Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 354: Chapter 193: Calamity’s Trump Card

”It’s you? You actually betrayed us too?!”

Qin Xiang’s expression revealed a mix of shock and anger, the aura of slaughter gathered in his hand as he shattered the ambushing shadow with a single palm strike. Yet after shattering, the shadow merely transformed back into darkness, returning beneath Wen Feiyan’s feet.

At the same time, an inky black poison was spreading through Qin Xiang’s wound, turning his expression exceptionally grim!

He had long been on guard against Li Zhan, so he easily blocked his attack, but he hadn’t anticipated that there would be two King Tiers betraying at the same time!

Wen Feiyan had somehow hidden her shadow within Li Zhan’s shadow, and the Calamity was assisting them in launching simultaneous attacks. Under such circumstances, no matter how strong Qin Xiang was, it was difficult for him to react in time!

”Collaborating with the Calamity, are you truly confident in devouring all the resources?”

Qin Xiang shouted sternly.

However, facing his questioning, Li Zhan and Wen Feiyan merely displayed a look of assured victory, paying him no heed, and instead turned to Mu Wu: ”Mu Wu, you should have a clear view of the situation now, are you going to cooperate with us or...”

Before the words were finished, Mu Wu suddenly transformed into a stream of light and fled!

Before he even began fleeing, Chu Xiu had already taken the lead, commanding the Flying Corpse to charge quickly toward the cave exit!

”Decisive.” Li Zhan chuckled lightly, calling out: ”Miss Wen, hold off Qin Xiang, leave that guy to me and Brother Wu.”

With that, a Demon Wolf rose beneath Li Zhan’s seat. The Extreme Dao who had ambushed Qin Xiang with firearms leaped down from the Buddha Statue’s chest, landing on the Demon Wolf’s back, and then the Demon Wolf transformed into a streak of black light, carrying the two swiftly toward Chu Xiu’s departure direction.

Qin Xiang had just risen to intercept when eight shadows emerged by his side, each exuding the aura of a King Tier!

”As expected of an S-Class profession [Shadow Master],” Qin Xiang showed cold intent as he looked at the shadows blocking him, ”But I’m curious, what kind of benefits tempt you to dare provoke a regional leader of the Investigation Bureau? Aren’t you afraid of inciting Huaxia’s wrath?”

Wen Feiyan laughed coyly: ”Brother Qin, don’t be so aggressive.”

”I know every agent in the Investigation Bureau is outstanding among their Same Tier, and you, as a regional leader, even have a High Tier Artifact personally crafted by that Celestial King-level figure, not to mention the Investigation Bureau is backed by a vengeful government army.”

”If Brother Qin were at his peak, no matter the price, this young lady would certainly not dare provoke you.”

”However, I advise Brother Qin to stay calm to avoid unnecessary conflict.”

Hearing this, Qin Xiang instead laughed rather than getting angry: ”So you think you have me in the bag?”

”This young lady doesn’t have that confidence, I’m just doing a job for money, I don’t wish to risk my life,” Wen Feiyan chuckled, ”What I mean is, a fight between us is meaningless.”

With her voice, a shadow drilled out from beneath her, moving to a mountain wall beside the Buddha Statue. In the next moment, dense shadows converged in its hands, transforming into a massive hammer that smashed against the hard rock wall.

With a loud noise, a large rock shattered, revealing a hidden piece of silvery-white metal behind.

Even though only about half the size of an infant was exposed, it still caused Qin Xiang’s complexion to drastically change, his voice quivering with unease: ”This is...”

”It’s what you think it is.” Wen Feiyan leaped to the Buddha Statue’s shoulder, calmly uttering two words.

”Nuclear warhead.”

At these words, Qin Xiang seemed to instantaneously comprehend, his already grim expression turning as dark as water.

”In a military shelter that holds all of humanity’s hopes, how could there not be nuclear warheads?” Wen Feiyan laughed softly.

”In fact, buried near this cave are eight entire nuclear warheads, and this is the final trump card of the Calamity.”

”The chains binding the Calamity are constructed with reliance on the entire mountain, capable of transmitting power through this sprawling mountain range.”

”Thus, there are only two ways to escape: one is to use Corrupted creatures to gradually destroy the entire mountain over years and years, the other is to utilize the high temperatures reaching millions of degrees and the massive energy shockwave at the center of a nuclear explosion to directly melt and destroy these chains.”

”The plan to destroy the mountain was disrupted by you and is now unrealistic, so there’s no choice but to resort to detonating the nuclear warhead to break free, even though it will severely deplete the Calamity’s power.”

Hearing this, Qin Xiang fully came to realize.

The Golden Body on the Buddha Statue, composed of numerous Fierce Tier Level 9 Corrupted Buddhist Disciples, wasn’t meant for combat but to withstand the blast of a nuclear explosion! Allowing the Calamity hidden within the Buddha Statue to survive the nuclear explosion!

So many Corrupted Buddhist Disciples must have been amassed over centuries, and with the acquisition of Pollutants at the first opportunity, all its power was mobilized to catalyze this formation.

Qin Xiang had previously found it odd, these Corrupted Buddhist Disciples seemed specialized solely for defense, abandoning all else; such creatures, no matter how many were produced, were of no use. They couldn’t pose any threat to King Tier Awakened, only serving as resources for their growth.

It turned out to be for this!

The Calamity’s plan was to use these punching bags, which would not strike back and could almost be considered free resources, as bait, to lure as many High Tier Awakened here as possible, then use a nuclear explosion to clear them all out in one fell swoop!