Chapter 618: Chapter 382: Top Grade Seven Refinement Gu Insect

Above the Sky Dome, the dark clouds were thick as lead, with lightning serpents darting through them.

Because the Thousand-Handed Centipede had burrowed into the storm clouds, endless thunder surged from all directions toward it, continuously bombarding it. The entire sky turned into a thunderstorm center; the centipede’s figure was no longer visible, only its terrifying aura swept through the surroundings.

Roar!

Amidst a sky-shaking roar, six pairs of massive wings unfurled on the Thousand-Handed Centipede. These wings, formed of purple flames, seemed like clouds hanging from the sky or giant blades reaching for the heavens, slicing through the thunderclouds and scattering golden light upon the earth.

With thousands of bolts of lightning accompanying it, hundreds of arms on the Thousand-Handed Centipede began to move, capturing thick thunderbolts. Its black-red phosphorus shell sparkled with dense runes, as it frantically absorbed the energy of the heavenly tribulation, its entire body continuously growing and evolving.

In this relentless absorption, an hour passed in a flash.

When the tribulation clouds gradually dissipated and no more thunder fell, a roar like that of an ancient ferocious beast echoed through the Sky Dome.

Swoosh!

The six pairs of Purple Fire Cloud Wings vibrated; the Thousand-Handed Centipede burst from the clouds like a floating mountain, circling around Ghost Ridge Palace and flying with flapping wings.

Wherever it passed, the intense wind pressure stirred up gusts akin to an eighteen-level hurricane, ripping trees from the ground. Its immense shadow covered the Sky Dome, shocking the world and silencing millions of insects.

Bang!

The next moment, the Thousand-Handed Centipede landed in front of Su Jie. The ground beneath its feet shook and cracked open, and the soil surged like a tsunami, destroying the already tottering mansion buildings, which collapsed with a thunderous roar.

“My home.”

Su Jie’s mouth twitched slightly, and it seemed like the Thousand-Handed Centipede realized it had made a mistake as well, holding its head. However, with its massive size, its slightest movement caused the ground to shake again. Having just advanced to the Top Grade Seven Refinements, the Thousand-Handed Centipede still couldn’t control its immense strength properly.

Looking up at the Thousand-Handed Centipede, Su Jie saw its size had exploded, its body length soaring from 150 meters to 300 meters. Its body was covered in black-red scales, each the size of a barrel, significantly harder than alloy, giving an indestructible impression.

On the back of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, a row of purple-black dorsal fins had grown, emitting intense heat within. These glowed intermittently with the centipede’s breath.

The pale corpse hands on the belly of the Thousand-Handed Centipede had also changed; each arm bulged with muscle and veins, sprouting sharp claws like those of a demon’s limbs.

Above the head of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, seven sharp spiral horns had grown, resembling the horns of beetle-like insects, slanted towards the Sky Dome and adding a regal ferocity to the monstrous insect.

Indeed, the transformation of the Thousand-Handed Centipede was vast, its form becoming more fierce and terrible. Having become a Top Grade Seven Refinement Poisonous Insect, it gained a comprehensive enhancement.

Standing in front of this colossal beast, Su Jie could clearly feel the oppressive presence of a primitive behemoth–a natural human fear of vast and immense entities.

“Xiao Qian, with your current size, it really would be tough for an average person to take care of you.”

Su Jie floated up and landed on the ferocious, gnarled head of the Thousand-Handed Centipede.

Sizzle!

The Thousand-Handed Centipede let out a joyful sound. Six pairs of Purple Fire Cloud Wings emerged on its back, eager to show Su Jie its capabilities as it carried him high into the sky.

With almost a single leap, the Thousand-Handed Centipede broke the sound barrier, the wild wind assaulting their faces.

Whoosh!

With a flap of its fiery wings, a deep red light started to gather in its mouth, and its dorsal fins lit up one by one. A terrifying aura enveloped the surroundings, causing the wild animals in the mountains below to flee in panic as if facing a natural disaster.

Boom!

As the Thousand-Handed Centipede opened its mouth, a red pillar of fire pierced through heaven and earth, colliding with a small mountain several kilometers away with terrifying energy fluctuations.

Rumble!

A tsunami-like shockwave swept through, and the entire small mountain trembled violently in the intense explosion, hurling giant rocks to hundreds of meters away.

From high above, it looked like a hemispherical red light dome had been placed upside down on the ground. The high temperature melted the mountain’s soil and vegetation on the surface, and in the center of the explosion, the rocks turned into magma like fresh blood from a wound–a crater nearly a hundred meters deep and three hundred meters in diameter appeared, with half of the small mountain being blown apart.

This was the newfound ability of the Thousand-Handed Centipede after the Seven Refinements, called Skyfire Breath.

Compared to the dense collective attack of the Purple Light Ray, the destructive power of this move, Skyfire Breath, was more than tenfold. Once struck, even beings of the Taoist Platform Realm would likely either die or be severely injured.

In the world of Blue Star, a small nuclear bomb typically had this magnitude of power. There had been experiments by countries, where a 170,000-ton nuclear bomb buried in the ground could create a crater a hundred meters deep and 460 meters in diameter. However, nuclear explosions are usually airbursts, which are most effective in killing humans, as nuclear bombs aren’t intended for mining or demolition.

The power of the Thousand-Handed Centipede’s move was comparable to a small nuclear bomb, though its lethal range wasn’t as extensive; the energy largely concentrated at the center of the explosion, making it a singular killer move.

Of course, nowadays on Blue Star, hydrogen bombs are generally used, with yields ranging from 500,000 tons to 5,000,000 tons, much more powerful than the current Skyfire Breath of the Thousand-Handed Centipede. If necessary, the yield of hydrogen bombs could be increased to hundreds of millions of tons, like the once planned Tsar Bomba, initially intended to be 100 million tons but reduced to 50 million tons because of excessive power. Even so, the Tsar Bomba could create a super mushroom cloud eight kilometers in diameter and sixty-four kilometers high, and if it had been a ground burst, it likely would have created a super crater over ten thousand meters in diameter.