NABC Chapter 208 Ye Guyi and the Big Bang
Chapter 208 Ye Guyi and the Big Bang
Chapter 208 Ye Guyi and the Big Bang
With the appearance of the undead army, the once bright and clear situation in Mingdu has once again become unpredictable.
The prince's faction loudly denounced Xu Tianran for colluding with evil spirit masters and attempting to overthrow the foundation of the Sun Moon Empire.
Xu Tianran's powerful and influential followers, however, believed that the Holy Spirit Cult was taking advantage of the chaos to smear Xu Tianran.
Liao Mengkai held two swords, looking at Xu Guozhong, whose chest was almost completely ripped open by him, with a complicated expression.
Even if this old prince were a Title Douluo, he would still be no match for the leader of the Terror Claw Soul Master Corps.
In just one exchange, Xu Guozhong was almost cut into several pieces by Liao Mengkai.
"Liao Mengkai, are you really going to remain so stubbornly ignorant?"
Taking advantage of Liao Mengkai's momentary daze, Xu Guozhong hurriedly stuffed a handful of pills into his mouth: "Xu Tianran is colluding with evil soul masters! Do you, the elders, really intend to choose him to become the emperor of the Sun Moon Empire?!"
At this moment, Zheng Zhan, Luan Feng, and Xia Xuanchen had all finished their battles and arrived together at the last battlefield high above Mingdu.
The princes they faced were at most high-level Soul Saints, and they couldn't withstand a single blow from them.
Because the top leaders were collectively executed by the Hall of Worship, the Prince's faction had no time to cause a major rebellion in the capital.
"Once the arrow is released, there's no turning back."
"Both of His Highnesses are not clean now, so why not just stick to one of them and go all the way down that path?"
After whispering something to Liao Mengkai, Luanfeng and the others flew to Mingdu to deal with the undead creatures rampaging through the streets.
Liao Mengkai looked at Xu Guozhong, and with a flash of his twin swords, he switched to his strongest Demon God Sword.
Kong Deming flew to the sky above the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, looking at the two undead dragons with the strength of Title Douluo, his eyes flashing with cold light.
When exactly did the Holy Spirit Cult plant so many filthy creatures in Mingdu?
It's one thing for a Title Douluo-level evil soul master to swagger into Mingdu; after all, they are still human.
But what about these two soul beasts that are clearly resurrected from the dead?
No one would believe that there are two types of soul beasts in the world: bone dragons and ice dragons with rotting bodies.
How evil martial spirits like Abomination, Death Knight, and Skeleton King came into being has always been a source of great confusion for the Sun Moon Empire.
Whether it's a beast-type martial spirit or a weapon-type martial spirit, there are corresponding counterparts in the world to varying degrees.
However, many evil martial spirits seem to appear out of thin air, with no corresponding counterparts found in the Douluo Continent.
However, after seeing the large number of undead creatures today, Kong Deming had a vague suspicion in his heart.
Could it be that one of the leaders of the Holy Spirit Cult received the inheritance of the God of Death or some other deity?
Kong Deming grew increasingly alarmed as he thought about it, and immediately pointed a finger into the air, instantly enveloping the two undead dragons in a silver moon divine light shield.
Like a curtain falling from the sky, the pure moonlight clashed violently with the deathly aura churning around the undead dragon.
Kong Deming looked solemn.
He did not sense the bloody, evil, and filthy aura of the Holy Spirit Cult from the two undead dragons.
The aura emanating from these two dragons was more ancient and pure, containing no other aura besides death.
If Kong Deming had to describe it, he would say that this aura was the ultimate form of death.
Kong Deming looked at the undead creatures ravaging the city, his mind filled with thoughts.
"Immediately organize members to go into the city and do everything possible to rescue the residents. There must be no mistakes."
Jing Hongchen and the others quickly agreed and organized the people from Mingde Hall and Sun Moon Soul Master Academy to go into the city to participate in the rescue.
