Countless eyes inside and outside Mo City witnessed a scene that would remain etched in their memories for the rest of their lives.
The mountain-sized Ascension Body tore through the earth, breaking out of the planet's interior like a butterfly from its chrysalis. Amid Shu Ji's torrential rain, it rose into the sky.
Crystal fragments poured down like a waterfall as mountains collapsed and the earth cracked apart.
The crystal tentacles, having lost core control, descended into their final frenzy. They tore one horrifying trench and rift after another across the planet's surface. The thick clouds were churned by the tentacles and the Ascension Body, forming countless vortexes that rolled back through the sky. The atmosphere charged amid the violent upheaval, while storms and thunder raged between heaven and earth.
Far to the north, the land beneath the plains had already been hollowed out. Once the underground crystal structures collapsed, the entire region began to cave in. South of Mo City, a distant mountain range split in two down the middle, and terrifying light erupted from within the mountains. The clusters of crystal matter forced out by the movement of the crust became a magnificent yet horrifying "fountain," whose eruption was clearly visible even from space.
Mo Ran rushed into the air, then watched helplessly as yet another Refining Tower collapsed with a thunderous roar amid the storm.
Beneath her feet, the entire city let out a mournful cry on the verge of collapse, teetering at the edge of disintegration. Mo City had been built atop a massive spirit-mine vein. In a sense, the city's "foundation" was itself a single, solidified "mining platform." This special structure made it sturdier than any other city, even allowing it to withstand "natural disasters" on the level of geological reshaping. But with Refining Towers