# Chapter 1045: Sandwich Cookie
Since the spiritual energy resurgence began, there haven't been many cases of Dao Heaven-level experts self-destructing!
At least Jiangnan had never seen one!
The terrifying power instantly bloomed, and the shockwave from the explosion even compressed white air rings as it surged outward!
Soil waves rolled violently, the momentum overwhelming!
Pepper, being the closest, bore the brunt of Vivian's self-destruction, his body mercilessly devoured by the blaze!
"F*ck!"
At this moment, Jiangnan was holding Chen Daoyi in his arms, watching the explosion with firelight reflected in his eyes!
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He waved his hand lightly: "Farewell~"
Chen Daoyi swallowed hard, his heart trembling!
Space manipulators were truly outrageous—even a Dao Heaven-level self-destruction couldn't harm Jiangnan?
Not even a scratch?
Leaving aside attack power, just this survival ability alone was too strong!
Remembering how he had once planned to kill Jiangnan, Chen Daoyi's face darkened even more!
At the same time, he was relieved that Jiangnan had some conscience and hadn't actually used him as a human shield, or else that blast would have been the end of him!
Wang Dalei also flew over, seeing Jiangnan and Chen Daoyi embracing passionately, and couldn't help but swallow hard!
"You two have some pretty heavy tastes, huh? This isn't exactly a good look, is it?"
In broad daylight, Jiangnan was holding a completely blackened old man?
That was really hard on the eyes, wasn't it?
Jiangnan grinned: "Hugging one isn't enough, Nephew Big Thunder, come over here too!"
Wang Dalei's eyes bulged wide: "Th-this... isn't appropriate, is it?"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes: "Hurry up! We'll take him out in one go!"
Despite his reluctance, Wang Dalei walked behind Jiangnan and hugged him tight!
At this moment, the hundred thousand Dragon Abyss Dark Night soldiers who were still bleeding watched in shock!
Jiangnan was now sandwiched between two muscular, pitch-black men hugging him from front and back, like a sandwich cookie!
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Jiangnan was the filling in the middle!
The atmosphere immediately became tense!
"Ah~ my eyes! This must be the legendary pincer attack from front and back, right?"
"Bullsh*t! Pincer attack isn't accurate enough—it should be called 'man on top of man'!"
"Get lost with that! It's clearly 'man on left, man on right'!"
Guan Tai covered his face—would you guys shut up? All those idioms passed down through history, and you're ruining them all!
Xia Yao: (づ﹏ど) "It's over, this little Nan can't be saved anymore, he's no longer pure!"
Zhong Yingxue: (٥･᷄﹏･᷅) "Ewww... Little Nan, he actually..."
But Jiangnan didn't care at all. He pulled out two more bottles of Nuclear Bomb Milk and handed them to the two!
"Drink up. Let Pepper know what a double-layer sandwich human nuclear bomb really means!"
Wang Dalei and Chen Daoyi's eyes lit up. Though their bodies were still aching all over, they didn't care about any of that anymore!
They tilted their heads and drank!
Pepper had absorbed a massive amount of energy from Vivian's self-destruction and had already ballooned into a mountain of flesh!
His whole body was charred black, coughing up blood as he barely climbed to his feet!
Wang Dalei and Chen Daoyi exchanged a glance, their noses itching as they felt the sensation coming on!
They opened their mouths wide, about to sneeze!
Jiangnan: !!!
"Space Displacement!"
Earlier, when Jiangnan had slapped Pepper across the face, he had already left a mark on him!
With one displacement, Pepper appeared right in the loving embrace of Wang Dalei and Chen Daoyi!
Just then, two "ah-choo" sounds rang out as two pincer-style nuclear sneezes blasted directly into Pepper's face!
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He was instantly stunned senseless!
"Pincer Nuclear Explosion" ×2
The next moment, Wang Dalei and Chen Daoyi both went nuclear!
"Boom!"
Two streams of crimson energy erupted violently, and Pepper, caught between the two, bore the full brunt of the nuclear explosion from both sides!
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He almost died on the spot, his body squeezed nearly flat!
Pepper: !!!
You can't do this to me!
You dig a fire pit, then kick me into it?
[From Pepper: Resentment +1001!]
After the terrifying explosion, Pepper was completely charred black, his flesh a bloody mess, his body bloated to the extreme!
His eyes burned with fury!
"I'll return the favor! Potential Energy • Function Release!"
"Heaven-Shattering Cannon!"
His entire mass of fat transformed into a viscous, concentrated energy!
The energy compressed further, and a violent energy blast erupted with Pepper at its center!
Wang Dalei and Chen Daoyi's expressions changed drastically!
"Crap!"
"Space Displacement!"
The next moment, Pepper in their arms vanished, replaced by Jiangnan!
Fifty thousand meters away, Pepper's Heaven-Shattering Cannon detonated, annihilating a thirty-thousand-meter radius into nothingness!
Jiangnan stood with his hands in his pockets, looking completely at ease!
"With Uncle here, what are you two panicking about? Get ready!"
Wang Dalei and Chen Daoyi's eyes bulged—this actually worked?
He swapped them back again?
Pepper had bombed nothing but emptiness!
This level of operation was absolutely outrageous, wasn't it?
Jiangnan had Pepper completely under his control, unable to do a thing about it!
"Space Displacement!"
Jiangnan vanished again, and Pepper, who had just fired the Heaven-Shattering Cannon and was in a weakened state, was once again back in their embrace!
The expression on his face froze!
"Jiang! Nan! Son of a bitch!"
"Pincer Nuclear Explosion!" ×2
Same recipe, same flavor!
