Chapter 659

Chapter 659: Stalemate

Zhou Liao, Demon God Temple

Attacks with various weapons are still ongoing. After the initial panic, Zhou Liao is now fully mobilized. The armies stationed in various locations of Zhou Liao are starting to gather, and cultivators from all around are also coming together.

Missiles have no effect on high-level demon beasts, but for ordinary demon beasts, it’s like dealing with children. When Qingyun’s reinforcements arrive, Zhou Liao even has the strength to suppress a terrifying number of them.

"Ninth Sister-in-law"

Feng Thirteen rushed into the Demon God Temple in a sorry state. All the phoenix feathers on him were almost torn apart by Cao Ying. He really couldn’t win.

"Thirteen, you must be tired. Go rest now."

"Ninth Sister, I still have many special medicines here…"

Feng Thirteen quickly took out several bags, filled with many special medicines he collected from the Endless Sea for the Demon Queen and her followers.

Lin Fanghua’s eyes lit up at this, impressed by Feng Thirteen’s quick thinking in awakening them and preparing things in advance. She had underestimated him before.

Lin Fanghua opened the bags to find even more special medicines, which pleasantly surprised her. She could sense that the outside world lacked spiritual energy, so she was amazed that Feng Thirteen could gather so many high-level medicines.

Feng Thirteen promptly shared all the information about the outside world with Lin Fanghua. Learning that rare medicinal herbs were appearing, Lin Fanghua grew excited.

"Thirteen, distribute the medicines to the other demons so they can recover their strength quickly."

Lin Fanghua took about a third of the medicines for herself and entrusted the rest to Feng Thirteen for distribution. Despite the Demon God Temple absorbing vast amounts of spiritual energy, many sleeping demons caused a shortage, slowing their recovery.

"Uncle, Feng Thirteen is too fast; we couldn’t catch him."

Cao Ying went to Lin Jiang, feeling sorry, and said. Feng Thirteen, as a member of the Phoenix clan, is very fast. She couldn’t stop him in time, so Feng Thirteen escaped.

"Oh, we can’t defeat the Demon God Temple."

Lin Jiang also sighed. Although the Demon God Temple seemed shaky, it stood strong against their attacks. Lin Jiang knew it wouldn’t be easy to defeat the Demon God Temple.

"There are not many treasures left by the Monster clan, but all that remain are top-notch."

"No one knows how many Monster clan members are sleeping in the Demon God Temple. I have already told Zhou Liao to prepare for the worst."

Lin Jiang said he had ordered Zhou Liao to evacuate the people nearby, the more, the better, the faster, the better.

"Uncle is planning to use nuclear weapons, why not use them earlier?"

"Using nuclear weapons would bring a bad reputation that would last a lifetime. I can’t make that decision."

Lin Jiang admitted he was a bit selfish. He couldn’t sacrifice everything for the greater good. He wasn’t entirely selfless, but who isn’t selfish, right?

"Indeed, Uncle is right, you shouldn’t bear this blame."

Cao Ying also nodded, having woken up for many years, she still understood the mortal world very well. Fame, righteousness, and the larger situation were intangible things that might not be useful in everyday life, but once set in motion, they could be terrifying. This is what they call the direction of people’s hearts.

If Lin Jiang makes this decision, his subordinates could break free from his control. They could expose the matter, leading to accusations against Lin Jiang, being marginalized, and suffering huge losses in his interests.

The beasts outside the Demon God Temple gradually weakened, especially when the large numbers of troops from Huaxia arrived. Their weaponry was excellent, even the Qi Refining Period fighters, using Spiritual Cannons, could kill second-tier beasts. This made it impossible for them to resist and the remaining high-tier beasts took shelter inside the Demon God Temple.

"Fire!"

Most of the beasts outside the Demon God Temple were cleared out, allowing the firepower to focus on the temple. Although the individual firepower was not very strong, the sheer quantity caused a qualitative change. The protective shield of the Demon God Temple started to falter once again, with its recovery rate slower than the rate of consumption, gradually becoming precarious.

Facing this situation, Feng Thirteen quickly informed the Demon Queen of the weaknesses of these technological weapons, such as the missiles, which would explode if intercepted, rather than being impenetrable.

Upon hearing this, the Demon Queen unleashed a gust of wind that intercepted countless wind blades. As expected, a large amount of firepower was blocked, unable to touch the protective shield of the Demon God Temple.

"Retreat!"

After listening to the words from the earphones, Lin Jiang quickly retreated with Cao Ying and the others for several miles. Other cultivators also received the message and were retreating frantically.

The reason is simple. Zhou Liao couldn’t hold on anymore. Their leaders saw that the Demon God Temple was so difficult to defeat. They had already launched thousands of missiles, but still couldn’t break the Demon God Temple. So, they made a decision to use nuclear weapons.

