Chapter 1056: Hug of Death
Jiangnan was just muttering to himself when he heard a "pop" sound!
A blade of grass sprouted from the top of his head—the half hour had already passed!
Relieved, Jiangnan quickly used a spatial barrier to cover the grass on his head!
After barely surviving the beast tide, if he got ganged up on by his own people, that would be the end!
Then Jiangnan suddenly shuddered!
The grass had grown because he'd eaten the horse biscuit later.
That meant the effects of the horse biscuit were about to wear off!
With such explosive effects, the side effects had to be insane, right?
Was he going to turn into an idiot, like a Big Fool Jiangnan or something?
After all, horses were dumb, right?
The system never did anything humane!
Thinking this, Jiangnan couldn't help but feel nervous!
Xia Yao saw that although Jiangnan was covered in blood and dirt, he was still standing there lively and bouncing, and she broke into a brilliant smile!
She raised her hand and gave Jiangnan a thumbs up!
(#˃᷄ꇴ❛ั)σ "Handsome! As expected of my Nan Shen! Awesome!"
The Spirit Martial Force that had come with heavy weapons rushed straight into the Ling Xu!
Suppressing three Ling Xu at the same time, the situation stabilized immediately!
Zhong Yingxue, who was half-dead from exhaustion, finally caught her breath and excitedly ran toward Jiangnan!
And all the citizens in the entire Qing City erupted into thunderous cheers at the sight!
It completely boiled over—if you never truly experience hardship, you'll never know the joy of surviving a disaster!
"Nan Shen! Nan Shen!"
The shouts came wave after wave, which actually made Jiangnan a little embarrassed.
Tao Tao held her mother's hand, her big eyes sparkling: "Mommy! In the future, Tao Tao wants to become someone as amazing as Brother Jiangnan!"
Her mother smiled: "Then Tao Tao has to work hard!"
A man with a square-shaped beard, looking quite like a Tibetan fox, led a team and strode briskly toward Jiangnan!
His rank was full Diamond Peak!
When he reached Jiangnan, his expression turned serious, his eyes filled with sincere gratitude!
"Head of the Silver Province Dragon Abyss Base! Sun Hao, codename Snow Wolf!"
"Nan Shen! Thank you for your hard work this time!"
With that, he extended his hand to Jiangnan!
At this moment, many Dragon Abyss members in Sun Hao's team looked at Jiangnan, covered in blood and grime, with brilliant light in their eyes!
On the way here, they'd seen the live broadcast from Qing City!
A team of only seven people had held off four Ling Xu, one of which was even a Diamond-rank Ling Xu!
This was nothing short of a miracle!
And the name "Nan Shen" was like a legend within the Spirit Martial Force!
Now the miracle was right in front of them—how could they not be excited? Their eyes held nothing but worship!
Jiangnan looked shy, embarrassed, and scratched his head.
୧(#¯᷄ꇴ¯᷅) Ai hei hei～
He also reached out to shake Sun Hao's hand!
"Aiya～It's just what I should do!"
But just as their hands gripped together, several sonic booms rang out!
The horse biscuit ability activated—kinetic energy stacking, full-force grip!
With a "crack"!
Sun Hao's smile froze on his face, his complexion turned ashen, and he let out a high-pitched scream, like a thousand marmots roaring at once!
！ Ah ꉂꉂ◟(ʘ̆口ʘ̥̆‖)
His hand was directly deformed by Jiangnan's grip, swinging up and down with Jiangnan's arm!
Kinetic energy stacking, full-force arm swing!
Sun Hao was swung up and down by Jiangnan, smashing into the ground so hard it created a pit!
(ૢ⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴)۶(థཀథ‖)
At this moment, the Dragon Abyss members in Sun Hao's team all had eyes wide open, jaws dropping to the ground, faces filled with horror!
Σ(Ŏ口Ŏ|||)ﾉﾉ！
This… just how brutal a handshake was this?!
It wasn't until he heard Sun Hao's scream that Jiangnan realized something was wrong and quickly let go!
Damn! How could it be this nasty?!
All actions are passive full-force attacks?
Even a handshake?
The side effects hadn't even shown yet, and it was already like this?
Sun Hao knelt on the ground, holding his wrist, his eyes twitching from the pain!
੧(꒦ິ益꒦ີ｣∠)_
His hand bones were crushed, with a large purple-black handprint on top!
"Nan Shen! You've got quite the grip!"
[From Sun Hao's Resentment Value +666!]
Jiangnan looked very apologetic!
(٥¯͒ㅂ¯͒) "Sorry, just finished the battle, haven't snapped out of the immersive state yet!"
At this, the Dragon Abyss members all understood—after going through such an intense battle, it was normal not to have recovered yet!
But this grip was really freakish, right? Even though the captain was a magic-type, he was still Diamond Peak!
His hand got crushed like this by Nan Shen's "accident"?
Sun Hao wiped the cold sweat off his forehead!
"Cough～No problem! This is my adjutant, she's a huge fan of yours, you should meet her too!"
Standing next to Sun Hao was a pure and cute girl with a bob haircut, Diamond 3 rank, looking at Jiangnan excitedly!
∠(๑ºั◡ºั๑)
"Hello, Nan Shen! I'm Su Jin!"
With that, she also extended her hand, and Jiangnan smiled, reaching out!
