Chapter 78: Unknown Heavenly Treasure Holder, Outside the City Washed by Artillery Fire

This indifference that transcends all living beings, treating all things like straw, a power that can decide life and death with just a slight opening of the lips.

Perhaps Old Zhong's strength might be greater than the opponent's, but there is no doubt that the opponent possesses power that, in their eyes, is like that of a god.

"Really, because I was at the scene. Don't look at the video where it seems only the mutated creatures froze and lay on the ground in submission; I even wanted to kneel."

"Because you weren't at the scene, you don't understand our feelings then. I can only tell you, it was a very hard-to-describe feeling of suppression, as if we and the opponent were not even life forms of the same level."

"But isn't this video a bit too clear? Did the Tian Shu Bureau release it themselves?"

Someone replied to him beneath the comments, and the person happened to be a participant at the scene.

Woken by the commotion outside under the Qi Tide, he opened the window and saw chaos outside; mutated cats and dogs were tearing at pedestrians on the streets. Without a second thought, he grabbed the staff he had bought after awakening his ability from beside the bed and jumped out the window.

Because he was an ability user specializing in physique enhancement, a height of several floors was no problem for him.

After dealing with those mutated pets, he followed the Tian Shu Bureau personnel to clean up other areas, but by then he wasn't using the staff; he was using a gun, one given to him by the Tian Shu Bureau.

He didn't refuse, nor could he have refused.

Not using a gun but using a staff? He wasn't an idiot.

Along the way, they killed many mutated creatures; with sufficient firepower, those mutated creatures couldn't cause them any harm at all.

Even a swarm of mutated rats only caused them a slight trouble.

He also saw many Tian Shu Bureau ability users, and even the holders of the Sharingan; although they were strong, their strength was limited compared to his, all within his understanding.

Originally, he thought the strength of the Hangcheng Tian Shu Bureau was just like that, without the powerful figures mentioned in the Extraordinary Ones List notes as being absent for special reasons, when a pillar of light reaching the sky appeared not far away, and an existence like a god stood within the pillar of light.

What happened afterwards was exactly what was recorded in the video content.

That was the first time he felt the gap in strength so clearly; under the pressure, let alone those mutated creatures, even he wanted to kneel down.

Fourth Rank! At least Fourth Rank! He even felt the opponent might be Fifth Rank.

Because of that casual demeanor, if you said he went all out, he absolutely would not believe it.

Afterwards, he asked the Tian Shu Bureau personnel about the opponent's identity; although the Tian Shu Bureau personnel didn't tell him and their expressions were somewhat strange, there was no doubt they knew the opponent.

So, barring unexpected events, the opponent must be a powerful figure of their Hangcheng Tian Shu Bureau.

It was just that because the opponent's identity was special, he couldn't know the opponent's identity.

But looking at the video's clarity and the various angles displayed, it absolutely couldn't be a sneak shot taken on the scene; he felt it might have been released by the Tian Shu Bureau itself.

Wasn't it said that revealing it wasn't allowed? How could it be released then?

Could it be because the Qi Tide has arrived, so there's no need to hide anymore?

"If this wasn't officially released by the Tian Shu Bureau, I'll eat 【my words】, but Great Xia actually hides such powerful ability users. Fourth Rank? Or Fifth Rank? I've seen videos of Old Zhong using the Heaven-Moving Myriad Phenomena, and I feel it's not as good as the opponent."

"Old Zhong definitely didn't use his full strength back then, didn't even exert much effort; the Qi Tide hadn't arrived yet, and those mutated creatures weren't strong. The one in the video obviously didn't use full strength either; I think both possibilities are Fifth Rank."

"That shouldn't be right. In the Tian Shu Bureau's previous announcement, besides Old Zhong, weren't there only two who reached Fifth Rank? And those two weren't from domestic 【China】, hmm? The Tian Shu Bureau didn't seem to say those two Fifth Ranks weren't domestic either. Could it be that Great Xia has three Fifth Rank powerful figures?"

"Now there are definitely two; whether the third is from Great Xia is unknown. But what I'm curious about is what Heavenly Treasure holder he is. Just looking at the video, I can't guess at all."

"Indeed, the only thing somewhat special is that golden spiritual power, but you still can't tell what Heavenly Treasure it is. Rather, he didn't even use a Heavenly Treasure and killed those mutated creatures so easily. How terrifying would his strength be after using a Heavenly Treasure?"

"I'll wait and see the Hangcheng Tian Shu Bureau's reaction here. Since they released this video, the opponent's identity probably doesn't need to be hidden anymore; we'll know then."

"Now that you mention it, that seems right."

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No one knows whether the one in the video is Fourth Rank or Fifth Rank; but based on what they saw, the opponent's power is highly likely no worse than Old Zhong's.

This led many to wonder what Heavenly Treasure he obtained to possess such terrifying power right now.

Old Zhong obtained the template of Emperor Emperor Yanwang to possess Fifth Rank power at this point in time; what about the opponent? Which world's Heavenly Treasure did the opponent obtain to possess such powerful strength?

As for the possibility that the opponent is not a Heavenly Treasure holder but just a simple ability user, no one mentioned it at all, because everyone knows a mere ability user absolutely cannot possess such powerful strength.

Even with the highest talent, it's impossible.

Humans have limits, unless he is not human.

Outside the city, the smoke of artillery fire had not yet completely dispersed; the scorched earth was like it had been burned by heavenly fire, a scene of devastation.

Huge craters, like scars left after a meteor impact, were scattered one after another across the wilderness; the bottoms of the pits held dark red blood water, mixed with burning residue, emitting a pungent smell of char.

The severed limbs of mutated beasts were scattered everywhere; several mutated wolves that had luckily survived huddled at the edge of the craters, their fur burned mottled and falling off, revealing the charred skin beneath.

Gazing at the silhouette of the human city in the distance, the amber beast eyes held deep fear and awe.

Unlike the mutated creatures inside the city which at least caused casualties, what they outside the city experienced was a true slaughter.

Countless artillery fire raining from the sky poured down like divine punishment, turning the entire wilderness into a hell of death; whistling shells tore through the air, and the shockwaves exploding the moment they hit the ground wiped out all life within dozens of meters.

Massive amounts of ammunition fell like raindrops; every single bomb could precisely reap a patch of lives.

Those mutated beasts that luckily dodged the first round of bombing soon found they had nowhere to escape; drone swarms circled in the high sky, thermal imagers locking onto every living target; armed helicopters patrolled at low altitudes, the tongues of fire from their machine guns licking every inch of land.

Even the underground was not safe; bunker-buster shells would blow up creatures hiding in caves along with their entire nests into the sky.

Brothers, I asked the editor; it will probably be available for purchase tomorrow noon. I thought of a particularly good idea and plan to add it to the later plot; you can look forward to it a little bit; but don't look forward to it too much, otherwise I'll be under a lot of pressure, just a little bit is fine.

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