"Boom!"
A thunderous roar.
Figures filled the sky.
When that beam shot heavenward, even Shouye could no longer sit still.
He sprang from his chair, his eyes fixed on Xu Xiaoshou, filled with utter shock and horror.
"This was a furnace explosion?"
Had he not seen it with his own eyes, if someone had told him the City Lord's Manor was under attack, he would have believed it on the spot without a second thought.
"Save them!"
Shi Ti roared.
He knew the damage Xu Xiaoshou's furnace explosions could cause, so he was able to put up defenses immediately.
Yet to preserve the lives of those nearby, his first instinct was not to charge toward that beam soaring into the sky.
Instead, he shot into the air and dragged down every person flung flying around him.
If those people were blasted up to the ceiling and the explosion went off, they would undoubtedly be reduced to nothing but shattered bones and scattered flesh.
"Save me!"
Xu Xiaoshou cried out as well.
The power of the Emberlight Pill-Condensing Art combined with a top-tier sixth-grade spiritual herb had clearly exceeded what he could control in an instant.
But he was lucky.
The explosive attack that Countershock could not withstand instead sent Xu Xiaoshou shooting sideways, swiftly carrying him away from the scene.
Boom! With a crack, Xu Xiaoshou slammed straight into the wall, then was blasted out of the banquet hall.
He stared in disbelief at the beam in the hall and at President Shi Ti, who was scrambling to save the people flung into the air.
It's over.
If this thing blew up, forget the banquet hall—even half the City Lord's Manor would be gone!
"Get back down!"
At that critical moment, Shouye finally snapped out of it.
He remembered the