Chapter 708 - 678: Double Kill (Part 2)

In that moment, Lin Xinghai’s speed was absolutely lightning-fast.

But even so, he could still feel the rolling waves of heat at his back. The ever-expanding Fireball was rapidly closing in, threatening to swallow him whole.

Fortunately, the core blast radius of the Cloud Burst Bomb was only 100 meters.

With his speed, Lin Xinghai managed to escape the area just before the Fireball could engulf him.

However, 100 meters was only the core blast zone of the Cloud Burst Bomb. Its shockwave could spread out for a full kilometer.

There was no dodging the shockwave, but Lin Xinghai had already anticipated this. The moment he felt it about to overtake him, he stopped running and dove into a large shopping mall on the side of the street.

But the terrifying shockwave instantly brought down the mall’s walls. Everything inside, from the products on the shelves to the solid stone pillars, was like tofu—instantly twisting, deforming, and in some cases, being torn to smithereens.

Lin Xinghai was curled up on the ground, shielding his body with his arms and legs, which had already entered the Divine Demon Body state. At the same time, Blood Qi Power surged forth, and he concentrated all of it around his head and torso, doing his utmost to protect these two vulnerable areas.

Lin Xinghai had deployed his strongest defense, but when the shockwave slammed into him, the protective layer of Blood Qi Power on his body’s surface was instantly shattered.

Then, his skin and muscles were torn, and even his solid bones began to fracture.

Given the power of a Cloud Burst Bomb, even its shockwave was more than a Marrow Tempering Realm Martial Artist could withstand. Anyone else would have likely died on the spot.

Lin Xinghai hadn’t died instantly because his Physique far surpassed that of others in the Marrow Tempering Realm. Furthermore, the Blood Qi Power within him was incredibly abundant; even after his external barrier was broken, the power inside his body permeated his muscles and bones, resisting the shockwave as much as possible.

Of course, all of that was secondary. Lin Xinghai’s true trump card was the system’s High Level Healing Ability.

At that moment, Lin Xinghai no longer cared how much Blood Qi Power he was consuming. The system’s High Level Healing Ability was active at full power, and an immense force was rapidly repairing his body.

Moreover, since his body was still in a Time Acceleration State, his recovery speed was ten times faster than normal. Not even the regenerative ability of a Fourth Level Mutated Zombie could compare.

If anyone had been there to witness it, they would have seen the flesh on Lin Xinghai’s body being constantly torn apart by the shockwave, only to heal itself over and over.

Of course, the most severe injuries were actually to his internal organs, which had ruptured in multiple places. If he hadn’t already reached the Peak of Marrow Tempering Realm through his Cultivation, tempering all of his internal organs in the process, they wouldn’t have just ruptured—they might have been completely pulverized.

But even so, Lin Xinghai was in extreme agony. His entire body was trapped in a cycle of being torn apart and repaired, and the pain was so intense he was on the verge of blacking out.

To make matters worse, he had remained in his Time Acceleration State to speed up his healing. This meant that for every second that passed in the outside world, ten seconds passed for him. The duration of his agony was therefore stretched tenfold.

However, this wasn’t the first time Lin Xinghai had endured such torment. The pain he’d experienced when pushing his limits in the Blood Qi Realm had been far worse, and it had lasted for at least half an hour at a time.

Therefore, with incredible speed, Lin Xinghai adapted to the pain, using his powerful willpower to temporarily suppress it.

Then, gritting his teeth against the pain, he extended his Perception Power.

The aftermath of the explosion had not yet completely dissipated. The core of the blast was still shrouded in a thick curtain of fire. In these conditions, Perception Power was severely weakened. Even with his current strength, Lin Xinghai could only get a vague impression of the situation.

He could tell that of the three auras that had been there, one had completely vanished. Based on his judgment, that must have been the "Hunter."

Given the power of the Cloud Burst Bomb, as long as the target was in the core of the blast, survival was impossible—let alone for a "Hunter" whose combat power had already been drastically reduced. Even at full strength, it couldn’t have survived.

As for the other two auras, one had only weakened by half. If he wasn’t mistaken, that one belonged to the "Giant Arm."

Lin Xinghai wasn’t surprised. After all, the "Giant Arm’s" Defense Power was known to be formidable. If it had used its arms to protect its vital points, it could have fully withstood a direct blast from a Cloud Burst Bomb.

The other aura, which belonged to the "Death Claw," was down to a quarter of its peak strength. It was still fading, but the decline had slowed to a crawl.

By Lin Xinghai’s estimation, it wouldn’t die. With the recovery ability of a Fourth Level Mutated Zombie, it would likely regain its combat effectiveness in a few minutes and could potentially make a full recovery in ten to twenty minutes.

The moment he perceived this, Lin Xinghai scrambled to his feet.

The shockwave had gradually subsided. Ignoring the pain wracking his body, Lin Xinghai grabbed the Gauss Rifle he had been shielding beneath him.

This was his final contingency. He had brought the Gauss Rifle with him before leaving and had kept it pinned beneath his body, which had saved it from being destroyed by the shockwave.

On the surface, the Gauss Rifle didn’t look too damaged, but Lin Xinghai fired a test shot into the distance just in case.

BANG!

The crisp report of the rifle echoed, and thankfully, the chamber didn’t explode. The bullet fired successfully, but Lin Xinghai could perceive that its trajectory was clearly off.

Clearly, even being shielded beneath his body hadn’t completely protected the Gauss Rifle from damage. The bore, at the very least, was definitely compromised.

For anyone else, a skewed trajectory would render the gun useless. But for Lin Xinghai, it wasn’t a problem at all. As long as it could still fire a bullet, that was good enough.

After checking the weapon, he instantly charged back the way he came.

The flames at the epicenter of the explosion were only just beginning to die down, but even so, the intense heat was more than a Marrow Tempering Realm practitioner could withstand.

Even a Martial Artist at the Body Shaping Realm would be instantly scorched upon entering.

So, the moment Lin Xinghai charged in, his skin was instantly scorched.

But Lin Xinghai paid it no mind. As long as it wasn’t an injury that would kill him instantly, he knew he couldn’t die, not with the system’s High Level Healing.

Unleashing his full power and racing against time, he used Thunder Stepping once more. His Speed stat shot up to 150,000 as he rocketed toward the "Death Claw."

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At the same time, he furiously poured the Blood Qi Power from his body into the bullets in the magazine.

Meanwhile, at the core of the explosion, the "Death Claw" was sprawled on the ground. It was covered in multiple wounds, some so deep the bone was visible.

Its arms were in especially bad shape. They had been used to shield its head at the critical moment, and not only were they broken, but more than half of the flesh on them had been vaporized, and what little remained was charred black.

At that moment, its eyes held nothing but hatred. But suddenly, it seemed to sense something—an extreme feeling of danger washed over it.

In its current state, it was in no condition to react. All it could do was let out a frantic roar, trying to call the nearby "Giant Arm" for protection.

But at the very moment the roar escaped its mouth, three bullets, imbued with immense Blood Qi Power, streaked through the air and plunged into the wounds on its head.

The next moment, a blinding flame erupted from within its skull.