Gao Wu: A centenarian old man, many children and good fortune! Chapter 055

Just then, the side door of the command vehicle silently slid open.

Xiao Yan’s figure, as steady as a mountain, walked out. In his hand, he held the ancient, heavy, dark greatblade—the Mountain-Shaking Blade!

He didn’t even look at the crippled “living corpses” still stubbornly resisting, his gaze directly locked onto the last two relatively intact parasitic soldiers who had already charged within fifty meters of the convoy!

“Those who stand in my way, die!”

With a low roar, Xiao Yan moved!

He stomped his foot, and the hard ground instantly cracked! Instead of pursuing extreme speed as before, he moved like a heavy siege ram, carrying an invincible, indomitable, overbearing momentum, not dodging, but meeting the two roaring enemies head-on!

The Emperor-level True Essence of Transcendent Rank Seven in his body surged and roared like a great river, pouring without reservation into the Mountain-Shaking Blade in his hand!

Thunderclap Nine Waves—First Wave! Origin Transformation!

Buzz—!!!

The heavy Mountain-Shaking Blade seemed to come alive in his hand, emitting a soul-shaking hum! There were no fancy techniques, no nimble changes, just a simple, wide, sweeping horizontal slash!

The blade light, like a black bolt of silk, carried a terrifying power that seemed capable of cleaving mountains, sweeping out with a seemingly slow yet incredibly swift motion!

Pfft! Pfft!

Like a hot knife through butter!

The two parasitic soldiers didn’t even have time to react. Their upper bodies, along with any parasites that might have been inside, were cleanly and neatly severed in half by the utterly dominant blade light, as if they were made of paper!

Dark brown foul blood and shattered internal organs instantly burst open, splattering everywhere! The two severed torsos fell limply, completely losing all movement!

One slash! Just one horizontal slash! It instantly bisected two reinforced “living corpses”!

This bloody and shocking scene made all the firing soldiers pause in their actions!

What they felt was not how fast Xiao Yan was, or how exquisite his moves were, but that pure, unreasonable, overwhelming absolute power!

This was wide-open, direct power! This was the power of ‘one force can overcome ten techniques’!

Xiao Yan did not stop. As he unleashed the first slash, he twisted his wrist, stepped forward, and swung the heavy Mountain-Shaking Blade with the momentum, like wielding a giant hammer capable of splitting the sky, bringing with it an even more violent roar as it slammed down heavily onto the struggling, writhing remnants of the corpses on the ground!

Second Wave! Momentum Overlap!

Boom!!!

Before the blade even touched, the superimposed terrifying power had already stirred the air, forming an invisible heavy pressure! The ground visibly sank!

Immediately after, the flat of the Mountain-Shaking Blade struck the ground squarely!

“Bang!!!”

A colossal sound like an explosion!

Centered on the blade’s impact, the ground instantly exploded into a shallow pit several meters in diameter! Soil and shattered rocks, mixed with fragments of those remnants, burst outwards like fireworks!

The powerful shockwave even caused the two nearby assault vehicles to sway slightly!

When the dust settled slightly, only a shocking shallow pit remained, along with some almost unidentifiable, scattered bits of flesh and foul blood mixed in the soil. Those stubbornly wriggling remnants, along with any larvae that might have been lurking inside, were utterly ground into dust by this overwhelmingly powerful smash!

The entire process was clean and decisive! Brutally direct! Full of suffocating oppression!

The battlefield instantly fell silent, leaving only the faint hum of the assault vehicles’ engines and the heavy breathing of the soldiers.

Everyone’s gaze was focused on the figure standing proudly, holding the greatblade.

Lin Wei stood beside the command vehicle, looking at Xiao Yan’s back, which resembled a demon god descended, and felt her heart pounding. An indescribable shock and… a strange sense of security welled up in her heart.

Strong! Too strong!

This was true power! This was a true general!

Compared to this magnificent, overwhelming absolute power, her previous so-called speed and techniques were like child’s play!

The other soldiers were dumbfounded, then erupted in the ecstatic joy of surviving a catastrophe and infinite admiration for their commander!

“Great Captain is mighty!”

“Too strong!”

“Clear the battlefield! Check carefully! Be mindful of protection!” Xiao Yan sheathed his blade, his voice returning to calm, but no one dared to be negligent in the slightest.

The soldiers immediately sprang into action, donned their protective gear, and cautiously inspected the shattered remains of the corpses.

