Chapter 210 VS Silver Moon 3
A long time ago, I think I said that I wouldn't die even if I were hit by a nuclear bomb, but deep down I wasn't really sure. And in the instant of a nuclear explosion, my instinct was to try to dodge. Nuclear weapons are the most destructive force of human civilization, and even though I felt I wouldn't be killed, I never really considered the possibility of being hit by one.
Who would have thought that I would be exposed to a nuclear explosion today? Even more unexpectedly, the one who attacked me with the nuclear explosion wasn't human, but a ghost possessing my friend, a ghost who was even a monster in life.
I haven't studied the yield and destructive scale of nuclear weapons, so I don't know the exact yield of the nuclear explosion that occurred in Silver Moon. From what I observed, the blast reached at least several kilometers away. I didn't look closely at areas further out.
The explosion was like the sun falling to earth; a massive fireball formed, instantly evaporating the forest inside and around it. A mushroom cloud shot into the sky, and heat radiation and shockwaves swept everything away. At the epicenter of the explosion, I was unable to maintain my fire elemental body; not even a trace of my physical tissue remained.
In terms of pure physical destructive power, even fifty Chenlongs and fifty Divine Spears combined wouldn't be as powerful as Silver Moon's strike. Even I, known for my expertise in large-scale destruction, am far from matching it. This is completely unlike the power one would expect from a Grand Completion level cultivator. Although I've never witnessed the Great Impermanence in action, I suspect even a single strike from him wouldn't be this powerful.
The former Humanitarian Division outpost, located just over a kilometer from the nuclear explosion site, was naturally within the kill radius. It was one thing that Shenqiang and Mengxiang Chenlong were killed, but Mazao and Zhushi were still there. Frankly, I was terrified when I realized this. Of course, that's just my emotional state; even if I actually broke out in a cold sweat, it would just evaporate from the heat radiation of the nuclear explosion. Fortunately, for the time being, everyone there was unharmed.
The reason is simple: just before the heat radiation and shockwave reached the area, large swaths of shadowy material rose rapidly from there like a giant curtain, deforming into the shape of an inverted bowl, completely protecting the old Humanitarian Division stronghold.
Despite the brightness that could easily blind a human, the shadow barrier remained unmoved, unshaken by heat radiation and shockwaves. It must have been a "teleportation barrier" deployed by Dream Dragon, undoubtedly intended to protect the surviving researchers inside the base.
This is an absolute protection that transcends the concept of "solidity." No matter how powerful the heat and impact generated by a nuclear explosion are, they are ultimately just physical energy that will be transferred to the shadow world by the "portal barrier."
However, considering that shadow portals can be forcibly broken by excessively powerful forces, the fact that it was able to be defended now might simply be because the "portal barrier" is not at the center of the explosion. After all, the power of a nuclear explosion spreads in all directions. While it can still easily kill mortals at a distance of one kilometer, it is not enough to penetrate the defenses of a Great Completion level cultivator.
There may still be harmful radiation and other threats remaining in this area, but that shouldn't be a problem for those demon hunters who possess magical powers. Even if Ma Zao and Zhu Shi are affected, they can recover through the power of regeneration.
Summoning a silver moon that could trigger a nuclear explosion was certainly outrageous, but the dream of saving the entire stronghold from a nuclear explosion by the Dragon of Dreams was also beyond common sense, and they were all only at the Great Completion stage.
I couldn't help but recall what the young girl Lu Chan had said to the Silver Masked Doctor. "As long as the Humanitarian Division unites as one, even if all its members are weak mortals, they could unleash a force that would keep Luo Shan up at night—is that really true?" While I also wanted to believe that a united masses of mortals could overcome any difficulty, surely there wasn't even a one in a billion chance of defeating such a terrifying monster?
With this in mind, I reassembled my fire elemental body in mid-air.
Silver Moon's nuclear explosion didn't cause me any significant damage. Although the "crater" effect of this attack was very powerful, in terms of the threat to the soul, it was even less than Chenlong's White Light Explosion Fist and a casual strike from the Divine Spear. Silver Moon's previous "Death Decree" was also much stronger. I was even able to use my mind to invade and absorb the heat generated by the nuclear explosion to restore my condition and increase my subsequent attack power.
After this experience, I'm completely convinced that nuclear weapons are ineffective against me. Even if Silver Moon summons the legendary Tsar Bomba next, the outcome will be the same. Physical means cannot kill me.
The moment the nuclear explosion occurred, Silver Moon vanished, but now her figure reappears opposite me. With a casual wave of her hand, a fierce wind arose, sweeping away the vast cloud of dust surrounding us.
She looked at me thoughtfully.
"...It's truly amazing that you're completely unharmed."
“What’s so strange about that? You knew from the beginning that physical attacks wouldn’t work on me,” I said.
"No matter how powerful a nuclear explosion is, it's just a physical phenomenon. It can't kill a soul, much less you, who have transformed into flames—that's what you think, right?" she said. "However, everything has its limits. Anything that exceeds its extreme will exhibit different properties. The nuclear explosion just now was the same; a normal soul caught in the blast's epicenter would have been completely destroyed. Even a soul at the Great Completion level wouldn't have survived unscathed. You shouldn't be an exception..."
"...Could it be that you are a Great Impermanence being, capable of 'following the laws of heaven and earth'? Or is your elementalization not a pseudo-elementalization...but a true elementalization? Can your soul merge into the concept of heat in nature?"
"Does 'innate divine intervention' really exist in this world? If Shan Liangyi knew that such a genius could actually exist, he would probably be so jealous that he couldn't sleep at night."
She seemed to be connecting many things to my mind, and even uttered names I'd never heard of before. Shan Liangyi—who was that?
Legend has it that Silvermoon is a great demon who has lived for at least several hundred years. In her long life, she must have seen countless powerful demon hunters, and perhaps the one called "Mountain Two Elements" was one of them.
It seems my survival exceeded her expectations. Although I was unharmed, after witnessing such outrageous moves, I dare not say that I could defeat her with "overwhelming power".
However, my goal remains unchanged: to defeat her and reclaim Chang'an. In the blink of an eye, my spirit had already integrated the heat generated by the nuclear explosion, then concentrated it together with my own flames, transforming it into a powerful, train-like flaming spear that launched a high-speed attack on her.
At the same time, she extended her hand to me.
"—In that case, we must not let you live."
(End of this chapter)
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