It was at this moment that Huo Yuhao, who had returned with a full load of supplies, quietly infiltrated the rescue team.
On the third floor of the underground warehouse, he placed many timed high-explosive soul guides.
According to Huo Yuhao's estimation, once the explosion occurs there, its blast radius will inevitably affect Mingde Hall.
Huo Yuhao didn't know whether there were any fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells stored in the basement of Mingde Hall.
However, considering that the Sun Moon Empire dared to store so many bombs in its own capital, Huo Yuhao tentatively assumed that there were some there.
Once the two warehouses trigger a chain reaction, Mingdu will receive an unprecedented "gift".
Huo Yuhao kept calculating the time in his mind, intentionally or unintentionally mingling behind Xuan Ziwen, trying to keep him away from the Mingde Hall area as much as possible.
Xuan Ziwen has extremely strong soul guidance talent; otherwise, he wouldn't have been accepted as a disciple by Kong Deming.
Huo Yuhao believes it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the strongest researcher of the younger generation in the Sun Moon Empire.
In Huo Yuhao's view, Xuan Ziwen's research ability made him a key figure in enabling the Heavenly Soul Empire to take a giant leap forward.
Recalling what Xuan Ziwen had said, Huo Yuhao had decided that once Tianmeng returned from the Mingdou Mountains, he would try to persuade Xuan Ziwen to come to the Tianhun Empire.
Huo Yuhao secretly commanded dozens of abominations to relentlessly push Xuan Ziwen toward the palace.
The Sun and Moon Palace is located in the very center of Mingdu, so even if a massive explosion were to occur, it would not have a significant impact on the area.
The battle between Liao Mengkai and Xu Guozhong in the sky also came to an end at this moment.
As expected, Xu Guozhong was killed by Liao Mengkai on charges of colluding with evil spirit masters and smearing Xu Tianran.
Undead creatures emitted chilling howls from every corner of Mingdu.
Their attack route appeared chaotic, but in fact it concealed a hidden strategy.
Whenever a Soul Master attempts to form a defensive formation, there are always a few Abominations or Undead Knights that disrupt their formation.
When civilians flee, apart from injuries and deaths caused by trampling, there are rarely any deaths or injuries caused by undead creatures.
Something's not right.
The worshippers quickly noticed the anomaly.
They noticed that these undead creatures seemed to be systematically driving the crowd toward the palace.
"Could it be that the Holy Spirit Cult intends to use these people to force Xu Tianran to resign?"
"Or perhaps they had already set a trap in the palace, intending to wipe out all the residents of Mingdu?"
Not only the worshippers, but even Xuan Ziwen, who was being driven away by many undead creatures such as the Abomination, noticed the anomaly at this moment.
However, before Xuan Ziwen could ponder its deeper meaning, a delicate shout suddenly rang out from not far away: "Holy Spirit Slash!"
A holy white light shone from not far away, and the phantom of an angel with two wings on its back slowly descended from the sky.
Like a sharp sword piercing through the dark clouds, the angelic phantom, wielding a longsword, swept across Mingdu, slaying dozens of skeletons in an instant.
A young woman, with five spirit rings shining beneath her and angel wings spread on her back, charged through the Mingdu.
The moment Huo Yuhao saw the woman, his expression changed drastically.
"How could Mingdu have a holy angel?!"
Since the shattering of the Angel God's divine position ten thousand years ago, the Angelic Martial Soul, which had been passed down for ten thousand or even tens of thousands of years, has been lost on the continent.
Even though angels have occasionally appeared in the world over the past few thousand years, most of them are lower-level martial soul branches of the Thousand Family Angels.
For example, Wang Xian'er of the Star Luo Empire's Hall of Worship possesses the Healing Angel Martial Soul, which is a branch of the healing ability of a god-level angelic martial soul.
According to Ilex's research, Yu Mengdi's Angelic Martial Soul is considered to be the most basic form of Angelic Martial Soul.
She was able to evolve into a holy angel only after she purified the curse on the Golden Carving Knife of Life and killed two evil spirits.
