The city of Deya in Sharjah, once a bustling urban center with towering skyscrapers, is now reduced to rubble.
Four massive spaceships are parked in the exact center of the original site of Deya City.
The four spacecraft have different designs, with two resembling UFOs, occupying an area as large as several football fields.
The other two have shapes and sizes identical to what Ding Huan previously saw, the Xun Shen, with the two smaller ships flanking the larger saucer.
Around the four spacecraft, there are at least tens of thousands of invulnerable spiders.
Each spider is at least two meters long, and these spiders resemble sculptures, encircling the four spacecraft in the middle.
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Outside the Sha, there are already established defense trenches and walls, with tens of thousands of federal soldiers stationed there.
From the bloodstains and dense craters in front of the defensive trenches, it's clear that there was a battle here not long ago.
Federal Army Commander Gu Zhong's face was rather somber. From the recent battle, the Federal Army had lost thousands of soldiers, yet the undead spiders on the other side seemed to have suffered no losses at all.
These spiders are made of some unknown material; even when a shell is fired straight through them, they can still stand up to fight, and they can recover rather quickly as well.
Such terrifying abilities, who can beat them?
Now, he could only wait for the people from the Genetic Union and Martial Arts Union to come, as these spiders were probably not something that ordinary ammunition could handle.
As for missiles, they cannot even land in the Sha territory. After a few missiles were shot out and bounced back, they wouldn't dare to launch them again.
What worried Gu Zhong most wasn't that he couldn't take down the alien base, but rather what the alien civilization was trying to do.
They could easily destroy the Federal Army's defenses with a counterattack, yet they haven't done so until now. Why is that?
At the same time, a meeting was held in the circular saucer.
Chairing the meeting was still Captain Baru, who looked delicate and fair-skinned with soft skin. In fact, he had an extremely bad temper.
Captain Baru had a quick temper, but he wasn't impulsive:
"We have now established a foothold, and based on our recent contact, this planet has the power to fight us. We need to be cautious."
"Captain, my suggestion is to go for a quick victory. Otherwise, if they learn about our secret of the undead spiders, it will be hard to fight them." A woman stood up and spoke.
She was named An Qinger, one of the strategists of this team.
"An Qinger, Captain Baru's reason for not engaging in a full-scale battle is that he fears the secret of the undead spiders might be discovered by them."
Looking at the army here, those soldiers are fierce and fearless. Once they engage in battle, it will be difficult to keep the secret of the undead spiders.
What we are relying on is just energy and undead spiders, right? Our energy is limited and cannot be replenished. Once we run out of it, we will surely lose." Cang Yuoding said with a serious look.
The flesh on his chin trembled with each word he spoke, making him look rather comical.
But no one found him funny. He looked chubby and short, but in reality, he was the most ruthless among them.
It was he who came up with the idea of burying all men on Earth as fertilizer and leaving some women to build homes for them.
As for the scientific and technological civilization on Earth, he believed it was worth nothing, not worthy of preservation at all.
Captain Baru nodded in agreement:
“Cang Yuoding is right, even if we can easily crush them, we still need to be careful. Moreover, we cannot crush the people here."
There are strong individuals here, and they are very powerful indeed.
The man who was killed by the undead spiders before, I suspect that he discovered the secret of the undead spiders before he died. If more such individuals come, how can we ensure our victory?
We have no choice but to enslave this place and then return to Zanshen Continent. Therefore, we must still retain the energy for the return journey. According to my observation, this planet has absolutely no advanced energy."
Upon hearing Captain Baru set the tone, the others stopped discussing and followed his orders.
Captain Baru continued:
"Ting Cui, Ji Yuan, control Flower Guardian One and go search for the Seek God. Based on our location, the Seek God is not far from here."
The Seek God has been in stasis on Earth for such a long time, it must have accumulated a vast amount of data and information. Once we retrieve these, that will be the time for us to engage in battle."
"Yes." The two young men stood up simultaneously, then walked out.
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Eight-level genetic cultivator, Ding Huan let out a breath of relief.
Eight-level genetic refiner, Ding Huan sighed. The Zanshen crystal stone is indeed good, in just half a month, he became an eight-level genetic refiner. In half a month, he used up...
Ding Huan hesitated for a moment, looking at the only remaining Zanshen crystal stone beside him.
It turned out that he had used up 18 Zanshen crystal stones in half a month.
No, we must capture the dung beetle.
If we don't catch the dung beetle, it will be difficult for him to cultivate to a nine-level genetic refiner on Earth. Even if we find the Energy Stone, it will still be hard.
Accustomed to refining with Zanshen crystal stones, who would still want to endure with Energy Stones.
As for not using Zanshen crystal stone or Energy Stone, it would be better not to practice at all.
Seeing Qian Xinyue still practicing, Ding Huan decided to go out and make a long spear first for cultivating nine methods.
Huh, this girl has promising talent; she's already a third-level genetic refiner in such a short time?
Even though she is using Zanshen crystal stone, her cultivation speed seems to be better than my own gene root, given her spiritual potential.
Ding Huan walked out of the cave without disturbing Qian Xinyue.
