My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Each alchemical flying saucer had a blood element servant guiding its flight direction. Like a flock of birds flying in from the horizon, they swarmed into the vertical tunnel, closely following the giant drill head straight to the ground.

Hidden on the edge of the battlefield, Xia Zuo remotely controlled everything.

He took out his pocket watch and silently calculated the time.

After studying hundreds of future timelines, he gained a lot of insights.

For example, the effectiveness of heavy weapon bombardment depends on how quickly the faceless man can awaken from his deep meditation.

If a normal mage encounters external disturbances during deep meditation, they will wake up in no more than three seconds.

Xia Zuo initially thought that the Faceless Man could also do this, but judging from the Faceless Man's performance in the future timeline, the Wild Element's deep meditation was clearly different from that of human mages.

It takes a full 5 to 8 minutes for the faceless person to wake up.

The slower he wakes up, the better the heavy weapons bombardment will be.

Time ticked by, and just as the heavy boulder was about to reach the entrance of the tunnel, the giant drill successfully broke through the ceiling of the Faceless Man's secret base.

The internal structure of the base is not as rigid as the external structure, so the giant drill bit continued drilling even after losing traction.

Ultimately, it easily pierced through the ceilings and floors of the three-story secret base from top to bottom, disappearing into the soil beneath the lowest floor, leaving behind a dark hole as proof that it had been there.

The alchemical frisbee, which followed the giant drill to the underground base, bounced around the floors with a clanging sound, spraying out purplish-black toxic gas everywhere.

Those faceless elemental servant alchemists, created by the Faceless Ones, are still carrying out the Faceless Ones' last orders.

They remained in their working posture, allowing the toxic fumes to corrode their clothes and seep into their bodies, melting into a foul-smelling puddle in the increasingly dense fumes.

"You're lucky."

Xia Zuo revealed a slight smile.

Seven minutes and 13 seconds have passed since the protective array outside the base was destroyed, and the faceless man, who had already received the warning, still has not appeared.

It is clear that Xia Zuo randomly encountered a development in reality that was more favorable to him.

Chapter 38 Ah Kuna Gu Big Melon

One, two... a series of heavy boulders crashed precisely into the tunnel entrance on the ground.

They left impact marks on the neat, smooth vertical tunnel walls, repeatedly colliding with the walls from left to right, and fell heavily downwards into the chaotic faceless base below.

Any heavy boulder that hits the Faceless Man's base could cause catastrophic destruction to this secret structure built in an underground cave complex.

Under Xia Zuo's expectant gaze, the first heavy boulder about to fall into the base was eerily suspended above the hole in the base's ceiling, and the stones above it were also forcibly fixed in place by an invisible force.

Many white, fluffy substances appeared in the air of the underground base.

They are light and agile, drifting slowly in the air, twisting and turning, looking harmless and ordinary, much like torn strips of cotton floating in the wind.

This is actually an external manifestation of extremely high concentration of attributeless energy. It can be understood as a visual effect that appears after the energy density reaches its extreme. It is fatal to anyone or anything in the surrounding space that is not recognized by the energy caster.

"Oh dear, that was just a tiny bit of a large rock that was about to hit the base..."

Xia Zuo scratched his head, looking quite regretful.

Upon seeing this high-energy-density flocculent material, he knew that the scene he most hoped for would not occur.

In the [Future.301] timeline, "Shazo" successfully used heavy boulders to destroy the energy weapon inventory in the Faceless Man's base, thus weakening the Faceless Man's subsequent combat power to a limited extent.

In real life, Xia Zuo thought he could repeat this lucky moment, but alas, he never expected...

At the crucial moment, the faceless man awoke from his deep meditation and unleashed a domain spell called [Static Energy Field], managing to control the heavy boulder in time.

The dense, attribute-free energy in the static energy field is equivalent to a gas with extremely high density.

The heavy boulder is enormous in size and has a higher density than ordinary stones, but within the [static energy field], it is merely a snowflake-sized object.

The heavy boulders floated up naturally, as if they had no weight at all, and they flew upwards slowly and irreversibly against the current.

The alchemical flying saucers that were bouncing around the base were crushed at the same time by the sudden burst of the [static energy field].

The potent toxins inside the flying saucer hovered in mid-air, compressed by the energy field into purplish-black cubes. Several layers of metal flew out from the base walls, firmly encasing these toxins, which were equally effective against the elements.

An angry figure emerged from the deepest alchemy chamber in the base.

He had no facial features, no expression; his anger flowed from his clenched fists, permeating the surrounding air.

Countless silver sand hands appeared out of thin air, collecting the remains of the energy alchemist, repairing the damaged ceiling and walls, and cleaning up the tables, chairs, and alchemy tables that had been blown up by the alchemy flying saucer.

The faceless man flew to the top floor of the base.

The circular passageway on the ceiling went straight up, and the holes underfoot were layer upon layer, seemingly bottomless.

He summoned a time-space container that encompassed this floor, recreating historical scenes from just minutes before.

Hehe, Xia Zuo won't let the Faceless Man succeed.

By following the flight paths of heavy weapons in historical footage, it is easy to locate the exact position of the heavy weapon launch platform.

Xia Zuo had anticipated this.

He placed sands of time from other places on the warheads or propulsion sections of all the heavy weapons in advance to interfere with the spacetime information of the heavy weapons themselves, and even the places where the heavy weapons flew would have disordered zones.

Even arcane mages are helpless against this method of interfering with spacetime magic tracking, let alone the Faceless Ones, who have no chance of deciphering the source of the heavy weapons from the Chaotic Zone.

This applies to both future timelines and the present reality.

