Amid the clamorous night, countless cries, shouts, chaotic screams, and uniform hymns blended together.
At this moment, a new rhythm joined them.
The tide sound surged.
Like an ocean tide of immense force crashing head-on, it whipped up a hurricane, bringing everyone to an abrupt halt. They lowered their heads in astonishment and saw the rising flood.
The deep moat had begun to churn violently.
As if it were boiling.
No, it was... boiling!
Countless dead fish and aquatic creatures surfaced as the water temperature rose sharply. A fishy stench rose amid the increasingly scorching mist.
As though invisible ghosts were grinning savagely.
The heat unleashed by the Forging Furnace, enough to incinerate steel, spread through the river. Huai Shi's right arm turned metallic in an instant, already heated to glowing red. The terrifying temperature even made the chariot beneath his feet begin to emit black smoke.
Within the Return to Ruin, Origin Essence Crystals rapidly dwindled, turning into fuel and being fed into the furnace, causing that horrifying temperature to rise without end.
Until the churning flood in the river boiled.
In less than a few minutes, amid piercing screams, the boiling river began to surge toward the city.
Like a writhing giant extending its hands, it clung to the towering walls. The formless boiling water climbed with it, inch by inch, drawing closer to those despairing faces.
Until they were swallowed by the suddenly rising flood of boiling water beneath the Supervision Team's spears!
Screams rose one after another.
Under A Fang's command, countless torrents of boiling river water defied gravity. After spilling over the walls, they poured into the stronghold.
No one knew how many deadly poisons and curses lay hidden within that pitch-black water. It stripped souls and corroded bones; the instant it covered them, all