Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Heavenly Punishment Descends!
In actuality, the vast majority of the five days were spent on the journey.
However, Shen Hao had come to further appreciate the efficiency of this country.
Before they had even set out, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were already heading towards a designated location under orders, and it wasn’t just the blunt issuance of commands. In order to avoid alarming the Blood Demons, the entire movement was executed with a variety of different rationales, with dispersed and batched scrutiny. They even planned for Shen Hao the quickest and most efficient route!
Merely two hours later, after a plane change, Shen Hao had already arrived above the first destination.
This was a temporary military zone.
Roughly one hundred thousand soldiers had gathered here, they were originally brought in to support Donghua City, but Shen Hao’s sudden use of a map cheat had directly hastened the end of the battle, so these troops just happened to be dispersed in this area.
In order not to alarm the Blood Demons, Shen Hao made a leap from an airplane several thousand meters up.
Maintaining short-term flight with telekinesis.
“There indeed are Blood Demons.” By the time he descended to an altitude of three thousand meters, the map was able to cover the entire area, and indeed, he spotted not a small number of Blood Demons.
There were nearly three hundred!
While the ratio might not seem high, it was likely due to the soldiers’ long-distance movement causing the offspring to lose touch with the Matrix’s Spirit telepathy range, hence unable to continue the parasitism.
Yet, the lethality that these three hundred undercover agents could bring in the midst of war far exceeded that of three hundred enemies on the frontal battlefield!
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“Open field of view.” Holding a tablet, Shen Hao spoke into the command channel, “The numbers aren’t large. I can handle them all by myself, but stay alert nonetheless.”
“Roger that.”
“Roger that.”
“…”
The rest of the team members had already arrived on the ground ahead of him, preparing.
Although Shen Hao could detect all the Blood Demons and directly mete out remote Heavenly Punishment with thunder, if their numbers increased, with his current ability, he wouldn’t be able to instantly kill all the Blood Demons spread across such a range in one go.
Should they scatter and flee, it was possible for some to escape the range, and this required the vigilance and encirclement of ground troops.
However, looking at the current numbers, it seemed that ground support wasn’t necessary.
“Ease up a bit.” At this moment, Liu Ruoxi, noticing Gu Qiuyue apparently a bit tense beside her, revealed a trace of a smile, “Your Boxer and my Swordsman alike possess the instinct for combat. If you are really tense, why not relax and leave everything to your body.”
“Right.” Gu Qiuyue was indeed somewhat nervous, but after all, it wasn’t her first battle, and she quickly shifted her emotions, looking up with a bit of worry, “Is it really enough just to be on guard?”
“Haven’t you seen the team leader take action?” Liu Ruoxi’s expression was a bit strange.
“Aside from the first time, I’ve only seen it on TV,” Gu Qiuyue shook her head.
“Well, now you can have a good look.” Liu Ruoxi’s smile seemed to broaden, following Qiuyue in raising her gaze towards the dusk-laden sky, filled with anticipation and whispering softly, “Such power, it truly inspires longing.”
Gu Qiuyue seemed to want to say something more.
But in that instant, a dazzling brightness reflected in her eyes.
It was a sphere of purple thunder, unexpectedly appearing in the high sky.
And then—suddenly transformed into dozens of thunderbolts striking down!
At that instant, the entire world amidst the dusk was filled with purple flashes, countless soldiers subconsciously looked up, but before they could react, the unending roar of thunder exploded throughout heaven and earth!
The thunderous booming was relentless!
It was the vibration of thunder tearing through the air!
At this moment, Gu Qiuyue was completely stupefied. Although she knew from the television that her brother possessed the ability to wield thunder, and she had heard those thunderous sounds throughout the city, none of those moments were as astonishing as this one!
If she hadn’t known it was her brother’s power, she would have thought it was a real Heavenly Punishment descending upon the world!
The second wave of lightning came quickly as well, thunderbolts dancing like serpents in the sky! Instantly striking the ground!
She could even imagine, those Blood Demons that were targeted, not to mention escaping, probably couldn’t even react before they turned into desiccated corpses under the thunderbolts!
“Right,” Liu Ruoxi reacted even more strongly than Gu Qiuyue, involuntarily clenching her fists, her gaze seemingly a bit blurry, “such power, as if born to bring hope to people!”
Even some who were already aware of Shen Hao’s strength were somewhat shaken at this moment.
Because he was growing too quickly.
Not to mention three days ago, even compared to just a few hours earlier, it was like he had become completely different!
Indeed, at this moment, Shen Hao had become several times stronger!
This was not normal growth. Although his spiritual power figure had only increased by one point in these few hours, he was trying some resources for the first time that could temporarily boost his strength explosively.
Most were focused on spirit, and a smaller part on transcendence.
After all, the strength of the [Thunder] ability mainly depended on the “spirit” value, while “transcendence” was more like “Mana”.
And Shen Hao also confirmed something—he could indeed control the side effects of these resources.
Some of them, like “Blood Burst Pill,” were meant to unleash the body’s potential, which wasn’t very useful to him because he could already harness all of his body’s power. The other part provided some uncontrollable power, like “Frenzy Potion,” which he could consume and control to his heart’s content!
“However, there is a limit to the quality of the drugs,” Shen Hao concluded after various experiments.
The resources in the White Level 4 Mall combined with various tools could raise his spirit by 7 points, with an upper limit of around twenty-seven. Coupled with the Blue Level 5 Magic Wand in hand, it perfectly brought his spirit to thirty points.
Compared to his current twenty points, it was an increase of 1.2 to the tenth power, a gain of precisely six point two-fold!
The total points required were close to six thousand.
Furthermore, the side effects could be disregarded.
Ordinary people using such resources recklessly would likely be on the brink of death after an outburst, but for him, all abilities were within his control!
The [Sovereign] truly lived up to its mythical name!
“Thirty points of spiritual power plus the rapid replenishment of ‘transcendence’, enough for me to clear out hundreds of Blood Demons scattered across dozens of kilometers in two to three minutes,” Shen Hao dealt precise Heavenly Punishments to the Blood Demons while summing up in his mind, “But this level of strength is probably the limit of the White Level 4 Mall, roughly equivalent to Level 5 or even Level 6. If I don’t elevate the Store Level later, even if my power increases, taking more resources would only yield this degree—it’s still sufficient domestically, for the time being, though.”
Indeed, for the current stage, such a degree of power paired with the map cheat was already ample for Shen Hao to gradually push through the nation’s Blood Demons by himself!
Right now, this was just the beginning!