96: Shocking humans, the magic vine evolves!

"What a huge mushroom cloud!"

"Was the earthquake just now caused by that direction?"

"So it was just a test..."

The nuclear bomb explosion occurred thousands of meters high in the sky.

An explosion of this magnitude was bound to be earth-shattering, because even people hundreds of miles away could see the massive fireball in the sky and the mushroom cloud that naturally formed after the explosion.

Realizing it wasn't an earthquake, the previously panicked humans all calmed down and felt a deep sense of pride.

They believed that a weapon of such power could definitely contend with the fierce beasts.

Little did they know, it was precisely because of the fierce beasts that the nuclear missile exploded in the sky!

The only fortunate thing was that the sky where the explosion occurred was directly above a wasteland, where both humans and fierce beasts were relatively sparse, so the casualties were not very great.

"What? The nuclear bomb was intercepted?"

"How could this happen?"

General Ning had already prepared for death and had clearly sensed the disturbance from afar, but when he received the communication from military headquarters, he immediately let out an incredible roar of anger, "Is the Golden Tiger King already so powerful that even a nuclear bomb can't threaten him?"

"What kind of monster is he!"

He subconsciously resisted this outcome and refused to accept it.

So many soldiers had died, and now the ultimate weapon had been deployed, yet it still couldn't eliminate the Golden Tiger King.

Then, in the future, what would they use to fight against the fierce beasts?

"General Ning, you should withdraw."

Just as he was feeling conflicted, an order entered his ears, full of an unyielding tone, "This combat plan has been declared a complete failure."

"There's no point in you staying there any longer."

It turned out that the military's decision was also made after careful consideration.

Just now, they had learned from surveillance that the Golden Tiger King was completely unharmed in the close-range explosion of the nuclear missile!

This was a terrifying piece of news for everyone.

Moreover, the Golden Tiger King clearly had the ability to intercept the nuclear missile, yet he chose the explosion site to be in a wasteland, which was a very clear signal.

"The Golden Tiger King doing this is actually a bit concerned about fighting us humans to the end."

In the communication channel, the voice of the military headquarters' Person in charge continued, "For a long time, the Golden Tiger King has never shown his true strength in front of us. This time, our use of nuclear missiles seems to have touched his bottom line."

"Just now, the Golden Tiger King did this to clearly tell us that if the military continues to strike with nuclear missiles, his next interception will not be in such a desolate place."

In fact, humanity's guess was very accurate.

Xia Fan's goal was exactly as they thought.

After all, he knew that humans could discern his intentions, and if both sides truly continued to clash, it would almost certainly be a lose-lose situation.

Currently, Xia Fan couldn't intercept two nuclear missiles at once, so if humans truly wanted to fight to the bitter end, he could only protect the important area of the Seven-Colored Valley.

As for the more common fierce beasts in the Yunxia Mountain Range, he couldn't protect them.

And by that time, Xia Fan wouldn't be as soft-hearted as before.

Compared to fierce beasts, the traces of human existence were simply too obvious; those cities were essentially live targets for fierce beast attacks, impossible to easily defend against.

"He is even more terrifying and cunning than I imagined."

After hearing these analyses, General Ning couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile.

This great war between humans and beasts had made him realize that the strength of the fierce beasts had already advanced by leaps and bounds, especially the Golden Tiger King, who was almost the strongest fierce beast in the world; killing him was extremely difficult.

However, General Ning was unwilling to return in such a disgraced manner.

Firstly, he had underestimated the Golden Tiger King's strength, leading to the death of his nephew and heavy losses among his soldiers.

This in itself was a huge mistake, and he would inevitably face accountability after the war.

As for the second point... "How can I still have the face to go back alive?"

General Ning almost roared out these words, then immediately cut off communication with military headquarters.

After taking a few deep breaths, he looked at the officers around him, with a look of facing death bravely, "Gentlemen, I have harmed you, letting so many good soldiers die in vain."

"Even if the higher-ups don't pursue it, I am ashamed before all of you!"

Upon hearing this, everyone on the helicopter realized that something was wrong.

General Ning didn't wait for them to speak and continued, "If it weren't for me, this battle wouldn't have been so tragic."

"I've already made up my mind. Today... even if I die, I want to do something useful."

With that, he shouted to the pilot, "Land, and then you can leave!"

"General, it hasn't come to this yet!"

"Yes, General, where there's life, there's hope."

"Go back and readjust; we will definitely get revenge for today!"

The officers began to dissuade him with many voices, but General Ning had already made up his mind.

With a cold face, he drove everyone, including the pilot, out, and then said in a deep voice, "The nuclear missile just exploded not long ago. Leave quickly, and you'll be less affected."

"As for me, this damned person... I have my own things to do."

After speaking, General Ning slammed the cabin door shut and, piloting the helicopter himself, crashed into the fierce beasts not far away.

After a brilliant flash of fire, his life came to an end.

On Yunxia Mountain, countless fierce beasts still stared blankly at the anomaly in the distant sky, as if stunned.

However, there were still some more intelligent fierce beasts who seemed to understand what had just happened.

"I've always said, Boss would never abandon us!"

Wolf Three walked back and forth among the beast pack, howling loudly, "If it weren't for Boss, we would have been gone with that explosion just now."

"This place would also have completely disappeared."

"So, Boss gave us a second life!"

"Long live Boss..."

For a time, the fierce beasts all let out strange cries, celebrating this victory and feeling proud of Xia Fan's rescue.

As time passed, the smoke of battle also dissipated.

It was then that people discovered that almost all the soldiers General Ning had brought this time had perished, with only the two planes carrying a group of young officers returning.

And this battle also left a huge shadow on these officers.

In their eyes, the Golden Tiger King was already an unconquerable existence.

In fact, not only humans, but fierce beasts also suffered casualties, just not as extensive as the humans.

The entire wasteland was still shrouded in a thick smell of blood.

Whoosh whoosh--

Suddenly, countless demonic vines extended from the center of the Yunxia Mountain Range in all directions, eventually reaching into the lake outside the mountain range.

Those countless blood-qi began to disappear at a visible rate...