Chapter 578: with translation of chapter title

Explosion, reorganization, rebirth.

Explosion, reorganization, rebirth.

Thus 【1】 Explosion, reorganization, rebirth.

Under the destructive skill's locking charge.

Translation: "Under the targeted rush of the destruction skill." Or "Under the destruction skill's targeted rush." Let's do: "Under the destruction skill's targeted rush."

The ascetic practitioners serving as human missiles, under Lin An's coercion, instantly triggered a chain explosion inside the blood corpse transport ship.

Translation: "The Ascetic Practitioners serving as human missiles, under Lin An's coercion, instantly triggered a chain explosion inside the blood corpse transport ship."

The ascetic practitioners serving as human missiles, under Lin An's coercion, instantly triggered a chain explosion inside the blood corpse transport ship.

Thus: "The Ascetic Practitioners serving as human missiles, under Lin An's coercion, instantly triggered a chain explosion inside the blood corpse transport ship."

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Translation: "Boom! Boom! Boom!!" Keep exclamation marks. Usually we keep same number? We'll output: "Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

The flames engulfed everything, and a mushroom cloud with a dispersed shape rose into the high sky.

Translation: "The flames filling the sky devoured everything; high above, a mushroom cloud with a scattered shape rose out of thin air."

Better: "The flames filling the sky devoured everything; high above, a mushroom cloud with a dispersed shape rose out of thin air."

A massive amount of explosives mixed together, vaporizing everything around.

Translation: "A huge amount of explosives mixed together, vaporizing everything around."

Thermal radiation reaching thousands of degrees scattered, causing the air to evaporate as well.

Translation: "The high-temperature radiation reaching several thousand degrees scattered, evaporating the air along with it."

Like a small boat in a raging torrent, the hundred ascetic practitioners at the blast's center could not control their bodies, helplessly watching their flesh torn apart by the intense heat.

Translation: "Like a small boat in a raging torrent, the hundred Ascetic Practitioners at the blast's center were unable to control their bodies' movement, only able to watch helplessly as their flesh tore apart under the intense heat."

helplessly

Often, just after being reborn, they instantly turn to ash again.

Translation: "Often, just after being reborn, they instantly turned to ash again."

Compared to rebirth after lethal death but with limbs still intact, this way of rebirth after being unable to die again undoubtedly consumes more.

Translation: "Compared to lethal death but with limbs still intact, this way of rebirth after being unable to die again undoubtedly consumes more."

Compared to rebirth after lethal death but with limbs still intact, this way of rebirth after being unable to die again undoubtedly consumes more.

Like a tiny boat, everyone's eyes filled with panic and fury.

Translation: "Like a tiny boat, fear and shock flashed in everyone's eyes."

Insane!!

Translation: "Insane!!"

What the hell does he want to do!!

Translation: "What the hell does he want to do!!"

Feeling their mouths stuffed with many spherical objects, this bizarre sight gave them a sudden jolt of alarm.

Translation: "Feeling their mouths stuffed with a large amount of spherical objects, this bizarre scene gave them a sudden jolt of alarm."

The ascetic practitioners aren't afraid of dying a few times.

Translation: "The Ascetic Practitioners aren't afraid of dying a few times."

Many, after regaining their senses, instinctively thought.

Translation: "Many, after regaining their senses, subconsciously thought."

After the interception mission ends, they will definitely report to the ascetic practitioners' garrison to punish this person!

Translation: "After the interception mission ends, they will definitely report to the Ascetic Practitioners' garrison to punish this person!"

This person is a lunatic!

Translation: "This person is a lunatic!"

However, with a large amount of explosives secretly added, this unprecedented massive explosion seems endless.

Translation: "However, with a large amount of explosives secretly added, this unprecedented huge explosion seems endless."

After numerous ascetic practitioners were repeatedly blown up and reborn.

Translation: "After many Ascetic Practitioners were repeatedly blown up and reborn,"

Shock and anger turned to fear, and panic turned to despair.

Translation: "Shock and anger turned to fear, panic turned to despair."

At first, the few novice ascetic practitioners who tried to act, in constant rebirth, aged rapidly at a visible speed until they became transparent.

Translation: "The few novice Ascetic Practitioners who initially tried to act, in the constant rebirth, their bodies aged rapidly at a visible speed, until they became transparent."

No!!!

Translation: "No!!!"

Their vitality exhausted, the ascetic practitioners' strange rebirth power could no longer be activated.

Translation: "When their vitality was exhausted, the Ascetic Practitioners' strange rebirth power could no longer be activated."

