I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

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PS: The author's liver is about to give out.

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Chapter 179 The Five Elements

Under the control of the tornado, Huang Tao quickly arrived in front of the mountain qilin, placed the qilin at its feet, and then quickly returned to the air, where his home turf was.

"What's going on? Why is Qilin here? And he just said that Zimo was here?"

The mountain qilin's golden vertical pupils were incredibly majestic. Even though its bloodline was not as pure as the qilin in front of it, which was only the size of a fat cat, its strength completely overwhelmed it. The aura it unintentionally revealed made Xiaoze, whose bloodline was the purest, tremble.

Ozawa looked at the majestic mountain unicorn in front of him with a hint of fear in his big eyes, and then at the terrifyingly powerful Grim Reaper behind him. Finally, his sense of closeness to the mountain unicorn outweighed his fear, and he hid at its feet for protection.

Upon seeing Ozawa's sudden appearance, Death went completely mad.

That's exactly what it's been looking for!

It risked being wiped out to come to the Yongjing Military Administrative District for the sake of this Qilin in front of it!

Once you obtain it and absorb all its divinity, you can break free from the shackles of being a mutated species and reach a level you've never experienced before!

That way, it would have the confidence to contend with that terrifying being in the sky.

A milky white wave of energy surged out from the bone blade, intending to kill the two Qilin, one large and one small, with lightning speed. Since they were going to be eaten anyway, it didn't matter whether they were alive or dead!

How could the mountain qilin possibly let it succeed?

Its bloodline essence burned, making its aura even more terrifying. With its right giant claw, it grabbed at the mountain peak beside it, and the mountain moved to block its way. It emitted a dazzling earthy yellow light and was incredibly hard, even harder than a diamond of the same size.

But even such a solid mountain crumbled inch by inch under the attack of Death. Death's bone blade cleaved through more than half of the mountain in one strike, barely stopping at the tip of the mountain unicorn's nose.

"Huang Tao, buy me one minute!"

Without further hesitation, the mountain qilin opened its mouth wide, ready to swallow Xiao Ze whole. Xiao Ze offered no resistance; the bond of blood made it trust Yan Shan completely, allowing this 'elder' to swallow it.

The moment it swallowed, the mountain qilin underwent a dramatic transformation—

The yellowish-brown scales gradually turned iridescent, each one glossy and powerful, with sharp edges. If a fleshy body were to strike them, it would likely have a large piece of flesh scraped off.

Before the mountain qilin's transformation was complete, death had already charged in. It sensed that if the mountain qilin continued to transform like this, its situation would become troublesome.

As it moved forward, Huang Tao unleashed countless wind blades, slicing off the mountains in its path, just to delay death for a few seconds.

Countless rubble rolled down, blocking the road. Death didn't even bother to take a detour and just crashed into it. Hundreds of tons of rubble were cleared away in less than two seconds, and it grinned when it saw Huang Tao.

What's wrong with this beast? Its attack power is so strong!

Huang Tao manipulated the tornado to extend several giant, cloud-like hands, containing rolling lightning, which struck the Grim Reaper. Surprisingly, the Grim Reaper paused for a moment, as if it had been frightened by something.

A few seconds later it reacted again, and its attack became even more ferocious. It was obviously enraged by Huang Tao's actions. Waves of energy emanated from the bone blade, and Huang Tao was left defenseless, dodging in all directions.

There was no way around it; the Grim Reaper's attacks were simply too powerful. You couldn't withstand them head-on; one hit and you'd die.

Cloud hands continuously condensed and slammed down on the path of death, causing the earth to sink and rocks to tumble. He did not expect these attacks to harm death; he had seen his previous attempts and realized that his full-force attacks had not caused any damage to death. So he had to settle for second best and destroy the path to force it to detour.

This method was quite effective. The road ahead kept collapsing, and Death's advance slowed down. The transformation of the mountain qilin was also coming to an end.

With a loud roar, the mountain qilin shrank in size, its 170-meter-tall body dropping by more than 20 meters, but its power was even stronger than before. Even Death itself dared not underestimate the mountain qilin now.

Oh no, calling it a mountain unicorn is no longer appropriate; it should be called a unicorn.

The colossal beast before them exhaled clouds and mist, its breath containing the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, floating in the air and forming various strange phenomena, as if the heavens and earth were cheering for it.

Only now did Death feel the unparalleled power emanating from Yan Shan. At this moment, the Qilin that Yan Shan had transformed into had officially entered the Sequence level in terms of combat strength!

This also means that he is truly regarded as an opponent of equal caliber by Death, and his level of danger is comparable to that of another being.

Sensing the threat, Death tentatively unleashed a milky-white wave of energy, which, carrying world-destroying power, arrived before the Qilin in the blink of an eye.

There was no sound of bombardment. The air wave naturally disintegrated into tiny air clusters in front of the Qilin. This was the result of the five elements operating at full power, and it was basically immune to energy attacks.

However, this doesn't matter to Death. Its most powerful attack is not the shockwave, but the countless bone blades of death that are gathered in its hands!

In addition, it has a special talent—

The effect of this skill is simple, similar to Lin Shuqi's sharpening, but many times stronger.

The resulting boost is... Attack power x2, defense penetration ability x2!

This is why Death can easily smash through a 30-meter-thick solid city wall and cleave down all things in the world with a wave of his hand.

At the same time, this is also its greatest asset in fighting against tyrants, although tyrants may also have innate skills.

