"Boom!" An earth-shaking blast thundered into the sky. The Demon Tower exploded into a vast black mushroom cloud dozens of miles across, sending terrifying, suffocating demonic qi surging and bursting in every direction. Heaven and earth trembled as a super typhoon rose, hurling countless massive rocks and trees into the air. The storm engulfed nearly a hundred miles, its power truly appalling...
"Rumble!"
"Clatter!"
Only after a long wait did the storm finally subside. Countless Sand and Gravel rained down, while dust storms blanketed hundreds of miles.
"Go!" A cultivator's voice rang out from within the dust storm.
"Rumble!" Sand and Gravel scattered through the storm. An orange glow surged over a rocky hill a hundred zhang across on the ground, and it burst apart in an instant. Countless rocks flew outward, turning into motes of spiritual light that fell from the sky, revealing the cultivators.
As it turned out!
The Demon Tower had exploded just as Li Xiaoya told everyone to leave. With his escape techniques and divine abilities, he could easily have flown beyond the blast's reach, but the Spirit Communion Stage cultivators might not have managed it. He had therefore simply used a divine ability to protect them all, and no real harm had been done. After all, his five-element immortal roots had long since reached their full potential. By casting an Earth-Type Spell, which offered the strongest defensive power, he had emerged completely unscathed.
"Tch! Damn it! Who would've thought this thing could explode!" The explosion had blasted a bottomless crater several miles across into the spot where the Demon Tower once stood. Everyone now stood on a rocky outcrop rising within the crater-the very area Li Xiaoya's divine ability had protected. Their hearts still shuddered with fear as someone muttered in frustration...
Suddenly!
"Look! The