Above the surface, a warhead thundered toward the ground in pursuit of Yaxes.
Underground, Yaxes did not dare look back.
Its massive body followed the fissure left by the Burrowing Earth Dragon, like a stray dog chased into a sewer by another dog.
The missile struck the surface and detonated with a thunderous blast!
Boom!!!
Intense white light erupted, draining the world of color!
The ground collapsed instantly, rock strata churned, and the entire front section of the tunnel was blasted into a molten crater.
Scalding blasts of air poured down the passage. Yaxes felt searing heat against its back, and its internal organs felt as though they had all been hammered as it slammed into the wall.
But thanks to the winding passage, thick rock strata, and the absurd defenses of a Seventh-Order Demon Venerable, it ultimately weathered the catastrophe.
It had finally managed to escape with its life.
The Bonehorn Demon Venerable also reacted extremely quickly, darting several times close to the ground, its figure practically skimming the rubble-strewn slope.
Finally, it burrowed into a collapsed area churned up by a Burrowing Earth Dragon and rapidly descended along a tunnel through the fractured rock strata.
The next second, nuclear fire erupted behind it.
The scorching shock wave sheared a layer off the collapsed area. The impact shook black blood from its mouthparts and broke off half of one horn, but the rock strata blocked the brunt of the damage.
But not every Demon Venerable had that much sense.
In their panic, two Demon Venerables did nothing but fly wildly through the sky.
Their speed likewise broke the sound barrier, trailing strings of vapor cones and forcibly ripping two openings through the gray-white clouds.
But the hypersonic warheads did not need to catch up and kiss them in the