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Chapter 329 The Final Shot, The End, A Lingering Pain

The Annihilation Cannon accurately struck the other side of Lang Ao's body, while Bai Ye, on the opposite side, used spatial power to quickly retreat.

Although they could only retreat a distance of seventeen or eighteen meters.

Fortunately, with Lang Ao's massive body providing support, Bai Ye didn't need to directly face the impact of the explosion.

As for Wolf Ao, who was facing the explosion, even though it sensed the approaching Annihilation Cannon in less than half a second and danger was imminent...

However, due to the severe injury inflicted on the other side of its body by Bai Ye's spear, its balance was affected, making it unable to react in time.

In the end, they only retreated about ten meters.

When the Annihilation Cannon hits the rock beneath Wolf Ao, the high-speed impact instantly triggers the sensor device on the tail of the projectile.

The firing pin strikes the gunpowder backward, causing a violent explosion. The high temperature of thousands of degrees tears the metal cartridge case containing the gunpowder into shreds, turning it into tens of thousands of metal jets that rush out in all directions at more than ten times the speed of sound amidst the rising flames.

At this moment, Wolf Ao's side was positioned precisely at the center of the area where the Annihilation Cannon dealt its maximum damage, within a radius of twenty meters.

Naturally, it also suffered bombardment from these metal jets.

Even 200 millimeters of steel plate, or 20 centimeters of armor, couldn't withstand the continuous bombardment of these liquefied metal jets...

The wolf clan, which is not known for its defensive capabilities, naturally found it difficult to withstand such an attack.

The layers of mane and the steel wolf skin were instantly pierced, leaving thousands of holes.

The flow of metal at thousands of degrees continued to penetrate deep into the flesh, until it scalded these secondary cells, tore apart muscles and bones, and finally stopped at the organ level within the torso.

Each of these attacks can cause Wolf Ao to lose a dozen or so points of health. It may not seem serious, but the cumulative effect of thousands of attacks at the same time can be terrifying.

Even Wolf Ao, at the peak of the second tier, had to rely on absorbing and storing the third-tier power within his body to quickly recover from his injuries and regain his lost life points in order to barely maintain his condition.

Fortunately, the explosion occurred on the surface, and the intense heat and impact at the center were concentrated in the representative rocks, so it did not have a significant impact on Lang'ao.

Only the secondary damage and residual effects reached the wolf's lair at the edge of the central area.

These impacts did not damage the shoulder spine of this peak second-tier giant wolf, so Lang Ao's mobility remained largely intact.

After being thrown more than ten meters away by the shockwave of the explosion, Lang Ao decisively stood up again. Enduring the intense pain from his riddled body, he leaped up and pounced behind the hillside, using the smoke and dust kicked up by the explosion as cover to escape from Lin Feng's sight.

Successfully avoided the range of the Annihilation Cannon.

Lin Feng, who had just pulled the trigger, was also quite frightened by the astonishing recoil of the long cannon in his hand while he was in mid-air.

The recoil of the Annihilation Cannon is as high as tens of tons. Even with his power armor on, Lin Feng, at the early stage of the second level of evolution, could barely control the level 27 Fusion Annihilation Cannon.

While in mid-air, Lin Feng lost any foothold and could not rely on ground contact to stabilize his body; the direction of the force applied to him was almost random.

Especially when Lang Ao charged towards Bai Ye, Lin Feng's position relative to this ancient giant wolf was not a straight line from top to bottom...

Therefore, in subsequent attacks, the muzzle of the Nergigante Cannon was aimed at the front at an angle, and the powerful recoil after firing naturally caused it to strike backward at an angle.

They pushed Lin Feng directly to the rear.

Because of his unstable center of gravity, he could not maintain a normal upside-down position. Instead, after turning around once, he fell backward in a parabolic arc towards the back of the Salvation Army convoy.

Although Lin Feng could straighten his upper body and continue firing another Annihilation Cannon at Lang Ao while seated, there was no need to inflict excessive damage on the opponent after achieving his goal.

With Lang Ao now having wisely fled, Lin Feng shifted his attention to how to land safely on the ground.

As he put away the Nergigante cannon, he turned around in mid-air, landing face down. Just before crashing to the ground, he yanked his leg forward and landed on both feet.

Then, under the replicated control of the power armor, at the critical moment when the legs were bent under the force, the whole person leaned forward and fell down, then rolled over headfirst.

By using the rolling motion, the enormous impact force is mitigated, and the impact pressure that was originally acting on the legs and body is distributed in the overall rolling forward motion.

