CH 21

In the test tube held in the red gloves, there seemed to be a piece of a broken limb.

The skin was like a certain metal, and it had bones that looked like crystals. It was undoubtedly a finger bone taken from a holy relic. It was more than enough to be used as a seed for a holy mark and a reliance for its descent.

"So much source material, it should be enough for initial development, right?"

Red gloves smiled and suddenly smashed the test tube in the box.

In an instant, countless glass shards flew out and then dissipated in the air. They were never really material. The entire test tube was a sealed container made by solidifying the solvent of all things, just to keep the inside and outside separated.

And in the moment it touched the air.

The piece of bone finger trembled slightly, as if feeling the freedom of the air.

In an instant, the source material accumulated in the box for these days was suddenly depleted by it. Then, screams burst out from the hall.

Soon, the screams disappeared.

Silence took over.

Only drops of crystal-clear source material emerged, like dew, slowly sinking into the finger bone. Then, a crazy and malicious aura rose from the bone, like a tidal wave sweeping in all directions.

It was a storm.

A storm of hunger and malice.

It blew wildly into the distance, greedily enveloping everything, and violently absorbing all the minds and source material in its range... the entire Old Pond Town!

Even sublimators found it difficult to withstand the terrifying storm at its center.

Red gloves stepped back a few steps and heard a cracking sound, which was the sound of his hair breaking.

A few strands of his hair became dry like weeds and were blown off by the wind, falling to the ground.

He raised his hand and touched his face, feeling the wrinkles on it.

In an instant, the wrinkles and age spots that only an old man would have appeared at the corners of his eyes, making him look several decades older.

Then, flesh and blood sprouted from the broken part of the finger bone, and bones grew... In an instant, the remaining holy mark was awakened and spontaneously absorbed the plundered source material, rapidly developing into its complete form.

The seed was growing.

No, it should be said... restored.

First came the first stage, Mercury, the first metal in legends. It was a source material soil completed by the three elements of salt, sulfur, and mercury, the cornerstone of all things.

Using this as a basis, the idea that remained dormant in the holy relic awakened and cast a indifferent glance towards the world that was already unfamiliar.

Then came the second stage, Gold. Its characteristics were discovered, its attributes were perfected, and after the source material was purified, it formed a flame like the sun.

But this flame was green, with a cold chill. Wherever it went, everything seemed to have been weathered for thousands of years.

Reduced to ashes.

Then came the third stage, Ether, the path to transcending the mundane.

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The decaying body could no longer restrain the terrifying light. The power beyond common sense brewed within it, like planting the seeds of divine power, regaining its original transcendent status, struggling with all its might to break free from the shackles of physical laws.Just like the dragon's inverse scale, the phoenix's tail feather, Medusa's pupils, the angel's wings, and the devil's horns...

No longer bound by common sense.

And finally, the fourth stage - Star Antimony.

That bone fragment has now turned into a slender and fair hand, as if extending from the void, crafted by skilled artisans with every detail perfect.

It has completely transcended the mortal world and is no longer something that ordinary people can touch!

Just one step away from myth.

At this moment, a distant rumble was heard, and the earth shook as iron fences grew from the ground, slowly enclosing the Old Pond Town.

Isolated from the inside and outside.

The growth of the hand abruptly stopped.

It no longer had enough source material to restore to its original state.

As if sensing the black sky outside the hall, a regretful sigh came from the void.

The red gloves suddenly changed color, and a depth gauge like a pocket watch was taken out. The rapidly rising numbers on it...the border degree has already reached sixty percent...

This place is being stripped from the realm by the Astronomy Society!

Just a little bit more.

Just a few more seconds, and the holy relic could have been restored to the fifth stage - Philosopher's Stone, truly becoming a miracle in the world! Even restoring to the transcendent stage - Crown, and controlling divine power is not impossible...

However, the abyss between the fourth and fifth stages cannot be crossed at this moment.

Too slow!

"This is impossible...did I accidentally touch something, or was I discovered?"

The red gloves were stunned, whispering darkly, unable to imagine where they had exposed their flaws, or if there were still secrets that Wang Hai hadn't investigated.

Soon, he heard a faint voice.

Like a whisper in the wind.

"I can't worry about that much anymore. Even if it's just one hand, it should be enough."

As he spoke, that hand pointed back, gesturing for him to move back.

In the next instant, it raised two fingers and waved them in the direction of the hall. A sound like tearing fabric with a machine was heard.

A hurricane spewed out.

Wherever it passed, all bricks and stones instantly turned to dust, while wooden beams decayed and shattered, carried by the strong wind into the sky.

The hand slowly rose, and in the space between heaven and earth, it slowly clenched.

A sharp, piercing sound was heard, and the turbulent world suddenly became still, as if the turning point was tightly gripped by that hand.

The program for stripping the realm suddenly stopped.

As if the entire space was frozen in this hurricane.

Suddenly, a rumble was heard in the distance.

...

