Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal-Chapter 855 - 709: Hunt

"Buzz Buzz!"

Qingguang had just figured out the malice the entire world held against cultivators when twelve streaks of light broke the sky at supersonic speed from the edge of the horizon.

As he looked up, appearing before his eyes was...

"Mecha!?"

Indeed!

Appearing in front of Qingguang were twelve Mechas.

Moreover, compared to the Cheng Ying Mecha that Qingguang had previously forged, these Mechas, though only a dozen meters in size, had designs and technology far beyond ordinary imagination.

There were even things similar to Dao Patterns engraved on them, solidifying the Mecha forms.

At the same time, Qingguang also sensed a powerful Divine Sense sweeping in, quickly locking onto his figure.

"Captain, we’ve found the intruder."

"Based on the data detected by surveillance, this intruder has been stripped of eight Heavenly Daos and is an Eight Heavens Profound Immortal, be careful."

"Ha, our Hunter Squad has slain more Nine Heavens Profound Immortals than one can count over the years, let alone a mere Eight Heavens Profound Immortal. Having been deprived of the Power of Heavenly Dao, with even the energy sustaining his Immortal Body devoured to exhaustion, how much strength can he have left?"

"Alright, let’s exhaust the energy in his body first; whether he accidentally fell in or deliberately infiltrated, just causing a little trouble, his power will naturally deplete. By then, we can handle him however we wish."

A series of exchanges at the Divine Sense level swiftly circulated among the twelve Mechas.

Since Qingguang’s Spiritual Realm had already reached the Human Dao Peak, their supposedly secretive exchanges had nowhere to hide before him.

"Kill!"

The captain of the Hunter Squad shouted sternly.

Forming a formation with the vice-captain and ten members, they suddenly charged at Qingguang.

Qingguang was somewhat surprised to find that they didn’t use any energy attacks. Instead, they intended to rely on speed and strength for a purely physical brawl?

With a thought, Qingguang activated the Great Sun Core within him.

Upon falling into this world, he had already sensed that the Devouring Dao’s power on the Heavenly Dao, Dao Fruit, Immortal Body, and Sacred Body weakened greatly.

And his Great Sun Core was also somewhat affected.

But only when he fully activated the Great Sun Core did he realize the extent of the impact.

He could clearly feel that when the Great Sun Core operated, a force existing in the Void frantically devoured the energy generated by the core’s fusion, causing the destructive power, which could have transformed into a burning Fierce Sun, to be 99% consumed at the moment of formation.

Thus, when the captain of the Hunter Squad slashed down with unparalleled speed, he couldn’t even successfully manifest the Holy True Body.

It only expanded to a dozen meters before being cut by the squad leader’s combat blade.

"Bang!"

Sparks flew.

His Holy True Body, condensed with nuclear power, seemed to be struck by a Supreme Divine Weapon, piercing several meters deep.

"Devouring Dao!"

Qingguang took a deep breath.

For a moment, the winds and clouds surged.

Endless hydrogen elements were infused into the Great Sun Core, combined with the full activation of his Human Dao Peak Spiritual Realm, causing the core’s power to soar to the extreme.

Burst Form!

In this instant, his size skyrocketed from a dozen meters to over forty meters.

He then suddenly struck, locking his grip virtually onto the captain of the Hunter Squad who had slashed at his Holy True Body.

"Not good!"

The captain of the Hunter Squad was shocked, releasing a powerful burst of Divine Thought Power. It seemed he used his Divine Sense to propel his Mecha, causing it to explode with speeds three to four times supersonic.

Just like sword control, controlling the Mecha.

Almost simultaneously, the remaining members of the Hunter Squad launched their attack, blades flashing to form a net, continually sweeping over him.

From their manner, it appeared they had changed their strategic intent of engaging him head-on, opting only to stay on the perimeter to bait his attacks.

Just as they said before, intending to force him to exert full power through skirmishes, thereby triggering the Devouring Dao to deplete his energy.

Just like in a high-gravity environment, the larger the life form, the faster its energy consumption rate.

"Not an Eight Heavens Profound Immortal! To still be able to explode the Immortal Body to such an extent after crossing the Devouring Layer... this is a Great Dao Golden Immortal!? No, the invading forces of the Great Dao Golden Immortal Level ’Immortal True Spirit’ should notify the first sequence squads like ’Divine Punishment’, ’Heavenly Punishment’, ’Immortal Extinguishing’, so why was this task given to us!?"

"Clearly, this is a top-tier Nine Heavens Profound Immortal, and his Divine Sense is extremely strong, possibly having broken through to the Human Dao Realm equivalent of the old era for Nine Heavens Profound Immortal..."

"I have applied for reinforcements from the Immortal True Spirit. Before they arrive... let’s fight desperately! He probably has not yet adapted to the rule operation of our Immortal Xuanhuang Realm, which will be our only chance! Also, it seems his Spiritual Realm is suspected to be a major realm higher than ours... switch communication modes..."

The exchange among the remaining squad members proceeded rapidly at the level of Divine Sense flow.

But within moments, after they changed the communication mode, Qingguang could no longer perceive it.

No!

It wasn’t that he couldn’t perceive it!

