Chapter 482: Massive Self‑Destruct, Nearly Annihilating the Whole Army

He does not use Soul Burn; he knows it would be useless.

He had already tried before; these Lightning Beasts have no souls, they are more like puppets, born only for battle.

Jiang Chen still has a plan in mind.

The next moment, attacks surge like a tide, sweeping the Lightning Divine Beast.

Especially the Skeleton Berserker, driven by the power of Strong Soldier, is unmatched in ferocity.

The power of 276, after the Lich General and Strong Soldier's dual Buff, has reached an astonishing 1.24 million.

The berserk slaughter skill, based on force, Amplifies sixfold.

A single axe falls, like an ordinary strike of over 8 million power.

Thunder power ravages the Lightning Divine Beast, its defense shatters, and severe injury is inevitable.

If the Lightning Divine Beast did not bear the vitality of a World‑Class Boss and the trait of vitality enhancement, it would have perished long ago.

Yet even so, it is hard to withstand the continuous onslaught of more than ten thousand Skeleton Berserkers.

The attacks of the Skeleton Great Mage and the Skeleton Divine Archer are also not to be underestimated; damage stacks.

The Lightning Divine Beast is gravely wounded in an instant.

Suddenly, the Lightning Divine Beast shines intensely; Jiang Chen feels a chill and urgently orders the Skeleton Berserker to retreat.

He initially thought the Lightning Divine Beast intended to self‑destruct, but in an instant sensed something amiss.

"The aura is abnormal, not a self‑destruct; it may be a new technique."

The Lightning Divine Beast's aura is not chaotic.

Skill: Ten‑Direction Thunder!

In an instant, thunder surges from all four directions of the passage.

If it were in the world outside, it would shake heaven and earth.

But in the Burial Thunder Canyon, it is silent.

Thunder is present, yet seems buried, silent and soundless.

The silence feels even more uncanny.

At this moment, Jiang Chen's hair stands on end, and the cold pierces his bones.

He watches, eyes wide, as thunder rages wildly throughout the entire passage.

The whole Undead Legion, including himself

, is engulfed by this sea of thunder.

Thunder flashes, then vanishes in an instant.

A span of no more than half a second.

Jiang Chen feels as if half his foot has stepped into the gate of the underworld.

This skill nearly puts the entire Undead Legion to death.

He himself also almost perished.

However, Jiang Chen knows he will not die because of the protection of an Undead Aura; the Undead Legion likewise will not be annihilated.

But before him is only a single Lightning Divine Beast; next, he will face two, perhaps three.

If there are two Lightning Divine Beasts releasing this Ten‑Direction Thunder alternately, his life will face a huge threat.

What makes it more troublesome for him is that there is nowhere to dodge this skill.

The entire passage is covered by thunder; as long as one is in the passage, the thunder attack cannot be avoided.

"Must change strategy!" Jiang Chen mutters in his mind.

Dozens of Healing Techniques land almost simultaneously on the Undead Legion; the near‑collapsed Legion gradually regains vitality under this healing.

Only five seconds after the Strong Soldier skill's effect, the Undead Legion launches another fierce assault on the Lightning Divine Beast.

Jiang Chen watches it closely, fearing it will release that terrifying Ten‑Direction Thunder again.

Fortunately, until the Lightning Divine Beast fell, it never used the skill again.

The Lightning Divine Beast's aura begins to become chaotic, and external lightning darts wildly.

"Self‑destruct imminent!" Jiang Chen quickly commands the Undead Legion to retreat.

The Skeleton Berserker also retreats as far as possible.

At this moment, the Undead Legion, including Jiang Chen himself, is entangled by the lightning and cannot withdraw, only able to increase distance as much as possible.

Except for the Skeleton Berserker, Jiang Chen leads the rest of the Undead Legion back to the passage's Entrance.

At this point, they are

about 2,000 meters away from the Lightning Divine Beast.

The reason they previously raced the Lightning Divine Beast for over a thousand meters was to ensure sufficient safe distance when it self‑destructs.

Jiang Chen is not sure if this distance is enough; he can only try.

As for those Skeleton Berserkers, they retreat as far as they can; it is a helpless measure.

The Lightning Divine Beast shines again; Jiang Chen instinctively closes his eyes tightly.

The glare is too dazzling; staring at it would likely damage his eyesight.

Even with his eyes shut, he can still feel the blinding light passing through his eyelids.

"Self‑destruct radius: 1,500 meters."

"The power is astonishing; even an Undead Aura cannot resist."

"The full‑connection talent also fails."

Through sensing, Jiang Chen witnesses the Skeleton Berserker gradually dissolving in the lightning.

Under the Undead Aura, the Skeleton Berserker can restore vitality, but the instantaneous damage is too great; the full‑connection talent has no time to take effect.

Jiang Chen sighed lightly, this loss was heavier than the last time.

