In the quarantine zone, on a scenic bridge.
"Hahahahaha! I bet you didn't see that coming! My stomach, mouth, and esophagus have all mutated. My gastric juices are extrely toxic and corrosive. Once they corrode a wound into you, the poison will paralyze your nerves in five seconds. You're a dead man!"
A short, scrawny Celestial Demon Person with an abnormally bloated abdon let out an unbridled laugh.
On the bridge, two figures were cornered by them. One of them had fair, tender skin, and his muscles were so smooth they seed to blend together as one.
He was wearing a sea-blue Martial Arts Uniform. On the chest was a white insignia—the character "Hun" overlaid with a wave-like pattern. It was none other than He Runlin of the Hunyuan Sect.
TSSSSS!!
At that mont, He Runlin's face and body were splattered with a large amount of a milky-white, viscous liquid. The fluid seed extrely corrosive, emitting a sizzling, burning sound accompanied by white smoke.
"Are you okay?!"
Hearing what the Celestial Demon Person said, a tall male investigator standing next to He Runlin shouted anxiously, his pupils shrinking abruptly.
"No need to ask! The poison's probably already in his system, paralyzing his nerves and curdling his blood. I bet he can't even talk now, hahaha..."
The Celestial Demon Person laughed smugly, but his laughter stopped dead in its tracks.
"This stuff is that terrifying? It really is dangerous."
He Runlin's calm voice rang out. Only then did the male investigator beside him realize that He Runlin's entire layer of skin, even on his face, was vibrating intensely at a high frequency.
This vibration ford a thin barrier of air around him, stopping the milky-white liquid less than half an inch from his body. Although it had corroded parts of his clothes and hair, it hadn't actually hard his skin.
Moreover, he was astonished to see that the viscous liquid, like water droplets on a lotus leaf, slid down the air barrier toward He Runlin's arm under his deliberate control, finally collecting in his palm.
"Careful! It's poisonous..."
He couldn't help but cry out a warning, but in the next mont, he fell silent.
The viscous liquid seed to defy the laws of physics, gathering in He Runlin's palm to form a perfectly round bead that floated half an inch above his hand, as if it had lost all weight.
Was this magic?!
The male investigator could hardly comprehend what he was seeing.
It was only when he saw the high-frequency vibrations of the muscles in He Runlin's palm that he understood.
By controlling every inch of his skin to strike the air, he was generating enough impact force to gather the droplets into a sphere and keep it suspended in mid-air.
Gathering liquid into a bead, suspending it in the air with sheer force!
Such terrifying control over his own body...
The male investigator couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine at the terrifying skill on display.
After his battle with Ji Yunzhou, He Runlin's own strength had risen to a terrifying level.
After all, this was the man who had once fought Zhou Yuanjue to a standstill!
"You should keep such a good thing for yourselves."
A slight smile appeared on He Runlin's face as his figure instantly vanished, reappearing in front of the Celestial Demon People.
"Not good!"
The pupils of the Celestial Demon People shrank abruptly.
BANG!!
He slamd his palm forward, shooting out the bead of liquid. His Martial Force erupted, projecting the force like needles!
The bead was shattered by his Martial Force into countless pinprick-sized droplets, which shot out at extre speed like a torrential rain of needles.
The Celestial Demon People had no way to dodge and were struck by the countless scattered droplets of viscous liquid, letting out piercing screams.
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...
Elsewhere, Zhang Zhizhen's body had swollen to the size of a celestial Giant Spirit God. He held the heads of two dying Celestial Demon People in his palms. Although their bodies weren't completely dead, the two Celestial Demons within seed to know their hosts were ruined. They decisively shattered their own heart ridians and transford into two black shadows, fleeing into the distance.
'Still trying to escape?'
Zhang Zhizhen's eyes were utterly cold, as if he had truly transford into the emotionless Celestial Dao itself.
He struck out with his palm!
BOOM!!
A terrifying force of mind and will instantly exploded like lightning. This was the sa attack that had once nearly shaken Zhou Yuanjue's mind to the point of collapse.
Thunder Palm!
The two fleeing Celestial Demon Illusions instantly let out shrill screams. Their mask-like faces were shattered by the terrifying will. Although they imdiately reford, they seed to have lost all their power, floating listlessly in the air, completely still.
A nearby Secret Inspection Bureau investigator gaped. He had never seen a Celestial Demon in such a state.
'A state similar to fainting? If I do this a few more tis, I wonder if I can destroy them completely?'
Zhang Zhizhen walked closer, pondering for a mont.
Then, the Secret Inspection Bureau investigator watched as Zhang Zhizhen struck out, palm after palm. One bolt of terrifying lightning forged from will after another exploded against the two Celestial Demons. The Celestial Demons' bodies shattered and reford, shattered and reford, seeming to grow more and more illusory with each blast.
'Killing a Celestial Demon... Isn't that sothing only a Saint Awakening Level master can do?!'
'Just who in the world is this guy?!'
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...
「Two hundred ters outside the quarantine zone, at the temporary command post.」
After issuing the retreat order over the walkie-talkie, Chen Lingyun imdiately walked out of the monitoring room. She took out another walkie-talkie and began reporting the situation in the quarantine zone to the command headquarters at the Seal node, preparing to request reinforcents.
However, just as she had expected, the most powerful of the Celestial Beings—those who had landed on the island in physical bodies—had already begun probing attacks on the Seal node. They couldn't spare anyone for reinforcents; after all, the security of the Seal node was the top priority.
"Damn it!"
Chen Lingyun put down the walkie-talkie, ending the call with the Seal node command, her expression grim.
It was no use. Reinforcents weren't coming. Now, she could only hope that fortune would favor them and they would escape the danger smoothly.
As for the more than one thousand three hundred innocent civilians...
Chen Lingyun took a deep breath. 'Damn those Celestial Demons!'
"What's the situation?! Has anyone made it out?! What are the casualties?!"
She returned to the monitoring room and asked in a low voice. Even if so things were hard to accept, reality had to be faced. There was no escaping it.
Just as she asked, she noticed all the staff in the monitoring room turning to look at her with strange expressions.
"What?! Why are you all looking at like that? What on earth happened..."
Seeing this, Chen Lingyun's heart skipped a beat. 'Could the losses be that heavy? Did no one make it out?'
However, before the staff in the monitoring room could answer her, the main walkie-talkie in the room crackled to life.
"Team B2 has pursued and eliminated all targets. All four Celestial Demons have been sealed in Demon-Catching Bottles. No casualties. If any other teams require reinforcents, please provide your location. Over."
"Team A3 has eliminated all targets. All four Celestial Demons have been captured. Wang Wenjing has a lung injury but is in no mortal danger. She is en route back to the quarantine line. Please prepare rescue facilities in advance. Over."
"Team B3 has eliminated three targets. One target is still under pursuit. Please monitor our position and advise on any dangers ahead. Over."
"..."
Hearing the reports of successfully eliminated targets and captured Celestial Demons coming in one after another over the walkie-talkie, Chen Lingyun stood frozen in place, feeling as if she were in a dream.
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