They merely switched from the more efficient Divine Sense exchange to connecting their Divine Senses to a device resembling a virtual conference room, transforming the information they wished to convey into encrypted signal messages through virtual meetings, ensuring the operations of their tactics.

This method...

"This world within the Immortal Cave Heaven... has actually developed its technology tree."

Qingguang remarked.

Due to his own power being greatly suppressed, these twelve mechas were clearly not strong, especially in terms of destructive methods...

The Cheng Ying Mecha could have them completely outmatched, but because of the trait that energy is devoured as soon as it’s formed, even maintaining his Immortal Body, the energy consumption rate increased by countless times compared to before, leaving him somewhat helpless in the face of the siege by twelve mechas for the time being.

Of course, this helplessness was mainly due to being unaccustomed.

He hadn’t adapted to the shift in the world’s rules, relying on previous combat methods, he was deftly countered by these Hunter squads proficient in hunting conventional Profound Immortals.

To reverse this situation...

"Although I’ve invested in the technology tree, the level of advancement isn’t so great that I can’t understand it at all. Your virtual communications, no matter the method used, will inevitably be disrupted under intense energy..."

At this moment, energy surged out from the Great Sun Core within Gu Jinlai’s body.

With the rise in the Spiritual Realm, the Great Sun Core could not only operate in burst form, but even enter Super Boost mode.

Although this would affect the stability of the Great Sun Core, yet...

The energy provided by the Great Sun Core increased significantly.

However, as the energy outburst increased significantly, the devouring power existing in the void also rose in response.

It’s like an ordinary person transforming into a giant, the gravity they endure would multiply geometrically as well.

But, it’s enough!

A brilliant and blazing white light spread from Gu Jinlai’s hands, a destructive energy frenziedly gathering.

"Nuclear Fusion!?"

"He mastered the use of nuclear fusion energy!? He’s not one of those who fell into chaos after the world of the old era was devoured! He’s an invader connected to the resistance forces!"

"Watch out! Scatter and retreat!"

"Quick! Deploy the Suppression Field!"

The faces of the twelve Hunter squad members changed dramatically, withdrawing swiftly.

Their leader’s mecha even activated a peculiar weapon.

But almost at the same time they started to retreat, Gu Jinlai abruptly clenched his hand, and a powerful binding force field swept through, as if creating a Gravity Singularity, frantically pulling the twelve retreating mechas back.

This was the gravity mastered by Gu Jinlai.

The appearance of the Gravity Field apparently clashed strongly with the Devouring Dao, space twisted at one point, causing the pulling force to soar several times.

Firmly dragged, the twelve Hunter squad members’ mechas even started to deform within the twisted space, screaming in terror.

"What is this..."

"Great Dao Golden Immortal! He’s a Great Dao Golden Immortal! Immortal True Spirit... It was a mistake!"

"We’re done for!"

The twelve struggled, trying to distance themselves from the Gravity Singularity.

But except for one, the remaining eleven, not only couldn’t escape in different directions but were instead entirely bound to one space.

In the next moment, Gu Jinlai infused the nuclear fusion energy he condensed into the twisted space.

Accompanied by a splendorously extreme light flash, terrifying high temperatures ravaged through, frantically annihilating all life within several miles.

Yes!

Several miles!

The blow generated by running the Great Sun Core to overdrive would, on Blue Star, turn thousands of miles around into a Purgatory Fire Sea, causing destruction easily capable of shattering the atmosphere, causing atmospheric escape.

The force of impact could even divert Blue Star’s trajectory, whether flying towards the Sun or away from it, potentially leading to the extinction of civilization.

Of course, human civilization likely wouldn’t last to that day.

Because with this force piercing through the atmosphere, the resulting atmospheric turbulence, direct UV exposure, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and other natural disasters would be enough to wipe out 99% of life.

Yet such a terrifying blow, upon the Immortal Cave Heaven, only annihilated several miles.

Moreover, the subsequent explosion, high temperature, flames, shockwaves, radiation—these subside at an abnormally rapid rate.

In the void, it’s as if there was a glutton that could never be satiated, uninterested in material transformations, devouring greedily all forms of energy transformation.

The purer the energy transformation, the stronger the power it devours.

Just like now, the power of nuclear fusion was weakening extremely fast, but the energy contained in the shockwaves, high temperatures, radiation, as well as mechanical energy, kinetic energy, also decayed faster, though at least they still had some presence.

Gu Jinlai looked at the scene before him.

His expression was grave.

Immediately, he leapt.

His reduced body to just over a dozen meters charged towards the sole surviving member of the Hunter squad.

"Immortal Eternal Life!"

The remaining Hunter squad member seemed to realize something, shouted loudly, and detonated himself.

But Gu Jinlai had already timely activated Void Projection Technique, manifested the True Spirit.

At the moment of True Spirit Manifestation, he too felt the terrifying effect of devouring, weakening.

But in order to swiftly understand the basic situation of this world, he disregarded all else, Qingguang infusion, the True Spirit projected directly into the mental world of the self-exploding Hunter squad member.

Amid intense vibrations and backlash, he forcibly seized a part of the memory.

Having done all this, he endured the comprehensive suppression, weakening, and departed from this marine area with the utmost speed.

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