CHAPTER 867: CHAPTER 521: HUMANOID ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM

Ji Xinghuo stopped in mid-air, looking southward.

He was not far from the border between the Indi Kingdom and the Dalovida Republic. His Macro Heavenly Eye covered over a thousand kilometers, directly observing the area west of the capital Bangalore, where three intercontinental missiles soared into the sky, trailing flames that pierced the atmosphere.

At the same time, his phone projected a 3D image, vividly displaying the dynamics of these three intercontinental missiles.

Their speed kept increasing.

Ji Xinghuo’s expression was grave, this situation was unexpected.

The Dalovida Republic is the second within the South Asia Alliance, but its domestic situation is not as severe as the Indi Kingdom. Unlike the Brahma King, the Elephant Master does not impose oppressive rule, he only plunders wealth and resources without interfering in politics.

In this plan, the leader arranged three Heavenly Kings in the Dalovida Republic, led by Marshal Wu Huai’an, assisted by Luo Yimeng and Qi Feiyang, each with their own tasks.

It was originally expected that after the Elephant Master’s death, resistance in Dalovida would not be intense.

The earlier report confirmed just that.

Everything was going smoothly.

However, now that the Indi Kingdom was already suppressed, things unexpectedly went awry in Dalovida.

Three intercontinental missiles, each likely carrying at least one nuclear weapon, and most likely MIRV warheads capable of targeting multiple targets simultaneously.

Ji Xinghuo watched for a few seconds; there was no interception from Dalovida’s air defense system.

He couldn’t help but shake his head.

The country’s nuclear weapons must have identification signals to prevent triggering interception from defense systems; even intervention now would be too late.

Information was continuously updating on his phone.

"Leader, the launch targets aren’t us," Wu Huai’an immediately reported.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, even if the targets of these three intercontinental missiles were the Asia-Pacific Community, they couldn’t cause damage; before entering the Asia-Pacific Community’s airspace, they would be shot down, with the chance of breaching the defense system being almost zero.

"What are their bombing targets?" Ji Daosheng asked.

"New Balat."

Ji Xinghuo was caught by surprise when he saw the reply.

"Outrageous." He immediately guessed the launcher’s intent. Knowing they couldn’t inflict harm on the Asia-Pacific Community, they chose to bomb New Balat. If successful, the Asia-Pacific Community’s plan would completely fail.

New Balat has a permanent population of over fifty million, and now also has three to four Heavenly Kings, as well as delegations from various countries.

The bombing distance is short, leaving little response time.

Whether interception is attempted from the Asia-Pacific Community or outer space, it’s already too late.

Furthermore, the Indi Kingdom’s air defense system control has just been transferred; there could be vulnerabilities or delays, increasing the likelihood of a successful strike.

"Who launched them?" Ji Daosheng asked again.

This time Qi Feiyang responded, "An engineer responsible for the nuclear weapon systems maintenance; I’ve already got him under control."

"Can you initiate the remote self-destruction program?"

"It’s been locked out," Qi Feiyang answered.

"Understood."

Ji Daosheng did not immediately investigate further.

How a maintenance engineer obtained launch codes and managed to evade the Heavenly Kings to successfully launch three intercontinental missiles, creating a crisis, indeed raised doubts, but now was not the time for accountability.

"Leader, the Indi Kingdom’s air defense system has activated interception,"

Huo Keji promptly reported, "But the targets remain in-flight within the atmosphere, at heights below 50,000 meters, which means a 100% interception rate can’t be guaranteed."

"We’ll have to leave it to fate," Ji Daosheng said helplessly.

Everyone felt a chill run through their hearts.

Even if just one nuclear warhead hits, the target not being New Balat, the negative impact would still be immeasurable. After two world wars, the shadow of nuclear weapons hangs over the heads of all Earthlings, deeply embedding into their psyche, inescapable.

If it can be resolved without bloodshed, achieving a relatively peaceful liberation of the South Asian subcontinent, then this plan could be considered a success.

But if a nuclear explosion happens, public resistance would inevitably soar.

The unification process would face many twists and turns.

Ji Xinghuo’s eyes tracked the missiles, as the three intercontinental missiles launched in sequence, constantly adjusting their trajectories, accelerating towards the northwest-by-north direction. In the west of Dalovida, even ordinary people could visibly see the anomalies in the sky.

This scene, seen by people many times in movies and other works, instantly plunged countless into panic.

The three-dimensional projection on the phone intuitively listed the missile data.

Height, speed, trajectory, and so on.

In 4 minutes and 48 seconds, the first intercontinental missile would enter the Indi Kingdom’s border, capable of turning direction at any moment and hitting the ground directly.

Ji Xinghuo suddenly said, "I’ll intercept it."

"Xinghuo?"

Ji Daosheng was taken aback, immediately expressing opposition: "That’s too dangerous! I’d rather let the nuclear warhead fall and cause a tragedy, adding blemishes to this plan, even if it means failure, than let you take such a risk; you’re a hundred times more important than all the people in the South Asian subcontinent."

"Please rest assured, leader, I know what I’m doing," Ji Xinghuo replied.

Hearing these words, everyone was incredulous, unable to imagine what Ji Xinghuo intended to do.

They subconsciously thought Ji Xinghuo planned to physically withstand the nuclear warhead.

But that’s impossible.

Even a Shepherd Star Saint would be very wary of nuclear weapons, and being at the core of a nuclear explosion, they might very well be obliterated.

