Chapter 154: 147 Intimidation

The Demon Race is a species that thrives on battle and slaughter. Each member of the Demon Race has an instinctual intuition for danger.

Without this instinct, they wouldn’t survive to adulthood.

After Wind Blade and Red Flame reincarnated into the Human Race, their intuition for danger became even sharper.

When Red Flame made his move, even Wind Blade didn’t notice anything amiss.

It wasn’t until the opponent showed a sinister smile that Wind Blade sensed something was wrong. However, he didn’t know where the danger was coming from.

With a single palm strike, Red Flame unleashed an incredibly intense fire, instantly melting Blood Shadow.

The six Cloud Burst Shock Bombs hidden within Blood Shadow’s body were directly triggered by the terrifying high temperatures.

The high temperature released by the Cloud Burst Shock Bomb reached hundreds of thousands of degrees, with its core impact area within three hundred meters.

Red Flame and Wind Blade were standing too close, and what was even more terrifying was that neither of them realized the existence of the Cloud Burst Shock Bombs. Red Flame had personally triggered all six of them.

A nearly white-hot flame erupted, engulfing Wind Blade and Red Flame in an instant.

Wind Blade’s eyes were filled with endless horror; such high temperatures were beyond what he could endure.

The opponent had hidden Cloud Burst Shock Bombs within their body; unbelievable!

In the face of imminent danger, Wind Blade transformed into a somber, green sword light. Using Wind Elemental Source Power to transform into Sword Qi was Wind Blade’s secret technique. Sharp and unstoppable, swift as a stream of light.

Wind Blade could still transform his body into Sword Qi, achieving a conversion between reality and illusion. He could advance to slay strong enemies or retreat to neutralize various types of damage.

If Blood Shadow had been the one to trigger the Cloud Burst Shock Bomb, Wind Blade could have retreated before the explosion. At the very least, he could have avoided the core impact area of the Cloud Burst Shock Bomb.

However, with the Cloud Burst Shock Bomb triggered by Red Flame’s palm strike, Wind Blade had no time to react. Just as the green sword light on his body appeared, it was swallowed by the intense white flame light.

The same fate befell Red Flame, who instantly transformed into a ball of white flame light.

The surrounding trees and plants were incinerated instantly. Within a radius of several hundred meters, only pure white flames remained.

Little White Pig, watching from afar, saw an incredibly bright white light shining forth, its small beady eyes almost blinded by the intense brightness.

“It’s over…”

Little White Pig felt an overwhelming sense of despair. There was no time to think further; the shockwave was accompanied by high-temperature flames and vaporized substances sweeping toward it.

Little White Pig didn’t even have time to wail before it was swept away by the shockwave.

The core impact area of the Cloud Burst Shock Bomb was frighteningly hot. However, it dissipated particularly quickly in the air.

After a second, the intense flames dropped to only a few thousand degrees. Two more seconds and the temperature had dropped to a few hundred degrees.

The surrounding material had melted, leaving a glassy, deep crater on the ground.

The sand and stones quickly glassified as they melted in the high temperature.

In this area, Red Flame was the only life remaining. However, his body had been completely carbonized, looking like nothing more than a dark-skinned child.

Red Flame’s tall and strong body had been volatilized and carbonized in the intense heat.

Even with his innate ability to control fire, he barely survived the extreme temperatures of the Cloud Burst Shock Bomb.

Even so, Red Flame couldn’t withstand such terrifying heat; his body was destroyed by carbonization, leaving only a small core of spirit still holding onto life.

As for the more powerful Wind Blade, despite his strong Wind Control Technique and extremely sharp Wind Blade Technique, he ultimately couldn’t withstand the extreme heat and was vaporized in an instant.

All that remained was a green Crystal Core.

This Half-Source Power Crystal Core, once refined by the high temperature, rather condensed all of Wind Blade’s Life Power.

