Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

Da-da-da!

Boom!

Gunshots, explosions echoed in the complex mine tunnels of Black Stone Sect as the Machine Puppet Troops advanced in order, clearing one target after another revealed by the radar.

Shadow Ghosts, despite numbering in the tens of thousands, were continuously exterminated by gunfire, with their semi-liquid corpses burned by thermite and incendiary rounds.

Only those Shadow Ghosts transformed from the Foundation-building cultivators of the Black Stone Sect and capable of complete liquefaction could approach undetected, emerging from the ground and walls to engulf over a dozen hexapod spider robots.

Da-da-da!

The surrounding spider robots immediately responded, pivoting the light machine guns and grenade launchers, and the barrage of bullets and incendiary grenades overwhelmed the liquid Shadow Ghosts.

The vast majority of bullets hit nothing.

Piercing through the liquid bodies without causing any harm, and the grenades were detonated before they could explode on impact.

The Shadow Ghost burst with a bang, its body scattering into a sinister metallic iron net that ignored the dense gunfire and spread over the remaining dozens of spider robots.

Clang!

A sound of sword ringing, an Azure Flying Sword shot out from the wall, the Sword Intent of Destruction flashed by, piercing through a point in the Shadow Ghost iron net and disappearing.

The sinister iron net stiffened in the air for a moment, then turned into a puddle of silver-grey liquid that poured down noisily.

The remaining spider robots regrouped and continued to advance deeper into the mine.

”There are still...”

Jiang Ding remained standing where the sunlight could reach, in the courtyard below, slightly closing his eyes, his fingers moving as if playing the piano, the Taiqing Flying Sword shuttling within a ten-mile radius, slaying one liquid Shadow Ghost after another.

No matter how they claimed to be indestructible, immune to blades and axes, when the sword passed through, the soul was extinguished without exception.

Whoosh-whoosh!

Occasionally, where he couldn’t reach, or where a large number of Shadow Ghosts gathered, causing heavy casualties to the spider robot troops, missiles would fall, delivering a devastating attack to that area of the underground mine.

In such a situation, the Shadow Ghosts, cultivated by the disciples of the Black Stone Sect, died in large numbers and were soon mostly eradicated.

”Next, it is to let the spider robots sweep through every place and find the Concealment Array where the Post-Golden Alchemist is hiding,”

”The Formation Method that can disrupt the Array Spirit’s tracking, even with the advantage of local terrain, is bound to be huge. Search carefully, and we will definitely find it,”

Jiang Ding muttered to himself, then suddenly let out a mocking laugh.

”Can’t hold back any longer?”

With a light tap of his toes, he flew back up into the sky above the courtyard.

Boom!

The ground, where he had been standing, exploded violently, numerous black-gray spiked metal spikes bursting from the earth, turning the original block of black stone into crumb powder, like a sea urchin.

On the countless dense spikes, numerous vengeful souls howled with resentment.

”East pole... Demon School!”

Seeing the target take to the air, it still refused to give up, roaring furiously, with thousands of arrows firing, locking onto and pursuing the figure in the sky.

”Zhen Shi, the True Man?”

”You’ve grown stronger, with the strength of a Mid-stage Golden Core Cultivator.”

Jiang Ding’s expression was indifferent.

Clang!

The array pattern assisted by a magnetic field spanning ten kilometers flashed, and with the power of the Electromagnetic Main Gun Magical Power Killing Formation enhancing the Taiqing Flying Sword, it appeared amidst explosive sounds in the air and slashed through the myriad of spikes.

Countless black-gray spikes showed a thin white line at their midsection, revealing an aura of both Breaking Law and Elimination Method.

The myriad spikes became rigid and then suddenly exploded and collapsed, numerous black-gray metal liquids splashing in all directions, melting deep small holes into the walls of the mine.

”Ah!!”

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The ground trembled as the sea urchin-like sphere emitted a pained wail, a pair of blood-red eyes appearing within the black-gray metallic ball, recovering a sliver of rationality, filled with fear.

A moment later, it had no choice but to fling itself into the fray.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, three hundred and sixty hunter missiles fell, tantamount to the combined attack of ten early-stage Golden Pill Cultivators!

Amidst the violent explosions and fierce flames, the house-sized sea urchin metallic sphere shook wildly, its spikes shattering in pieces, and countless lifeless black-gray metallic liquids splattered, corroding big pits into the surrounding mine cave walls.

Di!

The familiar sound of something slicing through the air locked onto the Divine Soul, making one’s soul instinctively shiver, an uncontrollable fear as if facing a natural enemy.

”Good, you’ve shown yourself again.”

Jiang Ding looked up towards the deepest part of the cave.

On the edge of the Underground Gangsha Layer, which extends to nine kilometers in depth, was a Taoist figure enveloped in curling wisps of shadowy black fog, his features gaunt, an image of immortal otherworldliness.

Ten kilometers underground was where the Underground Gangsha Layer resided.

Even a Golden Pill Monk venturing therein would quickly perish under the immense pressure and the corrosion of the Gangsha.

Boom!

Amid the sound of the air bursting, the Taiqing Flying Sword appeared once again, its body wrapped in the golden thread of Magic Arts-Breaking Immortal Gold, surrounded by the hazy light of Yuanmagnet, flickering and vanishing in a burst of extreme speed.

When it reappeared, it effortlessly locked onto the Seven-book Nail Arrow, known for its powerful Concealment abilities, and struck straight at the sharpest point at the head of the arrow.

Ding!

Sparks flew as a shallow scratch appeared on the head of the arrow; the pitch-black feathers trembled, slippery as oil, crumbling upon contact, fleeing back in the direction it came from.

”Roar!”

The black-gray spiked metallic ball, refined by Zhen Shi, let out a roar, lunging towards the youth in the sky, ignoring the fact that its own body was continuously breaking apart, shedding chunks of black-gray metallic liquid, amid the relentless bombardment of hunter missiles.

”Seeking death.”

Jiang Ding’s expression remained calm.

The light of the Taiqing Flying Sword suddenly intensified, and together with the three hundred and sixty hunter missiles, it sliced into the half-house-sized body of Zhen Shi.

The Sword Intent of Destruction spread out as the sword body, encircled by Magic Arts-Breaking Immortal Gold, pierced through the Divine Soul and the core of mana.

The black-gray spiked metallic ball stiffened for a moment, its crimson eyes regaining a bit of clarity, filled with misery and resentment.

”Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, may you crumble through countless lifetimes, cursed that all cultivators within may perish completely!”

Boom!

The hunter missiles exploded, and in the midst of the flames and roaring sound, the black-gray sphere shattered explosively, limbs and pieces scattering in all directions, the last wisp of the vital soul extinguished in the flames.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Three hundred and sixty hunter missiles streaked across the sky, plunging into the earth, with layers of dark rocks splitting open under the Earth Cracking Technique, waves of missiles depleted and automatically crashing down, followed by another volley continuing to tear open the ground made of rock and soil.

One kilometer, two kilometers... six kilometers...

Above the hiding place of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace’s Elder Yingpao, who had arranged the Concealment Array, layers of rocks and soil parted, like a colossal giant tearing open the earth, revealing the juicy little worms deepest inside.

”He’s appeared.”

Jiang Ding soared into the sky, the Taiqing Flying Sword revolving around him, following the missile swarm downwards.

The last hundred meters.

The soil layer exploded with a crash, and the Concealment Array broke open.

The Array Spirit locked onto his position once more,

As the third wave of hunter missiles descended, engulfing his location, flames and blasts devouring all living beings.

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