483: Chapter 481 Advancement

This [heart of the earth], with power no less than a small nuclear bomb, could instantly trigger a violent explosion 500 meters in diameter and generate temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius!

Chu Xuan truly didn't believe that in White Tiger's heavily injured state, with less than 500 health points remaining and crystals not yet covering his body, he could withstand such an explosion and high temperature at the epicenter.

At this moment, Chu Xuan's health points had already recovered to nearly 3000.

He had once used a small nuclear bomb to bomb a Guiyuan Realm Martial Artist of the Cangyun World head-on in the Tianxing Mountains; they were basically able to hold on until the dust cleared before dying after taking one hit.

Although Chu Xuan had no defensive skills, he had the indestructible flowing shadow, which could transform into armor to shield his body in an instant, and he also had 200 points in his stamina attribute, so he estimated he could survive one hit.

Even if he miscalculated, he still had a paper effigy named [I Cannot Die] on him. Even if it couldn't withstand the damage of heavenly lightning, surviving a single death under the explosion of this item should not be a problem.

It was for this reason that Chu Xuan dared to detonate the heart of the earth without hesitation.

Accompanied by the roar of a massive mushroom cloud rising.

This central battlefield, already a ruin, once again welcomed a devastating tremor, with the shockwave sweeping through a radius of 2500 meters.

Beyond that, the heatwave swept through a radius of 5000 meters.

The outer ring of houses and trees were all turned into flames, burning furiously.

The already thin Red Mist dissipated into nothingness under this violent explosion.

The crowd outside the field watched all this happen, dumbfounded and filled with horror.

Just a moment ago, they felt it was quite funny how the two people in the field suddenly stopped fighting, and White Tiger even gave Chu Xuan an item.

Yet in the blink of an eye, another devastating large-scale explosion occurred.

The trembling cameraman, although unable to capture the scenes in the central battlefield clearly, perfectly recorded the successive explosions and broadcast them to thousands of households.

Everyone watched this scene with extreme tension.

As the heatwave subsided and the dust gradually cleared, a huge crater had formed in the field, and Chu Xuan's figure was the first to enter everyone's eyes.

He was kneeling on one knee on the ground.

A small half of his body was already battered and broken.

The remaining half of his body also had torn flesh, with bones exposed to the air.

The indestructible flowing shadow wrapped around his body was reduced to mere wisps, which slowly crawled along the ground before transforming back into the demon-subduing pestle.

A palm-sized paper effigy hopped down.

It looked at Chu Xuan and giggled.

Chu Xuan also smiled.

At this moment, he had less than 10% of his health points remaining.

"Saved a death-substitution item..." Chu Xuan's body was weak, and his vision was darkening. His powerful willpower forced him to stay conscious as he immediately took out the greed tank and gulped down high-grade life essence.

Currently, although this brew from the Elf Race recovered health points extremely slowly, it was barely sufficient, and it could also refresh his spirit, preventing him from fainting.

"It's over..."

The remaining people outside the field all sighed in relief.

On television stations across the country, people saw that Chu Xuan was still alive in the blurred images, and their racing hearts couldn't help but relax. Many people couldn't help but weep with joy.

"That's great, Chu Xuan is still alive!"

Some of the remaining spectators outside all rushed towards Chu Xuan.

However, Yan Guofa, sitting on the bench, lightly lifted his eyelids. He didn't look at Chu Xuan, but instead fixed his gaze on Lin Jie, who was still clutching his head with a pained expression.

"Gaga! Finally killed him, as expected of my Human Pet!" The large rooster pounced over from a distance. Its entire body was bleeding, one leg was pierced through, and after landing with flapping wings, it could only hop over on one leg. Although its spirit was somewhat withered, its eyes were very excited.

"Wait!"

Chu Xuan's eyelids jumped: "There's no kill notification!"

Not only that, he also felt a strong sense of unease that lingered in his heart without diminishing in the slightest.

"What did you say?" Gaga Chicken jumped up in shock.

Crack! Crack crack!!

Amidst the soft cracking sounds, a broken skeleton climbed up from the charred earth hundreds of meters away. His figure was twisted and crooked, and his mouth made snapping and cracking sounds.

