Chapter 525: Chapter 336: We Need the Mysterious Armored Man

Li Xiang nodded. He had the same idea.

The husband and wife were on the same page.

The seniors they spoke of were, of course, the three Divine Level "Earth Vein Spirits" who were currently hibernating to recover.

Although it was wrong to disturb their slumber, especially since the three were far from recovered, they couldn’t afford to be so considerate with humanity’s survival at stake.

"I’m sure the three seniors won’t refuse."

Jiang Cai’Er was pregnant, and Li Xiang didn’t want her traveling, so he went to the Qinling Ancestral Vein alone.

The Elder in Dragon Robe was roused from his deep slumber. After a brief conversation where he learned of Li Xiang’s purpose, he stroked his beard and contemplated for a long while. "I do have a method."

"What method?" Li Xiang was instantly excited.

The Elder in Dragon Robe spoke slowly, "The Nine Palaces Heaven-covering Array. It requires five people. This old man is unworthy, but I will be one. My second brother and third sister will be two more. Unfortunately, our fourth brother was too grievously injured to fight, and our fifth is nowhere to be found. We are still short two people."

The Kunlun Ancestral Vein’s One Qi Transforms Five Dragons was the source of these five. This array was originally meant to be used when all five dragons were gathered, but that was no longer possible. The place remained, but the dragons had changed. The elder felt a wave of emotion at the thought.

Li Xiang stepped up without hesitation. "Count me in as one."

"And the other?" the Elder in Dragon Robe asked.

Li Xiang mulled it over for a moment before finally recommending Luo Feifei. After all, Luo Feifei was a full Tier Eighteen, making her the strongest fighting force available besides himself.

Everyone else was a fair bit weaker. Although Jiang Cai’Er was Tier Sixteen and her true combat power wasn’t necessarily inferior to Luo Feifei’s, she was pregnant with twins and due to give birth in two or three months. She definitely couldn’t join the battle.

"This array is quite complex and will require time to practice. I’ll have to trouble you, little friend, to bring my second brother, my third sister, and that Luoxianzi here," said the Elder in Dragon Robe.

"Alright, leave it to me." Li Xiang departed at once.

Before long, the Imperial Capital Dragon Spirit, Wenshu Fairy of Jinling City, and Luo Feifei all gathered at the Qinling Ancestral Vein.

The two humans and three spirits practiced the array day and night deep underground. However, it was exceedingly profound. Li Xiang and Luo Feifei were slightly weaker, so it would likely take them some time to master it.

...

Meanwhile, the outside world was in a state of absolute panic.

The heads of state from over thirty nations arrived at the White House, gathering around the president of the Beautiful Country to discuss the critical matter.

After several meetings, a military operation was finally launched!

NATO strikes!

Over Antarctica, the roar of several dozen fighter jets tore through the overcast sky. B-2 Spirit bombers, like giant black owls, swept over the glaciers, their bomb bay doors opening.

Bunker busters and thermobaric bombs fell one after another toward the crimson fissure that stretched across the ice sheet. The fire from the explosions erupted on the fissure’s surface, but it was like tossing pebbles into lava.

The heatwave only caused a slight ripple. A purple-black arc of electricity flashed at the edge of the fissure, and all the shrapnel and shockwaves were completely devoured.

In the Pentagon’s command room, the satellite feed made the generals’ faces turn ashen.

First wave of attack:

An F-35 squadron launched AGM-158 stealth missiles. Their warheads were equipped with the newly developed "Spatial Vibrators," theoretically capable of disrupting space. This was their first use in actual combat.

Unfortunately, the instant the missiles hit, shadows writhed within the fissure. The Vibrators’ energy was absorbed, and the missile wreckage vaporized into molten iron.

Second wave of attack:

The NATO joint fleet launched "Dark Eagle" hypersonic missiles from the Southern Ocean, reaching speeds of 5 Mach. The moment the missiles touched the fissure, it was as if they had plunged into an invisible swamp; their speed dropped to zero, and they subsequently melted into a puff of blue-green smoke.

Finally, NATO resorted to its ultimate weapon: nuclear arms.

Three kilometers from the fissure, a B61-12 Tactical Nuclear Bomb was airdropped. As the mushroom cloud rose, a crater a kilometer in diameter was vaporized into the ice sheet, but the fissure remained utterly unscathed.

What was even more horrifying was that the energy from the nuclear explosion was siphoned away by the fissure. A satisfied roar echoed from the other side of the passage, as if some entity had just been fed.

Radiation levels around the fissure skyrocketed to a thousand times the lethal dose. Drones lost control and crashed the moment they got close.

NATO scientists discovered that all their attacks were like "throwing matches into a black hole"—Earth’s weapons were fundamentally unable to touch the source of the Otherworld’s laws.

A report was placed on the conference table in the White House: "Fissure expansion rate has increased by 7%!"

The president of the Beautiful Country finally pushed aside the tactical sand table and said hoarsely, "Contact China... We need that Armored Man."

"If the Armored Man is willing to help, we can pardon the ’zero-dollar shopping’ incident."

The other heads of state all nodded in agreement. Compared to their countries being submerged one after another, what was a little "zero-dollar shopping"?

As for the "pardon," the Beautiful Country had a long-standing tradition of presidents exercising this power at any time during their term. Usually, however, this "privilege" was used on the last day of a term to absolve family, friends, donors, and political allies of punishment, a practice also known as a "midnight pardon."

According to a report from the Beautiful Country’s Congressional Research Service, most presidents have used this power.

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