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High Martial: After 18 Years of Silence, My First Word Makes Me a God
Chapter 258

The Fourth Calamity - Seventeen

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"Holy shit!!"

Li Tie, Chen Xiaoyu, and others were so excited watching that they couldn't help but swear.

This was the first time they had ever seen an elder display Supernatural Ability!

However, the excitement didn't even last a few seconds.

Clang.

The ancient sword slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

Xing Wu swayed, then everything went black, and he fainted.

"Elder!"

Li Tie was shocked and rushed forward.

"What's going on?! Didn't we already win? That monster is dead!"

Just as he was about to encounter Xing Wu, a dagger blocked his path.

Novsky, who was leaning against the wall, began to explain with a hint of bitterness.

"Don't touch him..."

"He won't die from the punishment, he's just overdrawn his resources."

Novsky spoke haltingly, as if he might die at any moment.

"His Supernatural Ability... Sequence 044 [Judge]... is indeed extremely powerful."

"It can summon two powerful Soul-Binding Monsters using its own blood as a medium."

"Forcibly seize the opponent's soul, and imbue the next attack with absolute [guaranteed hit] and [execution] effects."

But the problem is...

Novsky gave a bitter laugh and pointed to his disfigured half of his face.

"The more powerful the law-based Supernatural Ability..."

"The more severe the side effects, the better."

"He's like me... we both fight using our life force."

"That sword strike just now drained at least five years of his lifespan and a massive amount of his spiritual energy."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Novsky could no longer hold on, his body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

Before he completely lost consciousness and fainted, he used his last strength to give instructions to the remaining people.

"Next... listen to that astronaut Li Yang... live on..."

Everyone listened to Novsky's words, which sounded like he was giving his last instructions, and their minds went blank.

Looking at the two top combatants lying on the ground, Li Tie felt a sudden surge of guilt and sorrow for some reason.

Turn out to be...

In this brutal trial, it wasn't just these lower-ranking team members who were pawns who could be sacrificed at any time.

Even these two elders, who represented the nation's highest military strength, were actually expendable pawns.

Their Supernatural Ability are indeed ridiculously strong, enough to instantly kill any monster of the same level.

But the problem is...

Behind this immense power lies a terrifying side effect.

They were like two ticking time bombs, each with their own Supernatural Ability turning into death.

It is precisely because they know their time is running out that they signed up without hesitation.

They came to this perilous training ground with these young people, burning their last breaths to pave the way for the nation.

"Don't just stand there! Hurry!"

Li Yang was the first to react, and he pulled up Li Tie and Chen Xiaoyu, who were still in shock.

"The two elders are currently unconscious, and other monsters could arrive at any moment!"

"Now's the time! Quickly carry them on your back and come with me to the rooftop!"

"There's plenty of sunshine there, we still have a glimmer of hope!"

The group seemed to awaken from a dream, and no longer hesitated.

Sergei carried Novsky on his back, Li Tie carried Xing Wu on his back, and the group quickly evacuated to the rooftop.

At the same time.

Inside the biological warship, buried deep underground.

Jiangnan and the others stepped on the giant Inflatable Man flesh cushion that Lu Zheng's Supernatural Ability had transformed into, and successfully passed through the steep intestines.

They arrived at a huge chamber above, filled with dark red slime.

This area is the heart of this biological warship.

The walls of the entire chamber were contracting and expanding in a regular rhythm.

Each pulse makes a thumping sound.

It was surrounded by blood vessels, from which flowed energy blood that emitted a faint glow.

"Bang!"

As soon as Jiangnan landed, he casually stomped on a third-stage ghost that was trying to sneak up on him.

Having already figured out the details of this thing's combination of reality and illusion, Jiangnan didn't even need to use his Imperial Might this time.

Just as the ghost was about to materialize, he struck with pinpoint accuracy, grabbing its neck.

Then, a flash of golden light!

However, this time Jiangnan did not directly use the Extinction Tribulation Light to split it in two.

Instead, he took out the [Human Emperor Lamp] that he had kept hidden at his waist for a long time!

"It's your turn to appear."

Jiangnan pointed the lamp of the Human Emperor Lamp at the ghost.

"Call!"

Chains shot out from the lamp, piercing through the ghost!

"Awooo!!!"

The ghost let out a scream.

Immediately, to everyone's astonishment, its soul was extracted and pulled into the Human Emperor Lamp!

The body, devoid of its soul, transformed into a pool of black water and vanished on the spot.

[Ding! The Human Emperor Lamp has successfully absorbed the soul of an S-class Soul-Devouring Monster (Stage 3)!]

[Automatically Disintegration! Gained 50,000 Love Points!]

Upon hearing this number, Jiangnan raised an eyebrow.

"So much?"

But he quickly felt relieved.

This thing is, after all, a monster that has mastered the high-level ability of [Domain], and it is extremely difficult to kill completely.

Scarcity increases value, so 50,000 points of "love value" is reasonable.

Wang Ming, who had been following behind, immediately noticed the treasure in Jiangnan's hand.

He pushed up his glasses, his gaze burning as he stroked his chin.

