Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 73 What the hell is this...?!
On the other end of the mental link, in addition to the scalding pain, Young Gilas also transmitted a strange feeling—its obsidian-like bones, which had been strengthened by the energy of the Void Stone, were now greedily absorbing the violent firepower of the Sun Essence, and on the verge of melting, a faint but resilient crimson-gold halo was rising!
skeleton?

This thought cleaved through Lin Xia's consciousness, which was shrouded in pain and despair, like a lightning bolt!
He suddenly looked down at his right hand, which was pressed against the ore.

The charred flesh was peeling off piece by piece in the high temperature, like ashes from burnt paper.

But... beneath that carbonized flesh, the exposed finger bones... didn't instantly turn to ashes!
It was an indescribable sight.

The originally stark white finger bones now exhibited a strange, translucent quality under the destructive golden light of the sun's essence, with countless tiny, flowing, crimson-gold light points shimmering and coalescing inside!
A faint but real suction force is emanating from deep within the bones, actively drawing in the scorching energy flowing from the surface of the ore!
Although the burning pain in the flesh did not lessen at all, this discovery was like the last straw that a drowning person grasped at!
“Ahhhh——!!!”

Lin Xia let out a beast-like roar, not a scream, but a battle cry that squeezed out the last bit of will to live and all his crazy trust!

Without further hesitation, Lin Xia used all the remaining strength in his body to forcefully break the piece of solar essence ore, which was flowing with liquid golden light, off the rock wall!

The moment the ore leaves the vein, the light seems even more dazzling and the temperature soars!
Lin Xia felt as if she was holding not a stone, but a miniature star!

He opened his mouth, his charred lips torn and frothing with blood, but he couldn't feel it.

Lin Xia stuffed the solar essence containing enough energy to burn mountains and boil seas into his mouth!

No chewing.

The moment that piece of solar essence ore entered its mouth, it seemed to come alive, transforming into a pure and destructive torrent!
"boom--!!!"

Lin Xia's mind went blank.

The extreme pain reached its peak at this moment, and then seemed to be surpassed and annihilated by some greater force in an instant.

Lin Xia felt that her mouth, esophagus, stomach... all the organs and tissues she came into contact with were completely carbonized and vaporized in a fraction of a second!
The torrent rushed into his body without any hindrance, and then... it exploded!

My vision was completely engulfed by pure golden flames. It felt as if a sun had exploded inside my body!
Flesh and blood were evaporating, and bones were groaning under the unbearable pressure! The excruciating pain was like billions of volcanoes erupting simultaneously within his body, instantly destroying all his sensory nerves, leaving only that pure light and heat, and... a sense of emptiness as if his soul were being torn apart.

Just as his consciousness was about to completely sink into this golden inferno, a faint yet exceptionally tenacious crimson-gold light stubbornly seeped out from deep within his bones.

…………

"Xia! Come out! You'll die! Bring it out now!"

From the direction of the cave entrance, a hoarse, desperate roar from the towering building, mixed with deafening gunshots, the screams of soul beasts, and the sounds of impacts, came continuously, like background noise from another world.

Lou Gao stood with his back to the hellish depths of the mine, his massive frame blocking the relatively narrow mine tunnel like a rock about to be smashed by a raging tide.

The AK-47 in his hand spat out angry flames, its barrel already glowing red-hot, emitting a pungent smell of gunpowder and burning metal.

Magazine after magazine emptied, the scalding hot cartridge cases piled up at their feet, then clattered under the feet of the surging soul beasts.

The cave entrance was almost entirely filled with the corpses of spirit beasts; broken scales, lava-like blood, and charred entrails mingled together, emitting a hellish stench. However, the slaughter could not stop these utterly crazed volcanic creatures.

More soul beasts trampled over the corpses of their companions, their crimson eyes fixed on the alluring golden light deep within the mine, charging forward fearlessly! A lava lizard, its abdomen pierced by a bullet, dragged its spilling entrails, still roaring as it crawled forward.

A massive lava dragon, enduring the sparks and dents carved into its thick carapace by a barrage of bullets, slammed into the cave wall like a runaway battering ram, sending rubble crashing down.

Lou Gao had no time to look back at the situation deep within the mine. Every time he pulled the trigger, every time the recoil of the gun struck his shoulder, it was accompanied by a tearing pain in his heart.

Lou Gao could imagine what was behind him—his beloved and exceptionally talented disciple, along with that magical little monster, were being burned alive to ashes by the flames of the Sun Essence!
"Hang in there... hang in there, kid..."

Lou Gao's eyes were bloodshot, his gums were bleeding from biting them so hard they were mixed with sweat, and he fired wildly in an attempt to win that slim, almost nonexistent miracle.

at this time--

"唳——!!!!!!"

That terrifying roar, emanating from the depths of the Earth's core and piercing through all obstacles, once again tore apart the chaotic battlefield!

This time, the voice was clearer and closer! The majesty and rage it contained struck everyone's soul like a heavy hammer!

Lou Gao felt his blood surging, his vision went black, and he almost dropped the scalding hot gun.

What happened next caused even greater terror to strike!

The moment the cry subsided, the pile of dead soul beast corpses at the cave entrance—whether they were lava lizards riddled with holes or lava earth dragons with shattered shells—the lava blood flowing from their wounds, glowing with a dark red light, seemed to come alive!

laugh--! ! !
Countless tiny golden sparks burst forth from inside those still-warm corpses without warning!
Immediately afterwards, crimson-gold flames, like the karmic fire of hell, surged violently from the eye sockets, mouths, noses, and wounds of every corpse!

Those shattered remains, enveloped in golden flames, somehow managed to stand up again in a twisted and eerie posture!

Their torn wounds twisted and fused together in the flames, and two even more ferocious golden flames leaped in their hollow eye sockets!
"Roar--!!!"

The resurrected fiery corpses roared silently, carrying an even purer and more destructive aura. They ignored the bullets raining down from the high building. The bullets pierced the flames, only causing ripples and minimal damage. Like an undead legion returning from hell, they silently and resolutely stepped over the burning corpses of their comrades and surged into the mine once again!

The lava dragon's corpse, which had been given special attention by Lou Gao and had its shoulder armor shattered, has now transformed into the largest fire behemoth!

Its massive body was completely enveloped in crimson flames, with flames churning at the broken shoulder armor, forming ferocious flame shoulder guards. Every heavy step it took left a burning footprint on the scorching rock!

With its head bowed, its giant eyes, burning with golden flames, were fixed on the towering building blocking the middle of the mine tunnel. Like a moving volcano, it crashed down with the force to crush everything!
"What the hell is this?!"

(End of this chapter)