The explosion happened in an instant.
The moment the wall shattered and scorching flames and searing heat rushed at them, no one had time to react.
However, the flames failed to achieve their goal. A golden barrier swiftly appeared out of thin air, blocking the blazing fire, heat, and debris.
Fang Zheng sat in his chair, looking bored as he stared at the Great Hole blasted open behind him. Everyone else was stunned.
"What is going on?"
Even the heads of the Ten Master Clans were dumbfounded. They hurried to the breach and looked outside, but what they saw next was beyond anything they could have imagined.
Several men in black combat uniforms stood on the rooftops surrounding the Hakone hotel, holding light portable missile launchers and firing missiles at the building.
Missiles trailing white smoke shot through the air toward the hotel. Fang Zheng snorted and casually waved a hand.
The golden barrier appeared again, blocking the missile strike.
"They really have a death wish."
But this was clearly not over.
As he blocked the attack, the air behind Fang Zheng began to tremble. Countless blades appeared out of nowhere, aimed at the distant enemies.
A flash of light streaked past, and the launched blades tore through the sky in the blink of an eye, piercing the enemies' limbs and pinning them firmly to the ground.
Yet the attackers had no intention of stopping. Just after Fang Zheng prevented their missile attack, fierce flames suddenly erupted beneath the hotel.
Then the entire hotel collapsed.
The hotel, dozens of stories tall, came crashing down and broke apart as if it had been demolished by a controlled blast. Massive slabs of concrete smashed into the ground, raising clouds of dust that engulfed the entire street.
On rooftops that had previously been