This is also a common technique in street parkour. Once mastered, it allows one to jump from a two-story building, seven or eight meters high, without sustaining any injury.

Lin Feng naturally didn't have the opportunity to master these skills, but the branded armor he wore had already incorporated all of them into the combat module, allowing him to perfectly execute various actions with just one command.

Lin Feng has fallen to the ground from a height of 100 meters in a parabolic trajectory. Thanks to the tumbling action of his power armor, he has managed to avoid any bone damage to his legs and body. He only suffered some muscle contusions, which are not serious.

The impact damage was ultimately absorbed by the Branded Armor, resulting in a loss of four points of durability.

Fortunately, it only takes four health points to repair the worn parts of the armor back to their original condition.

As for the other side of the battlefield, near the site of the fireball explosion on the mountainside, Bai Ye, who was behind Lang Ao, was in much worse condition than Lin Feng.

Although Wolf Ao's massive second-tier body had shielded her from most of the damage, there were still many metal jets and shockwaves coming from the empty space in Wolf Ao's lower abdomen.

Bai Ye managed to withstand the impact of the high-temperature heat wave thanks to layers of spatial shields, but she couldn't stop the metal jet that traveled at more than ten times the speed of sound.

These jets are only a few millimeters in size, but they still contain terrifying destructive power, enough to kill an ordinary first-tier evolved being. If they hit some key parts, such as the fragile brain tissue, they can even take down a second-tier evolved being.

In particular, the high temperature of two to three thousand degrees Celsius contained in the metal jet can severely damage any defensive structure.

Fortunately, the metal fragments that came from the explosion center cooled into a reddish-brown solid after traveling nearly 100 meters, with the temperature dropping below 1,000 degrees Celsius, thus reducing their lethality considerably.

Although Bai Ye could not stop the high-speed metal jet, he managed to block the most severe direct damage thanks to his power armor.

The worst-case scenario of being hit in the brain and dying instantly will not occur.

However, even without the damage from the high temperature, the high-speed impact from the metal jet still brought considerable force to Bai Ye.

It's like being punched a dozen times in a row.

Not only are some of the affected areas poorly defended, but the force of the blows is also comparable to more than ten tons of second-tier power.

Some parts, such as the limbs, are protected by power armor with only a thin layer of titanium alloy plate, about one centimeter thick.

The metal jet shattered the thin outer defenses, tore through the flesh and bones of the inner finger, and sliced ​​off those parts on the spot.

Although the damage to health points is not severe, it can cause great inconvenience to Bai Ye's subsequent actions.

However, this was already the best possible outcome. After all, given the power of the Thermal Annihilation Cannon, if Bai Ye were directly hit, even with his spatial teleportation ability, he would still suffer severe damage from a distance of over a hundred meters.

Although he was only fifty or sixty meters away from the explosion's epicenter, Lin Feng managed to avoid large-scale limb amputations by using his second-tier Wolf Ao body as cover. This was the best outcome he could achieve.

With Lang Ao's escape, the battle is finally coming to an end.

However, the lingering trauma of the battle continues to affect all those who participated.

Lin Feng was the least injured among them.

Apart from the damage to his power armor, he was still in good condition. However, after using the power of the brand three times in a row to assemble and synthesize, Lin Feng had already consumed thirty points of his health.

This is equivalent to losing one-tenth of one's vitality.

It has already had some impact on the combat situation.

Next is Bai Ye. Although she is already close to the limit of overexertion, with only about 10% of her spatial power remaining...

Furthermore, due to the impact of the explosion, she now only has a little ability to protect herself and is unlikely to be able to fight again.

The worst off was Wolf Ao.

At this moment, despite being a peak second-tier ancient behemoth, it lacks any of the powerful characteristics of a behemoth.

Instead, after being hit by the blast wave of the Annihilation Cannon, it quickly fled into the deep mountains, leaving the battlefield with the human powerhouses without looking back.

Because at the moment the Annihilation Cannon exploded, Lang Ao clearly felt that he was using his third-tier power to mobilize the third-tier wolf king cells stored in his body to repair the wound on one side of his body that had been blasted...

As the third-order cells proliferate and divide, the foreign cells that have invaded the body from both sides of the wound opened by the white night on the other side of the body surface seem to be summoned, and suddenly accelerate the speed and intensity of their invasion.

It is now engaged in an even more intense battle with Lang Ao's own immune system.

Starting from the wound in the lower abdomen, the wound spreads to the muscles and internal organs on both sides.