The spacetime container summoned by the faceless man was filled with countless flying snowflakes.

He stood there blankly, seemingly wondering why he was recreating the historical scene of the frozen snowfield.

While the faceless man was stunned, Xia Zuo used his bloodline connection to issue new commands to his flesh and blood clones on the scene:

"Attention all personnel! The target is expected to emerge from the ground within one minute. All personnel must immediately transform and camouflage."

At a command, the flesh-and-blood clones stationed on the heavy weapon launch platform uniformly untied the alchemical pouches at their waists and poured out many glass bottles with a clinking sound.

The fragile glass bottle collided with the metal floor, shattering the glass and splashing its contents everywhere, along with all sorts of strange-smelling potions.

The potion began to vaporize upon contact with air, forming a multicolored cloud that enveloped the flesh-and-blood clones and blood-element servants throughout the room.

Several cyclones appeared within the air mass, as if several enormous mouths were sucking in the mist.

The cloud of gas shrank rapidly and was eventually swallowed up by several figures that appeared in the mist.

A combat team with demonic appearances appeared in the heavy weapons command post.

The most robust of the demons stood three meters tall, its entire body covered in exposed purple muscles. Thick, purplish-black blood vessels expanded and contracted with each breath, exuding an explosive sense of power. Its bald, muscular appearance, resembling that of a human, was extremely intimidating to humanoid beings.

Behind it, the back muscles split along the spine, exposing the entire spine to the air. Two rows of sharp spikes protrude from the spine, swaying slowly with heavy breathing.

This is the [Split-Back Terror Demon], a high-level combat unit in the Church of the Otherworld. It fights using its powerful physical strength, and its combat power is multiplied after being infused with shadow energy.

Beside the Splitback Terror, the petite [Pleasure Specialist], with feminine features, wore a provocative leather outfit. If one ignored her hands, which had turned into blades, she was indeed a good choice for spending a pleasant night together.

The Pleasure Specialist will release semaphores on the battlefield, spreading shadow energy to enhance the combat power of teammates over a wide area for an extended period. The principle is similar to giving a muscular man a nitric acid booster and then continuously playing indescribable videos.

To the right of the Pleasure Specialist are Shadow Fiend, Church Assassin, and Black Floating Turret, who take on the roles of magic roaming, melee AD, and ranged magic damage dealer, respectively. After the Riftback Terror draws the enemy's attention, they seize the opportunity to launch an attack.

This team of otherworldly demons, encompassing all combat functions, wasn't something Xia Zuo conjured up out of thin air.

On the battlefield where the Temple Army and the Church of the Otherworld were engaged in low-intensity combat, the reconnaissance teams sent out by the pseudo-blood mage legion were intercepted by these otherworldly forces several times. Xia Zuo took the opportunity to copy some shadow magic and blood magic and use it in the current battle against the faceless men.

The demonic forces were fully prepared, and together they unleashed the Shadow Flame, a corrosive force that burned the heavy weapon launch platform into molten iron.

Before leaving, the pleasure specialist took out a few pendants from his collar pocket and distributed them.

The demons, adorned with the pendants, donned the guise of human mages with the aid of illusion magic.

This disguise was enough to evade the city guards, but it couldn't fool the temple guards and the faceless men.

This is exactly the effect Xia Zuo wanted.

Let the faceless man expose the inferior disguise, so that the other party will be more likely to believe that it is an alien demon that has come to cause him trouble.

Xia Zuo used his bloodline intuition to examine his "Otherworldly Demon" subordinates. "Very good, let's go."

"We serve you, my master." The demonic troops pounded their chests in salute.

The Shadow Fiend exploded with a bang, turning into smoke that enveloped his teammates and flew north like a dark cloud.

Xia Zuo watched them fly under the scorching sun, feeling somewhat helpless.

The best time for the Otherworldly Demons to unleash their combat power is at night, but at night, the Faceless Ones will be conducting experiments in the base instead of engaging in deep meditation, so Xia Zuo shouldn't try to cause trouble with the burrowing vehicle.

In a way, the Faceless Man's nocturnal lifestyle saved him.

The Shadow Fiend's flight carrying his teammates was quite a spectacle, and the shadow energy was particularly conspicuous in the Fire Hammer Kingdom, which was filled with fire energy.

When the dark clouds drifted to a point about 30 kilometers from the cave entrance, the faceless man, located 500 meters underground, detected the scent of shadows drifting from above.

He raised his hand and gave a boost to the heavy boulder that was still slowly rising in the tunnel.

Huge rocks spewed out of the hole, arcing through the air as they landed on the ground some distance away, creating a crater more than ten meters deep.

The faceless man flew out of the cave and stopped two hundred meters above the ground.

The invisible static energy field instantly expanded to a radius of three kilometers.

The ground cracked, and shattered stones and dust slowly flew into the sky. The air became stagnant and thick, and the scorching sunlight was captured by the static energy field, forming golden ripples that shimmered with dazzling light in the air.

Golden ripples spread out in a line across the sky, transforming into sharp arrows of light.

"Otherworldly Demons! Whose subordinates are you?!"

The faceless man vibrated the surrounding air to create sound waves and roared:

Why did you destroy my alchemy lab?!

A guttural roar, like grinding teeth, echoed from within the dark clouds:

“a-kuna, gut-dreg!”

(Translation: Ah-ku-na, Gu-da-gua! Translation: We're going to tear your head apart!)

The faceless man uttered a classic Temple curse, “**! Die, you ugly worm!”

The arrow of light, poised to be unleashed, burst forth with a blinding brilliance, shooting out like golden lightning and creating a sonic boom.

Chapter 39 Unexplained Courage