Looking at T'Chaka, who went from being determined to bewildered, Zane couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, is your king's brain filled with feces? It's been so long, and I haven't killed you yet. Do you think I'm teasing you? Thanks for telling me the bomb's location; otherwise, we would have had to search for it."
"The bomb has been disarmed?" T'Chaka said in disbelief.
"Otherwise, what do you think?"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could external technology disarm a super bomb in such a short time!"
The more T'Chaka spoke, the more agitated he became, and his neck veins bulged. Zane stepped back, fearing his spittle might land on him.
"So, your Wakandans have all turned your brains into mush. The outside world is vast, and there are countless things beyond your understanding. Don't use your knowledge to challenge my abilities."
Having said that, Zane was no longer interested in prolonging the conversation. It was time to put an end to this boring game.
Watching the gun pointed at his son, T'Chaka, hysterically shouting at Zane, had a hard time. After howling for so long, didn't his throat hurt?
"Bang."
With a gunshot, the future Black Panther, who was struggling to get up from the ground, turned into a corpse.
"I curse you. I curse that you will suffer more than us even if you die. Even if you kill me, I will turn into a vengeful spirit to curse your descendants."
T'Chaka, who witnessed his son's death, stared at Zane with extremely bitter eyes, as if wanting to etch his image into his soul for revenge even after turning into a vengeful ghost.
"I look forward to it. By the way, those I kill can't even become ghosts."
Ignoring T'Chaka's words, Zane pointed the gun at Princess Shuri.
Little did Zane know that when he killed Prince T'Challa, in another space beneath the palace, numerous heart-shaped herbs started glowing. The tiny lights detached from the herbs, forming a glowing mass in the air.
Then, under some mysterious force, the mass slowly flattened into a portal. On the other side of the portal was a dreamlike world, referred to in Wakanda's history as the Ancestral Land. This was the resting place for the souls of the deceased Black Panthers.
After consuming the heart-shaped herb, the new Black Panther not only gained superhuman strength, agility, and intuition but also could separate their soul from their body and enter the Ancestral Land. There, they would receive guidance and teachings from the previous Black Panthers.
Legend had it that the Ancestral Land was also the dwelling place of the Black Panther goddess, Bast. A thousand years ago, the first Black Panther found the heart-shaped herb guided by Bast, gained immense power, ended the internal conflicts of the five tribes, and founded Wakanda.
Since then, the Black Panther goddess Bast became the object of worship for all Wakandans. No one in Wakanda was allowed to blaspheme her existence, or they would face collective retaliation, possibly even expulsion from Wakanda into the outside world.
It could be said that the people of Wakanda were fanatical in their belief in the Black Panther goddess Bast. Black Panther totems were everywhere in Wakanda, and at the mountain's summit, there was even a statue made entirely of vibranium depicting the Black Panther.
Now that Zane had killed Prince T'Challa, it seemed like he had flipped a switch. The Ancestral Land, for the first time through the heart-shaped herb, descended into the real world.
Simultaneously, Zane felt a peculiar aura. He put down the gun, looked around vigilantly, sensing a terrifying presence that had arrived.
The Black Panther family could be killed at any time, but first, Zane had to eliminate this unknown crisis!
As the Ancestral Land's portal opened, former Black Panthers transformed from human form into black panthers, leaping out of the portal and heading straight towards Zane. After the former Black Panthers manifested in the world, the portal not only did not disappear but expanded even further.
In the depths of the Ancestral Land's mist, two lanterns suddenly lit up. As the fog dissipated, the lanterns revealed their true form: a pair of dazzling beast-like eyes. A colossal black panther, towering four stories high, stepped leisurely towards the portal.
As its footsteps pulsed, the muscles of its body began to move in an orderly rhythm, complemented by its shiny black fur all over, giving off a strange sense of beauty. Most notably, the sparkle in its eyes was nothing like that of a wild beast; instead, it resembled more a human, flickering with the light of intelligence.
Meanwhile, Zane also sensed the approaching crisis. From the depths of the corridor, he could vaguely see dozens of black panthers charging towards him. However, these dozens of black panthers seemed like ghosts, appearing and disappearing intermittently. Zane couldn't see them at all unless he focused on them.
In fact, Zane could vaguely see these black panthers because his soul had been strengthened by the "Son of Death." Otherwise, with mere mortal eyes, he wouldn't be able to see these soul-manifested black panthers.
But now that he understood the source of the crisis, Zane decisively opened the [King's Treasury] and began to attack these panthers.
The panthers, transformed from former Black Panthers, all paused when they saw Zane attacking them. It seemed as if they were shocked that Zane could see them. Some of the slower ones didn't even have time to dodge the giant swords shot out from the treasury.
However, a surprising scene unfolded. Those giant swords penetrated the air like it was nothing, directly plunging deep into the ground. Yet Zane keenly felt that the energy covering the swords decreased, and the bodies of the panthers struck by them became somewhat transparent from Zane's perspective.
"Just being able to attack is good enough!"
Zane smirked wickedly, increasing the intensity of the attacks from the treasury. Meanwhile, he used energy-covered chains to seal off his surroundings. It was better not to get too close to these unknown entities.
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