The massive Explosion radius almost wiped out the Skeleton Berserkers.

Yet he also felt relieved that his decision was correct.

Had he followed the previous method, he feared he would also fall into danger.

Looking at the empty passage after the self‑detonation, Jiang Chen let out a light sigh and kept moving forward under the lightning.

At the same time, he began summoning a brand‑new Skeleton Berserker.

When Jiang Chen stepped into the Eighth Passage, the "Strong Soldier" Skill had already recovered.

This stage was not difficult for him. With the boost of the "Strong Soldier" Skill, clearing two Lightning Divine Beasts was no problem.

Even if they cast the Tenfold Thunder Skill twice in succession, having

the protection of an Undead Aura, the Undead Legion could remain unharmed.

The only tricky part for him was the self‑detonation of the two Lightning Divine Beasts.

Jiang Chen was not sure whether the Explosion radius would expand if the two Lightning Divine Beasts detonated simultaneously.

Based on past experience, as long as they are not spaced too far apart, the Explosion radius should not change much.

To be safe, after the Starlight Fall, Jiang Chen ran another nearly 2000 meters with the Lightning Divine Beasts.

This left him with a safety distance of over 3000 meters.

As he expected, the blast radius of the two Lightning Divine Beasts' self‑detonation expanded to 2000 meters.

If it were still like the seventh stage, there would probably be considerable trouble.

Though it was only a hypothetical possibility, a severe hit would almost wipe out the Undead Legion.

In the worst case, he feared he would be trapped here forever.

And the price of all this was the collective annihilation of the Skeleton Berserkers.

Such a loss was not new to Jiang Chen; he had long been mentally prepared.

Though his heart was filled with sorrow, there was nothing he could do.

At this point, he had no way back and could only press on.

The Ninth Passage, the final stage, lay silently across the front.

Jiang Chen sat cross‑legged before the passage, closed his eyes, and rested his spirit.

When he previously faced the two Lightning Divine Beasts, the continuous Tenfold Thunder Skills almost forced the Undead Aura into cooldown.

Now he must wait 24 hours for the Undead Aura to fully recover.

"I wonder if anyone in these thousands of years has ever reached here."

Jiang Chen gazed deeply at the six passages, his heart

stirred with a wave of emotion.

He understood that he had to choose the leftmost first passage.

Every previous choice, every fork, if one could always pick correctly, those who finally arrived here were truly rare.

Moreover, this area was of Forbidden‑Zone Difficulty.

Jiang Chen guessed that he might be the first Human Professional in millennia to reach this place.

During the waiting period, Jiang Chen began contemplating how to pass the next stage.

"Three Lightning Divine Beasts, likely level 82."

"Even with the Strong Soldier Skill, we can barely defeat two."

"But those three Tenfold Thunder Skills could instantly annihilate me and the Undead Legion."

"It seems I must find a way to stop them from casting Tenfold Thunder, at least stop one."

Jiang Chen knew his limit was to endure two consecutive Tenfold Thunder attacks.

Therefore, he must find a way to instantly kill one Lightning Divine Beast, giving him a chance to win.

Jiang Chen took out the solidified Fire God's Essence Blood, pondering whether he could summon a Flame Lich for a Pseudo‑God Level self‑detonation attack.

But the risk was still great; if the Explosion failed to kill the enemy, they would die themselves.

After careful thought, Jiang Chen finally put away the Fire God's Essence Blood and retrieved the corpse of the Poison God.

At that moment, the Poison God's aura spread, and the surrounding flora began to rot the instant they touched it.

Every part of the Poison God's body was saturated with lethal toxin.

Wherever it passed, life vanished, leaving only deathly silence.

Jiang Chen took out an exquisite Jade bottle and began drawing the essence blood from it.

Since he now possessed a divine corpse, the essence blood was inexhaustible.

He decided to try using the Poison God's essence blood to summon a Poison Lich, employing a self‑detonation to counter the Lightning Divine Beasts.

This would be a clash of self‑detonations; who would prevail would depend on their strength.

This was also an important trump card Jiang Chen currently held.

To ensure absolute certainty, Jiang Chen made two preparations. Besides readying the Poison God's essence blood, he also deliberately left 10 Skeleton Divine Archers outside the passage.

At the same time, he left 10 Lich Generals as support for those archers.

In this way, they would not have to endure the terrifying Tenfold Thunder attacks.

If the Poison Lich's self‑detonation failed to stop the Lightning Divine Beasts from casting Tenfold Thunder, those 10 Skeleton Divine Archers and Lich Generals might become their last hope.

After a day, the Undead Aura finally restored. Jiang Chen clenched the Poison God's essence blood, while also leaving ten thousand Skeleton Divine Archers as reserve forces.

Then, resolutely, he stepped into the Ninth Stage to face the approaching Lightning Beast.