Thousand-Beam Pulsed Scorching Beam

"They planned to wait and see first. With a hundred thousand Public Beta slots, perhaps they would not be excluded.

If they truly were excluded, they planned to find someone to speak with the city lord and secure some slots for Spirit Hall.

Overall, they still held an observational attitude toward Purple Heaven City."

"These old fools are so hesitant.

The Purple Heaven City Lord has clearly excluded Spirit Hall, yet they still plan to seek peace with him. What a joke.

When did Spirit Hall become so pathetic?

At this rate, Spirit Hall will decline sooner or later!"

The speaker was Bibi Dong, her words brimming with disdain for those old antiques. Those old antiques sought stability in everything; in truth, they were merely dawdling. How could they ever accomplish anything?

"Since their hearts have grown old, I'll test this Purple Heaven City Lord myself.

He only dares to hide his head and conceal his tail. He is no hero in the end.

His ambitions are so great. Let's see whether he truly has the strength to match.

On the day of the Public Beta, I'll give him a grand gift."

Bibi Dong's expression remained serene and noble. She did not truly take Purple Heaven City seriously.

In her view, Purple Heaven City's methods were indeed somewhat miraculous, but its purpose was merely to gather the wealth of the world.

It could not gather influence, nor would it greatly affect Spirit Hall's grand plan or threaten Spirit Hall's position.

Still, something beyond their control was best removed if possible.

Purple Heaven City seemed to have been built within the Dream, making it impossible to track or attack.

But did it truly have no weakness?

A dismissive smile appeared on Bibi Dong's exquisite, stunning face.

Elsewhere, Li Ming stared intently at the panel before him, a trace of tension and anticipation in his eyes.

After several days, the Satellite AI had calculated the proportion of energy injection required to fire the Pulsed Scorching Beam.

By injecting energy in complex batches, it had greatly lowered the demand for Soul Power.

All that remained now was an actual test.

Li Ming watched the panel nervously. Several screens were displayed on it, showing different scenes.

Some cameras faced the orbital path, while others targeted the experiment's objective from every direction.

To avoid attracting unwanted attention, Li Ming had chosen an unnamed island at sea as the target.

For the sake of ceremony, there was even a red button on the screen.

Of course, the actual launch depended on his command to the Satellite AI.

At this moment, every satellite was ready.

Nearly all of them had fully stored sunlight energy and could be called upon at any time.

This time, he would test the power of Pulsed Scorching Beams fueled by the energy reserves of fifty, one hundred, and one thousand satellites.

Once everything was ready, Li Ming's expression turned solemn as he stared at the screen and pressed the red button.

After he pressed it, lines of text appeared on the panel.

[Correcting launch azimuth...

Correcting rotational drift compensation...

Checking the integrity of all system components...]

[Comparing target initial parameters...

Injecting sunlight energy and Soul Power...]

Li Ming immediately saw a satellite display its Soul Rings: two yellow and one black.

This satellite was the firing unit for this Pulsed Scorching Beam.

[Target locked...

Launch countdown...]

Li Ming stared fixedly at the screen, waiting for the countdown to end.

A blinding flash streaked across the screen.

At the same instant, a violent explosion erupted on the island shown on another screen!

Hiss!

Li Ming sucked in a sharp breath, his eyes widening. Even though he had been mentally prepared, he was still stunned.

This was the terrifying speed of the Pulsed Scorching Beam!

The enemy could be struck the instant it was fired!

The entire image of the island was shrouded in smoke from the explosion. Only after some time did the smoke slowly disperse, revealing the damage caused by the Pulsed Scorching Beam.

A massive crater five or six meters across had appeared in the ground, covered in scorch marks. The scene was a complete mess.

Was this the power of fifty Pulse Beams?

Li Ming was still shocked by its power, and his eyes soon filled with intense excitement.

This was only the power of fifty satellites.

What about one hundred?

At his command, the launch system began operating once more.

This time, a different firing unit was used, and it was injected with sunlight energy collected by one hundred satellites.

When the countdown began, Li Ming watched the screen tensely.

As the image flashed with dazzling light once more, a violent explosion erupted on the other screen as well.

The explosion also released a blinding white light. It took quite some time for the light to fade, revealing the terrifying devastation spread across the entire island.

The ground had an unnatural glassy sheen. The sand and stones on the surface had been instantly melted into scorched crystals.

Those scorched crystals covered more than twenty meters, with a huge deep crater at the center. Flames still danced along the crater's edge.

Li Ming stared blankly at the scene. He was certain that this power would directly pierce through any unprepared Spirit Saint or Spirit Emperor.

There was absolutely no chance of survival.

He stared at the screen without speaking, but light gleamed in his eyes.

After a while, he began the third test: the Thousand-Beam Pulsed Scorching Beam!

He looked at the red button above him. This time, even his hand felt somewhat heavy as he slowly pressed it down.

The interface entered launch mode once more.

Li Ming's feelings this time were completely different from before. As he watched the words continuously appear, his heart seemed to sink to the bottom, then leap to its highest point with every change.

His expression was strange and conflicted.

An ordinary satellite in near-planet orbit was small in size, yet it now displayed three Soul Rings.

The black Soul Ring among them was clearly emitting a faint glow.

Countless streams of sunlight energy were being continuously transmitted through the connections between the Martial Soul Satellites.

It visibly began to swell, becoming more and more bloated until it exceeded the size of the satellite.

Then the entire satellite expanded along with it, forcibly enlarged by the energy.

[Warning! The satellite has accumulated excessive energy and is at risk of destruction. Continue executing the launch procedure?

Current progress... 89%]

Li Ming was somewhat speechless at the sight. He had not expected that a Martial Soul could also risk being unable to bear the power of sunlight.

But having reached this point, he naturally had no intention of giving up and chose to continue.

The Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring continued to expand like an inflated balloon, still being pumped full of air and liable to reach its critical point and burst at any moment.

Li Ming stared fixedly at the number.

He watched it continuously change.

96%

97%

99%

100%

It did not explode!

Li Ming could not help but let out a sigh of relief. It had held on.

Once charging was complete, it entered the launch countdown.

When the countdown ended, a dazzling laser far thicker than before shot out from space. The instant it fired, the satellite exploded.

The Pulse Beam reached the ground in an instant, slamming into that unnamed island like a pillar of light.

In an instant, the entire world was engulfed in blinding light. A massive explosion rang out, while distinct waves rose across the surrounding sea.

A terrifying shockwave spread outward. Then the water erupted again and again as towering waves were blasted into the air, continuing for several thousand meters before finally stopping.

Li Ming stared at the astonishing scene, his mouth already hanging open. Compared to the terrifying heat of the Pulse Beam, the shockwave was even more intimidating.

Before long, countless fish carcasses floated to the surface of the sea.