Su Fan frowned and surveyed the surroundings. Even he was left dumbstruck by the apocalyptic scene around him.
The world that had once teemed with life had now become a lifeless ruins.
Every inch of land bore the imprint of destruction, turning the despair of doomsday into wounds so vivid they could be seen everywhere.
The earth had long since lost its original contours. In their place were crisscrossing ravines and irregular giant pits.
The deepest pits led straight to the underground magma layer. Crimson magma churned at their mouths, and the rising waves of heat distorted the air for dozens of miles around them.
The ground was covered by a thick layer of charred-black crystal. These were the solidified remains of rocks scorched by chaotic power. They shattered into sharp fragments underfoot, and the slightest carelessness would cut the skin.
The mountains that had once rolled across the land had vanished completely, leaving behind only piles of weathered rubble. Dark-purple lightning patterns still lingered between the stones.
Although the Chaos Divine Lightning had dissipated long ago, those patterns continued to flicker faintly, releasing chaotic turbid energy potent enough to corrode metal.
The traces of rivers and lakes had also been erased completely. The broad river channels of the past were now nothing more than dried-up ravines.
The soil on both sides of the ravines was a strange grayish black. A pinch of it would crumble into powder, and even the pebbles buried beneath the riverbeds had been corroded by chaotic power until they were riddled with holes and had lost their original luster.
More frightening still, Spatial Rifts had appeared in some areas. These rifts resembled irregular shards of glass, their edges flashing with a ghostly blue light.
The moment one drew near, one could feel a powerful suction,