Without any hesitation, Lin Xinghai rushed into the passage.

At first, he thought that with his Speed, catching up to the two of them wouldn’t be difficult. After all, Kong Hua would surely do everything possible to slow Raphael down.

Given the circumstances, their pace wouldn’t be anywhere near the Divine Demon Realm Level; it probably wouldn’t even match that of the Body Shaping Realm.

But after advancing only a short distance, he realized he had been thinking too simply.

Because after he had advanced a few hundred meters, the alloy tunnel had collapsed.

Normally, a secret escape tunnel like this would have been reinforced and thickened during construction, but presumably, even its builders never imagined that a battle between Divine Demon Realm experts would take place inside it.

Thus, its collapse was to be expected.

’I hope this wasn’t a wasted trip,’ Lin Xinghai thought while using his Perception Power to probe past the collapsed section.

Soon, he breathed a quiet sigh of relief. The collapsed section was only about five meters long. If anyone else at the Blood Qi Realm wanted to clear it, it would certainly take a considerable amount of time.

But he was different.

Lin Xinghai instantly unleashed his Divine Demon Body. His legs immediately grew thicker and stronger, even sprouting a tough, horn-like layer. Then he kicked directly at the blockage ahead.

BOOM!

His massive foot slammed heavily into the rock and dirt. His base Power was 670 points, and unleashing his Divine Demon Body added another 1,000, bringing his total Power to 1,670. This was well within the range of the Body Shaping Realm.

With such immense force, he instantly gouged a crater nearly half a meter deep into the rock and dirt.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

In the blink of an eye, Lin Xinghai unleashed several more kicks, immediately widening the crater and compacting the surrounding rock and dirt.

’This method should work!’

With a glance, Lin Xinghai immediately activated his Time Acceleration Ability, and a series of dull, booming impacts followed.

Under the effect of his Time Acceleration Ability, Lin Xinghai’s kicking motion instantly increased tenfold. If anyone had been there, they probably would have only seen his legs blur into two afterimages, continuously smashing into the rock and dirt.

In the blink of an eye, a narrow, passable tunnel took shape under the barrage of kicks.

Lin Xinghai now used his hands to propel himself forward horizontally, leading with his legs. He looked just like a tunneling machine at work.

He completely broke through the 5-meter blockage in just 10 seconds.

Then, without a moment’s delay, he continued to race down the secret passage.

But this was just the beginning. Along the rest of the way, Lin Xinghai encountered one collapsed section after another.

Fortunately, these collapses generally didn’t span a great distance; even the longest one was only a little over 30 meters.

But this tunnel was exceptionally long. Lin Xinghai had advanced a full 5 kilometers, and although he could feel the tunnel constantly sloping upwards, he still hadn’t reached the end and returned to the surface.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

As he once again blasted open a collapsed section with his legs, his extended Perception Power finally detected the violent commotion of a battle far ahead in the tunnel.

Because many parts of the tunnel had collapsed, the earth and rock greatly weakened Lin Xinghai’s Perception Power. He couldn’t detect their presence until he was within a kilometer of them.

’Good, I’m finally catching up.’ Lin Xinghai’s spirits lifted, and he couldn’t help but quicken his pace.

As he continued to approach, the readings from his Perception Power became increasingly clear.

He now saw that Kong Hua had transformed into a three-meter-tall Rock Giant. Every punch and kick he threw carried terrifying Power. Wherever they grazed the surrounding Alloy walls, a huge crater would instantly appear.

As for Raphael, he had also transformed into a giant bear over three meters tall. However, this giant bear had no fur; instead, it was covered in scales with a shimmering metallic luster, and it constantly attacked the Rock Giant with its Sharp Claws.

Every seemingly ordinary collision between the two would generate a terrifying boom, sending shockwaves rippling through the air.

One could well imagine that if the two of them were to collide on the surface, those shockwaves alone would be enough to snap trees and cause landslides.

However, Lin Xinghai estimated that this still wasn’t their true strength, because this passage was too narrow. With a height of only three meters, neither of them could even unleash the complete form of their Divine Demon Body.

Observing the battle as he rapidly closed the distance, he soon came within 500 meters.

Just then, Kong Hua’s voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Why did you follow me? Didn’t I tell you to help look after the Sharp Blade Camp? If you’re here, what will happen to them?" The voice was tinged with urgency and annoyance.

"General Kong, you can rest assured. The enemies in the underground base have all been dealt with. That’s why I caught up, to see if there’s anything I can do to help." Lin Xinghai didn’t know how to project his voice into the other’s mind, so he had to shout.

To Lin Xinghai’s surprise, however, it wasn’t Kong Hua who answered first, but Raphael.

"Heh, kid. You sure talk big. Don’t forget, Rikas and the others are still in the underground base. You, a puny pipsqueak from the Blood Qi Realm, really think you can defeat someone in the Body Shaping Realm Late Stage?"

"What’s more, among the Corpse-men I left there, five have reached the strength of the Body Shaping Realm. That’s a total of eight in the Body Shaping Realm. Hah, and you’re telling me you took care of them?"

"I bet you saw things going south, ran off on your own, and just made up some random excuse!" Raphael’s mocking voice echoed through the passage.

Lin Xinghai was so close that if Kong Hua could sense his presence, it was impossible for Raphael, another Divine Demon Realm master, to be completely unaware.

Although Kong Hua had initially used his Perception Power to send a mental message, so Raphael couldn’t know its contents, Lin Xinghai had shouted his reply aloud. That, Raphael heard perfectly.

Hearing Raphael’s taunts, Lin Xinghai wasn’t the least bit angry. Instead, he slowly explained, "The ’Rikas and them’ you mentioned, you mean those three white guys, right? Their Speed was so slow that once I got in close, all I had to do was pump a few extra rounds into them and they went down."

"As for those Body Shaping Realm Level Corpse-men you mentioned, I can’t say I witnessed their power. You see, after we dealt with those three white guys, we took control of the main control room. Naturally, they never got a chance to wake up."

"On top of that, we also went ahead and took control of the 2,000-plus Combat Robots in the base. Combined with the elite soldiers from the Sharp Blade Camp... if nothing went wrong, they’ve probably finished cleaning up all the armed personnel by now."

After hearing Lin Xinghai’s explanation, Kong Hua, who had been somewhat doubtful, was now mostly convinced. After all, he had seen for himself that Lin Xinghai’s Speed was no less than his own.

When facing someone from the Body Shaping Realm, his Speed would give him a crushing advantage.

If Lin Xinghai’s Attack Power was also sufficient, then defeating three Body Shaping Realm experts, while unbelievable, wasn’t necessarily impossible.

After all, Lin Xinghai was the sole First Class Seed.

A third-class seed was already considered a peerless genius. A First Class Seed could only be described as a Demon.

And what was a Demon? It was, of course, someone who could do the impossible.

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