"Damn… this thing seems incredibly potent!"

As Luo Xiu approached the missile, Master Ping sensed a deeply embedded and terrifying power within it.

Great Qian of Tai'a couldn't help but exclaim, "I never expected the humans of the New Era to create something so frightening."

Master Ping asked, "Luo Xiu, are you really planning to bring it inside just like that?"

Luo Xiu gave a slight nod. At that moment, his focus was absolute. The missile, flying at an astonishing speed, meant he couldn't afford the slightest mistake. If he wasn't careful and it detonated on the spot, the entire Henghai Provincial City would be obliterated.

With a gentle wave of his hands, seemingly soft yet profound wisps of Azure Spiritual Power drifted out, instantly enveloping the missile and slowing it down.

"Luo Tian's Control over Xuanzhong."

"Fourth Style."

"Ghost God Power."

Seeing Luo Xiu so easily control the missile, Master Ping and Da Qian could only marvel.

Afterward, under the astonished gazes of everyone at the Henghai Base, Luo Xiu used his Spiritual Power to drag the missile toward the distant sea, heading straight for the abyss.

「Ancient Shu Tri-Star Civilization Relics」

Shan Xiao stood on the bank of the Black River, his brow suddenly furrowing as he gazed up at the massive spatial rift in the sky. He had just sensed a terrifying presence hurtling through the rift at an incredible speed, about to emerge on his side.

This is bad!

Shan Xiao didn't dare to hesitate. The intense sense of crisis drove him to act on pure instinct. He flew toward the Tri-Star Clock in the middle of the Black River, swiftly entered a chamber resembling a control room, and shut down the clock's operation with maximum speed.

Under his control, the countless bronze gears of varying sizes gradually ground to a halt, and the spatial rift rapidly shrank and closed.

However, just as Shan Xiao thought the danger had passed and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a figure had already appeared above the Tri-Star Clock.

Luo Xiu hovered proudly in the air, holding the nuclear bomb in one hand as he stared down indifferently at the Ancient Shu Black River. His eyes took in the enormous, mysterious, and bizarre gear-like clock, the river as black as ink, and the countless Shu Demons hatching from their eggs.

Shan Xiao quickly leaped onto the clock and glared at Luo Xiu. "Who are you? Identify yourself!"

But Luo Xiu couldn't be bothered with such small fry. With a fierce downward swing of his raised right hand, the nuclear bomb, guided by Spiritual Power, shot toward the Tri-Star Clock like an arrow. Immediately after, Luo Xiu himself ducked into the World Inside the Vase. He didn't know if his body could withstand the force of a nuclear bomb, and he wasn't about to find out.

「World Inside the Vase」

Luo Xiu sat cross-legged on the grass, silently circulating the Qihuang Technique to absorb the medicinal energy from the nearby Spiritual Medicine. Master Ping, noticing his precious collection being drained, could only pretend he didn't see a thing. What else could he do? It was his lot to be saddled with such a pain-in-the-ass Dao partner.

"The power of that thing should be comparable to an offensive Divine Skill," Master Ping said. "It's more than enough to raze this place to the ground. A truly permanent solution."

Luo Xiu replied, "As long as we destroy their nest and take care of the ones outside, this war is basically over."

"Hey… something's not right." At that moment, Great Qian of Tai'a flew to Luo Xiu's side. "Young Master Luo, it's completely quiet out there."

Luo Xiu frowned at his words and immediately released a wisp of his Divine Sense out of the World Inside the Vase to investigate. Indeed, just as Da Qian had said, there wasn't a single sound outside.

For a moment, Luo Xiu was baffled. This shouldn't be happening. When the nuclear bomb was flying toward the Henghai Base, it was already at the critical point of detonation. Just a second before it erupted, Luo Xiu had used the Fourth Style of Luo Tian's Control over Xuanzhong, "Ghost God Power," to lock it in that precarious state of being on the verge of exploding. When he arrived here and threw the bomb down, he had simultaneously released the lock. So, logically, it should have exploded. Why was there no reaction?

A short while later, when Luo Xiu left the World Inside the Vase, he saw Shan Xiao standing there, laughing heartily and looking extremely pleased.

"Kid, you've miscalculated!" Seeing Luo Xiu appear, Shan Xiao shot him a mocking look, a smirk playing on his lips. "Bringing a gift all this way. How very sincere of you."

Luo Xiu landed slowly on the bank of the Black River, his brow knitted. "What on earth happened?"

He didn't know that right after he had thrown the bomb, the Tri-Star Clock had emitted a strange power, instantaneously tearing open a spatial rift that transferred the nuclear bomb somewhere else.

BOOM—!

As Luo Xiu was lost in thought, a thunderous explosion suddenly echoed from the far distance. He looked toward the sound, only to see a gigantic mushroom fire cloud blooming in the distant darkness. A shockwave of destructive heat formed a dazzling halo of light around the cloud, expanding at astonishing speed.

It was at this moment that Luo Xiu was shocked to realize this place was the Tomb of Civilization, a place he had visited once before.

Because of the vast distance, the nuclear explosion had no effect on the Ancient Shu Tri-Star Civilization Relics.

With a command from Shan Xiao, Holy Boi Religion Cultists appeared one after another, leading massive Shu Demons to surround Luo Xiu.

"Kid, I truly admire your courage," Shan Xiao sneered. "A mere Mahayana Realm cultivator, and you dare to come here alone!

"Since you're here, you might as well stay… and leave your life behind!"

His gaze turned vicious as he roared, "Kill him!"

Luo Xiu's expression remained unchanged. He swept his gaze around, and an invisible fist-force erupted in The Void, repelling the charging Shu Demons.

Immediately, Luo Xiu ascended into the sky, raising his right hand and pointing his index finger straight up. He had only brought the nuclear bomb to save himself some effort. If there was existing power he could use, there was no need to expend his own. But that didn't mean he had no other methods.

Suddenly, the sky above the Black River blazed with a dazzling light. Eerie red flames materialized out of thin air, rapidly converging until they formed a giant sword a hundred meters long. A terrifyingly powerful aura instantly saturated the entire Ancient Shu Ruins.

"Heavenly Vermilion Sword of Ten Thousand Prisons!"

Luo Xiu's godlike voice echoed through The Void.

Shan Xiao was drenched in a cold sweat. He collapsed powerlessly to his knees, his heart filled with despair.

This kid… casually unleashes Divine Skills, and it's even the Divine Flame God's "Heavenly Vermilion Sword of Ten Thousand Prisons"! Is he really just in the Mahayana Realm?

But just then, giant waves churned in the Black River, releasing a strange aura that easily resisted the power radiating from the Heavenly Vermilion Sword of Ten Thousand Prisons. At the same time, an ancient voice boomed through The Void. "Youngster of a later age, you dare use Divine Skills in my domain? Are you seeking death?"

Hearing this, Luo Xiu frowned. "Who are you?"

"I am the Ancient Shu Demon King, the Three-Star Great Emperor!"

Luo Xiu smiled faintly. "Really, any piece of trash dares to call himself a 'Great Emperor' these days." He added, "For our first meeting, this junior would like to offer you a gift."

"I'll grant you death as a welcoming present."

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