Free Web NovelChapter 529: Chapter 522: Locked On
It’s Zhou Yuanjue!!
It’s Zhou Yuanjue!!
Everyone recognized the figure at the center of that shocking scene.
The people who had just been jeering fell deathly silent, while the people of Donghua, who had been mired in grief and despair, erupted in deafening cheers.
He’s alive! That man, he’s still alive!!
The explosion, more terrifying than any natural disaster, the weapon proclaimed to be capable of killing a God—even that couldn’t destroy him!
He was just one man, yet he seemed more powerful than a God!!
He’s a miracle! He’s a miracle!!
Watching the figure leap into the air, arms outstretched, with the enormous Divine Bird protecting him from behind, the same thought rose in everyone’s mind.
They couldn’t put into words the shock they had experienced that day.
THUD!!
Onscreen, the incredibly dazzling figure slowly landed on the ground. The Divine Bird formed from his magnetic field gradually receded, and his body continued to exhibit the signs of Star Transformation. He looked almost no different from before the nuclear strike.
Though his feet stood on the ground just like theirs, this figure was fundamentally different.
He was like a god walking on the earth.
God of the Earth!
This title flashed through everyone’s mind.
Perhaps, after today, after this battle, this title would replace "Immortal Bird" as the young man’s new moniker.
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「Deep within the Great Satan Desert, on the Black Continent.」
Regardless of what others were seeing, Zhou Yuanjue, who had experienced it firsthand, knew exactly how much danger he had just faced.
’A nuke... I really underestimated its power.’
Zhou Yuanjue let out a soft breath. Although he looked no different on the surface, only he knew the truth. As long as his stamina wasn’t depleted and his brain remained unharmed, he could recover from any injury, making him virtually immortal.
And right now, his stamina reserves had dropped to an appallingly low level.
This meant the damage from the nuclear blast had nearly pushed him to his absolute limit, causing his stamina to plummet.
Zhou Yuanjue had chosen the Great Satan Desert for a reason. He knew that even with his current strength, it wasn’t enough to challenge the absolute pinnacle of destructive power humanity had ever created.
Choosing this Sea of Death might have provoked his opponents into using an extremely destructive weapon like a nuke due to the remote environment, but it was also the perfect place for him to face such a challenge.
The soft desert ground also offered him a natural advantage and protection.
Though he only had a few seconds between spotting the nuke and its detonation, that was more than enough time for the current Zhou Yuanjue.
For instance, "swimming" in the sea of sand.
For an ordinary person, the immense pressure and weight of the sand would be a death trap. But for someone with his Power, moving through the sand was no more difficult than swimming through water.
Therefore, the instant he spotted the nuke, he took advantage of the terrain and dove deep into the sand, using the desert itself as his first line of defense to mitigate the immense shockwave and intense heat of the blast.
The reality, however, was far crueler than he’d imagined. The nuke’s power vastly exceeded his expectations. Even after instantly diving dozens of meters deep, he was still crushed by the terrifying, destructive shockwave and seared by the scorching heat, causing severe damage all over his body.
That was why the drones from the various factions hadn’t seen him when they arrived. At that moment, he had been busy mending his grievously wounded body.
Fortunately, he had just enough stamina to cope. Without the threat of the shockwave and extreme heat, the nuke was no longer a fatal threat.
Radiation, which would be lethal to an ordinary person, was a different matter for him. His personal magnetic field was immense, and every cell in his body had undergone the Star Magnetic Field transformation. As long as he maintained his magnetic field output, the radiation couldn’t penetrate his body.
SWISH! SWISH!
Zhou Yuanjue reached behind his back, unfastening a special military-issue satchel from beneath his tattered clothes. Aside from his brain, it was the one thing he had protected most carefully during the blast.
He unzipped the satchel, revealing it to be full of specially made food rations: Black Pills. Lacking stamina, these were the best possible supplement for him.
GULP! GULP!
Zhou Yuanjue swallowed the entire bag of special food, his digestive system kicking into overdrive.
The dual sublimation of his body and magnetic field had elevated his physical capabilities to a whole new level. His ability to digest and convert external Energy had likewise reached the very limit of what was biologically possible.
As the Energy flooded his system, the fatigue and weakness vanished, replaced by a surging tide of immense power that completely stabilized his condition.
’I might have used a clever trick this time, but now that I’ve experienced the power of a nuclear blast firsthand, I’m confident I could survive another one... even in a city, or anywhere else on Earth.’
’The most powerful weapon ever created by humankind, the one that has hung like a sword of Damocles over all life, can no longer harm me!’
Zhou Yuanjue muttered to himself, his calm tone brimming with immense self-assurance.
In the minds of countless people, nuclear bombs had always represented the absolute apex of destructive power. But now, that assessment was no longer accurate.
Buoyed by this powerful confidence, Zhou Yuanjue’s Spirit entered a state of profound clarity.
He had completed another milestone challenge in his life.
This time, he had utterly surpassed himself, surpassed the pinnacle of human potential, surpassed... this era!!
In this state, his Spirit and will ascended, reaching into the unseen. It seemed he could perceive many more wondrous things.
He could feel the diffusion of countless magnetic fields of will, entangled with emotions of concern, disbelief, anger, and hatred...
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「Inside a secret base of the Baiyi Organization.」
"Impossible... That bastard is still alive?! An explosion like that couldn’t kill him?!"
An expression of utter disbelief filled Bai Jiu’s eyes. He stared intently at the screen and spoke through gritted teeth, his gaze filled with humiliation, rage, resentment, and... profound jealousy.
As a fellow human being, he was jealous of the Power Zhou Yuanjue possessed.
That kind of Power should be his!!
The next moment, however, Zhou Yuanjue, on the screen, did something that made his blood run cold.
On the screen, the man’s eyes suddenly swiveled, looking straight through the camera lens and meeting his gaze.
In that instant, Bai Jiu had the absurd sensation that those eyes were piercing through the screen, their gaze fixed directly upon him.
He felt as if his very soul had been locked onto.
"Found you..."
Bai Jiu, who was fluent in languages from around the world and an expert lip-reader, deciphered two words from Zhou Yuanjue’s mouth that made every hair on his body stand on end.
