A single-soldier rocket launcher is incredibly simple to operate; it's no exaggeration to say even an idiot could use it. A normal adult, after reading the manual for ten minutes, could learn how.
Ling Tian aimed the sight of the single-soldier thermobaric bomb launcher directly at the center of the rock cave's ceiling and pulled the trigger.
"Swish!"
As the rocket was fired, Ling Tian immediately entered the Spirit Realm space and vanished.
At this moment, Shi Xiaoyue, on the opposite side, instinctively flinched upon hearing the sound of the rocket launch. However, he quickly smiled, as the rocket's trajectory was tens of meters away from him.
"Boom!"
What reached his ears wasn't a violent explosion, but a dull thud. Immediately after, Shi Xiaoyue felt a viscous liquid drenching him from head to toe.
This liquid was like the mist from a sprayer, but it was incredibly viscous. If zombies had a sense of smell, Shi Xiaoyue would certainly have detected the strong odor of chemical agents!
He had no idea that this substance was actually fuel. This flammable fuel, along with the oxidizer in the thermobaric bomb, rapidly formed an aerosol with the oxygen in the surrounding air.
Shi Xiaoyue was still wondering what kind of strange substance Ling Tian had released when a feeling of impending doom suddenly surfaced in his mind. This feeling typically arose only in situations of extreme danger.
Sensing that the situation was dire, Shi Xiaoyue immediately leaped off the large rock, preparing to flee. However, in the next instant, the fuse at the tail of the thermobaric bomb was activated. The fuse, containing a large amount of thermite, detonated, instantly producing sparks at thousands of degrees Celsius.
These sparks ignited the air in the entire sealed underground space, causing a violent explosion.
This explosion, accompanied by the air expanding thousands of times, formed a massive shockwave!
Even though the zombies' bodies were incredibly tough, under the impact of such a fierce shockwave and the scorching heat of thousands of degrees Celsius, the zombies on the ground were all slammed against the surrounding walls. The high temperature then vaporized their bodies, leaving behind no trace of even charred remains!
Even more terrifying was that the cave ceiling was only a dozen meters from the ground above. The immense shockwave directly blew open and shattered the cave roof, causing hundreds to thousands of tons of debris to cascade down, nearly burying the entire cave.
Hours later, the temperature inside the cave was still scorching hot. It wasn't until more than ten hours later, as the sky outside gradually darkened, that the temperature inside the cave finally dropped to a level that ordinary humans could withstand.
At that moment, from the pile of rubble, a withered hand, resembling a chicken's claw, suddenly emerged. Following that, a bloody, mangled humanoid creature crawled out from the debris!
The monster's body was covered in bloodstains and charred tissue; even its bones were exposed. This creature was none other than the Golden Corpse, which had fused with the soul of Shi Xiaoyue, the sect leader of the Corpse Refining Sect!
It turned out that the moment the thermobaric bomb warhead detonated, Ling Tian had long since hidden in the Spirit Realm space. Shi Xiaoyue, being quite cunning, had also jumped down from the large rock and hidden behind it.
It was precisely because of this rock's obstruction that he was not directly hit by the explosion's shockwave and flames.
Of course, he was soon knocked to the ground and severely burned by the intense flames.
Shi Xiaoyue fainted on the spot. It took him several hours to recover, by which time the dense Yin energy within the cave had already been completely scorched away by the fire.
Shi Xiaoyue struggled to climb out of the ruins. He looked at the hellish scene before him, his hollow eye sockets filled with bewilderment.
He could feel that the more than two hundred zombies in the cave had all been reduced to ashes!
"Ah... Roar..."
Shi Xiaoyue let out a painful wail, like a wolf whose rear had been violated by a husky.
Those more than two hundred zombies were his future hope, his capital for a comeback!
But now, all that capital was gone, and his hope was extinguished. How could he accept this!
Moreover, in his current physical state, he had suffered severe injuries. How could he possibly have the ability to go outside and capture others to turn them into zombies!
"Ling Tian, I will not rest until you are dead. Even if you become a ghost, I will kill you in the next life!"
Shi Xiaoyue roared furiously, but in his mind, Ling Tian should already be dead.
After all, with such a violent explosion, Ling Tian's human body surely couldn't have survived. Furthermore, Shi Xiaoyue knew the cave's structure well and didn't believe Ling Tian had any chance of escaping the cave!
"Is that so? You want to kill me? I'm so scared?
How about we don't wait for the next life? Let's do it in this one. I'm right here, come and kill me!"
A voice suddenly echoed. Shi Xiaoyue was so startled that he almost collapsed to the ground, because the voice was too familiar. It was the voice of Ling Tian, the one who had destroyed his physical body and ruined all his subordinates and assets!
Shi Xiaoyue abruptly turned his head, nearly dislodging it. Only then did he see Ling Tian standing on a large rock next to the ruins, holding the Crimson Flame Treasure Sword and smiling at him!
Looking at Ling Tian, he didn't have a single scratch, not even any sign of his clothes being scorched by flames.
"You... you're not dead?!
This... this is impossible!"
At first, Shi Xiaoyue thought Ling Tian was dead, and that the figure appearing before him was Ling Tian's soul. But upon careful sensing, he realized the significant difference between a living person and a soul.
How could he have imagined how cunning Ling Tian was? The moment Ling Tian fired the single-soldier thermobaric bomb, he immediately hid in the Spirit Realm space.
While the outside was turned into a purgatory by the blast, the inside of the adjacent space was calm and undisturbed.
Ling Tian deliberately waited for more than ten hours, until all the smoke and dust had cleared outside, before emerging.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Ling Tian came out, he heard someone spewing nonsense over there.
However, seeing Shi Xiaoyue's current state, Ling Tian almost burst into laughter. The guy looked too pathetic!
"How was it, Shi Xiaoyue? How did you like the gift I sent you just now!"
"You... what kind of sorcery did you use?" Shi Xiaoyue asked, exasperated.
"Sorcery? Heh, ignorance is truly terrifying. Ever heard of a single-soldier thermobaric bomb!" Ling Tian said mockingly.