This was Zhou Liao’s own idea, unrelated to Lin Jiang. He was happy to see this happen.

"Ninth Sister-in-law, this is not good…"

When Feng Thirteen saw the enemies retreating, he immediately realized it was not good. He quickly shared his thoughts with the Demon Queen. Feng Thirteen had been around the human territory for years and already knew about nuclear weapons.

"Are nuclear weapons very powerful?"

"Ninth Sister-in-law, nuclear weapons have only been used on ordinary people. One bomb can destroy a city, but it has never been used on cultivators and the demon race. The power is unknown, but nuclear weapons are the ultimate weapon for ordinary people."

"Can they be intercepted?"

"Interception at high altitude is effective. But if it gets too close, then it’s not useful. Nuclear weapons release extreme heat."

"Super high temperature, hehe, I’ll go and try."

"Be cautious, Ninth Sister-in-law."

Feng Thirteen exclaimed in fear, the Demon Queen is not from the Phoenix clan, and taking on the Demon God Temple with so many demon races is really risky.

"What should we do according to you, our people have not recovered yet, we can’t run."

"Negotiate, Ninth Sister-in-law, I understand these human tribes, during the cultivation era, humans were divided into regions, sects, which are even more complex now, with continents, countries, and ethnicities."

We are currently in Zhou Liao United States, one of the most powerful countries of the human tribe, considered the core area of humans. If we try to take over here, they will definitely resist and fight to the end. But it’s different if we go elsewhere. Across the Endless Sea, there are continents as well, not as good as this side, but still sizable."

"Will they agree to negotiate?"

"I don’t know, but it’s better than battling like this. After sleeping for tens of thousands of years, what we want is to become immortals, not to fight with the human tribe."

"You’re absolutely right, Thirteen, you’ve become even more formidable than before."

The Demon Queen said. The current Feng Thirteen is much stronger than before, he was not this smart before.

"Ninth Sister-in-law, the humans have only developed for a few thousand years now, but they are more powerful than a hundred thousand years ago. There are many things we can learn from them."

Feng Thirteen said he searched several human souls and learned many useful things, this information was enough to change his mindset.

"Something is coming, I will go stop it."

The Demon Queen said, then her figure disappeared. She consumed a large amount of spiritual medicine, and her cultivation quickly recovered.

"Go."

The Demon Queen transformed into her true form, a Golden-winged Peng Bird hundreds of meters long, hovering in the sky. Several feathers appeared, soaring towards the sky where a missile carrying tactical nuclear warheads appeared.

"Boom."

The feather struck the missile, causing it to explode in the sky with a terrifying mushroom cloud appearing, making the sky look like a second sun had emerged.

The scary shockwave spread with the heat, and the Demon Queen felt a lot of pressure, she was very surprised and couldn’t believe that humans could create such a weapon.

The huge body of the Demon Queen was a big disadvantage, she got knocked over by the shockwave and heat, screaming as she fell back to the Demon God Temple, but she didn’t die.

While Lin Jiang and others dozens of miles away set up a protective formation to shield everyone around them.

"The communication is cut off, this is a tactical hydrogen bomb, only at the level of 50,000 tons, Zhou Liao, Huaxia, and Qingyun are preparing for even bigger ones."

Lin Jiang said, there was a lot of noise in his earpiece, communication was briefly interrupted, but his artificial intelligence quickly restored contact through satellites, Huaxia informed Lin Jiang that they were preparing for bigger ones, not deploying the world-ending weapon, which was too large, but instead they would have millions or billions of tons, this first one was just a test.

"Nuclear weapons are really scary, if I were in the core explosion area, I might not be able to withstand it."

Cao Ying said, she had read theoretical data on nuclear weapons countless times, only when she experienced it firsthand did she realize how powerful they were.

The last explosion happened nearly a hundred kilometers away from them at high altitude, if it was nearby, she felt she would have a hard time defending herself.

After the shockwave passed, Lin Jiang and others prepared to move further away to avoid being accidentally injured, but at that moment, Feng Thirteen appeared with massive radiation.

"Master Cao, Taoist Friend Lin, who should make the decision?"

"What, decide to fight to the death?"

"No, let’s negotiate. I know you both have great power among mortals, let’s negotiate."

"Scared?"

"Taoist Friend Lin, don’t say such meaningless words. Nuclear weapons are powerful, I know you have even more powerful ones, but nuclear weapons also have major weaknesses, such as lack of flexibility. If our cultivation is restored, can nuclear bombs reach us? Even if they can, our divine consciousness can extend for hundreds or thousands of miles, easily intercepting them. At such a distance, how much power remains?"

"How do you want to negotiate?"

Lin Jiang spoke directly, Feng Thirteen’s words make sense. Right now, using nuclear weapons to kill them is actually the best opportunity, because their strength has not recovered, and they dare not leave the Demon God Temple easily.