Soon, the reconnaissance team member made a discovery.

“Reporting, Great Captain! Strong residual energy belonging to the Brain-Devouring Terror Worm has been detected in the cranial cavities of several remains! Preliminary confirmation, their deaths were indeed caused by parasitic control!”

“Report! Suspected larval sample found! Inside the cranium of a bisected corpse, this thing hasn’t fully hatched yet, it seems to have been stunned by the shockwave just now!” A team member held up a specialized sample collector, inside which was a tiny, still slightly wriggling, fingernail-sized, entirely black larva, resembling a miniature beetle!

Xiao Yan walked over and carefully observed the larva. Although tiny, the chillingly evil aura it emitted was identical to that of the adult worm he had previously slain, just much weaker.

“Excellent.” A gleam flashed in Xiao Yan’s eyes, “Immediately seal it! Highest priority! This is an extremely important research sample!”

“Yes!”

Having obtained valuable larval samples, and preliminarily confirmed the characteristics of low-level infected entities.

With the precious larval samples and first-hand intelligence on the enemy’s bizarre abilities, the Hunter Squad swiftly retreated back to the camp. Although they suffered losses, the intelligence gained was of immense value, enough for the higher-ups to re-evaluate the threat level and response strategy.

According to orders, the Special Operations Brigade was granted a week of rest. This was partly to allow the soldiers to recover from the previous tense encounters and psychological impact, and partly to await the results of the higher-ups’ analysis of the new intelligence and any new directives that might be issued.

The camp temporarily returned to calm, but an invisible pressure still permeated the air.

Xiao Yan knew deeply that facing the Brain-Devouring Terror Worm, such an unpredictable and even potentially higher-level queen worm threat, his current Transcendent Rank Seven power might still not be enough! Especially his control over power was far from reaching a state of perfect fluidity.

The “Scorched Earth” operation would restart sooner or later, and the next time they delved into the isolation zone, the dangers would only be greater.

He had to maximize his potential and increase his confidence in dealing with unknown risks before departure!

And the most direct and effective way was still—the system’s power!

In that villa on the edge of the core zone, there were still three women waiting for his “guidance.”

Lin Xueqing and Wang Ruolan had already successfully conceived, providing him with continuous energy feedback. So, what about Su Wan’er, Zhang Jingyao, and Liu Feiyan?

A decisive glint flashed in Xiao Yan’s eyes. Time was of the essence!

At night, while the soldiers in the camp were undergoing final equipment checks and psychological adjustments, Xiao Yan’s figure once again quietly appeared at the elegant villa.

The atmosphere inside the villa instantly changed with Xiao Yan’s arrival.

Xiao Yan wasted no words; his time was very limited.

He first went to Su Wan’er’s room. After the previous “guidance,” Su Wan’er’s foundation had stabilized considerably. Now, practicing the agile cultivation technique, although still nascent, it already showed rudimentary structure, no longer as flimsy and powerless as before.

Xiao Yan patiently pointed out the stagnant points in her True Essence circulation, guiding her on how to combine agile movement with instantaneous explosive power, and how to maintain stable breathing during high-speed movement… His guidance was meticulous and his attitude gentle, allowing the initially nervous Su Wan’er to gradually relax and fully immerse herself in learning and comprehension. The atmosphere in the room, under focused cultivation and patient guidance, gradually became imbued with an unusual aura…

When the “guidance” ended, Su Wan’er, drenched in sweat and with hazy eyes, leaned against Xiao Yan’s embrace, the long-awaited, cold and grand system prompt finally echoed in Xiao Yan’s mind once again!

[Ding! Detected host’s bloodline successfully continued…]

[Congratulations to the host, Su Wan’er has successfully conceived!]

Another success!

Another source of continuous energy feedback! Accumulating small amounts to form a tower!

He could clearly feel that as the system prompt faded, a new, albeit relatively gentle but still pure life energy, like a trickling stream, flowed into his body, merging with the energy feedback from the fetuses in Chen Yuyao, Lin Xueqing, and Wang Ruolan’s wombs!

Four streams of energy! Like four streams of different thicknesses, collectively nourishing his vast “lake”!

Xiao Yan felt that the foundation of his power had quietly solidified a bit more! Although the total amount of basic power had not undergone a qualitative leap, the feeling of a more stable foundation, more condensed power, and more effortless control was incredibly clear!