Fireballs.
White fireballs.
Packed so densely, they filled half the sky.
The crowd that had been shouting for blood moments ago was now utterly silent.
"Wh-what kind of fire is that?!" someone cried involuntarily.
Hui Chen stared fixedly at those fireballs, his prayer beads racing through his fingers.
Something was wrong.
This was not fire of the five elements at all, nor even any unusual flame he knew of.
Veins bulged on the back of Xiao Lin's saber hand. His instincts were screaming warnings.
Si Chen was looking at those fireballs too.
He was a little... uncertain.
He had conjured them instinctively, using the most basic fusion reaction.
An extremely weakened version, of course.
But however weakened they were, they were still a different matter entirely from the "Fireball Technique" he had previously simulated with spiritual energy.
"Killing them would be going too far. Just break their arms and legs. They can get treated when they go back and recover quickly."
He had said that himself.
Now, looking at these fireballs...
Si Chen hesitated.
Perhaps... he should test their strength first?
So, under hundreds of watching eyes, Si Chen casually flicked a fireball toward the distant mountains in the opposite direction from the crowd.
It was not fast.
Its trajectory was straight.
Everyone watched that fireball fly into the distance, over the woods, over the ridge, before finally dropping into a valley more than a hundred li away.
Then...
Hummm-!!!
Immediately afterward, a blinding white light exploded from the direction of the valley!
The earth began shaking violently!
Trees toppled in swathes, rocks tumbled down, and streams changed course!
A terrifying shock wave swept outward from the valley, reducing everything in its path to dust!
"Get down!!!"
No one knew who shouted first.
Everyone reflexively threw themselves to the ground.