"Rumble..."
Just as Su Fan closed his eyes and held his breath, a heaven-shaking boom suddenly exploded across the horizon.
The azure sky, clear as if scrubbed clean only moments ago, had somehow become buried beneath layers of ink-dark Yuntao, as though millions of dormant colossal beasts were pressing down, swallowing the last sliver of daylight.
Bolts of deep-purple lightning slashed through the thick clouds like thunderous whips wielded by ancient war gods.
Whenever a bolt of lightning fell, the air let out a sharp hiss, casting eerie violet shadows across the ground.
Immediately afterward, the earth began to tremble in a way that chilled the blood.
It was as though a primordial beast that had slumbered for ages was awakening. The tremors spread from the surface toward the depths of the earth, until even the core below seemed like boiling magma stirred by an invisible giant hand.
In an instant, heaven and earth sank into chaos.
The gale wailed like a resentful widow, carrying raindrops the size of beans that pelted down. Mixed with the thunderous roars, they formed a symphony of the apocalypse.
The earth beneath Su Fan's feet heaved violently. In the distance, the endless mountain ranges groaned beneath the strain of the tremors. The mountains collapsed with a thunderous roar, and shattered rocks poured down like waterfalls, raising clouds of dust that blotted out the sky.
Heaven and earth seemed to be roaring in fury, yet also venting an indescribable sorrow.
"Crack... crack..."
Blinding white light tore through the darkness, like the eyes of a heavenly god opening amid the chaos, illuminating everything within a hundred-mile radius down to the finest detail.
Immediately afterward, thunder roared like ten thousand drums beating in unison. Wherever it passed, towering peaks were pulverized, while the solid earth was cleaved