Chapter 626 - 601: Celestial Thunder Strike

But against these Abyssal Corpse Ghosts, a single kick could get your foot pierced.

With this in mind, Lin Xinghai glanced at the others. He had been about to warn them but saw that their expressions had already turned serious.

Many had even started discussing just how powerful these Abyssal Corpse Ghosts were.

Seeing that everyone was already on alert, Lin Xinghai said no more.

The two Armored Vehicles tore down the bumpy highway. Though Zombies or Abyssal Creatures would occasionally harass them from the roadside, these small-scale attacks posed no threat whatsoever.

Lin Xinghai remained vigilant for any sign of Mutated Zombies. It seemed their luck was holding out on this rescue mission; they hadn’t encountered a single one from start to finish.

Under these conditions, the two Armored Vehicles maintained their top speed almost the entire time. On some of the flatter stretches of road, their speed even soared to 400 kilometers per hour.

The Xinghai Squad took just over five minutes to approach Outpost 231. Even including the time it took to get from the Mission Hall to the airfield, the entire journey took less than six minutes.

A speed like that was absolutely breakneck.

Lin Xinghai had originally thought that since they’d arrived several minutes ahead of schedule, the outpost would have no problem holding out.

But as he gazed at the distant scene, he realized he had greatly overestimated the outpost’s Defense Power. Or rather, he’d underestimated the destructive power of the Tier Two Death Claw.

The berserk Death Claw had now joined the fray itself, tearing a massive hole in the outpost’s main building.

If not for the soldiers inside fighting for their lives—throwing out a series of high-explosive bombs whose terrifying shockwaves forced the Death Claw back again and again—the residential building that had been converted into a temporary outpost would have been demolished in just a few blows.

But even so, the outpost was now in an extremely precarious position.

"Engage the Rocket Jetpack! We’re punching straight through! Now!" Lin Xinghai commanded.

"Got it!" Ye Xin, who was driving the Armored Vehicle, didn’t hesitate. He slammed the accelerator to the floor and smashed the red button on the console.

Instantly, the Armored Vehicle’s rear armor plates slid open, revealing sixteen Rocket Jetpacks. As they ignited, all sixteen erupted in a blinding flash of light.

The Armored Vehicle shot forward at an absurd speed, even letting out a sonic boom.

An ordinary person might not have even been able to withstand such intense acceleration.

But Lin Xinghai felt nothing at all. He drew the Mjolnir from his back, had Ye Xin open the roof hatch, and leaped on top.

A surge of Blood Qi Power instantly enveloped his body, parting the roaring headwind as he stood firmly on the vehicle’s roof.

The activation of the Rocket Jetpack created an enormous commotion.

The Death Claw, which had been about to continue its assault on the outpost, couldn’t help but look over, its body slowly turning to face them.

Clearly, the Death Claw was warier of the two charging Armored Vehicles than it was of the outpost.

The Armored Vehicle was moving incredibly fast. In just five or six seconds, it closed the distance from the far-off street and slammed into the horde of Abyssal Creatures.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

A series of violent impacts rang out. The ram at the front of the Armored Vehicle sent one Abyssal Corpse Ghost after another flying. The blades on the vehicle’s sides had also deployed, swiftly reaping the lives of the Abyssal Creatures.

But once the number of Abyssal Creatures reached a critical mass, their true terror became apparent.

Nearly all the Abyssal Creatures here had entered a berserk state, and the Power of each Abyssal Corpse Ghost was equivalent to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage.

The force generated by one of their full-power collisions was immense.

The impact of one, two, or even a dozen Abyssal Corpse Ghosts might not mean much to the massive Armored Vehicle. But when dozens, or even hundreds, of them slammed into it, the effect was completely different.

The Armored Vehicle’s speed had been at least 1,000 kilometers per hour—nearly the speed of sound.

But after the impacts of just over a hundred Abyssal Corpse Ghosts, its speed plummeted to less than 500 kilometers per hour, and it was still dropping fast.

Of course, it wasn’t just the suicidal charges of the Abyssal Corpse Ghosts. The Petrifying Spiders weren’t idle, either; they frantically spat streams of silk at the Armored Vehicle.

Each strand of this incredibly sticky silk was extremely long. This ensured that as one end stuck to the Armored Vehicle, the other end could adhere to the ground, creating an anchor to pull against the vehicle’s momentum.

Although the strands of silk snapped one after another under the immense force of the Armored Vehicle’s propulsion, they were undoubtedly slowing it down.

’Lin Xinghai had no doubt that if not for the sixteen Rocket Jetpacks, the vehicle’s engine alone would have failed, and they would have been stopped in their tracks long ago.’

When the Armored Vehicle first plowed into the horde of Abyssal Creatures, it was about 400 meters away from the Death Claw. That distance was now shrinking rapidly.

meters... 200 meters... 100 meters...

Watching the Armored Vehicle draw closer, the Death Claw showed no sign of weakness. It raised its right hand, its five-meter-long Sharp Claws looking like five massive blades, ready to slice the vehicle in two.

But at that moment, Lin Xinghai struck first.

Standing atop the vehicle, the Blood Qi Power in his body surged. It circulated rapidly along the pathways of the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique’s Cultivation Technique before pouring into the Mjolnir in his hands.

Simultaneously, he activated his Thunder Divine Body, channeling immense Thunder Power into the Mjolnir as well.

At that moment, the Mjolnir was wreathed in arcs of electricity, resembling a weapon wielded by a true god.

Lin Xinghai gripped the Mjolnir tightly and, facing the Death Claw a hundred meters away, executed a thrust that seemed slow but was, in reality, incredibly fast.

Lin Xinghai had already spent nearly 100,000 points of Blood Qi Power to advance his Wind and Thunder Spear Technique, an Earth Level Martial Arts, from the Minor Success Realm directly to the Great Success Realm.

At the Great Success Realm, the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique not only greatly increased the power of its two moves, Thousand Thunder Stab and Thunderstorm, but also unlocked a new one.

Celestial Thunder Strike!

It was a ranged attack that could condense all of one’s lightning into a single point and unleash it like a true bolt of lightning. It was said that if one could cultivate the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique to the Perfection Realm, this move would be no weaker than an actual bolt of celestial thunder.

Of course, although Lin Xinghai’s Wind and Thunder Spear Technique had reached the Great Success Realm, his proficiency with it was only at 1%. As a result, both the move’s power and its range were considerably limited.

For instance, the current limit for his Celestial Thunder Strike was a target 100 meters away.

Still, that range wasn’t bad. Many area-of-effect Superpowers couldn’t even cover a hundred meters.

Moreover, as Lin Xinghai’s proficiency increased, the maximum range of his Celestial Thunder Strike could reach up to one kilometer.

That even surpassed the effective range of most Firearms.

Of course, logically speaking, at Lin Xinghai’s current Realm in the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique, the move’s power wouldn’t be all that impressive. At most, it would be equivalent to a full-power strike from someone at the Body Shaping Realm Early Stage.

But Lin Xinghai had more than just the Wind and Thunder Spear Technique up his sleeve. He could stack other abilities to amplify the Celestial Thunder Strike.

His Thunder Divine Body could directly amplify any Thunder Element Martial Arts. In addition, he also possessed the Thunder Control Physique, which increased thunder power by 100%. Even his Mjolnir, due to its special material, provided a 10% power amplification to any thunder-based attack.

With all these stacked effects, the Celestial Thunder Strike, which should have been no thicker than a finger, swelled to the thickness of an arm and shot toward the Death Claw like a bolt of lightning.