Cave Refuge-Chapter 851 - 546: Thermobaric Bomb_2

Although this method didn’t affect the Flying Swords, it greatly increased the consumption of Spirit Power when Dong Tianyu commanded the swords. Normally, controlling swords didn’t consume much Spirit Power, but during prolonged battles, any slight increase would be exponentially magnified as the battle dragged on.

Faced with such a situation, Dong Tianyu felt somewhat helpless. Ever since the calamity struck and he embarked on the cultivation path, it seemed he had never truly fought with all his might. Every battle either ended in an overwhelming victory or he easily reaped the fruits of victory through various means.

Truth be told, Dong Tianyu had never personally experienced such a war of attrition.

Regarding such evenly matched battles, Dong Tianyu deeply wanted to avoid them. Therefore, when he noticed that his Spirit Power consumption was about to exceed half, Dong Tianyu somewhat unethically fetched numerous explosives from his Storage Space.

Among these were various models of High-Explosive Grenades, his frequently used C4 Explosives, and the few Thermobaric Missiles left in his Storage Space.

These Thermobaric Missiles had been acquired from a general preparing for independence long ago. Although Dong Tianyu had exchanged a lot of food and various alcohol and tobacco products, those munitions had served him until now.

Because these munitions were non-renewable, Dong Tianyu would use them sparingly if possible. However, every time he used these weapons, they brought significant gains.

This time was no exception. The Thermobaric Missiles had an added damage effect in enclosed environments, though those in Dong Tianyu’s Storage Space were only the standard smallest sizes.

Under normal circumstances, they could instantly kill any organisms within a five to six hundred square meter enclosed space.

To avoid harming himself, Dong Tianyu retrieved the Fierce Ghost, Blood Sea, and White Bone Puppet into the Three Flags, then controlled his Flying Swords to send the Thermobaric Bomb to the limit of his Divine Sense before setting the detonation time.

As Dong Tianyu retreated into the connecting corridor, waiting for the Flying Swords to return to him, he used his Spirit Power to reinforce the entrance of the corridor with multiple layers of Protective Shield.

However, when the Thermobaric Bomb detonated, Dong Tianyu realized that the Protective Shield he created with Spirit Power didn’t hold up well against the high-temperature shockwave from the explosion; it was merely contacted for an instant before being torn apart layer by layer.

Confronted with this, Dong Tianyu decisively unleashed the White Bone Banner and summoned the White Bone Puppet. The moment the puppet appeared, it immediately positioned the heavy Tower Shield in front of him.

As soon as the White Bone Puppet switched to a full defensive stance, the fierce high-temperature shockwave slammed into the Tower Shield.

In that moment, the Tower Shield was like a stubborn rock in the middle of a rapid river; the high-temperature shockwave, unable to damage the Tower Shield, could only continue forward along both sides of the shield.

Seeing this, Dong Tianyu felt uneasy, considering the other end of the corridor was connected to the interior of his Companion Spiritual Treasure. If the high-temperature shockwave exited through the other entrance, he had no idea what damage it might cause to his Companion Spiritual Treasure.

Thus, at that moment, Dong Tianyu quickly activated the Bloodthirsty Banner, using thick Tainted Blood to thoroughly seal the other exit of the corridor.

When the Blood Sea was struck by the high-temperature shockwave, the surface of the Tainted Blood immediately began to boil like bubbling water. Dong Tianyu hadn’t expected to see steam rising from the Tainted Blood.

As the high-temperature shockwave continued to pound, the Blood Sea covering the entrance of the corridor kept thinning. Just as Dong Tianyu prepared to activate the Bloodthirsty Banner to release more Tainted Blood to thicken the Blood Wall, the power of the high-temperature shockwave began to gradually decrease.

Dong Tianyu immediately understood that he had apparently withstood the shockwave from the Thermobaric Bomb explosion. Previously when he used the Thermobaric Bomb, he was always in a completely safe position, but this time, having no place to hide, he had to withstand it here, but now he appeared to have gotten through it unscathed.

Only when Dong Tianyu saw the cracks all over the Tower Shield held by the White Bone Puppet and the large area that hollowed out in the face of the Bloodthirsty Banner after retrieving the Blood Sea,

Zachary could only wryly think to himself that although he had come through unscathed, he had paid a price. Although this cost was within Zachary’s tolerance, it was better to save as much as possible. After all, if it happened a few more times, the Three Flags, which had finally been upgraded to Magical Weapons, might degrade.

He retracted the White Bone Puppet and the Blood Sea back into the White Bone Banner and the Bloodthirsty Banner respectively, then took out the Hundred Ghosts Banner he hadn’t used earlier. The Flying Swords hovered behind him as he once again entered the cabin of the Giant Ghost Ship.

As he stepped out of the passage, he noticed that the previously thinning dark green Eerie Fog in the air had now completely vanished, leaving no trace in the now dry and hot air.

The pitch-black floor displayed marks left by the high temperatures that had scorched the area, and the bare ground indicated that violent shockwaves had just plowed through the surface.

Sensing the lingering warmth in the air from the explosion of the Thermobaric Bomb, Zachary chose not to activate the Hundred Ghosts Banner to release the Fierce Ghosts.

Normally, right after the explosion of a Thermobaric Bomb, the oxygen in the explosion zone would have been completely consumed, which is why Thermobaric Bombs are said to possess an added destructive power in enclosed spaces.

After all, in an enclosed environment, if the oxygen is completely depleted, then any creatures hiding within the blast radius, even if not killed by the high temperature shockwave of the explosion, would die of suffocation due to lack of oxygen.

However, this kind of suffocation only happens to ordinary creatures. For a Martial Artist who has reached the Energy Cultivation Realm, if adequately prepared, holding their breath for about an hour is easily achievable.

Not to mention Zachary, whose Cultivation had reached the Golden Core Stage. If he wished, he could go ten days to half a month without breathing and it wouldn’t affect him at all.

Thus, even though the air here was thin, Zachary was still leisurely strolling without any urgency.

Indeed, the Thermobaric Bomb lives up to its reputation as the reaper of enclosed spaces; now, not only the Fishmen but also the dark green Eerie Fog in the air had completely disappeared.

Just as Zachary was preparing to delve deeper, he suddenly paused, then took out the White Bone Banner and the Bloodthirsty Banner, releasing the nearly damaged White Bone Puppets and the Blood Sea, which had reduced to one-third of its original quantity.

He commanded the White Bone Puppets to continue guarding the entrance, and then used the Blood Sea to reform the Blood Wall, effectively sealing the passageway. After making these arrangements, Zachary felt reassured enough to walk deeper into the Ghost Ship.

At this time, it would have been best for Zachary to wait for the air temperature to drop before instructing the Fierce Ghosts in the Hundred Ghosts Banner to explore.

But Zachary had inadvertently noticed a wisp of dark green Eerie Fog gradually drifting from afar. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

If he didn’t take this opportunity to investigate the deeper parts of the Ghost Ship now, by the time the Eerie Fog from afar enveloped the area again, the Thermobaric Bomb he had just used would have been a waste.

To not squander the advantage he had just gained, Zachary felt compelled to take the risk and explore deeper into the Ghost Ship immediately.

To save time, Zachary stepped onto his Flying Swords and plunged towards the direction from which the Eerie Fog was coming, at a sprint.

The speed of Sword Flight was countless times faster than Zachary’s earlier leisurely walk. In no time, the Flying Swords had carried Zachary to the source of the Eerie Fog within the cabin.

Zachary had never expected to find a small lake here, in the center of which was an altar.