304. Chapter 303: Annihilation! Rivers of Blood!
In an instant, countless missiles whistled, slamming into Xia Shang's torso, then exploding violently. Amidst the continuous explosions, bursts of dazzling firepower suddenly lit up.
"Are you trying to tickle me?"
Xia Shang raised his head, his scarlet eyes fixed on the swarm of airplanes above. The fierce artillery fire couldn't even shatter a single bone scale on him.
"What a weak and powerless attack."
The dragon tendrils growing on his cheeks and beside his ears drifted majestically in the windless air, as if adding a touch of elegance to Xia Shang's demeanor.
"Focus all firepower on the monster's head! I refuse to believe it has no weakness!" In the Command Room, the Commander-in-Chief could observe the detailed battle situation in real-time through the camera equipment carried by a drone. When he saw the monster, covered by artillery fire yet still unscathed, his eyes were filled with panic. Ignoring the sweat beads on his forehead, he roared into the communicator in his hand.
Standing beside him, the Japanese Prime Minister stared intently at Xia Shang on the screen. He knew deeply that if the fighter jets, equipped with the latest weapons, still couldn't harm the opponent, then Japan was completely finished.
"Understood!"
The fighter jet swarm, like a hive of bees, immediately adjusted their firing angles. After aiming their missiles at the monster's head, they fiercely pressed the launch buttons.
"That's enough. Don't actually think I have no temper." Xia Shang activated the sharp bone spikes on his body. The rock-cone-like black bone spikes stood erect, and a red glow flowed from the base of each bone spike. Bang! In an instant, countless bone spikes shot towards the sky, covering the sun and sky like dark clouds, their momentum incredibly vast! His opponent now was no longer Ghouls, but the world itself!
Facing the rain-like attack, the fighter jets in the Night Sky had nowhere to evade. Ultimately, they exploded one after another, turning into dazzling fireballs that plummeted rapidly towards the Ground.
"It's over... Japan is finished." Seeing this scene, the Prime Minister's face turned ashen. He staggered back a few steps, finally collapsing onto the Ground, his entire body seemingly drained of its spine. His eyes stared blankly ahead, his lips trembling constantly, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know what.
"Lord Prime Minister, at this point, we can only seek aid from the Outside World."
As a Soldier, the Commander-in-Chief could barely maintain his composure, but his complexion was exceptionally grim.
"Impossible! Do you want the world to see our Nation's ugly state? Shame! This is a monumental shame!" The Prime Minister, finding strength from somewhere, suddenly scrambled up from the Ground and roared furiously at the Commander-in-Chief, "Mobilize all forces for me! Army, Navy, Air Force, and those damned CCG Investigator! Even if we have to pile up countless human lives, pile that monster to death for me! At any price!"
"..." The Commander-in-Chief fell silent for a moment. He knew very well how powerful the monster was; even deploying the entire Army would just be sending them to their deaths. But obeying orders was a Soldier's duty. After a moment, he nodded heavily, "Understood, I will immediately dispatch people to the Battlefield."
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Meanwhile, Xia Shang slowly advanced towards Tokyo 1st Ward. Every time he moved, the Earth trembled with him. Countless buildings were crushed under his weight, instantly turning into wreckage and Ruins. Even tall buildings hundreds of meters high couldn't withstand his steps. In fact, a casual swing of his tail could flatten large areas of buildings.
During his movement, Xia Shang didn't know how many human lives he had plundered, but he didn't care, because it was truly difficult for him to be affected by the deaths of ants.
About twenty minutes passed.
He finally saw the Commission of Counter Ghoul Headquarters Building. "As expected, the only remaining humans have all gathered here." Xia Shang raised his body, then, like digging into a cake, extended his thick, scaled right claw and inserted it into the Building. With a boom, he dug out a large chunk of building wreckage, then gently squeezed it. Powdered gravel drifted down from between his fingers.
The alarm inside the Building suddenly blared, its sound urgent and piercing! "Fight for humanity! Fight for the Nation!"
Armored vehicles drove up in front of Xia Shang, and countless well-equipped Soldier streamed out of them. The gaze beneath their goggles was exceptionally resolute; even facing the colossal, ferocious-looking Xia Shang, they showed no sign of retreating.
"A bunch of ants, only fit to become my nutrients."
If one were to observe Xia Shang's scarlet eyes closely, they would find that the animal nature within them far outweighed the human nature.
Hiss!!
Xia Shang's body slowly split open with fine cracks. Large amounts of small particles, similar to spores, sprayed out from within, spreading slowly outwards like a dense black mist.
Soldier who accidentally inhaled the toxin instantly clutched their necks and fell to the Ground, their whole bodies convulsing. However, after only a few seconds, black flesh tendrils drilled out from their whole bodies, completely enveloping them. The infected humans slowly rose. Their eyes were now blood red, and covered in a layer of black armor, their overall appearance was somewhat similar to Xia Shang's clones.
As soon as they stood up, they began killing their Colleague around them.
In an instant, the Battlefield became incredibly chaotic. People lost their lives every moment, and severed arms and broken limbs were everywhere.
Xia Shang looked out, and the Ground was already a blood red expanse, like a Living Hell!
As time passed little by little, the sky color changed from dark to bright, but the sun did not appear. Instead, it was obscured by heavy dark clouds, leaving the sky a hazy gray, as if smeared with a layer of haze.
At this moment, Xia Shang, having absorbed a large number of Dragonkin, had expanded to a thousand meters in size, and the bone spikes lying flat on his body had become even harder.
"Not enough, far from enough." Xia Shang, with part of his body coiled around the Building, slowly loosened his grip like a giant python. He was now preparing to move to areas outside of Tokyo to continue searching for prey.
On the other side, in the Military Operations Command Room, the Prime Minister tremblingly picked up a short blade, then pointed the tip towards his abdomen.
"Inform the Outside World. Just say... just say Japan has been destroyed."
He closed his eyes in pain. With a "sha" sound, he forcefully plunged the blade tip into his abdomen, then abruptly slashed downwards! "As Prime Minister, I have no face to confront everything that has happened. I will commit seppuku!"
Seeing this, the Commander-in-Chief's mouth twitched, seemingly trying to suppress his inner pain and sadness.
He walked to the computer, pressed a button, and sent the screen image and information about Xia Shang to the world.
"Is that Tokyo?" Far away in North America, the US President sprang up from his chair in astonishment after seeing the devastated Tokyo.
(End of Chapter)