"Non-authorized border crossing detected, soul imprint comparison completed, threat level increased -"

In the short moment it appeared, a warning from the satellite above appeared on Ai Qing's phone, even identifying the origin of that hand:

"Belonging to the terrorist organization 'Green Day's' mutated member - 'Ten Calamities' fourth member: Wind Calamity, threat level A, disaster alert sent."Although just a moment ago, Huai Shi was shocked and resistant to Ai Qing's report, now everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and sincerely thank her for her stubbornness.

Only Ai Qing's face became increasingly ugly as she silently flipped through her phone.

But she couldn't receive the message that Huai Shi and the others had successfully evacuated.

"Tsk..."

She frowned in irritation and quickly stopped hesitating, looking up to ask, "So what are you waiting for? For him to order food? Did the Special Affairs Department not even prepare a final plan?"

After receiving confirmation from the middle-aged man and Ai Qing, the rumbling sound came from the distance in less than ten seconds.

Thunderous roars echoed one after another, shaking the earth.

Three kilometers outside the blockade, on a towering hillside, smoke and dust continued to rise, and the pungent smell of gunpowder spread with the constant tremors.

The steel behemoth crawled on the ground, reflecting a cold light in the light.

With the command of the headquarters, the massive base opened up, wedging into the ground, and the heavy barrel slowly lifted diagonally towards the sky.

Distance calculation complete.

Impact point calculated.

In the next moment, flames erupted!

Eleven long-awaited howitzers roared, projecting deadly iron light onto the sky, and in the next instant, a terrifying power that could incinerate the entire church dozens of times over rained down.

The hand that had been locked in a stalemate with the sealing power seemed to sense the sudden attack, and the tail finger lifted slightly and flicked to the side.

A hurricane suddenly rose, and the iron color shone from within, and the violent sound of wind collided with each other, even bursting into sharp sounds, with countless sparks flashing from within.

The iron wind swept through, shattering half of the shells, and then the little finger made a slight cut, and the iron wind collapsed inward, folding the remaining shells into a point.

In the next instant, a blazing fire erupted from the sky.

The sudden burst of fire illuminated the hand that was completely unscathed.

Then the second round of bombardment rained down!

"Very good, continue, maintain firepower suppression."

In the command room, the middle-aged man became excited and not discouraged in the slightest.

The counterattack of the Hand of the Wind Disaster only proved one thing, that it still didn't have the ability to withstand bombing head-on - otherwise, there would be no need to waste time on such a thing.

As the cornerstone of the world and the refuge of ordinary people, the Realm has the most stringent regulations and rules, and unless one reaches the rank of "archenemy" and becomes a walking humanoid hell, it is absolutely impossible to directly confront the laws of physics.

As long as the firepower is sufficient, under the siege of the army, there have been records of "crowned ones" falling.

"It's a pity, if only we had missiles..."

Ai Qing sighed regretfully, and then heard the person shouting in surprise, "The reinforcements from the high-level Realm have already set off!"

She breathed a sigh of relief, but then vaguely felt that something was not right: the current guardian of the Eastern Xia Realm, it seems... not very reliable?Thinking of the rumors circulating among her colleagues, her heart suddenly sank again.

Under the crazy barrage of sixteen howitzers, despite the continuous counterattack, the hand that was resisting the power of the blockade zone still sank inch by inch.

Suppressed.

Even though the entire church had collapsed by more than half, unfortunately, there was no trace of any survivors in the observation.

This was expected.

The mutant known as the Beast of Wind Disaster was best at creating source material vortices and extracting others' source material as fuel. Now, in the church, no, the entire Old Tang Town, it's probably...

In the brief waiting time, the atmosphere in the command center gradually became more solemn.

Although the reinforcement who usually transferred through the secret realm and was directly "air-dropped" to the realm would arrive in less than three minutes, the waiting time at the moment was so long that only the guardians of the realm who came to reinforce kept sending short messages to reassure the people in the command center.

"We've already set off!"

"I'm coming, on my way."

"Only one minute left!"

Short messages were sent every few minutes. At first, everyone still had hope, but later on, they were completely fed up and didn't want to say anything.

Until the end, bad news came from the artillery position.

Ammunition depleted.

"There's a bit of traffic, I'll be there soon!"

With the sound of the message prompt, that faintly burnt hand suddenly lifted up and fiercely crushed the power that stripped away the realm. Then, the five fingers clenched into a fist, and the hurricane gathered, reflecting on the iron wall that blocked the entire Old Tang Town from afar.

The next moment.

Boom!

The earth shook.

In the midst of the hurricane, it seemed like countless artillery sounds were roaring at each other. The invisible wall that physically blocked the surroundings suddenly shook, and the iron wall roared, and the foundation of the earth shook, revealing cracks.

The blockade loosened.

A trace of damage also appeared on that hand, but it didn't care and lifted up again, smashing!

Boom!

On the iron wall, a crack appeared, and the metal groaned.

The people in the command center had pale faces, but the reinforcements were still far away, and there was only one light message:

"Hold on, I'll be there soon!"

Boom!

That fist smashed out again.

This time, the crack on the iron wall expanded again, revealing a fatal gap.

The Beast of Wind Disaster broke free from its cage!