A Turning Point in History

Before Olina could even process it, Xia Fan had already swept in front of her at incredible speed. "Move! The tower's going to explode!"

Explode?

How could a tower explode?

Though the Dragon Girl's mind had yet to catch up, her body reacted instinctively to Xia Fan's command. She circled half a turn on the spot and raced toward the part of Hila City not yet covered by the Sun God's shadow.

They had flown for less than a few breaths when an incomparably dazzling light suddenly illuminated the entire land!

"Don't look back! Keep running!" Xia Fan shouted.

Under that light, even the royal capital shrouded in darkness seemed several degrees brighter. The rippling waters of the Dragon Saliva River had turned a blinding silver-white. If not for the gravity in Xia Fan's voice, Olina would never have been able to stop herself from looking back at that rare and wondrous sight.

Then she saw a "ripple" spread across the earth.

It expanded at an astonishing speed, catching up to them almost instantly and crashing into the distant hills and Hila City's walls. The moment it struck, white smoke and dust visibly billowed into the air.

What was that—

Before Olina could ask, a scorching blast of heat slammed into her!

The two were flung away like kites with their strings cut. In the blink of an eye, they were hurled through the air. As the world spun around her, she could not control her body at all and could only let the hurricane drive her onward!

But a storm of such intensity should only have appeared at sea. There was not even a single dark cloud in the sky—how could such a violent shockwave have formed?

Only then did the earth-rending roar of the explosion reach them from