Chapter 181 - 180: The Annihilated Divine Void Temple

Chapter 181: Chapter 180: The Annihilated Divine Void Temple

"BEEP BEEP BEEP. Wolf-level energy reaction detected at the summit of Snake Mountain. Please assemble troops immediately to eliminate the disaster." The alarm blared in the middle of the night at the city’s Cleaner headquarters.

All the staff members working through the night to protect the people were stunned into silence.

It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck from a clear sky, leaving them dumbfounded.

A W-W... Wolf-level energy reaction?!

’Holy shit, something huge is about to go down.’

Roger was sleeping when a phone call jolted him awake.

Before he could even start cursing, his subordinate rattled off a report about the red alert at lightning speed.

"?!"

The anger in his heart was instantly extinguished, as if someone had dumped a bucket of cold water on it, leaving not even a wisp of smoke.

"Immediately notify all mid- to high-level personnel to convene in the conference room. Also, wake up all combat personnel. Aside from the night patrol teams, have all other squads assemble and rush to Snake Mountain. And notify the garrison—tell them to bring all the heavy weaponry they’ve got. The bigger the payload, the better."

After hanging up, he threw on his clothes and rushed to the conference room without a moment’s delay.

Within three minutes, the conference room at the city’s Cleaner headquarters was packed.

Even the logistics department was no exception.

"Comrades, the last Wolf-level disaster caused us tremendous damage. We Cleaners were hit hard. But that’s no reason for us to back down. For all you extraordinary people who can fight, I’m giving you five minutes to prepare your last wills.

The vanguard has already assembled and is on its way. We cannot afford a moment of hesitation. In five minutes, you will follow me to Snake Mountain. The Director is out putting out fires all over the country, so we have to protect our own nest.

Whatever evil spirit or oddity it is, we’ll make it understand that on our turf, we don’t care if it’s a dragon or a tiger—it’s going to lie down and behave like a good little baby. If it so much as bristles, we’ll beat it down!" After his not-so-humorous attempt at humor, Roger left the conference room.

Where was he going?

To put on his long-unused combat suit, of course, and prepare to face death at any moment.

’I may be a deputy director now,’ he thought, ’but I was once a Warrior, dammit.’

For a brief moment, Roger’s figure seemed to grow taller.

After he left, the conference room fell silent.

"Everyone, we only have five minutes. Let’s not sit in silence. What’s a Wolf-level disaster? Weren’t we the final victors in the battle for the Medical University? The once-invincible Food King is now our prisoner.

Sacrifices are inevitable. The country supports us, but not so we can sit around all day doing nothing and just giving orders. Don’t forget, we too were once Warriors fighting on the front lines!"

"..."

A moment later, a rustling sound filled the conference room.

Five minutes later, a fleet of specially-made SUVs sped out from the Cleaner headquarters.

The army garrison assembled quickly, and the main force moved out.

Convoy after convoy of camouflage trucks appeared on the road to Snake Mountain.

Inside, soldier after soldier held their rifles, their faces resolute.

They were prepared to die at a moment’s notice.

They were not extraordinary people.

They didn’t have indestructible bodies. All they had was the conviction to protect their country and its people.

「Meanwhile, on Snake Mountain.」

The trio of Spiritual Qi moochers, every last one of them, were now literally kneeling on the ground, worshipping He Xiaotian.

The power of that single hammer strike was terrifying to behold!

The Divine Void Temple, which had occupied over a thousand square meters, had now been razed to the ground.

As for the Paperman?

He had long since been torn to pieces by the violent shockwave, following in the footsteps of the Little Miss.

The moment the three of them rushed out of the temple, they witnessed the birth and death of a sun.

Endless golden light bloomed in the darkness, spilling in every direction.

The ferocious aura, like a hurricane, had even torn apart the dark clouds in the sky.

Moonlight spilled down, revealing a massive crater, over a kilometer in diameter, with He Xiaotian at its epicenter.

And the trio of Spiritual Qi moochers were kneeling right at the edge of it.

"Terri... Terrifying to behold!" Feng Yu stammered, having wracked his brain to come up with an adjective from a novel.

The other two were completely baffled.

’What the hell kind of idiom is that?’

’We’ve been all over the place, how have we never heard of it?’

Of course, they were usually too busy wandering the martial world and thinking about their next meal.

Who had time to go online!

[Ding! Killed Paper Effigy - Advanced Split Soul. Gained 10,000 Experience Points.] x2

As the two notifications scrolled past, a smile touched the corners of He Xiaotian’s mouth.

’As expected, the Experience Points from those two are pretty hefty.’

’Twice as much as the Little Miss.’

He checked his balance again. Whoa!!

[Experience Points: 254,300]

But after the initial joy faded, He Xiaotian looked up at the edge of the pit, which was over ten meters high, and found himself in a sticky situation.

’When Shouyangzi gets back, how am I going to explain this?’

’Dammit!’

’This temple definitely cost tens of millions to build, at a minimum.’

’And that’s not even counting the antiques or the historical value of the Divine Void Temple.’

’All told, it’d be embarrassing to offer anything less than a hundred million to rebuild it.’

"The old Daoist won’t be that petty, right? I helped him guard the Netherworld Fissure, and that thing can’t be measured in filthy lucre," He Xiaotian muttered, clearly feeling a little guilty.

In truth, he never expected that a single, full-power strike would completely obliterate a temple that covered over a thousand square meters.

"Ma Dan! No, wait! If I have to pay for this, the Paperman has to take some of the blame. If they hadn’t come looking for revenge, this wouldn’t have happened. If they had just stood still and taken the hit instead of running all over the place, things wouldn’t have ended up like this."

’Right, right, right, it’s all the Paperman’s fault.’

With that bit of self-reassurance, he managed to absolve himself of all blame.

It was a good thing the Paperman’s entire group had been wiped out and wasn’t around to hear this.

Otherwise, hearing He Xiaotian’s bullshit, they would have coughed up three liters of blood from sheer rage.

It’s one thing for you to kill our whole family, uncle and nephew alike, along with all the evil spirits who came to help.

But after the battle, how can you pin all the blame on us?

You’re even stepping on us after we’re dead!

And spitting on us, and pissing on our graves for good measure!

Even grinding our bones to dust wouldn’t be this insulting.

"GROWL..."

He Xiaotian’s stomach let out a hungry cry.

It couldn’t be helped. He’d only eaten ten bowls of rice in the last two days combined, which was barely enough to count as a meal.

After such a huge battle, his stomach was completely empty.

If the Magician’s braised pork hadn’t tasted so good, he probably wouldn’t have even eaten that much.

"BOOM!"

He Xiaotian bent his knees, and his whole body shot toward the edge of the crater like a cannonball.

The trio of Spiritual Qi moochers were so scared the hair on their bodies stood on end.

’Boss, if you come charging over like that and so much as graze us, we’ll all be ascending to the heavens!’

Ignoring their weak knees, they scrambled away like rabbits with a WHOOSH.

They were terrified of accidentally becoming the most tragic extraordinary people of the century.

"BOOM!"

A huge cloud of dust billowed up. He Xiaotian stood at the edge, looking at the trio dozens of meters away from him with a helpless expression.

’Was that really necessary?’

"Hey, Magician, do you know how to barbecue?"

"..."

’After a world-shattering, apocalyptic strike, you’re asking me if I know how to make kebabs?!’

’What kind of logic is that?!’