Only 1% of his health points remained.

Wisps of flesh began to reorganize.

Specks of crystals slowly condensed on his body.

"Not dead yet?!!!"

Countless people were shocked, finding this scene hard to believe.

How could someone not die when only a broken skeleton remained?

"Thunderous Might!!"

Gaga Chicken erupted with lightning and shot forward, but as those bolts of lightning approached the 100-meter range, they seemed to be interfered with by an invisible field, crackling and distorting.

When they got within twenty meters, the lightning bolts directly vanished.

"Domain—Prison Lock... Imprisoned Dragon..."

A parched voice, sounding like metal scraping, slowly echoed from the skeleton's skull. His movement speed was extremely slow, as if slowed down a hundred times, but with every step he took, the earth trembled.

Countless gravel fragments shivered, slowly rising into the air before suddenly exploding.

"I don't have a death-substitution item, but I... still have... a Resurrection Scroll!!" The broken skeleton gritted his teeth as bones grew and repaired themselves, and more and more flesh gathered.

An unparalleled pressure emanated from within his body.

Clang!

Several Slashes were fired in succession.

But similarly, as soon as they reached the 100-meter range, they seemed to be twisted and compressed, shattering before they could even reach him.

Chu Xuan lowered his eyes and tried to stand up, but his entire body was drained of strength.

The injuries were too heavy.

It was already not easy to barely remain conscious.

Looking at White Tiger's current appearance, the trait of Bloody Battle had likely been pushed to its limit. Even though his movements were clearly restricted, the Domain he possessed had obviously erupted to its peak.

Everyone tried various means, but none were useful. A few people tried to approach, only to be directly suppressed and forced to the ground, unable to move.

A field surrounded White Tiger for a hundred meters, as if immune to all methods; forget about killing him, even getting close was difficult.

"As expected, it still depends on Lord Peng to personally finish this!" Gaga Chicken flicked its middle-parted head feathers and laughed: "Die! Behold my FastAPI Crack-Sky Thunder Astral Claw!"

Gaga Chicken transformed into a flickering arc of electricity and charged forward, resisting the pressure of the surrounding field to pounce at White Tiger.

However, halfway there, it let out a thud and fell to the ground.

It desperately shrank its body and fled back.

"If the difference in strength or willpower is too great, one will be directly crushed..." Chu Xuan immediately understood everything and instantly dismissed the idea of taking the opportunity to deliver a finishing blow.

White Tiger, who originally had only 1% health points, was now seeing his flesh rapidly reorganize. Blood vessels and muscles were continuously forming between the bones, and he had already reached 5%.

His movement speed was also gradually increasing.

There were even many crystals covering the surface of his body.

"You all must die!!" White Tiger's facial features were already faintly recognizable, and his words were much clearer. He stared fixedly at Chu Xuan, his gaze brimming with killing intent.

When his health points reached 6%, the speed of White Tiger's flesh formation became significantly faster.

"Take this chance and run! As long as the green hills remain, there will never be a shortage of firewood..." Gaga Chicken flapped its wings and flew over, crouching in front of Chu Xuan and squawking: "Quick, get on! I'll take you to avoid his edge for now. Let's leave here to develop quietly and come back to finish him later!"

"Run?"

Chu Xuan lowered his eyes slightly and turned to look at Lin Jie outside the field.

From the very beginning, the other party had been clutching his head, his nails having scratched through his scalp. His eyes were bulging and bloodshot, and he had been unable to answer Chu Xuan's previous question.

Chu Xuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly gave a self-mocking smile.

"What am I worried about?"

"Why is it that as my strength increases, I've instead lost the decisiveness I once had?"

"The current me is no longer enough to deal with the opponents to come. Even if I get through this crisis, what should I do next time? Ranking up was always inevitable..."

"Since the decision was made long ago, why let myself be bothered now?"

As Chu Xuan murmured softly, there were no more ripples in his heart, only a sense of calm.

—Rank Up.

[Please confirm, do you wish to rank up in your original world?]

—Confirm.