Pepper was going insane! If this kept up, even a god would die from the explosions!
There was no such thing as a shameless fighting style like this!
Pepper tried desperately to flee, but as long as he was within a hundred thousand meters, he couldn't escape!
Every time, he was greeted by nuclear sneezes and pincer nuclear explosions!
He endured it six times!
By now, Pepper had lost an arm and a leg!
His face was unrecognizable, every wound on his body shocking to behold!
Jiangnan propped his chin and clicked his tongue repeatedly!
(๐･᷄ก･᷅) "Still not dead? Are Dao Heaven Five-Stars this hard to kill?"
Wang Dalei and Chen Daoyi's eyes went wide!
For a Platinum Eight to say something like that, was that really appropriate?
Dao Heaven experts weren't so easy to kill!
Being able to wound a Dao Heaven Five-Star this badly was already impressive!
Although it wasn't Jiangnan doing the bombing, his support play was absolutely flawless!
Pepper spat out a mouthful of old blood, his eyes full of resentment!
Just then, several blood vine roots burst from the ground and stabbed straight into Pepper's body!
Pepper's eyes reddened!
"Even at a time like this, you're the only old friend still thinking of me!"
"Once I recover, I'll fight them again—h-heh-heh..."
Before he could finish, Pepper's expression twisted violently, his face filled with pain!
His massive body convulsed uncontrollably as blood and life essence were continuously drained away by the Mother Vine!
Pepper's face contorted: "You... you—"
But in his severely wounded state, Pepper couldn't resist the Mother Vine at all!
Jiangnan panicked: "Displacement!"
But before he could swap Pepper over, the Mother Vine had already absorbed him into its vine body, and the spatial mark faded!
Pepper was completely devoured, not a trace left!
Wang Dalei's face also darkened!
They never expected Pepper would end up dying at the hands of the Mother Vine!
Having absorbed Pepper, the Mother Vine erupted with crimson light, and with a loud boom, spiritual energy surged wildly!
It broke through to the Dao Heaven level, its size increasing dramatically—multiple times over!
Completely breaking its limits, the main trunk soared to a thousand meters tall, like a World Tree!
Jiangnan and the others seemed exceptionally small beneath the Mother Vine!
The Azure Vine couldn't compete with the Mother Vine anymore and quickly withdrew its roots to avoid being drained dry!
Jiangnan bared his teeth: "The Holy Star is ruthless enough—they devoured the entire Brahma Society, leaving nothing behind, and left us this Dao Heaven-level monster to deal with?"
Wang Dalei laughed bitterly: "Great. Now we've got a real fight on our hands!"
The two charged straight toward the Dao Heaven-level Mother Vine!
The Mother Vine was troublesome enough on its own, with its tenacious生命力, and even with the two of them working together, it wouldn't be something they could take down quickly!
With the Mother Vine's breakthrough, the battle became even more intense!
...
On the northern side of the Western Frontier, on an unnamed hill!
Igor, dressed in a white robe, stood there with a woman in a white short-sleeved shirt—Short-Sleeved Vi!
Short-Sleeved Vi was at Diamond Three level. Both were gazing in the direction of the Brahma Nation!
Short-Sleeved Vi sneered coldly: "Heh—ate Pepper, did he? My instruction of the Mother Vine wasn't wasted!"
Igor chuckled lightly: "A Dao Heaven-level Mother Vine is quite troublesome. Those two pieces of trash won't be able to take it down—let them waste their time!"
Short-Sleeved Vi's eyes were full of excitement: "While they're tied up with a hundred thousand troops and two Dao Heaven experts on the Western Front, the Western Frontier's defenses are effectively nonexistent!"
"The Heaven Slaughter Project is underway. The Western Frontier won't be able to mount any resistance, and no one will realize what's happening!"
Igor pulled off his hood, revealing his translucent body and strikingly handsome features!
"What about Jiangnan? Weren't you going to kill him?"
Short-Sleeved Vi's face darkened: "I threw in six clones and a Dao Heaven-level self-destruction, and he didn't even lose a drop of blood!"
"Space manipulators are too hard to kill!"
Igor sneered: "There will be plenty of chances later. Forget about him for now—are you ready?"
Short-Sleeved Vi spoke respectfully: "Just a moment!"
Her spiritual energy began to dissipate, her rank dropping from Diamond Three all the way down to Black Iron One!
Eventually, she became a blank slate!
Her faintly glowing pupils went hollow as Vivian's own consciousness was completely erased!
Igor transformed into a pure stream of Bose particles and poured directly into Vivian's body!
A hair-raising series of "crackling" sounds echoed as Vivian's appearance was completely altered!
She transformed into a handsome man with a cool white crew cut!
He picked up a white cloak and draped it over himself, then vanished in an instant!
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Meanwhile, in the forward command center war room sand table!
Zi Yuan lay on top in her cow-print pajamas, sound asleep, hugging a pillow!
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Suddenly, Zi Yuan began thrashing wildly, her legs kicking nonstop, her small hands waving aimlessly in the air!
Cold sweat had already soaked her pajamas!
"Waaah—no! No! Damn it—waaah! So many people died! All dead!"
"Boo hoo hoo—"
Zi Yuan cried piteously, biting her pillow as tears streamed down, her eyelids twitching continuously as she rolled around on the sand table, yet still not waking up!
Everyone in the war room stared at Zi Yuan in shock!
"Did Sister Zi Yuan have another nightmare?"
"Heavens... she's crying that hard?"
On the windowsill, Fat Orange watched Zi Yuan's sleeping face nervously, her fur standing on end!
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