Chen Shu stepped onto the scorched earth and frowned again.
From far away, he naturally couldn't make out what had happened here. Now that he'd arrived, he immediately recognized one familiar trace among the chaotic remnants of Spirit Power lingering in the air—
Violent, scorching, chaotic...
Like a sun.
Chen Shu lowered his head and rubbed the ground with his foot.
There was a strange kind of crystal there.
"That's it..."
These were remnants of the Blazing Sun World-Destroying Divine Art's Spirit Power. The Little Blazing Sun Art was an extremely weakened version of it.
As it happened, one of Yi Nation's strategic weapons had been developed from the Blazing Sun World-Destroying Divine Art. It was essentially a modern weaponized application of the art; activating it was equivalent to a Ninth Tier Spiritual Cultivator unleashing the Blazing Sun World-Destroying Divine Art.
Chen Shu tilted his head slightly and exchanged a glance with Dragonfly, perched on his shoulder, then continued toward the great crater, lost in thought.
There were more and more crystals on the ground, and the remnants of the Blazing Sun World-Destroying Divine Art's Spirit Power grew increasingly distinct.
Five people hid inside the crater. Four ate a kind of gray flatbread and drank water, while the fifth lay at the rim keeping watch. As Chen Shu approached, that person kept urging him to hurry and stay hidden.
Chen Shu obediently did as he was told.
Once he entered the crater, the two sides sized each other up.
Chen Shu was still dressed casually for the heat, like someone heading to the beach—or an old man lounging in the shade on a summer day. He wore a tank top, shorts, and slippers, with Dragonfly from the forest across the boundary perched on his shoulder.
The five had East Asian