Chapter 1048: Chapter 929: The Final Outcome
After the decision was made, under the operation of the War God Alliance, the process of deploying a nuclear bomb near the Light Gate in the Havis Desert officially began.
The Six Major Alliances all have strategic reserves of nuclear bombs. Although these nuclear bombs have never been used due to various constraints, serving only as strategic deterrent weapons, it does not mean they cannot be used.
A powerful nuclear bomb was mobilized from the American Alliance and launched with an intercontinental missile for a precision strike.
With the satellite navigation system, the error won’t exceed two meters. For the mutant beast groups near the Light Gate, two meters’ error makes no difference.
The staff nervously placed the nuclear bomb into the carrying bay. The missile was ready to be launched at any moment after inspection.
The person in charge of the American Alliance did not dare to make decisions arbitrarily and invited Yan to the command room. There was a large screen, divided into several different areas, showing live data from the rockets awaiting launch, satellite images from near the Light Gate in the Havis Desert, and data on missile strike points, flight paths, speeds, etc.
After precise calculations that took into account weather, wind speed, wind direction, and other factors, the ignition device was positioned above the red button at the bottom of the screen.
Yan inquired about the details and learned that all preparations were complete, only waiting for the launch. He nodded and resolutely pressed the red ignition button.
Boom!
With a loud noise, the intercontinental missile was successfully launched. On the screen, the speed and trajectory of the missile were clearly visible.
Everyone stopped their work and nervously watched the huge screen in the command room. By this time, all other images had disappeared, leaving only the missile’s flight path.
As it got closer, everyone held their breath, not daring to blink until the missile reached the airspace near the Light Gate and began to descend. Yan decisively turned off the screen, avoiding watching the explosion effect.
“Phew~”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the intense light from a nuclear explosion could instantly blind a person’s eyes.
At the same time, the intercontinental missile carrying the nuclear bomb accurately landed in the center of the beast herd. Although it deviated from the Light Gate by several meters, it was sufficient.
Six half-step True Essence Realm mutant beasts looked at the massive incoming object with confusion, not knowing what it was.
Originating from the Xuan Realm, they had no knowledge of a terrifying weapon of such powerful magnitude as a nuclear bomb. They only felt this object lacked any energy fluctuation or life aura, like a metal lump thrown by someone, without any deterrent force.
However—
The next moment, they paid a terrible price for their ignorance.
The power of the missile wasn’t great. For those robust high-level War God realm mutant beasts, the missile could pose some threat but was not lethal.
However, the nuclear bomb carried by the missile wasn’t that easy to deal with, detonating immediately upon touching down.
“Boom!!!”
A loud explosion accompanied by intense light, a mushroom cloud slowly rose. The powerful blast and radiation instantly vaporized numerous mutant beasts, leaving no corpses behind.
At this moment, the entire world was watching everything happening here, especially Ye Fan and others, who were particularly concerned about the aftermath of the nuclear bomb explosion.
However—
The explosive power of the nuclear bomb was simply too great. Coupled with the desert explosion site, the swirling sand and dust blotted out the sky and the sun. The satellite images couldn’t clearly show the local situation.
All monitoring facilities within a hundred miles were destroyed, making it impossible to see the post-explosion scene and know whether those half-step True Essence Realm mutant beasts had died.
After the explosion, Yan and Chu Xuanji immediately decided to visit the explosion site. With their strong cultivation, they weren’t afraid of lingering radiation from the explosion.
The leaders of the Five Ancient Forces and Ye Fan also chose to go, in case any fish slipped through the net, they could be dealt with on the spot to prevent trouble.
The group proceeded with Protective Gang Qi, their sleeves fluttering, heading towards the Light Gate near the explosion site. Along the way, they indeed encountered some mutant beasts that had escaped the net, but these beasts were generally not very powerful, positioned at the outermost perimeter, or had just come from other places.
Naturally, they showed no mercy, immediately killing these escaped mutant beasts, extracting Beast Cores, and continuing their search and advance.
“It seems that under the power of the nuclear bomb, no mutant beast could possibly survive! We’re essentially going to collect the dead bodies of these beasts!” the Clan Leader of the Huang Jin Family said with a laugh.
“Exactly, had we known, we should have used nuclear bombs in Africa last time, which could have avoided greater losses.”
The Luoke Family’s Clan Leader Mei Luo also chimed in, agreeing that under such a powerful explosion, not to mention the six half-step True Essence Realm mutant beasts, even that True Essence Realm mutant beast would hardly survive.
The helmsmen of the other three ancient forces nodded in agreement, knowing the power of nuclear bombs. No matter how strong those mutant beasts were, surviving under the power of a nuclear bomb was essentially impossible.