Finally, within just seven or eight seconds, after successive deaths they let out a final unwilling roar.

Translation: "Finally, within just seven or eight seconds, after continuous death they let out a final unwilling roar."

People die like ash.

Translation: "People die like ash."

When they could no longer revive, their fragile bodies turned to dust under high heat and pressure, vanishing without a trace in the violent airflow.

Translation: "When they could no longer revive, their fragile bodies actually turned into a pile of powder under high temperature and pressure, disappearing without a trace amidst the violent airflow."

Truly, not even ashes remained.

Translation: "Truly, not even ashes remained."

It's a pity that even the last curse of the first few who spoke up was drowned out by the deafening explosion.

Translation: "It's a pity that even the last curse of the first few who spoke up was drowned out by the deafening explosion."

Whoosh!!

Translation: "Whoosh!!"

Holding his sword, he moved at high speed.

Translation: "Holding his sword, he moved at high speed."

Lin An calmly weaved through the overturned aerial vehicles, gripping the Cain Blade, turning into a blood-red sword slash that struck repeatedly.

Translation: "Lin An, with a calm expression, weaved through the overturned space-air vehicles, gripping Cain's Blade, turning into a blood-red sword shadow as he continuously struck."

Over a hundred ascetic practitioners filled with explosives produced a quite good effect.

Translation: "The effect of over a hundred Ascetic Practitioners filled with explosives was quite good."

At this moment, looking up from the ground, it was clear that most of the densely packed aerial transport ships in the sky had been destroyed.

Translation: "At this moment, looking up from the ground, it was clearly visible that the originally densely packed space-air transport ships in the sky had been destroyed by more than half."

What surprised him was that, at the edge of the blast, more than a dozen people were still alive.

Translation: "What surprised him was that, at the edge of this explosion, there were still over a dozen people alive."

Although they seemed close to total death, this vitality was indeed tenacious.

Translation: "Although they seemed close to total death, this vitality was indeed tenacious."

The ascetic practitioners' abilities are truly unreasonable.

Translation: "The Ascetic Practitioners' ability is truly unreasonable."

He turned his head away, and Lin An didn't pay much attention either.

Translation: "He turned his head away, also not paying too much attention to it."

His thoughts were focused more on this pile of strangely shaped transport aircraft.

Translation: "His thoughts were focused more on this pile of strangely shaped transport vehicles."

Sizzle!

Translation: "Sizzle!!"

Metal cutting.

Translation: "Metal cutting."

Before his current strength, his speed and defense were only on par with the blood corpse carriers of ordinary transport ships, like a fixed target.

Translation: "In the face of his current strength, speed and defensive capability were only equivalent to those of an ordinary transport's blood corpse carrier, like a fixed target."

Each sword slash could easily destroy a transport ship.

Translation: "Each sword strike could easily destroy a transport ship."

After destroying the carrier, he simply threw the blood corpses it carried into the explosion's center.

Translation: "After destroying the carrier, he simply threw the blood corpses it carried into the explosion's center."

These monsters already have unknown means of generating shells inside them; upon being thrown in, once their flesh and bones melt, they can blow themselves apart.

Translation: "These monsters inherently have unknown means of generating shells; at the moment they are thrown in, once their flesh and bones melt, they can blast themselves to pieces."

Extremely efficient, against low-tier blood corpses it was like a tiger among sheep.

Translation: "Extremely efficient, facing blood corpses not even of the first level was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep."

As long as he wasn't drawn into a death battle, surrounded by tens of thousands of blood corpses, Lin An could slaughter without pressure.

Translation: "As long as he wasn't drawn into a death battle, being simultaneously surrounded by tens of thousands of blood corpses, Lin An could otherwise slaughter without pressure."

After breaking open a transport ship and clearing out the blood corpses, Lin An hesitated no longer and dove in to inspect it closely.

Translation: "After breaking open a transport vehicle and clearing out the blood corpses, Lin An hesitated no longer and dove in to examine it closely."

All he saw was a bat-shaped transport ship forged from dark-red alloy, with hardly any extra structure.

Translation: "Inside the bat-shaped transport vehicle forged from dark red alloy, there was almost no extra structure."

Like a military transport, its interior space about fifteen meters long was completely empty.

Translation: "Like a military transport, the roughly fifteen-meter-long interior space was completely empty."

He paused slightly, pondering.

Translation: "He paused slightly, pondering."

Lin An simply destroyed the partition between the cockpit and cargo area to check the cockpit's condition.

