"One rocket, a hundred thousand Talisman Coins. That money certainly went up in smoke fast!"
"But the results look pretty good. Never mind all the low-ranking warriors around them-they seemed to have brought over a dozen Human-Head Centipedes, along with a Heavenly Treasure Centipede comparable to the tenth level of Qi Refining. Now they've all been destroyed."
Looking at the devastation displayed in the footage, Qi Maigu spoke with a smile and a hint of satisfaction.
He had also participated in Li Chen's recent work on this weapon, providing techniques for refining better Thunderclap Bombs from medicinal soil. Then, just a day later, he had watched Li Chen conjure up over a thousand jin of them as though performing a magic trick. His efficiency was outrageous.
But fresh footage soon came back from the scene, showing the Heavenly Treasure Centipede struggling out of the dirt.
Its first left arm and third right arm had been severed, along with the entire foot-long end of its tail. Thick, oily blood, black as ink, still dripped from its charred stumps as it wound its way after Yan Bai and the others.
It seemed badly injured and moved slowly, but Li Chen had not deployed any forces there, so it was already too late to pursue it.
After the Heavenly Treasure Centipede crawled out, the soil shifted again. Four or five Human-Head Centipedes struggled out and scurried away after it with their tails between their legs.
The uncertainty over their number was not because the footage transmitted by the Flying Disc lacked clarity. Rather, the severed centipedes were mangled masses of flesh and blood, making it impossible to tell whether they were their original bodies or severed parts of other centipedes moving on their own.
These monsters possessed formidable vitality. Once they evolved far