Of course, Wind Blade couldn’t be brought back to life. Yet this Crystal Core, which had concentrated Wind Blade’s Life Power, was of exceptionally high quality.

Red Flame struggled to reach for the green Crystal Core, but as soon as his arm was raised, it shattered to pieces of black charcoal.

“Trying to grab the Crystal Core instead of escaping–you’re greedier than I am.”

Gao Xuan’s Spirit Projection descended, his Spiritual Power gathering Source Power to quickly form a clone.

Gao Xuan reached for the green Crystal Core and sighed, saying, “To offer all your Power at the time of death–what kind of spirit of sacrifice is that? It’s truly touching.”

He told Red Flame, “You should learn from him.”

Red Flame’s eyes had long since carbonized, so he couldn’t see Gao Xuan. Yet his Spirit Core still existed, allowing him to understand Gao Xuan’s teasing.

Knowing his death was certain, Red Flame didn’t hesitate to try to detonate his Spirit Core.

However, a streak of blood-colored Sword Light had already pierced Red Flame, stabbing through his Spirit Core.

Red Flame’s slayed Spirit collected quickly, condensing into a red Crystal Core. His carbonized body collapsed, crumbling into blackened fragments.

Gao Xuan had originally intended to offer both Crystal Cores to the Godslaying Sword, but a sudden thought struck him; perhaps these Crystal Cores had other purposes.

Gao Xuan nonchalantly put away the two Crystal Cores. He floated onward and soon found Yan Liu, burnt into black charcoal.

Yan Liu had first been sliced in two, then bombarded by the Cloud Burst Shock Bombs, leaving only a pathetic shard remaining.

Thankfully, the Reversing Wheel embedded in his body was undamaged.

The Reversing Wheel resembled a sealed gyroscope, its outer material half-transparent, containing symmetrical wheels inside.

Although Gao Xuan didn’t recognize this object, he had seen Yan Liu’s near-death revival clearly, undoubtedly reliant on the Marvel’s Power.

The mysterious artifact bore inscriptions: “Life and death can be reversed, but fate cannot be changed.”

Gao Xuan collected the Reversing Wheel, regretful that the wanted notice and Soul-Seeking Arrow were missing.

The devastating impact had blown everything away.

With no Source Power reaction or distinct markings, Gao Xuan could only use Spiritual Power to meticulously search all around.

It took Gao Xuan more than ten minutes to locate the two items.

By this time, law enforcement and firefighting agencies had arrived.

The entire Mingjing City could hear the deafening explosion and see the towering flames. Things have escalated.

Fortunately, this villa district is populated by wealthy people, and the location where the Cloud Burst Shock Bomb detonated was in a greenbelt.

After the terrifying high temperatures spread out, the power was already lost. Only the powerful shockwave caused injuries to quite a few people.

Luckily, in this era of advanced medical techniques, as long as a person doesn’t die on the spot, they can always be saved.

Gao Xuan felt a bit regretful for not being able to find the Little White Pig.

This guy is very cunning, and its skin is thick. The shockwave blasted it away, saving its pig life.

Gao Xuan watched the aftermath for a while; he saw Yan Qingfeng and Yan Qingge, the siblings.

The two people who rushed over had complex expressions on their faces.

The site had already burned to white ash. Although some body fragments were found, they were completely carbonized and couldn’t be identified.

They must be taken back for DNA testing to determine the identity.

However, Yan Qingfeng and Yan Qingge both believed that Yan Liu and the others were dead.

Yan Qingge felt deceived and went back to detain Yan Miao.

But Yan Miao is a senior technical staff of the family; she couldn’t arbitrarily deal with him.

The information was reported layer by layer, and Yan Defeng personally admitted to instructing Yan Miao to do this.

Although Yan Qingge was extremely dissatisfied, she was helpless against Yan Defeng.

As a result, something major happened right after midnight.

Yan Miao was the first to notice something wrong because the explosion site was exactly where Yan Liu and his group were hiding. Yan Liu and the others also lost contact.

