The Duke's Duchess stared blankly at the devastation around her, unable to put her feelings into words, teetering on the brink of collapse.
Gu Qingnian swept his gaze around and thought, Still a little short.
Once the sounds had faded completely, everyone swiftly turned their eyes toward Gu Qingnian. Among them were people whose minds had utterly broken, who charged at him in a frenzy without regard for anything, shouting, "Die! Die, die, die!"
Spurred on by those shouts, some of the others finally lost their composure as well, their bodies moving as they prepared to rush Gu Qingnian.
At that moment, however, an exceedingly eerie smile curved Gu Qingnian's lips. Seeing it, the Duke's Duchess beside him immediately sensed that things would not be so simple.
And indeed, it did not end there. The instant those people took a step...
Boom-boom... Thunderous rumbling came from every direction, followed by a series of splurt- sounds, like water suddenly spraying out.
In the next instant, cracks of white light appeared across the surrounding buildings, seemingly out of nowhere, and building after building collapsed wildly. At the same time, the bodies of the powerful fighters all around broke apart like stacks of blocks that had lost their supports, falling toward the ground in pieces...
It was not over yet. Just before those pieces hit the ground, another series of splurt- sounds rang out. Streaks of white light pierced and shredded every fragment, blasting them into powder and bloody mist!
"Urgh!" The sight sent the Duke's Duchess into a fit of violent vomiting. With a trace of disgust, Gu Qingnian set her off to one side. Although he also felt deeply uncomfortable, some unknown influence kept him from feeling even the slightest urge to vomit.
Soon, the nearly hundred powerful fighters who had