The Plain and Unremarkable Bronze Key (Two Chapters Combined)

A large group of people ran swiftly away from the Ruined Ancient Building. After a while, everyone had run several kilometers.

"Uncle Chen, we've already run quite far. Can we stop now...?" Zhao Xiaoya felt they had run far enough and called out to Chen Zhiyuan, who was still carrying Wu Qingfang and running ahead.

"Thud, thud, thud..."

The hurried footsteps gradually slowed, and Chen Zhiyuan came to a stop.

Everyone who had been fleeing alongside him also stopped when they saw him halt.

Chen Zhiyuan turned around and looked toward the Ruined Ancient Building, which was emitting abnormal Spiritual Energy fluctuations.

"Uncle Chen, stop restraining me! Put me down!" Wu Qingfang, still bound, cried out anxiously.

As soon as her voice fell, a terrifying roar that shook heaven and earth came from the distance.

"Rumble..."

A deafening explosion erupted, and dazzling light illuminated most of the underground space's sky.

The shock wave produced at the center of the explosion spread at a horrifying speed like a violent whirlwind, destroying everything around it.

One room after another was destroyed, and piles of shattered stones were hurled viciously into the air.

The large swathes of fluorescent plants growing around the Ruined Ancient Building were also caught in the blast, swept into the explosive currents and torn to pieces.

The moment the explosion occurred, the Ruined Ancient Building vanished completely. A gigantic crater appeared on the ground, billowing smoke and flames, making anyone who saw it shudder with fear and turn cold from head to toe.

Everyone present was terrified by the explosion before them. They thought that if Chen Zhiyuan had not warned them to run, every one of them would have been blasted to smithereens.

"Whoosh..."

The dust and smoke stirred up by the explosion drifted over from afar with