Though yellow powder was considerably less stable than the TNT developed later,
that did not mean its power or energy density was inferior.
For the same explosive yield, the destructive force it unleashed could even exceed TNT's by a small margin.
So... just how powerful
would over five tons of picric acid be?
It could release roughly 22 billion joules of tremendous energy.
The temperature at the center of the explosion could even exceed 3,000 degrees.
In a single instant,
half the mountaintop looked as though light and flame had bitten a huge chunk out of it.
Vast masses of rock shattered and heaved upward.
Beneath the slowly rising thick smoke and black clouds, an enormous, crater-shaped collapse rapidly swallowed the original terrain.
And the shock wave unleashed by the explosion,
along with the tree trunks and boulders blasted into the air,
flew hundreds of meters, slamming into the surrounding peaks and ground.
Even the residents of Small Town, several kilometers away,
felt the sudden, distinct tremor beneath their feet.
And just as that blazing light engulfed the mountaintop, and rocks and splintered wood trailing fire rained onto the surrounding mountains,
Xia Xi stood at a safe distance, watching the billowing smoke rise.
He sighed with some regret.
The main problem was that, in this era and under these circumstances, he simply could not get his hands on more powerful explosives.
Otherwise, he could have planted a tactical nuclear bomb at a designated spot,
or prepared an orbital mass driver in advance.
Wouldn't either have been far better than the yellow powder of this backward era?
If he really had those weapons, Xia Xi even felt there would be no need for a final battle. He could simply blanket the area with firepower.
Meanwhile, within Yushiro's Blood Demon Art subnet...