In this urgent situation, Yan Miao sought instructions from Yan Defeng, then reported this matter together with Yan Qingge and Yan Qingfeng.

Yan Liu is an important senior in the family. Although Yan Qingge was displeased, she had to follow her brother to the site.

The devastating scene at the site left both of them in shock.

Undoubtedly, Yan Liu and the others were bound to die.

Yan Qingge and Yan Qingfeng surveyed the site and then drove away together.

“Was it the Blood Shadow’s doing?” asked Yan Qingfeng, who was driving.

Yan Qingge shook her head: “The method seems similar, precise, mysterious, ruthless. But with Blood Shadow’s skills, there’s no need to make such a big scene to kill someone.”

She added, “Blood Shadow is relatively low-key and wouldn’t waste power.”

Given Blood Shadow’s swordsmanship and his ghost-like abilities, knowing where Yan Liu was, an assassination would have sufficed. There was no need to use a bomb.

Yan Qingge believed there must be something wrong here.

Yan Qingfeng smiled bitterly: “Our uncle’s little trick ended with the complete annihilation.”

Yan Qingge also sighed. Yan Defeng’s move was not clever.

She also understood that Yan Defeng had his eyes on the Yuanlong Group but couldn’t let go of the Dimensional Silver Mirror, so he targeted Blood Shadow.

But he didn’t consider that the Divine Shield Group and Black Dragon Association, such powerful organizations, couldn’t handle Blood Shadow. Blood Shadow isn’t so easy to kill.

Now, they weren’t sure what Blood Shadow’s reaction would be. Yan Qingge and Yan Qingfeng were both worried about how to deal with the consequences if Blood Shadow became enraged.

Such a significant matter, they couldn’t make a decision themselves. They could only quickly report to the family.

The Yan Family in Zhongjing was also shocked by the news.

Yan Liu was one of the family’s top experts, and the wanted order and Soul-Seeking Arrow in his hands were very powerful marvels.

But Yan Liu got finished before even making a move?

Without any conclusive information, the Yan Family’s senior figures, like Yan Deyuan and Yan Defeng, still held on to some hope.

By six in the morning, the inspection results were out. Yan Liu and the others were confirmed dead on the spot.

There was also an unidentified body at the site, unknown where it came from.

The Yan Family, upon receiving the confirmed news, left Yan Defeng a bit stupefied.

Although he had prepared for the worst, hearing the news was still hard to accept.

This time, not only did they lose the experts led by Yan Liu from the Blood Swallow Team, but they also lost two important marvels. The loss was tremendous.

As the commander, Yan Defeng bore an unshirkable responsibility. With such a major incident, someone had to take responsibility and give the family an explanation.

Helplessly, Yan Defeng could only relinquish his power and quietly exit the power center.

Yan Deyuan took the opportunity to reclaim some power, becoming the biggest winner in this failure.

Blood Shadow’s mysterious and fierce methods also intimidated the millennia-old noble family. Noble families have endured because they can adapt to the times. Stubborn individuals have long been eliminated.

Yan Deyuan reacted quickly, immediately having a video meeting with Yan Qingfeng and Yan Qingge to strategize their response.

Judging from the existing situation, Yan Liu and his team didn’t have the chance to make a move before Blood Shadow came for them.

So, the situation could still be salvaged and explained. The Yan Family was also willing to make concessions.

Yan Qingfeng found Wei Yue for a secret discussion, made some concessions in terms of interests, and convinced Wei Yue.

Of course, they only managed to convince Wei Yue. As for Blood Shadow’s reaction, Yan Qingfeng was unsure.

Wei Yue was actually a bit angry, knowing the Yan Family acted against Blood Shadow with ill intentions.

But she didn’t have the standing to break relations with the Yan Family and had to swallow this indignation.

Wei Yue reported the situation to Blood Shadow but received no reply, which made her slightly anxious…

If Blood Shadow insisted on revenge, it would be disastrous…