The Road to Legend's Perfect Pacing

A blinding burst of light erupted without warning, like a fiercely burning little sun. Scorching white radiance instantly swallowed everything around it.

This was no ordinary flash of light. Every audience member in the theater could clearly see the air warping and distorting under the intense heat.

Then came a deafening blast, its shockwave seeming to physically slam into everyone's eardrums.

Everyone knew that the film's volume had already been lowered as much as possible to reduce the discomfort of watching it, yet the effect was still utterly terrifying.

What kind of horrific scene had Lin Yuan experienced at the center of that explosion?

The next moment, the light gradually faded, revealing a sight even more suffocating.

From the aerial footage, a massive crater could be seen abruptly carved into the earth, like the devastating aftermath of a meteor strike.

The crater was estimated to be more than fifteen meters deep and over fifty meters across, large enough to hold half a football field.

The once lush trees surrounding it had been reduced to a complete mess.

Thick trunks had been snapped cleanly in half, their broken sections charred black, clearly carbonized by the extreme heat in an instant.

Scorched dead branches lay scattered everywhere, some still emitting wisps of black smoke. Even through the screen, the pungent smell of burning seemed to hang in the air.

The moment they saw this, audience members immediately cried out in shock:

"I've seen this scene before! It was at Lin Yuan's press conference after he was injured. It was only a photograph then, but now we're seeing the video footage."

"This is insane! When I watched the press conference reports before, I thought he had merely been caught in an explosion because the crew used too much explosive material. I never imagined