I Will Teach You How to Hunt Gods-Chapter 412 - 70: Deflection

"Buzz..."

The Dragon Gun quickly charged, with a scorching blue-green light brewing at the muzzle.

This time, Yun You sacrificed her own left eye.

The eye, being the foremost of the five senses, naturally contains a life force far beyond that of other ordinary sacrificial offerings.

If this shot hits, it will undoubtedly completely vaporize the nuclear bomb.

Although this nuclear bomb is extremely dangerous, as long as it successfully detonates, it can flatten half the urban area...

But it is, after all, a thermonuclear device. To explode, it must meet strict detonation conditions, which involve the internal device bringing the uranium element to a critical mass, forming what is known as a "chain reaction," in order to completely detonate.

Aside from that, there's no other way to fully unleash its power.

In other words… as long as Yun You can destroy its main structure before it detonates, this nuclear device won't successfully create a nuclear explosion.

This is the reason why Yun You dared to come here single-handedly.

"Tap... Tap..."

But just as the Dragon Gun was about to finish charging, a slender figure suddenly emerged from the boiling sea of blood.

He was covered in blood stains, with his hair matted with mud and grease, looking extremely disheveled, yet every step he took was remarkably composed, as if he had reached a state of no desire or demand.

"Is that you...?!"

Yun You's brows furrowed slightly as she recognized the man's identity.

He was the Apprentice Death God who had previously caused a lot of trouble for the young girl, killing thousands of Guards—Jiang Xing.

"Did you activate this nuclear bomb and plan to detonate it?"

"But... why?"

Yun You was somewhat puzzled and asked in a deep voice, "At least from the information I have, you and Mokaka have no direct conflict, nor do you exhibit the strong desire for dominance like the other War Gang leaders."

"Though you bear the title of overlord of the forest area, you never suppress the development of other War Gangs in the area, nor do you collect their tributes, just occasionally seeking someone for a life-and-death brawl."

"Someone like you wouldn't logically do such a thing."

"..."

Jiang Xing was silent for a moment.

After a while, he gently shook his head.

"You will never understand... People like you will never understand."

"Born in a 'guilty' environment, being a 'guilty person,' and yet having the audacity to think of saving this prison like a mud pit?"

"You're the ones daydreaming!"

As he spoke, Jiang Xing's expression turned a bit frenetic.

"I just want to destroy your unrealistic fantasies, I want those hypocrites... those selfish people who only think of themselves to face the bloody reality! I want to see if they can still display that disgusting 'compassion' in the face of despair and the threat to life."

"That's my wish!"

Listening to these incomprehensible words, Yun You was slightly stunned.

"Could this guy have gone mad? What kind of strange reason is this? He and Mokaka shouldn't have any overlap, right? Unless he's a descendant of the Frost Clan... and did all this to seek revenge on Mokaka."

"But the problem is, if it's really revenge, going after Mokaka's father would be more appropriate, right? What's the deal with going straight for a nuclear bomb? Does he want to directly blow Mokaka to smithereens?"

The young girl couldn't figure it out.

"Never mind, let's not think too much about it."

She shook her head, deciding not to focus on Jiang Xing anymore and instead fully concentrated on the nuclear bomb.

Now, her Dragon Gun had charged to its final stage, and no matter what Jiang Xing did, he could not possibly have any chance to interrupt it, nor could any defensive force stop it.

Once fired, everything would be over.

Jiang Xing seemed to also sense the powerful energy contained within the Dragon Gun, so he didn't dare to hesitate and immediately stomped heavily on the Corpse Lake beneath him—

With a loud "splash," the already boiling lake erupted like a volcano, instantly spewing out a mixture of corpses and blood, forming thick Blood Barriers in mid-air.

At the same time, he also used the traits of the Close Guard Sequence, integrating his Light Energy Shield into the blood plasma to further reinforce the defense.

But all this, in the girl's eyes, seemed futile.

"Boom——!"

As the earth-shattering circular shockwaves appeared at the muzzle of the Dragon Gun, searing blue laser beams burst forth, with the dragon head on the gun's surface opening its mouth, emitting visible electric arcs.

The laser, over three meters in diameter, directly pierced through layers of the blood sea. The purest plasma even drove away radiation particles along the way, to say nothing of the flesh barrier.

In an instant, the defenses painstakingly constructed by Jiang Xing were penetrated directly.

Even the energy shield that stood resolutely against Yun You's blade couldn't hold for even a millisecond, being shattered into light fragments.

The Dragon Gun's beam was like a massive and unstoppable bulldozer, plowing through without encountering any obstacle to slow it down.

It was supposed to effortlessly incinerate the nuclear device, along with the invaluable Amplification Crystal.

But, at the moment the final flesh barrier was penetrated by the laser, something completely unexpected to Yun You occurred...

What lay behind that barrier was not the nuclear device, but Jiang Xing himself.

In some unknown moment, he had stood before the nuclear bomb, using his Guard Shield and his own flesh and blood to block the Dragon Gun's laser.

No...

Strictly speaking, it's not called blocking.

The Dragon Gun's firepower was at least equivalent to an Apprentice Death God's Tier Three strike; with such force, even if Jiang Xing risked his life, it was impossible to block.

He merely converted his body into an "Energy Prism," slightly deflecting the laser's trajectory.

This cost him his life, the left half of his body shattering like glass sand, withering away in the hot steam from the blood sea, and his internal organs being cooked alive, his blood entirely evaporated.

Such severe injuries would be fatal even for an Apprentice Death God, and only someone like Yun You, who could recover from injuries by eating, could escape.

Jiang Xing sacrificed everything, only for a slight deflection of the laser.

But it was just enough to successfully protect the nuclear bomb behind him.

"..."

Yun You was stunned.

She had considered countless actions Jiang Xing might take, including sneaking attacks, dodging, fleeing… or attempting to leave with the nuclear bomb in hand after finding himself unable to withstand the attack.

But she never imagined that Jiang Xing would use his life to give the nuclear bomb this final bit of time.

It made no sense; even for revenge, it shouldn't have to reach this extent.

Moreover, strictly speaking, Mokaka wasn't even truly his enemy.

Yet Jiang Xing still did it, and barely succeeded.

He exchanged his life for the final opportunity.