The explosion, high heat, and flames appeared upon the Bronze Citadel's defensive shield almost in an instant.
Like a massive explosion born from a singularity, it directly unleashed boundless light and thermal energy, as endless flames and searing heat erupted at that very moment.
The dazzling radiance was as though thirty-two suns had been detonated here at the Bronze Citadel.
Flames swept through the surroundings, and the heat directly melted the metal structures nearby.
The explosion even tore through space, releasing most of its residual shockwaves.
Yet even so, the hurricane raised by the blast thoroughly destroyed the city within Avernus's first-layer walls.
Countless buildings were shredded like sheets of paper, whirling through the skies.
The unlucky souls hiding within them, regardless of their strength, were torn directly into powder beneath such a hurricane.
Only the Legends, having sensed the danger early and fled far away, escaped disaster. Otherwise, even Legends would have suffered badly beneath such aftershocks.
The devils farther away—those watching the explosion from atop the city walls—had their eyes nearly blinded in an instant by the dazzling brilliance.
Then, the gale that swept in afterward even blew many defenders from the battlements.
The residual shockwaves alone were so terrifying. The central fortress, which had borne the brunt of the explosion, could no longer hold out.
Its already heavily worn defensive shield was ripped apart completely, shattering into fragments like broken crystal.
The defensive structures around the central fortress were directly reduced to molten metal beneath the roasting flames and heat.
As for the defenders inside, not even ashes remained.
The high heat turned the entire central fortress red-hot. Even Golden-tier Legion Devils found it difficult to endure such heat from within.
One after another, they sweated profusely from head to toe, their faces darkening to an even