Even so, Yu Mengdi's Holy Angel is still far inferior to the Thousand Family Angels of ten thousand years ago.
At least for now, Yu Mengdi cannot control the fire of the sun.
And this woman who suddenly appeared in Mingdu also possessed the Holy Angel Martial Soul.
This shocked Huo Yuhao greatly, and he almost couldn't help but activate the Heavenly Heart Communication to ask the plane will of Douluo Star if it felt that the Sun Moon Empire was the stronghold of evil soul masters, which is why a Holy Angel Martial Soul was naturally born here.
Ye Guyi held the Angelic Holy Sword, unleashing her full power here without reservation.
But as she killed more and more undead creatures, the holy expression on Ye Guyi's face gradually turned into confusion.
Like Yu Mengdi's Holy Angel, Ye Guyi can also improve her cultivation by killing evil creatures.
They can even obtain the purest purifying power from it to replenish their energy consumed in battle.
But these undead creatures before her seemed to have no fear of her divine power whatsoever.
Moreover, when the holy light fell on these undead creatures, it had no effect whatsoever, and Ye Guyi received no feedback after killing the skeletons.
The liches and skeleton cavalry seemed endless, charging towards Ye Guyi under the command of the undead knights.
Ye Guyi raised the holy sword high in her hand, and her fourth soul ring shone brightly, instantly spreading holy light like a tidal wave.
It still had no effect. Even though the Holy Light Array killed many skeleton cavalry, many undead creatures were resurrected under the Death Light of the Undead Knights and launched attacks one after another, providing Ye Guyi with no effective replenishment whatsoever.
Ye Guyi's expression grew increasingly grim.
Huo Yuhao quickly surveyed his surroundings and saw that Xuan Ziwen had been forced to a distance, and there were no other level nine soul masters nearby. He gritted his teeth and chose to approach Ye Guyi.
Since he had decided to undermine the Sun Moon Empire, Huo Yuhao wouldn't mind undermining one more.
He disguised himself as a Soul Master at the Soul Emperor level, moving swiftly through the chaotic streets, his Soul Guidance Ray Gun firing in bursts to repel the undead creatures that lunged at the civilians.
"Watch out on the left!"
Huo Yuhao controlled three lich witches to launch a sneak attack on Ye Guyi, while he himself quickly stood between the two.
Rays of soul guidance shot out from his hands, shattering the lich's body, and dark green blood splattered on the wall.
Ye Guyi turned around, a hint of surprise flashing in her golden pupils.
Her angelic wings fluttered gently, carrying Huo Yuhao away from the skeleton knights' encirclement: "Thank you."
"These evil creatures—they're very strange."
At this moment, the undead knight unleashed the Light of Death once more, resurrecting the lich whose body had been shattered by Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao approached, feigning breathlessness: "Your martial soul—is it an angel? How come you're struggling so much even against them?"
"Aren't angels supposed to be extremely effective against evil creatures?"
Ye Guyi led Huo Yuhao swiftly through the alleyways, his voice grave and puzzled: "These evil creatures seem to be immune to divine power."
"they----"
Just as Ye Guyi was about to continue speaking, Huo Yuhao's eyes suddenly lit up with a brilliant light.
Soul shock!
Huo Yuhao no longer had time to wait for Ye Guyi to continue.
His pre-set timed high-explosive soul tool was about to explode, and once the explosion occurred, he dared not open the undead demiplane.
The undead demiplane is not a complete space. If it were opened during the explosion, it would likely be destroyed by the violently fluctuating spatial forces.
Ye Guyi, who only possessed the strength of a Soul King, was completely unable to withstand Huo Yuhao's soul attack and immediately fell unconscious.
Huo Yuhao didn't dare to hesitate. He quickly opened a portal to the undead demiplane next to him, then grabbed Ye Guyi and went inside.
Just five minutes after they entered the undead demiplane, the ground where Mingde Hall was located suddenly rose up!
