Swish!

In the blink of an eye, Fang Tiancheng passed by Jiang Chen, quickly grabbed him, and sped up to catch Li Tianchong: "Third Brother, run! A nuclear warhead!"

"What?"

Li Tianchong was shocked upon hearing this. Without caring anymore about revealing his strength, he activated his Inner Qi to the maximum and sprinted frantically ahead.

"What kind of thing is this?"

"Doesn't seem that powerful!"

"Forget about it—it's probably just a big rock!"

In the rush, the members of the Divine Palace caught a glimpse of a dark object hurtling toward them. When they used Inner Qi to probe, they only sensed faint traces of Inner Qi injected by Fang Tiancheng, deeming it harmless. Thus, they ignored the descending nuclear warhead, veered away from its landing zone, and continued their pursuit.

The people of the Divine Palace have always operated within the confines of the Divine Shrine; even during excursions, they only fought using Inner Qi. They had never encountered modern weapons, let alone a nuclear warhead, which even regular soldiers rarely come into contact with!

However, not knowing what it is doesn't mean nobody else does!

"Ah... That's a nuclear warhead!"

Following behind the Divine Palace members, Sanben Jinnan and Sanben Wulie turned pale, screaming wildly as they leaped sideways at great speed.

"What is that?!"

"Nuc… Nuclear warhead?!"

The faces of the Divine Palace members turned ashen as they frantically scattered in all directions!

But… it was too late!

BOOM!

The nuclear warhead struck the ground, accompanied by a thunderous roar.

The entire Shifu Mountain Range trembled.

BOOM!

Rumble!

Massive chunks of rock tumbled downhill, and a massive mushroom cloud spanning several hundred meters blossomed into the sky!

It engulfed the Divine Palace and those like Sanben Jinnan.

"Hahaha! That was awesome!"

"Too awesome!"

"Master Fang is mighty! Blow these bastards to pieces!"

Up ahead in the air, Jiang Chen and the others shouted jubilantly.

Li Tianchong and Fang Tiancheng, the two powerhouses acting as human rocket ships, were swept uncontrollably by the shockwaves for several hundred meters. They barely managed to steady themselves near the volcano's crater.

"This… This… This is terrifying!"

Li Tianchong's face turned pale as he looked at the mushroom cloud behind. With his keen eyesight, he could easily make out a massive crater nearly a kilometer wide where the nuclear warhead had exploded. Within the pit, churning magma had already begun bubbling up!

And within the explosion's range, many people didn't even have time to react before they were reduced to dust...

Hiss!

Witnessing this scene, Li Tianchong couldn't help but gasp.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Suddenly, three figures shot into the sky from the vicinity of the explosion, rapidly flying toward the volcano's crater.

"Still alive? Truly formidable!"

Jiang Chen and the others landed at the crater and looked up into the sky. Jiang Chen's lips curled into a faint smile, tinged with lingering fear as he spoke softly.

In the sky, the three figures emerging from the explosion's vicinity were two humans and a beast.

The two humans were Sanmu Zhengnai and Jingshang Chuisi, while the beast was none other than the Soul Clone of the Venerable Realm Eight-Headed Serpent residing within Sanben Jinnan.

As for the others who hadn't emerged, they were naturally dead beyond salvation.

Even Sanben Jinnan himself didn't make it. Due to the suddenness of the explosion, the Soul Clone in his body didn't have time to shield him and instead abandoned him to escape!

After the explosion, Sanmu Zhengnai and Jingshang Chuisi bore severe injuries, while the Soul Clone of the Eight-Headed Serpent appeared somewhat ethereal!

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!"

The two humans and one beast stopped diagonally above Jiang Chen and his companions. Sanmu Zhengnai cursed furiously: "Damn it, Jiang Chen! You bastard! You killed over a hundred Venerable Realm experts from our Divine Palace! I'll make you pay with your life! I'll kill you!"

"Damn you, Jiang Chen! Give me your life!"

Jingshang Chuisi didn't even bother exchanging words with Jiang Chen, immediately charging toward him.

"Stop!"

A deep voice boomed as the nearby Seven-Headed and Seven-Tailed Black Mist Serpent glared fiercely at Jingshang Chuisi and Sanmu Zhengnai: "What were my orders?"

"Greetings, Great God!"

"Greetings, Great God!"

Sanmu Zhengnai and Jingshang Chuisi were startled and quickly offered a salute in the void toward the Black Mist Serpent.

"Our Divine Palace has already sacrificed so many Martial Artists. Must their deaths be in vain? Capture Jiang Chen alive, and we can rebuild a new Divine Palace in Flame Dragon!" the Black Mist Serpent declared in a deep voice.

Sanmu Zhengnai and Jingshang Chuisi's expressions shifted, falling silent.

"Eight-Headed Serpent, you sure have grand ambitions!" Jiang Chen coldly shouted.

The Black Mist Serpent lowered its gaze to Jiang Chen and said indifferently, "Jiang Chen, do you think you can escape?"

"Do you think that just because I can't escape, you can control me?" Jiang Chen retorted.

"Ignorant ant!"

The Black Mist Serpent spoke cryptically: "Jiang Chen, you shouldn't have come to Beihai National. Didn't anyone from Flame Dragon warn you that my core Divine Soul resides here? Once I bring you before my core Divine Soul, you'll become my most loyal servant!"

Jiang Chen's face shifted slightly as he glanced at Sanmu Zhengnai and Jingshang Chuisi beside the Black Mist Serpent, mocking, "Oh really? But from the attempts to capture me along the way, it seems your command was to capture me alive, right? Yet their killing intent just now was unquestionably real—so much for loyalty, huh?"

Sanmu Zhengnai and Jingshang Chuisi's faces changed as they hurriedly knelt in the void before the Black Mist Serpent.

"Please believe in our loyalty, Great God!"

"Great God, our anger clouded our judgment earlier. Please trust us!"

The two spoke anxiously in defense.

"I believe you!"

The Black Mist Serpent replied indifferently and continued to look at Jiang Chen: "You don't need to sow discord here. They haven't undergone my Divine Soul refinement, so it's natural for them to harbor thoughts of killing you when the losses are significant."

"Oh?"

Jiang Chen's eyes shifted, and his lips curved slightly upward: "So you didn't even refine your Divine Soul onto two peak Venerable Realm experts? It seems this so-called refinement inflicts significant damage on you!"

"As expected of the Dragon Descendant. As expected of the chosen Dragon Descendant! Truly astute. Yes, Divine Soul refinement does come at a cost to me."

The Black Mist Serpent chuckled lightly: "But using it on you would be worth it. Controlling you would mean controlling 80% of Flame Dragon's economy and 40% of its Martial Arts Forces. This trade-off is still profitable!"

"Oh, is that so? Too bad—I won't be going back with you!" Jiang Chen shook his head slightly.

"You think you have a say in the matter?"

The Black Mist Serpent smiled confidently: "What's your plan? Jump into the volcano crater?"

"If you jump, I'll control these two of your brothers and head back to Flame Dragon to kill your woman. I imagine your woman wouldn't put up much defense against two of your cherished brothers, would she?"

"When that happens, they'll face relentless pursuit by your people and Flame Dragon's forces, and all your other brothers will lose the trust of every major faction."

"Because of you, all your brothers would face persecution, and their only way out would be to flee abroad and abandon their homelands. Would you want that?"

The Black Mist Serpent sinisterly laid out its venomous plot.

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