With identity verification successful, all authorizations passed. Flas erupted from the bottom of the launch silo, propelling the massive nuclear warhead skyward! The cruise missile locked onto its coordinates and launched at supersonic speed. Before long, the nuclear warhead arrived above the Styx Projection.
"Long Tianji, retreat now!" Jiang Shan sent an urgent ssage.
"...Retreat my ass! I have to stay and repair the spatial tear they've created! Otherwise, even if the nuke goes off, it likely won't do a damn thing!" Lin Tang shot back. Through careful observation, he had realized the Styx Projection could tear through space on its own. Standing by and watching was no longer an option.
Fuck it, I'm going all in!
"What?" Jiang Shan was stunned. "You're going to take the nuke head-on too? Are you sure you won't be blown to bits?"
Lin Tang had no more ti to talk. Ignoring his body's stiffness, he charged resolutely toward the Styx Projection.
"Lin Tang!!"
When Ning Yuexi witnessed this, her heart clenched and her vision blurred. The netizens also fell into a stunned silence, deeply shaken by the sight of his resolute figure. Under the gaze of billions, Lin Tang plunged into the Styx Projection. Droplets of water pressed in from all sides, causing his body to rapidly disintegrate. First his skin dissolved, then his flesh, until only bleached-white bones remained. The blazing flas clinging to his body were instantly reduced to a faint candlelight in a storm, threatening to flicker out at any mont...
"Now! Stabilize!"
Ignoring his grievous injuries, at the very instant the nuke detonated, Lin Tang forcibly sealed the spatial tears on either side of the Styx Projection.
The world first plunged into absolute darkness, as if the sun itself had been swallowed. In the next instant, a vertical pillar of light flashed between heaven and earth, blinding everyone. The pillar then rapidly expanded in all directions. A white shockwave had already surged outward ahead of it, shaped like an ever-expanding super-wheel that swept away countless bits of gravel and clouds of dust. Mountains crumbled and water vaporized. All kinds of matter ground against each other, churning in a mad frenzy before being swallowed by a gigantic fireball burning at tens of millions of degrees. Ultimately, this ford an enormous mushroom cloud that rose for dozens of kiloters, clearly visible even from a thousand miles away.
The people of Luofu City, still in the middle of their panicked evacuation, were all thrown to the ground. Their ears rang, they saw stars, and their internal organs felt as if they had been ravaged by a blender. It was an unbearably agonizing feeling. Nearly every window and glass door in the entire city shattered. A hurricane swept through, ripping docunts and papers from office buildings and scattering them everywhere. RUSTLE, RUSTLE... They fluttered down like a heavy snowstorm. The world was filled with nothing but howling dust, dim and hazy like a desolate wasteland.
...
It had to be said that as the pinnacle of human military technology, the sheer physical power of a nuclear bomb was truly astonishing. Even an Earth Immortal like the Mystical Maiden was deeply moved.
"If I hadn't used Space Power to isolate myself beforehand, even my true form would struggle to withstand such a blast," the Mystical Maiden whispered. "To think the wisdom of mortals could reach such a level... It's truly remarkable."
As the blinding light gradually faded, she was the first to see it clearly...
The Styx Projection was still there!
A gasp of shock. The Demon Lord's remains were terrifyingly powerful! A re projection was this indestructible—enough to drive one to despair. However, the crazed Underworld monsters inside had all been annihilated. Not a single survivor could be seen.
A few monts later, Ning Yuexi, the Grand Supervisor, and the many netizens gradually regained their vision. Ignoring the pain and tears streaming from their eyes, they looked around anxiously.
"Where's State Preceptor Long?"
"Has anyone seen him?"
"He... couldn't have been vaporized, could he?"
"Don't jinx it! State Preceptor Long is invincible! There's no way he'd die just like that!"
"This was a nuclear bomb! Tens of millions of degrees of heat! Any body of steel would be vaporized. No matter how strong he is, he's still human..."
"Speaking of which, the detonation was really close to Luofu City! I wonder how many of our compatriots were killed. Even if they weren't, they'll be tortured to death by the radiation later, won't they?"
"It's too tragic!"
"Hey, you guys! Shouldn't we be focused on the fact that the river is still there? The danger to the mortal realm isn't over yet!"
"What good would it do to focus on that? It's not like we can do anything."
"There is one thing we can do. We can pray. Pray for State Preceptor Long, and pray for the safety of all humanity..."
Soone took the lead, clasping their hands to their chest and praying silently. They prayed that State Preceptor Long was safe and that humanity could overco this calamity. Others followed suit, joining in the prayer. More and more people began to do the sa, their gestures earnest and devout. They began to emit an invisible, faint light. When viewed as a whole, they resembled a sky full of twinkling stars. The power of human hearts, when gathered together, becos National Destiny Power.
"Hm?"
High in the firmant, a tiny flicker of fla was about to be extinguished by the astral winds. But as it received a greater and denser influx of National Destiny Power, it grew tenacious and began to expand. In the blink of an eye, it transford into a fiery silhouette. Beneath the shroud of flas, his bones, flesh, and skin reford, taking on the appearance of Long Tianji.
He murmured with lingering fear, "Luckily, this is the Second Body forged from the Star Core Spirit Embryo. Its essence is fire-aspected, and with the protection of the National Destiny Power, I managed to withstand it. If it had been my true body, I might not have survived such a powerful explosion without isolating myself with Space Power!"
He then looked down at the Styx Projection below. He saw that while it hadn't vanished, it was no longer advancing toward Luofu City.
Does this an the nuke destroyed the Transmission Array the Underworld deployed?
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