Death exerted all its power, causing mountains to crumble and the earth to split as it moved. All the rocky mountains along its path collapsed, as if struck by forces beyond impact, and shattered into pieces.

The bone blade, which had reaped countless souls, was swung up, tearing through the air with a series of sharp whistles, and slashing forward relentlessly. It had always done this; once the bone blade was unleashed, nothing could withstand it.

However, the expected scene of flying flesh and blood did not occur. The sharp bone blades landed on the Qilin's scales with clanging sounds, not only failing to break through its defenses but also causing the Qilin to feel pain from the impact.

—Its defenses have become stronger!

Death's gaze was filled with horror. The indestructible bone blade had actually been thwarted by the Qilin's scales, something it could not have imagined.

In fact, if it looked closely, it would find that the scales of the Qilin that it hit were almost all dented. It could break through the defense by attacking one point two or three times. This was not a difficult task for it.

However, in its state of shock, it clearly did not notice this. The Qilin snorted loudly and slapped Death's right side with its paw. The claws, enhanced by earth and metal elements, became exceptionally sharp and scratched cracks on Death's unbreakable bone surface.

Rumbling--

Death's two-hundred-meter-tall body flew far away as if struck by a meteorite, crashing to the ground and crushing countless towering trees.

With a roar from the Qilin's mouth, a bottomless crater appeared on the ground where the Grim Reaper fell. Magma surged inside, and the high temperature distorted the surrounding area. The Grim Reaper rolled down, and the scorching magma clung to its surface, hissing and emitting wisps of blue smoke.

This wasn't enough to inflict a fatal wound on Death. Qilin continued to manipulate the power of the five elements, and the rainwater contained within the black tornado controlled by Huang Tao was uncontrollably drawn away, falling entirely into the deep pit. Steam billowed, and wisps of water mist covered the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Death howled, its voice sharp and piercing. Its body was trapped by rapidly solidifying magma, unable to move. The ground rose against all reason, and it was attacked relentlessly by the Qilin standing at the edge of the pit.

"Good heavens, the situation has completely turned upside down!"

Yan Shan was no longer suppressed by Death, but instead beat Death into a sorry state, making Huang Tao extremely happy.

"Huang Tao, have you called for hydrogen bomb support?" Qilin spoke in a human voice, its loud voice deafening Huang Tao.

Huh?

You're already overwhelming it, why would you need hydrogen bomb support?! Just kill it outright!

Chapter 180 There's a mole!

As a comrade-in-arms of decades, Yan Shan immediately understood why Huang Tao was surprised and continued:

"How long do you think my current fighting strength can last? Only about twenty minutes! Hurry up, I'm confident I can withstand a nuclear bomb!"

He is now extremely confident, firmly believing that he can withstand a nuclear bomb with his current strength. This confidence comes not only from his formidable defenses but also from his ability to freely manipulate the power of the five elements.

These abilities are possessed by true Qilin. When fully utilized, their strength surpasses that of other species at the same level, allowing them to use many unconventional methods to accomplish things that other species cannot.

If it really succeeds, it will be an unparalleled feat!

To withstand a nuclear bomb as a human being is something that 99.999% of people in the world wouldn't even dare to dream of, and Yan Shan will become the first in history to do so, which is simply beyond the limits of humanity.

Upon hearing this, Huang Tao himself became somewhat excited. He immediately called the strategic missile site, issued the order to launch the hydrogen bomb, and then quickly retreated to avoid being killed by the aftershocks of the explosion.

Behind the city wall on the other side, two Dongfeng missiles, each equipped with a special warhead, spewed out large amounts of flames from their tails and slowly rose into the air amidst bright fire. As their altitude increased, their speed also increased, and they disappeared into the sky with long 'tails' trailing behind them.

"It should be about time..." Huang Tao looked at the clock. Three minutes had passed since the missile launch, and he was extremely anxious, fearing that something unexpected might have happened.

Yan Shan said he could hold off Death for twenty minutes. The time it takes for a nuclear bomb to enter the atmosphere and fall is only a few minutes, which is more than enough time. But Huang Tao felt anxious for no reason.

Huang Tao's heart finally eased after he could see the black warhead piercing through the clouds in the sky, but his intuition still warned him that some unexpected changes might occur.

Finally, the nuclear warhead landed in the area where Yanshan was battling death, and the weapon representing the pinnacle of human civilization's destructive power was about to unleash its earth-shattering might...

No? !

Is it a delayed explosion?

Huang Tao had a question in his mind. The warhead had been on the ground for more than ten seconds. Shouldn't it have exploded by now?

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ballistic missile sites on the north side of the city wall

"Has the Dongfeng missile been launched yet?" Li Hao asked. He had just arrived here, and there had been no movement from the front lines for a long time, so he was getting a little anxious.

"Report, it has indeed been launched."

"Why hasn't it exploded yet? It should have exploded long ago..."

Unable to come to a conclusion after much thought, Li Hao suddenly received a tip from his subordinate:

"This is Liu Wenbin, the company commander of the 3rd Company of the Armored Division. Calling Commander Li Haoyi?"

"I'm here. Is there anything I need to report?"

"Here's what happened: an unauthorized military truck left the city outside the western city wall. Our men became suspicious and temporarily detained the driver and co-driver. Inside the truck, they discovered..."

Liu Wenbin hesitated for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said:

"Two ballistic missile warheads were found inside!"

"What--!"