It was like an invisible whip striking the earth.
Where the sharp-headed staff landed, countless cracks abruptly spread and expanded. From that instant of contact, invisible force had already poured into the ground, raging like a torrential flood and sea tide.
Under the crimson burning star blanketing the heavens, strange cracks appeared one after another, as though reality itself could no longer bear the burden of the power brewing within this reenacted record.
The force of natural disaster gathered into a single strike, making the colossal creature hidden deep Under the Nine Lands shudder violently, scream, and wail.
Masses of foul-smelling blood and shattered flesh erupted from the cracks in the ground.
It was barely clinging to life.
The soil churned, as though some soft-bodied creature were wriggling in terror, trying to flee. Yet it could not suppress the power spreading through its body. It had only just crawled out of the earth before exploding into a cloud of blood mist.
With the monster's death, the illusion that had been sufficient to cover reality could no longer sustain itself. Those bustling scenes rapidly fell apart before everyone's eyes.
The heavily guarded high walls and barricades vanished without a trace.
All that remained were ruined walls, thick smoke billowing upward, patches of crimson long seeped into the soil, and countless scorch marks.
The permanent investigation team's base had been reduced to ruins.
Countless interwoven translucent crystals still remained where they were, like fragments of shattered weapons. Even now, they had not dispersed, making Lou Feng's face turn deathly pale as he murmured hoarsely:
"That was Aunt's Spirit Essence Shaping..."
Even after being out of control for so long, they still maintained their shape and terrifying sharpness. Fragments swept up by the wind fell into the cracks, only to be cleanly sliced