"It's actually a magical artifact capable of directly extracting and absorbing souls?"

"Could I... borrow it to examine its internal structure more closely?"

Jiangnan gave him a cold glance.

With a flick of his left hand, he tossed out a sticky note at lightning speed.

[Not for lending out.]

Wang Ming sighed in disappointment, but Jiangnan immediately threw out another note.

However, if you really want to study its internal structure...

[I can grant your wish; I'll just pull you in, and you can study you to your heart's content inside.]

Seeing Jiangnan's ambiguous smile, Wang Ming immediately shut his mouth.

He could tell this guy wasn't joking; he genuinely wanted to get himself in!

"Ahem... maybe next time then."

"Academic research shouldn't be rushed."

Wang Ming changed the subject, pointing upwards, "The key now... is still that thing up there."

Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing.

At the very top of the entire ventricle hangs a heart!

Moreover, it is very similar to the black egg we saw at the bottom of the pit before.

Because inside this translucent heart, one could vaguely see the outline of a human figure, which was flashing red light.

"Is that... the fourth stage?"

After experiencing the fright along the way and listening to the conversations of Wang Ming and the others, Zhang Yan gradually pieced together the evolutionary chain of this monster.

She swallowed hard and asked, somewhat fearfully.

Wang Ming shook his head, his expression unusually serious.

"I cannot confirm."

"But one thing is certain: this heart is definitely the core of this biological warship."

"Mechs... you've all seen them, right?"

Wang Ming looked at everyone and said something surprising, "If my guess is correct..."

"That so-called fourth-stage Soul-Devouring Monster was actually the pilot of this warship."

"And those fleshy monsters that roam outside at night, without any physical form, are this biological warship itself."

"When these two biotechnologies are perfectly combined, it becomes what we are facing now..."

"An indescribable, terrifying weapon."

Dennis, now only half a body, spoke from the canyon.

"My God..."

"Then why did they go to all this trouble to hide underground? They couldn't possibly be here on vacation on Blue Star, could they?"

I don't know.

Wang Ming stared at the enormous heart above, "But all the answers should be inside it."

He turned his head and looked towards Jiangnan.

Jiangnan already knew what Wang Ming would say; he didn't need anyone to teach him how to do things.

He slowly raised his right hand and gently touched the dark red crack between his eyebrows.

After using [Extinction Tribulation Light] repeatedly, the energy stored in [Watcher Eye] is almost depleted.

If forced to use it, at most one more use of the Extinction Tribulation Light can be barely achieved.

But...

This suited him perfectly.

Because he still had a trump card: he hadn't found a suitable test subject.

The next crisis will be the perfect opportunity for him to unleash that move.

Jiangnan took a deep breath and focused his mind.

His dark red vertical pupils suddenly snapped open between his brows!

"Buzz!"

A thin, thread-like red line shot out from the pupil!

[The Extinction Tribulation Light]!

The red light didn't directly attack the heart itself, but instead grazed the fleshy blood vessels connecting the heart to the top of the warship!

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss!"

All the connecting blood vessels were severed in an instant!

Having lost its suspension, the enormous heart plummeted down, crashing onto the bloody ground in front of everyone.

But the moment it hit the ground, its heart suddenly stopped beating.

"Tear!"

With a tearing sound, the fleshy skin on the surface of the heart was ripped open from the inside by a pair of extreme Claws.

Immediately afterwards, a monster nearly two meters tall rose from the shattered heart.

Its shape is very similar to the three-stage ghost that was instantly killed before; both are slender humanoid silhouettes.

However, it has obvious differences!

It wasn't pure black like Shadow, but rather a dark red that looked like it had just been peeled!

And it needs to be bigger.

In addition, its body is covered with a layer of keratin, and on its back, it even has six bony tentacles!

It turned its head, and its face surprisingly revealed a human-like rage!

He then opened his mouth and uttered a series of profanities in an unknown language.

"#¥@%& Waibi Babu! Hiss!!@#¥%!!!"

Hearing the piercing sound, everyone painfully covered their ears.

Jiangnan frowned slightly as he looked at the enraged "blood-red" ghost in front of him.

He couldn't care less what kind of gibberish this ugly alien was spouting.

Villains die from talking too much; this is an eternal truth.

Jiangnan Nan flashed and appeared directly in front of the blood-red ghost.

The speed was so fast that even this fourth-stage monster couldn't react in time!

Just as the opponent instinctively wanted to swing the bone spurs on his back to retaliate...

Jiangnan's finger was already pointing at the very center of its forehead!

"By the words of God, my Soul Engraving, Eternal Vassal!"

Author's Note: Long time no see, Yanzu Yifei! Lately, I've been busy dealing with real-life issues, so...

I haven't had much time, so it's been a long time since I've seen everyone.

The reason I'm here today is because the million-book test is almost here, and just like last time, I've decided to give the choice to everyone.

The one with the most likes will be selected, and the deadline is May 31st.

The list and cover will be announced in June. Thank you all for your gifts and for watching!

[The book title voting section is here. Please leave your book title here!]

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