Translation: "Lin An simply destroyed the partition between the cockpit and transport area, preparing to check the cockpit's condition."

He didn't believe such an obvious technological artifact would lack any information storage device.

Translation: "He didn't believe that such an obvious technological artifact would lack any information storage device."

At the very least, there should be a crystal core or power source, right?

Translation: "At the very least, there should be a crystal core or power source, right?"

On the ground, at the Seventh Fortress, the Ascension Machine site.

Translation: "On the ground, Fortress Number Seven, the Ascension Machine site."

Under the continuous explosions, the sky's firelight flickered, casting people's faces in alternating brightness and darkness.

Translation: "Under the continuous explosions, the sky's firelight illuminated everyone's faces, alternating between bright and dark."

Seeing such an extravagant explosion for the first time in their lives truly frightened them.

Translation: "Seeing such an extravagant explosion scene for the first time in their lives truly frightened them."

It truly frightened them.

One after another, the aerial vehicles trailing black smoke spun down, crashed to the ground, and exploded again.

Translation: "One after another, space-air vehicles spewing black smoke and spinning fell down, exploding again upon hitting the ground."

The original greatest threat, the sky‑borne monsters, were almost completely wiped out.

Translation: "The originally greatest threat, the sky-flying monsters, were almost completely wiped out."

They were almost completely wiped out.

Noticing Lin An's speed far surpassing that of Ascetic Practitioners and his extreme destructive power, everyone was truly shocked.

Are these really ascetic practitioners?

How is their fighting style completely different from that of ascetic practitioners?

If Lin An didn't look human and have a garrison‑assigned number,

Otherwise...

They really thought this was a monster wearing human skin.

Commander Fang..

'Ascetic practitioners who went up to heaven together…? It seems many died!'

'That ascetic practitioner just now! Clearly intentional revenge!'

'How can this explosion's power be so terrifying!'

Their faces looked awful.

The speaking ascetic practitioner couldn't fathom how this explosion happened, nor why Lin An did it.

Novice ascetic practitioners, though a bit 'impulsive'.

But we're all human—why exterminate them completely?

Wasn't the original cause you?

The few novice ascetic practitioners Lin An didn't bring up stared fixedly at the sky.

When the rabbit dies, the fox grieves.

Normally, after launching a suicide attack, ascetic practitioners let the blast's shockwave carry them back to the ground.

At most they die two or three times before they can return safely.

But now, aside from a few struggling ascetic practitioners floating down, none are alive.

Others leave no trace at all.

Clearly, they all died in that recent massive explosion.

A mix of feelings.

The Great Xia general called Commander Fang opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

Lin An's actions were indeed overly ruthless, inevitably causing fear.

Over a disagreement, he kills so many ascetic practitioners?

Ascetic practitioners aren't meant to be wasted like this!

How does Lin An's conduct resemble that of an ascetic practitioner?!

Acting this way, with such a mindset, it's hard to imagine how he became an ascetic practitioner.

Just.

Seeing the excellent results, he couldn't blame them too much.

This invasion's number of blood corpses is nearly the highest in a century.

Lin An's move indeed solved their urgent problem.

Even...

In his pupils reflected the dragon Fang beneath the sky‑wide flames, and a sudden absurd thought flashed through his mind.

Could the ascetic practitioners' constant rebirth be amplifying the explosion's power…

Moreover, he couldn't help speculating about the meaning behind Lin An's action.

Acting so recklessly, could it be that senior ascetic practitioners from the old era are giving orders behind the scenes?

Those who died are all novice ascetic practitioners...

Is this a 'warning' to Great Xia?

But… would those ascetic practitioners who are as indifferent as stones really have such a thought?

For a moment, their thoughts diverged.

At the third side's exit passage, Zhang Yan watched excitedly as the monsters' silhouettes above were continually destroyed.

In the call to go out and meet the battle, he suddenly turned his head, giving a half‑smile at the silver‑helmed commander who had been speaking ambiguously just before.

"We're going out to the city..."

"Lord Lin An, it looks like he'll soon come down to join the fight..."

The voice was soft, yet it made the 1001st ascetic practitioner and the silver‑helmed commander shudder involuntarily.

He and the 1001st ascetic practitioner exchanged a glance, then forced an awkward smile toward Zhang Yan.

An ascetic practitioner of Lin An's caliber probably wouldn't care about such a small fry like us, right?

Just saying a few words behind our backs… surely he wouldn't act against us?

He felt heavy‑hearted as the city gates boomed open.

At the rear of the group, Xiong Hanzi smirked at the two worried faces, then leisurely followed out.