Ye Fan remained silent. He was well aware that when mutant beasts reached a certain level of strength, thermal weapons might not pose a life threat to them.
This point had been perfectly demonstrated with cultivators – a Gang Qi Realm cultivator could completely ignore threats from firearms, let alone these mutant beasts of half-step True Essence Realm cultivation. Without personal experience, others had no right to speak.
Yan and Chu Xuanji were not as optimistic as others since they had battled with half-step True Essence Realm mutant beasts and deeply understood their power.
Once inside the explosion range, the group found themselves in what seemed like a ghostly demonic land. Yellow sand was everywhere, rendering a yellow haze that severely affected their visibility.
The residual radiation after the explosion was still very strong. Everyone had to emit Protective Gang Qi to resist the radiation’s effects on their bodies.
“Look, isn’t that guy ahead one of the half-step True Essence Realm mutant beasts?”
At this moment, the Luoke Family’s Clan Leader Mei Luo, with sharp eyes, spotted a wriggling figure amidst the swirling yellow sand, its body covered with a thick layer of yellow sand.
That’s right! It was one of the Half-step Yuan realm mutant beasts, but it was already heavily injured, not far from death.
“I’ll do it!”
Zorn, the clan leader of the Ross family, was full of excitement as he flew over directly and punched toward the head of the struggling mutant beast!
“Roar…”
The mutant beast seemed to awaken slightly, raising its scarred front paw, spitting blood while desperately retaliating!
“Beast, face your death!”
A cold gleam flashed in the eyes of the American Alliance’s leader as he didn’t dodge or evade, directly clashing head-on with the Half-step Yuan realm mutant beast in a fierce confrontation.
Bang!
The leader of the American Alliance was sent flying in an instant, but the Half-step Yuan realm mutant beast was also not in a good state. Just as it stood shakily, it fell back down after the hit.
“Damn it…”
Feeling embarrassed, the leader of the American Alliance pulled out a Chansi Gold Blade with a swoosh and struck fiercely towards the beast’s head!
“Puff—”
The blade flashed, and blood splattered!
The Half-step Yuan realm mutant beast fell heavily to the ground, dying on the spot.
Subsequently, everyone discovered five more Half-step Yuan realm mutant beasts. Although each had suffered unimaginably severe injuries, these beasts possessed incredibly strong life forces and were not dead.
The helmsmen of the Five Ancient Forces scrambled to kill them and then took the beast cores.
Ye Fan watched coldly, noting that although these beasts were on the brink of death, their outbursts were still not to be underestimated. However, they were at the end of their strength, unable to alter the outcome despite their power.
With this experience, everyone felt a mix of joy and worry. They rejoiced that even the Half-step Yuan realm mutant beasts were critically injured and near death, implying that the other beasts must have been killed in the explosion.
The worry was about the True Essence realm mutant beast!
If the Half-step Yuan realm mutant beasts were not dead, then the True Essence realm Flame Eagle was likely alive, though its whereabouts were still unknown to everyone.
In the earlier battle, the helmsmen of the Five Ancient Forces had significant expenditures—they were only top-level War God realm cultivators. Although the mutant beasts were injured, they were Half-step Yuan realm mutant beasts with incredible defense and strength. Even severely injured, they required considerable effort to slay.
From afar, Ye Fan and his companions clearly saw the golden Light Gate standing in the desert, utterly unharmed and intact despite the nuclear explosion.
“Hiss~”
Ye Fan and his companions gasped; as long as this Light Gate didn’t vanish, mutant beasts from the Xuan Realm might come through at any moment.
At that time, who could predict how powerful the next mutant beast might be!
For a moment, everyone fell into silence, advancing and searching without uttering a word.
At this moment…
Ye Fan suddenly sensed a faint fluctuation and immediately looked ahead.
Not only him, but Yan, Chu Xuanji, and the helmsmen of the Five Ancient Forces also sensed it, noticing a slight fluctuation.
Swish!
Everyone’s gaze simultaneously fixed on the origin of the fluctuation!
In an instant, Ye Fan’s pupils contracted to the size of pinpoints as he abruptly noticed a giant eagle flying from afar, its entire body engulfed in raging flames!
“Is this… the True Essence realm mutant beast?”
“It… it isn’t dead yet?!”
“It doesn’t seem severely wounded…”
“How… how is this possible?!”
The appearance of the Flame Eagle left Ye Fan and his companions utterly shocked!
In shock, their first thought was: Run!
However—
The True Essence realm Flame Eagle was too fast, instantly sweeping to a position in front of everyone!
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