In the eyes of the low-order Demon Clan, a Seventh-Order Demon Venerable was practically a walking terror, far above them.
But before Great Xia's rune nuclear bombs, they were merely priority targets that required a few extra trajectory calculations and a firmly locked crosshair.
The five fiery trails of the second salvo had just shot into the sky when Yaxes emerged halfway from an underground tunnel.
It had originally intended to regroup with Cho'Gath, but when it looked up, its soul nearly fled its body.
Again?
Without the slightest hesitation, it roared,
"My lord, get underground!"
"They can't bomb us there!"
Cho'Gath's enormous demonic body hung in midair, and he roared at the distant missiles.
Hearing this, he reluctantly lowered his head and slammed down a demonic claw, tearing open a collapsed layer of rock that the Burrowing Earth Dragons had hollowed out.
"Retreat!"
At his command, he and the four Seventh-Order Demon Venerables burrowed into the fissure.
Yaxes moved so smoothly that it might as well have been coming home.
Cho'Gath took one last look toward Great Xia's position, the venom in his eyes almost tangible.
Then he vanished deep into the rock.
Boom!
The second salvo of rune nuclear bombs detonated across the surface in succession.
Blinding white light overturned the wasteland. The gray-white rock strata shattered as though struck by a giant hammer, and waves of molten rock churned into the air.
Shock waves swept through the collapsed area one after another, instantly vaporizing the surrounding low-order Demon Clan that had failed to escape.
Countless members of the Demon Clan were reduced to ash in the nuclear fire before they could even scream.
The thick rock layers shielded Cho'Gath and the four Demon Venerables from the deadliest heat and impact.
They survived.
But the underground tunnels shook