Achieving Demon Godhood from Unlocking Talents

WHOOSH!!

He tossed a rocket-propelled grenade with a flick of his wrist, and it landed on one side of the valley.

Amidst the ROAR,

several warlord soldiers were engulfed by the explosive flames and blown to smithereens.

The sight made everyone’s expression stiffen. Di Xiong and Will, in particular, sensed something was wrong and stared intently at Lu Chao, whose frame had expanded as if he’d become a small giant.

"You..."

BOOM!!

Di Xiong’s knees buckled, and he slammed to the ground.

A brown stream of light flashed forward. The giant-like Lu Chao reached out with one hand, grabbed Di Xiong’s head, and smashed it into the ground.

An unparalleled physical power erupted from him, like that of someone at the Peak of Limit-Breaking—or perhaps even infinitely close to the Transcendence Level.

Di Xiong’s eyes filled with shock and anger. He finally understood what that nagging feeling of wrongness was.

’This kid was hiding his true strength.’

’His power is actually...!’

BOOM!!

His head was smashed into the ground.

The rock layer shattered, a CRACK spreading across the earth as a splash of fresh blood flew into the air.

Seeing this, Will, who was off to the side, was horrified. He instantly realized something was amiss.

Without a second thought, the fluorescent patterns on his neck began to glow wildly. He was about to stomp the ground and flash away to create distance.

But...

"Huh?"

With a grunt, his body suddenly staggered, and he nearly fell.

Intense pain flared from all over the inside of his body, as if his heart was being eroded by poison, or as if the flesh-and-blood modules of his bionic organs were being corroded and dissolved, constantly stimulating his nervous system.

His eyes widened, his Caucasian face a mask of shock and disbelief.

’He poisoned me?’

’When?!’

’What kind of poison is so potent that it could even negatively affect his armor-augmented body?’

BOOM!!

The answer came in the form of a side kick.

The kick, a brown stream of light, swept through everything and slammed heavily into his chest.

With a BANG,

his chest exploded, revealing a massive, bloody hole. His heart instantly burst into fragments.

Shreds of bionic flesh and metal parts flew into the air. The aftershock shattered the ground beneath his feet, blasting a two-meter-deep crater and sending sand and dirt flying.

CLATTER...

Instantly, a cybernetic eye fell to the ground, rolling over several times.

The great Will, a Superpower Armor User at the Peak of Limit-Breaking and a famous figure in the wasteland, collapsed to the ground, all signs of life gone.

"You... hid your strength well."

Di Xiong’s voice came from the dirt beside Lu Chao. His head was buried underground, and his blood stained the surrounding ground red.

He had actually survived by using the special power of his ability, transforming his own body into a source of life force.

The price was that his body had shrunk dramatically. His ribs were clearly visible under his camouflage uniform, and he looked like nothing but a skeleton, all his fat having been burned away and converted.

"Oh?"

Lu Chao shot him a sideways glance and raised an eyebrow.

His body still wreathed in a radiant flame, he remained unmoved, intending to end Di Xiong’s life for good.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!!

Two rocket-propelled grenades came roaring in from a distance. The other warlord soldiers hidden around the valley had suppressed their terror and opened fire.

BOOM! BOOM!!

The sound of the explosions rocked the wilderness, and the very ground seemed to shake beneath the night sky.

Billowing smoke and dust spread in all directions, and flying gravel and rock fragments sprayed out like bullets.

Seeing this, the surviving warlord soldiers gulped nervously, their eyes wide with anticipation as they waited.

As a night breeze blew past, a four-to-five-meter-deep crater was revealed where the rocket-propelled grenades had struck.

And yet...

Their pupils contracted. A chill ran down everyone’s spines.

A brown Qi Flame, tinged with golden light, flowed unceasingly around the two-meter-tall giant, who stood firmly in place, completely unharmed.

On the other hand, Di Xiong, who was already severely injured, was now covered in blood, clearly having been caught in the blast. He was on the verge of death.

"Run!"

"Fuck, that thing’s a monster!!"

Cries of terror rang out from all around the valley.

Lu Chao glanced at the dying Di Xiong at his feet.

His thoughts raced. Instead of rushing to kill him immediately, his figure flickered and vanished on the spot.

Gradually...

A series of THUDS and SQUISHES echoed in the night, and miserable screams and wails came from all around the valley.

One man was sent flying by a kick, his chest impaling on a sharp rock, and he died with a SQUELCH.

Another’s body was blown apart by a single punch, exploding into a shower of blood.

It was the dead of night, in an unfamiliar wasteland of peaks and valleys.

And yet, Lu Chao was like a human radar, precisely locating every single person’s hiding spot.

Faintly, he heard the surrounding commotion grow quieter and quieter, until it disappeared completely.

Lying in a pool of his own blood, Di Xiong’s face was pressed to the ground. He shuddered, his once abnormally obese body now withered and emaciated.

Horror, regret, a chilling cold...

He couldn’t understand how a well-prepared and surefire ambush had ended up like this.

’Isn’t he just at the Limit-Breaking Level? How can his power be this immense? It feels like he’s almost on par with a General!’

SHUFFLE... SHUFFLE...

The sound of footsteps interrupted all of Di Xiong’s speculation.

Lu Chao emerged from the darkness, slowly walking to his side.

The brawny, giant-like body gradually returned to its normal size, and the swirling Qi Flame receded back into him.

He looked just like an ordinary person as he calmly strode to Di Xiong’s side.

He crouched down slightly, lifted Di Xiong’s head out of the dirt, and stared into his skeletal face. "Talk," he said.

"Who sent you."

...

「Deep in the wasteland.」

The night wind blew, kicking up a little sand and dust.

A massive military fortress crouched on the ground like a ferocious beast. Built into the side of a mountain, it was imposing and treacherous.

Viewed from the foot of the mountain, it was shrouded in darkness, with only a few searchlights sweeping across certain areas.

But if one were to step inside the fortress...

...the corridors were brightly lit, patrolled by soldiers in green camouflage uniforms carrying guns. In the fortress’s underground levels, rows of trucks were parked.

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