Cars stood abandoned all over the highway, snaking crookedly into the distance and blocking traffic completely. Now and then, flames burst from the ground or from the cars themselves.
This was plainly a city long since destroyed, a hell of flames... And countless charred bodies were still howling and screaming in the fire.
Look closely, and he could even make out that this was Hemp Mountain... As though this was how all of Hemp Mountain would end!
"Save me, save me..."
At Tang Changsheng's feet, a man burned almost to charcoal struggled to reach out and grab his trouser leg.
Tang Changsheng sidestepped him without a trace of movement and stepped on the man's wrist. The charred wrist crumbled to ash beneath his foot, but the man seemed not to feel a thing. He stretched out his other hand and grabbed at Tang Changsheng again.
Tang Changsheng kicked him in the head, reducing his entire body to flying ash.
But the ash swirled in the flames and hot air, soon forming a shadow with no visible features. Even so, its malice was unmistakable. "How heartless you are! Not only did you refuse to save me, you treated me like this..."
A hint of mockery crossed Tang Changsheng's face, but he said nothing. He only raised his head and looked around as more and more charred corpses and shadows closed in from every direction.
Tang Changsheng saw them clearly, and a cold smile touched his lips. "I'd say that void looked far more like purgatory. As for this?"
He gave a cold laugh and sent his Heartlight outward. The Myriad Forms Mirror suddenly appeared in his empty hand. In an instant, brilliant light blazed forth, shining over the charred corpses and shadows and reflecting their forms.
When they saw themselves, the