Immediately following was a tremor like a giant beast awakening, followed by a deafening explosion that tore through the sky!
A blazing white ball of light erupted from the underground where Mingde Hall was located, and the shockwave overturned the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy!
This enormous ball of light expanded into a fireball with a diameter of one kilometer almost in the blink of an eye!
Mingde Hall and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy vaporized in the high temperature, and their underground warehouses were directly melted into molten iron.
The entire city of Ming first fell into a jarring silence, and then everything began to tremble violently.
Huo Yuhao ultimately misjudged the power of the explosion.
He did indeed empty almost the entire three-story underground warehouse.
However, the underground warehouse of Mingde Hall contains sixteen level-nine fixed-position soul-guided cannon shells.
I don't know what the Sun Moon Empire was thinking, daring to store so many dangerous weapons underground in the capital.
The sun and moon have lost their light.
A third of the entire Ming capital was collapsing, the earth seemed to be torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and shockwaves carrying molten metal rushed in all directions.
The protective shield above the palace was twisting violently.
Despite the violent impact of the explosion, nearly one-tenth of the Sun and Moon Palace was still destroyed.
At the moment the explosion occurred, everyone in Mingdu was filled with terror.
The enshrined monks in the temple, the researchers in the Mingde Hall, and the civilians fleeing for their lives were all stunned.
Faced with this earth-shattering explosion, all resistance was futile and had virtually no effect.
Even though the powerful warriors did their best to activate their defensive soul tools, a large number of civilians still perished in the shockwave.
After the aftershocks of the explosion subsided, Kong Deming stood there, stunned.
Looking at the devastated Mingdu and the bottomless crater in the ground, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Even though many civilians from that area rushed here, it still resulted in tens of thousands of casualties.
The entire research data of the Sun Moon Empire was completely destroyed in this earth-shattering explosion.
The level of soul tools in the Sun Moon Empire has regressed by several decades.
The shockwave kicked up dust that obscured half the sky.
The site of Mingde Hall is now just a giant lava pit several kilometers in diameter, with occasional bubbles bursting from the magma, making a chilling gurgling sound.
A series of mournful cries echoed from afar.
Kong Deming walked there blankly, looking at the blurry black marks left on the wall by the people who were instantly vaporized in the explosion.
The worshippers in the ancestral hall collapsed to the ground.
It's over, it's all over.
The economic losses caused by the explosion far exceeded their expectations.
For some reason, after their grief, a thought simultaneously arose in their minds: thankfully Lin Yi had moved in advance.
The humanoid soul guide device Unit 1, located underground in Mingde Hall, was destroyed.
However, as long as Lin Yi is there, the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance level can be restored quickly, and may even surpass the previous level.
Whether Xu He was killed in the explosion is no longer of concern to anyone.
Xu Tianran looked terrified and stood up blankly using his soul tool, arriving outside the palace.
"The entire Royal Guard has been mobilized to rescue the refugees."
Xu Tianran's voice echoed across the ruins, but sounded particularly pale and powerless.
"Where's Lin Yi? Where is Lin Yi?!"
"Let him out! Let him start refining elixirs to heal the common people!"
"I know what you retainers are scheming for, but now you need to find Lin Yi quickly!"
"The national treasury resources are now fully available to Lin Yi, allowing him to focus all his efforts on refining pills to save lives!"
Whether it's genuine or feigned, Xu Tianran now has to pretend to care about these ordinary people.
The sound that echoed over Mingdu just now has already convinced him that he is cooperating with the Holy Spirit Church.
He must now do everything he can to minimize the damage to his reputation.
Xu He may have been killed in the explosion, but other princes are still alive!
For example, Xu Tianyuan, the leader of the Imperial Dragon Soul Mentor Group, also has the legal status of successor!
No one had ever paid attention to Xu Tianyuan before, but after this explosion, he is very likely to replace Xu Tianran.
Upon hearing Xu Tianran's words, all the worshippers looked at him in silence.