It has to be said that Africa's forest resources are indeed abundant, with all kinds of precious and famous trees scattered everywhere. Even without a thorough search, Ding Huan saw a purple light sandalwood tree.
This thing is extremely hard, enough to make a makeshift spear for temporary cultivation practice.
Ding Huan didn't intend to search further, he would just take this piece of purple light sandalwood.
As Ding Huan was about to chop the purple light sandalwood, his divine consciousness brushed against a tree of white hard wood.
White hard wood is much harder than purple light sandalwood, and Ding Huan's divine consciousness detected that this white hard wood is a genetically modified species.
Absolutely a valuable item, Ding Huan unhesitantly gave up the purple light sandalwood.
White hard wood is known as one of the strongest woods on the surface, and its status as the strongest isn't secure. However, with genetic mutation, this white hard wood can definitely be called the hardest wood on the surface.
Ding Huan's Starry Knife directly cut into the tree root.
This time, Ding Huan didn't use his true essence; he simply used the Starry Knife to cut down without much force.
To Ding Huan's surprise, he couldn't even cut the white hard wood in half with his Starry Knife, which was a product of an alien civilization. This showed just how hard the wood was.
Ding Huan gathered his true essence and easily cut this piece of white hard wood in half.
With the Starry Knife's support, Ding Huan only wanted the heartwood part of this genetically modified white hard wood.
This genetically modified white hard wood was so thick that even the heartwood part was enough for Ding Huan to make five long spears.
For every long spear, Ding Huan left a length of about two meters, which was too long to be carried conveniently, and too short to fully demonstrate its power.
Until he finds a true replacement for the long gun, this piece of white hard wood gun will accompany him for some time.
After making the long spear, Ding Huan carried it to an open space.
Cultivating nine levels, the spear cultivates nine levels. One level is one realm, and nine levels can tear apart nine realms.
This aura is indeed arrogant to the extreme, but Ding Huan enjoys this overbearing gun spirit.
He felt that this style of swordsmanship was very suitable for him. If it's a killing move, without an overbearing aura, how can one kill enemies?
Practicing the nine levels is about letting the spear follow wherever it goes, controlling the spear with one's will, and the first spear shooting out thousands of rays of light, and the spear returning with a hundred thousand souls.
Wow, is the first spear already this ferocious?
True essence condensed, and Ding Huan pointed the long spear, with a line of spearlight materializing at the tip.
"Crack!" Just by materializing a few dozen spearlights, the long spear in his hand shattered into dust.
Ding Huan frowned slightly and dropped the fragments on the ground.
If this continues, the few white hard wood long spears in his hand will not be able to support him in cultivating the nine levels.
And just now, he felt that he couldn't even perform the first gun of the nine levels.
He didn't sense the gun essence; it was just a mimicry without spirit.
The gun follows wherever it goes, which is the essence of the true nine levels.
If the gun really followed wherever it went, how could it break into pieces as soon as it was drawn?
Only by thinking of using the long spear to bear his own strength would the spear shatter.
A good gunner would not let his power be borne by his weapon, but by his opponent.
With this in mind, Ding Huan went back to cut down the purple light sandalwood and made over a hundred long spears in one breath.
True essence condensed once more, the nine gun essences materialized, the spear was drawn, and the spearlight appeared suddenly... the long spear in his hand shattered...
Ding Huan wasn't discouraged. He had prepared over a hundred long spears just for practicing the first spear technique of the nine levels.
By the end of the day, Ding Huan shattered two hundred and seven long spears. He had to make new ones in the middle of the process.
Ding Huan, however, grew increasingly excited because with each attempt, he could feel why the spear was shattering, which was true progress.
The next day, Ding Huan continued his practice of the nine levels.
When Ding Huan picked up the third hundred and twenty-six long spears, he fired a shot, and hundreds of spearlights detonated in front of the spear.
Boom! Boom! Boom! A row of giant trees was torn apart under the spearlights, but the wooden spear in Ding Huan's hand showed no sign of cracking.
Ding Huan looked at the wooden spear in his hand, and his heart was calming down.
With that shot, he channeled his thousands of killing intentions through the long spear, without allowing his wooden spear to be destroyed by these intentions.
Because the spear was his companion, he managed not to let the pressure come out through the spear and shatter it, so his wooden spear didn't break.
In the future, as his cultivation level improves, he will have a deeper understanding of the gun essence. It's not just a matter of shooting out thousands of rays of light and returning with a hundred thousand souls.
Even if it's a thousand points of light for every shot and a billion souls with every impact, that would be normal.
Because smashing wood doesn't have killing intent, this kind of gun art can only progress faster in true combat. Only by seeing blood can there be life.
Great gun art!
Such a great gun art cannot be without a name.
The first shot of the nine levels shall be called...
Ten thousand kills, this is too common and lacks aura.
This one shot of his has turned thousands of trees into dust.
How about...
Let's call it "Shattered Soul." By next September 8th, when I draw my gun, a myriad of souls shall be killed!
Ding Huan held the wooden spear in his hand, and a sense of bravery rose from within him for a moment.
He couldn't wait until September 8th next year. He had to go to Changyi continent to avenge his vengeance. That could only be next year.
Next year, if he returns to the universe, let alone thousands of souls under his gun art, all of them will be shattered.
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