On a macro level, this means that Lang Ao is gradually losing control of this part of his body, and the nervous system connecting this flesh and blood has been reversed and controlled by the alien cells.

As a peak second-tier being, Lang Ao knew very well that the only foreign cells capable of defeating his immune system could be third-tier cells, which were above second-tier.

Therefore, after realizing this, it decisively retreated to prevent the infection within its body from deepening due to the stimulation of the third-order power.

The moment he was out of danger, Lang Ao bent down and turned around, opening his fanged mouth to the wound on his lower abdomen. He then bit down hard, tearing off more than ten tons of reddish-brown flesh.

The infected areas have developed varying degrees of surface distortion.

Not only did its color change from bright red to oxidized brownish-red, but many new tumors and granulation tentacles also grew inside, making it look like some kind of parasite that was multiplying wildly inside Lang Ao's body.

After the large piece of alien flesh that had been parasitizing the body was decisively torn off by Lang Ao, it quickly withered away under the direct sunlight due to the lack of nourishment from its host.

As the energy of the blazing sun curse invaded, it seemed to be steamed or roasted, emitting a large amount of foul-smelling white smoke, and then burst into a translucent flame until it burned to ashes.

Upon seeing this, Lang Ao showed no joy whatsoever; instead, his expression immediately darkened...

Because at this moment, through various signs, it was able to determine that the poison Bai Ye had given it came from the body of the evil god sealed by the third-tier wolf king in the Wolf King's Tomb inside the Taishan Ruins.

After being contaminated by the wolf king's genes, the latter became a completely twisted and distorted evil god.

Back when the war was still the Taishan Refuge, Lang Ao also personally participated in it.

If it weren't for the gods intervening in secret, a mere wolf clan would have been no match for someone about to ascend to godhood.

The opponent only needs to slow down the transformation process; with a wave of their hand, they can suppress the Wolf King, which is already at the peak of the third tier and has evolved to level thirty-nine.

However, due to the constraints and interference of the gods, this demigod was unable to spare any attention, which gave the wolf king the opportunity to succeed. He personally entered the fray, crashing headfirst into the opponent's divine body, and forcibly corrupted the opponent's path to godhood with his own wolf king essence and life.

This created a seal that lasted for thousands of years.

Ultimately, however, the Wolf King's third-tier body was buried in the middle of the three shelters, continuously radiating its own essence and energy into the ruins of the shelter where the evil god's body was located through underground tunnels.

In the years that followed, Lang Ao also had several encounters with the evil god's corruption in the neighboring ruins, such as seeing the activities of the third-order aberration from afar.

The latter was terrified of the wolf's aura.

It's probably because they didn't want to worsen the abnormalities within their bodies.

After leaving the underground ruins, as the surface was bathed in the intense sunlight, the cellular microorganisms and evil god energy attached to the body surface turned into white smoke and were purified by the blazing sun.

Therefore, Lang Ao had a deep memory of this phenomenon and clearly remembered the aura of the mutated form containing the curse of the evil god.

It was almost identical to the foreign parasitic cells that he had torn off at that moment.

One of Bai Ye's purposes in going to the Mount Tai ruins was to delve into the sanctuary where the body of the evil god was sealed and search for the weapons and ammunition located on the lowest levels.

This also means that she must have come into contact with, or even killed, the third-order aberration variant.

Therefore, obtaining the flesh and blood of the evil god carried by the mutant would make perfect sense...

Lang Ao never expected that Bai Ye would be so audacious as to use the extremely dangerous evil god organization as a means of attack against him.

Once leaked, not only Bai Ye herself, but also her forces, and even the entire wasteland, wherever life forms gather in large numbers, will be at risk of infection and mutation.

Even a powerful second-tier peak Wolf Ao, after being directly infected on a large scale, still found it difficult to stop the erosion of these evil god cells.

Even after biting off a large chunk of flesh, Lang Ao could still faintly sense that there were still a large number of alien cells disguised as normal cells growing in his body.

Looking at the wound on his abdomen, which had been mostly bitten off, even his internal organs and intestines had been partially torn away.

But when exposed to the blazing sun, these wounds, like the torn and deformed parts, emitted wisps of white smoke.

Wolf Ao immediately bared his teeth, his eyes flashing with ferocity, and opened his blood-red maw again to bite down on the lower abdomen.

If you're not tough on yourself at this point, you'll sow the seeds of a deep-seated, incurable problem of aging!

(End of this chapter)