A Thunderous Blast, Explosive Pill
After throwing the small ball, Ghost Servant instantly unleashed his true energy, shooting out with all his might. He didn't even bother to conceal his aura; all his true energy was concentrated in his legs as he hurriedly retreated.
He knew very well that the thing didn't discriminate between friend and foe; once it exploded, it would destroy everything around it. Although someone was secretly protecting his safety, he still needed to put on a show for the group behind him.
"Who?"
As the Ghost Servant unleashed his aura and ran back, his presence on the silent plain, below Cangguan Pass, was so striking that it was immediately detected by the powerful figures above Cangguan Pass.
Before anyone could properly examine the suddenly erupting aura, an inexplicable fear and pressure surged into the hearts of every powerful figure on Cangguan Pass like a torrent.
They felt their hair stand on end, as if an invisible force was pressing down on them, causing their bodies to tremble slightly involuntarily, and their hearts to feel as if a huge rock was pressing down on them, making it hard to breathe.
This feeling was not unfamiliar to these martial arts masters; it was an instinct they had when facing danger, a perception of themselves, as if a raging flood or ferocious beast was rushing towards them.
When the purplish-red ball thrown by the Ghost Servant hit the city wall, an extremely terrifying power instantly erupted from it.
"Boom!"
As the deafening roar, like a thunderclap from the sky, resounded, terrifying energy erupted from within the small sphere, like a volcanic eruption.
The force of the explosion swept around, and the numerous Great Feng soldiers on the city wall vanished before they could even react. A force as powerful as a raging torrent swept through the surrounding area, destroying everything in its path.
A terrifying shockwave swept outwards, and the majestic Cangguan Pass instantly burst open at its center, collapsing inch by inch. The aftershocks radiated outwards for hundreds of meters, and the entire Cangguan Pass was instantly engulfed in flames and dust.
The entire Cangguan Pass defense line was like a frightened bird after this earth-shattering explosion; fear of the unknown swept through the hearts of everyone far from the blast site.
The soldiers of the Great Feng inside the pass suffered countless casualties, and a huge crater with a diameter of more than 100 meters and a depth of tens of meters suddenly appeared at the center of the explosion. It expanded from the center, and the depth of the crater slowly decreased: 40 meters, 30 meters, 10 meters, several meters. The radiation from the explosion almost destroyed everything within a range of 300 to 400 meters.
In the center, only a large crater remained, nothing else. A hundred meters away, a few remaining corpses of the few powerful cultivators at the Great Feng Ascension Realm, protected by the burst of true energy, still showed traces of flesh.
Three hundred meters away from the center, in Cangguan Pass, there was only a scene of hell on earth. Corpses lay everywhere, bloodstains were everywhere, and there were ruins everywhere, as if the place had just experienced an earthquake. Many martial arts experts had managed to save their lives by relying on their true energy, but they were only left with a breath.
"Ah!"
"Ah! Help me! I don't want to die!"
"Pfft! What's going on?!"
Several powerful cultivators at the Ascension Realm within the pass circulated their true energy, forcibly propping themselves up. Their faces were filled with fear and panic as they stared at the scene before them, seemingly stunned, muttering to themselves.
"Pfft! Cough cough, how could this be? How could this be?"
"Where did that explosion come from? What happened? Ah!"
At the end, he looked up to the sky and let out a loud "Pfft!!!"
Overwhelmed by anger and with blood rushing to his head, he could no longer suppress the injuries inflicted by the aftershocks and fainted.
Inside Cangguan Pass, Marquis of Beimu Qin Xiaosheng of the Northern Mu sat slumped on the ground, his body trembling violently. He looked up at the starry sky and swallowed hard. He had just been in the main hall of his mansion, and now he was stargazing in the open air.
Recalling the terrifying power that had just swept away everything before he could even tremble or react, Qin Xiaosheng's face instantly turned to horror, as if he were confused and incredulous, and he muttered to himself.
"How could this be? How could a Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert make a move and start Dagan? How dare they? How dare they directly break the oath between the four nations and take such action?"
"How dare they directly allow Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert to intervene in the battle below?"
Qin Xiaosheng couldn't believe it. Weren't they afraid that the Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts of the Great Feng would simply demolish Zhenyou City?
Aren't they afraid that the Great Feng will directly take action and massacre the entire region they 'Dagan?
What about Ninghua?
Qin Xiaosheng immediately came to his senses and looked around. The houses had collapsed and the ruins were everywhere. The people in the mansion had all turned to ashes and there was nothing left.
Only a large, sky-blue, water-rippled cauldron enveloped Qin Xiaosheng. It was this cauldron that saved Qin Xiaosheng's life, and he was even unharmed. Otherwise, given the distance of more than a hundred meters between Qin Xiaosheng's residence Qin Xiaosheng Cangguan Pass, he would have been reduced to ashes long ago.
Seeing the water cauldron surrounding him, Qin Xiaosheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Ninghua was still there; she had saved his life again!
"Pfft! Cough cough cough, Xiaosheng, cough cough, that wasn't Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert making a move."
A weak sound came from behind Qin Xiaosheng. Like rain, many viscous droplets fell on Qin Xiaosheng's body. His eyes saw blood splattered everywhere, and he was directly drenched in blood.
Upon hearing this weak voice, Qin Xiaosheng suddenly stood up and turned around.
It was Shui Ninghua, but she had lost her former glory. Her right hand trembled as she held a glittering pearl, her face was pale, her energy was weak, and blood kept flowing from the corner of her mouth. She could not even maintain the water ripples around her.
Blood seeped from the corners of her eyes, her entire eyeballs were bloodshot, the blood had rushed into her eyeballs, and just looking at her bloodshot eyes was somewhat eerie.
"Ninghua!"
Qin Xiaosheng quickly stepped forward to support Shui Ninghua, hastily taking out a jade bottle from his sleeve, his eyes filled with urgency.
"Ninghua, how are you? This is the Imperial Clan's Life Spring Pill, take it first."
After taking the pill, Shui Ninghua slowly gripped Qin Xiaosheng's shoulder and spoke weakly and intermittently.
"Xiaosheng, we have to... cough cough, hurry up and get out of here. Retreat to Baiyun City, quick!"
"That wasn't Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert's attack; it lacked the power of heaven and earth. That was Explosive Pill. The Cangguan Pass has already been broken; there's no point in even thinking about it."
"Explosive Pill!!! Is there still anything like that after a Dagan explosion?"
Upon hearing Shui Ninghua's words, Qin Xiaosheng exclaimed in shock. The method for making that thing had long been lost, and it had been almost a century since anyone had heard of it exploding anywhere.
This thing had appeared before in Great Feng, and its power goes without saying. In an instant, Qin Xiaosheng understood what Shui Ninghua meant. If that thing exploded, Cangguan Pass would definitely fall, and the tens of thousands of soldiers on the city wall would surely be killed.
It's a miracle that Shui Ninghua survived. After that thing exploded, Shui Ninghua's condition was already precarious, and her injuries must be quite severe.
We can't hold it anymore. Cangguan Pass has definitely fallen. Even if we organize manpower now, it's too late. With this sudden explosion, morale has collapsed, and we can't muster any more manpower. We can only watch helplessly as the Dagan army comes in and slaughters us.
While Qin Xiaosheng was still deep in thought, Shui Ninghua, despite her injuries, made the pearl in her right hand shine again, resonating with her own true energy. She then used her cultivation technique to lift Qin Xiaosheng up and fly towards the Land of Cangshui.
She couldn't care about anything else now; saving her and Qin Xiaosheng's lives was the limit.