper was a super gunner who owned an 'ultimate treasure'. He was hiding in a skyscraper and preparing to snipe the enemy from the high ground!
The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit in the form of the Blood Demon was perfect in every aspect, except that it took too long to equip!
By the time he took out the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit from his Cosmos Ring and activated the strengthened cells on the surface, he would've been killed by the mysterious sniper more than a hundred times!
Li Yao's teeth were biting his lips. He considered whether or not he should summon Black Wing and fly to Burning Prairie at the risk of being shot again.
Right then —
After a hum, a layer of brilliant brilliance was shining around Burning Prairie in the sky. Thousands of dazzling swords of light were glittering and revolving quickly around the warship.
Li Yao held his broken heart. He cursed in his heart.
Burning Prairie had activated the automatic defense array of the highest level.
The purpose of such a defense array was to prevent the enemy from sneaking into the warship during a fierce battle.
Right now — Anyone who dared approach Burning Prairie would be pierced through by the thousands of swords of light mercilessly.
Why?
Why did Burning Prairie activate the defense array of the highest level? Was it not obvious that it did not want anyone to approach it?
Li Yao could not figure it out at all.
But the situation did not allow him to think further.
The hundreds of Secret Sword Agents led by Guo Chunfeng had surrounded him. The 'God of Guns' sniper lurking among the skyscrapers, on the other hand, had not been found yet.
The omen of death was still stimulating Li Yao's heart and the center of his eyebrow like maggots on his bones!
Li Yao had resisted the first attack at the price of a broken breastbone, a damaged heart, and a hindrance in the circulation of his spiritual energy.
Would he be able to withstand a second attack?
Li Yao had no choice but to break out of the siege before the Secret Sword Agents were completely surrounded!
He was like a cicada escaping from its shell. Dashing out of the broken artificial body, he crouched on the ground and crawled under the feet of the crowd like a slippery loach!
Before he escaped, he did one more thing.
He threw the spotlight that he did not have time to activate on the spot.
Hundreds of meters away from Li Yao …
"Who shot? Who gave the order? "
Guo Chunfeng was almost driven mad. "There are so many innocent people here. Are they going to die with Li Yao?"
"The No. 1 position did not shoot!"
"The No. 2 position is still on standby!"
"The No. 3 position is on standby. We have lost track of the target!"
"Boss, it's not one of us. There are other snipers! "
His subordinate's report made Guo Chunfeng's pupils constrict into the size of cold needles, just like Li Yao's.
He did not realize what was going on yet. But he felt a strong wind blowing at his face!
Exclamations were echoing in the communication channel. A few Secret Sword Agents who were closest to Li Yao were shot at the same time!
It took three seconds to finish off the snipers. The three seconds, together with the chaos on the spot, were enough for the target to run away and disappear into the crowd.
"Boss. What do we do? "
All the Secret Sword Agents were exasperated.
Guo Chunfeng was silent for a few seconds. The situation was completely out of control. Countless civilians were being trampled on in their escape every second.
Guo Chunfeng was fast enough to drag a dying old man out of the crowd. Without any hesitation, he gnashed his teeth and shouted, "Save him!"
But his eyes pierced through the crowd and stared at the place where Li Yao had been standing a moment ago.
He sensed that there was something there.
Against the crowd, Guo Chunfeng struggled to walk over and absorbed the object into his palm.
He was a training monster with quadruple talents. He was an excellent warrior, a shrewd manager, and a distinguished scholar and magical equipment specialist.
His telepathic thoughts entered the spotlight and scanned it briefly. He immediately understood the structure and usage of the magical equipment.
"I am Li Yao. I am still alive!"
Guo Chunfeng blinked, somewhat confused. What did the words mean?
He raised his big, greasy head. His eyes, which had been clear before, became hazy again. The skyscrapers in all directions seemed to constitute an impenetrable maze or a cage with no exits, locking him, Li Yao, and perhaps even more people inside!
…
The chaos did not die down until noon.
Before the chaos was settled, all the Cultivators were devoted to the rescue and had no time to care about anything else.
According to the preliminary statistics at one o 'clock in the afternoon, more than seven thousand civilians had been killed or injured in the explosions and chaos. Countless more were still missing. The final number of casualties would certainly be more than ten thousand.
A hundred days ago, the aggressive beast tide of the Blood Demon Sector had attacked late at night and been abandoned halfway. Only around four thousand civilians were killed or injured.
But this time, in order to commemorate these victims, the number of casualties was three to five times more than the number of casualties.
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