But suddenly, Su Jin shuddered, looking at Sun Hao's deformed hand, trembling!
A weak expression!
(٥･᷄～･᷅) "C-can we not shake hands? How about a friendly hug instead?"
Jiangnan grinned and opened his arms to Su Jin!
٩(˘•◡•˘๑٩)
Su Jin excitedly ran over to hug Jiangnan, while Jiangnan took a deep breath!
Light, must be light—can't use too much force on a girl!
But just as Jiangnan's arms made the hugging motion!
Full power! Kinetic stacking! Full-force hug!
"Boom!"
The hug even created a sonic boom, Jiangnan's arms tightening like hydraulic clamps!
With a "pwah" sound, Su Jin spat out a mouthful of blood from Jiangnan's hug!
Her face turned red, she rolled her eyes, and a series of "crack" sounds came from her ribs as her legs started kicking!
(#⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴)꒪ͦཀ꒪ͦ‖)
Su Jin: !!!
Is this hug too friendly? Too passionate?!
You're about to hug me to death!
Let go! Let go! I can't breathe!
[From Su Jin's Resentment Value +1000!]
[From Su Jin…]
Terrified, Jiangnan quickly let go, and Su Jin lay on the ground like a limp mess, unconscious, vomiting blood!
(｡˘ཀ˘｡)…
At this moment, the scene fell into deathly silence, everyone staring at Jiangnan in horror!
This was clearly a Hug of Death! A deadly embrace?
Does Nan Shen always use this much force?
Jiangnan looked guilty: "S-sorry, I can't control it, I really didn't mean it! You guys…"
Before Jiangnan could finish, everyone collectively took three steps back!
Danger!
Just then, two restoration light pillars fell from the sky, healing Su Jin and Sun Hao!
Mila threw herself into Jiangnan's arms, big eyes with tears!
(･᷄◡･᷅)¯᷄ᴗ¯᷅°)
"Brother Jiangnan! I'm so glad you're okay! You scared me to death earlier!"
Jiangnan's heart melted: "Mila, be good, don't cry!"
With that, he raised his hand and gently stroked Mila's head!
Suddenly, full power! Full-force head pat!
Jiangnan: !!!
Oh no!
His hand moved so fast it created afterimages, a puff of smoke rising!
The golden hair on Mila's head was rubbed bald by Jiangnan's full-force head pat, turning into a bald spot!
Her bald head reflected the sunlight!
Mila looked at Jiangnan pitifully, her eyes full of grievance!
(☍◠⁰。)
Her golden hair grew back in a few breaths!
[From Mila's Resentment Value +1!]
Jiangnan felt a pang of guilt and dared not move recklessly anymore!
He quickly changed the subject: "Cough～How are the other cities?"
Sun Hao quickly reported: "All support for the attacked cities is in place!"
"Dao Heaven Lei and Dao Heaven Chen are currently clearing all Ling Xu in Qing Province, eliminating the crisis at its source!"
"As for the Western Frontier, support from the no-man's land is also in place, but almost the entire Western Frontier has fallen!"
"The citizens in the city can only evacuate. Currently, we are organizing a large-scale evacuation to provincial relocation centers!"
Jiangnan breathed a sigh of relief: "How about the main base? Are the spirit beasts showing signs of breaking out of the Western Frontier and spreading to other provinces?"
"What about the Void Sea? Are the spirit beasts causing trouble?"
Sun Hao: "Nan Shen, rest assured. Dao Heaven Li is guarding the Void Sea! As for the main base, satellite images show it's still under siege, but it's holding!"
"The spirit beast spread is manageable. Due to the concentrated outbreak of Ling Xu in the Western Frontier, the spirit energy density there has risen to terrifying levels!"
"And spirit beasts dislike low-spirit-energy environments, so they're mostly roaming within the Western Frontier. No signs of spreading for now!"
"A large number of troops are already stationed outside the Western Frontier, and counterattack strategies are being deployed!"
Jiangnan let out a long sigh of relief. The initial outbreak of the Heaven Slaughter Project was finally over!
What remained was to contest territory with the spirit beasts and stabilize the Western Frontier situation completely?
Hua Xia's reaction couldn't be faster!
They had minimized their losses. A huge weight finally lifted from Jiangnan's heart!
The soreness and fatigue in his body surged up all at once!
After such a high-intensity battle, traveling from Fanguo to Qing City, Jiangnan hadn't rested at all!
He was utterly exhausted!
His eyelids felt like two ancient divine mountains hanging on them, and he actually fell asleep standing there like that!
His breathing was steady, and a string of drool even dripped from the corner of his mouth!
(#⁼̴﹃⁼̴#)
And at that moment, the effect time ended, and the horse biscuit's effects quietly dissipated!
The drone's broadcast screen froze on Jiangnan's sleeping face!
His clothes were tattered from battle, his face covered in blood, yet he slept deeply!
"He fell asleep standing up? It hurts my heart so much～How tired must Nan Shen be?"
"For the first time, I think someone's sleeping face is this beautiful. It gives me peace of mind. The most beautiful sleeping face!"
"Everyone on the front lines deserves respect. Cheering for them like crazy!"
"Um, does anyone want that strand of drool? If not, I'll take it!"
In an instant, screenshots of Jiangnan sleeping with drool went viral online!