Earth and many alien races rely on nuclear weapons to deter Seventh Rank adversaries’ invasions.

Shepherd Star Saint, and all Seventh Rank creatures, will cause massive disturbances when passing through the Star Gate. Deploy nuclear weapons at the Star Gate, and upon detecting anything unusual, immediately detonate them to perish with the enemy.

Silent for a few seconds.

Ji Daosheng said, "You go ahead, make sure to prioritize your own safety."

"Yes."

Ji Xinghuo flew rapidly south.

His flight trajectory slanted upwards, tracing an arc in the atmosphere like a rocket’s path.

In flight, Ji Xinghuo opened the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface.

[Spiritual Origin Ability: 2431418]

During those months of cultivation in Titanium Ring City, he would periodically go to hunt on Black Ring Star, harvesting Spiritual Origin Ability, but he hadn’t used it. By the time he returned to Earth, the Spiritual Origin Ability had accumulated over 2.1 million points.

Today, he caused a massacre in the Indi Kingdom.

Four Heavenly Kings and countless Legendary, Super, and Advanced Mutants, amounting to perhaps seven or eight thousand people.

These people contributed over three hundred thousand points of Spiritual Origin Ability, considered an unexpected gain, now being put to use.

Ji Xinghuo focused his mind on an ability.

[Ability: Shadow Clone (Fourth Level 6718/511711)]

This Transcendent Ability was only Fourth Level, requiring more than five hundred thousand Spiritual Origin Ability to upgrade, yet still hadn’t advanced. His idea was simple: use Shadow Clones to detonate the nuclear bombs, but he could currently only create eight Shadow Clones, which might not be enough.

"Upgrade."

Ji Xinghuo accelerated fiercely, pouring in the Spiritual Origin Ability.

He soared like a rocket, moving away from the ground.

Simultaneously, the upgrade progress of the Shadow Clone escalated like a rocket. When Ji Xinghuo entered the stratosphere, the air resistance suddenly dropped, flight speed surged, breaking through 15 Mach after continuous acceleration!

At this altitude, Earth’s outline appeared with perfect curvature in view.

Ji Xinghuo felt the cold.

He glanced at the sun in the dark space, the sunlight shining on him, yet with no warmth.

Silent.

The Light Ring worn on his finger for years took effect, making Ji Xinghuo feel no discomfort. In fact, his strength had long been sufficient to not rely on oxygen for energy transport, the low-temperature and vacuum environment of space poses no impact.

It was just the first time he flew this high up, looking down on Earth, feeling a bit novel.

At this moment, the Shadow Clone upgrade was completed.

[Ability: Shadow Clone (Fifth Level 1/5111011)]

"Damn!"

Seeing the seven-digit number, over five million Spiritual Origin Ability for the upgrade requirement, Ji Xinghuo cursed, but only made a faint sound.

Fifth Level Shadow Clone remained a Transcendent Ability.

It could create twice the number of Shadow Clones, reaching sixteen, with each Shadow Clone able to invest up to one hundred thousand points of Star Power.

Additionally, the main body can swap positions with any Shadow Clone, but there is a distance limit.

This distance is about 500 kilometers.

Ji Xinghuo widened his eyes.

This is a very powerful escape ability, with sixteen Shadow Clones spaced 500 kilometers apart, continuously swapping positions, it can escape to 8000 kilometers away in the shortest time, comparable to a Star Realm Jump.

And the position swapping between Shadow Clones can also be used on Earth.

However, there was no time to study this now.

The three intercontinental missiles were already near the Indi Kingdom’s border, maintaining a layered height between the stratosphere and middle layer, about 50 kilometers above the ground.

Ji Xinghuo headed towards the missiles.

Half a minute later.

Ji Xinghuo didn’t need the Macro Heavenly Eye to see the intercontinental missiles, his brain overclocked calculations, adjusted the trajectory, the Star Gland in his chest output at full power, Star Power boiling, Shadow Clones appearing beside him.

Each Shadow Clone invested only 20,000 Star Power.

In total, sixteen Shadow Clones almost drained Ji Xinghuo’s Star Power, with Jiu You having already possessed him, the King of Annihilation absorbed Dark Energy to replenish Star Power.

Shadow Clones emerged all with initial speed, Ji Xinghuo multitasked, directing one Shadow Clone to turn around, return. The remaining fifteen Shadow Clones, regardless of Star Power consumption, frantically accelerated towards the missiles.

And he himself began to slow down, eventually hovering in the middle layer, entering invisibility.

Soon.

One by one, Shadow Clones approached the missiles, positions just overhead of the Indi Kingdom’s border, missiles began maneuvering adjustments, lowering altitude, the main shell peeled off, entering the final phase of striking the target.

"As expected, a multi-warhead missile, one launch five nuclear bombs!"

Ji Xinghuo saw clearly.

Almost simultaneously, the first Shadow Clone arrived, charged directly towards the missile at 15 Mach speed, the two met head-on, relative speed exceeded 30 Mach, a displacement difference of 10 kilometers within a second!

The Shadow Clone turned into electric light dazzling the atmosphere, but the slightest deviation, losing the chance to collide.

Then came the second, third...

Boom!

The third Shadow Clone finally collided with the missile, before its five nuclear warheads separated, instantly detonating it.

At this moment, the southern sky of the South Asia subcontinent rose a second sun!