Five Elements Explosive Fist

Before dawn, in the dim mountain forest, a ball of platinum light, nearly as bright as the sun, suddenly ignited. This light transformed into a golden thread streaking across the earth; it accelerated from slow to fast, slicing straight through the night and crossing several miles in the blink of an eye.

In that instant, the entire world seemed to fall silent, as if all sound had been absorbed by that platinum radiance. A heartbeat later, a series of thunderous roars erupted from the darkness and light, and a visible shockwave swept out like a tidal wave to both sides of the golden thread, carrying with it a sky full of dust.

The speed of this golden thread was so great that by the time the armored guards of Red Tower City—those who had already defected or been replaced—noticed it, their expressions shifted violently. But before they could do anything, they saw the golden thread slam into the city's protective array.

A violent explosion followed, and all the soil within a thirty-zhang radius was blown away and scorched into crystals, while the distant forest was ignited by the hot wind, creating distorted heat waves.

A massive tremor followed, causing even the city walls to shake uncontrollably. Several armored soldiers stationed on the rooftops fell from the walls, while the rest huddled against the battlements, staring in shock at the phantom of the Red Exquisite Pagoda that had manifested and was now rotating around the entire Red Tower City, already beginning to sway slightly: "What is that? The protective array was forced to manifest by a single strike?!"

Actually, it wasn't a single strike.

It was just that he was running too fast and couldn't brake in time.

The Tai-bai Haoling Divine Prohibition had just leveled up, and the boost to