Above the desert, an intense white light flashed. A blinding radiance suddenly bloomed, turning the entire world white. Then came the violent tremors of the earth, followed at last by a thunderous roar!
Farther away, Batman and the others clearly saw the white flash, followed by a massive mushroom cloud rising from the ground.
The white light gradually shifted from a faint golden hue to a scorching crimson. The enormous cloud mass expanded rapidly like a giant beast, while Sonic Boom Clouds stacked layer upon layer from below, like the beast's roar, spreading outward with majestic force.
The ground was first stripped away by the extreme heat, then deeper layers of the surface were hurled into the sky by the Impact Wave. As far as the eye could see, everything was a hazy gray.
Releasing such a catastrophic weapon merely to kill one living being was a little unbelievable, but considering humanity's madness, it was understandable.
Don't blame the United States for overreacting. They had been traumatized by being beaten up. Even a mere carp could make them arm the entire population, let alone an extraterrestrial species invasion!
If this happened in that certain country... They were just Saiyans. You tell me, what level were they fit to be eaten at?
The searing heat destroyed everything. Any living creature within the blast radius had only one fate: evaporation and vaporization. Within more than ten kilometers, the desert had been fused into glass. The charred soil crumbled into powder at the slightest touch. Looking down from above, nothing remained. Even farther out, the shrubs and cacti were not spared. The scorching hurricane swept through, leaving only devastation behind.
After a long while, everything except the dust still hanging in the sky quieted down. The intense heat gradually cooled from the