Split the Entire Sky in Two

Seeing Chen Feng approach, Liu Qian asked:

"Sect Master, what are you doing?"

The missile launcher in the distance remained completely still, which puzzled Liu Qian, as he had just seen Chen Feng operating it.

"It'll be here soon," Chen Feng said.

Just as Chen Feng finished speaking...

A deep and powerful roar echoed through the area, and the missile launcher in the distance began to tremble slightly, as if it were gathering an endless power.

Suddenly, a DF-21 missile, ten meters long and weighing fourteen tons, slowly flew out of the launch tube.

First, a camouflage-colored cone-shaped warhead appears, followed by the warhead itself, and finally the tail section.

As the tail section of the missile detached from the launch tube, the warriors at the Xingfeng Sect also saw the long trail of flame at the missile's tail.

As soon as the tail flame appeared, it formed a huge plume of smoke that spread into the field.

However, after the white smoke spread to Chen Feng's front, it was blocked by an invisible force.

This also ensured that the Xingfeng Sect warriors' vision was not obstructed by the smoke.

Everyone was looking at the missile that was slowly flying into the sky.

The missile's initial speed is not high; the rocket booster only allows the missile to ascend slowly.

Chen Feng also watched the missile fly into the sky. The DF-21 has a multi-stage propulsion system, and the next stage of propulsion will only begin after reaching a certain altitude.

The martial artists of the Xingfeng Sect stared in disbelief at the missile soaring into the sky.

Everyone was stunned by the scene before them.

Such a massive metal object could actually fly directly into the sky; this completely overturned their understanding of the world.

As the missile ascended, not only those in the inner gate area but also those in the outer gate area saw the missile soaring into the sky.

The sound of the rocket boosters at the missile's tail was simply too loud.

Everyone was looking up at the missile soaring into the sky.

What is that?

"I don't know."

"Could it be another treasure crafted by the sect leader?"

A few of the outer sect martial artists were discussing it, but only a few; most remained silent.

Everyone was focused on the missile flying in the sky, unwilling to let their attention be diverted for even a second.

As the missile continued to ascend, everyone near the Hengduan Mountain spotted the missile soaring into the sky.

The mortals who were building the city all stopped working.

The overseer did not urge the mortals to work; he, like everyone else, looked up at the sky.

And it was at this moment!

The missile began to accelerate, and its tail flame grew to more than seven meters long.

A dozen seconds later, the missile's acceleration had approached the speed of sound.

As it reaches the speed of sound, the missile's speed is momentarily halted due to the sound barrier.

But this pause lasted only a fraction of a second before the missile's tail thruster suddenly accelerated again.

The acceleration at that moment instantly broke the sound barrier, creating a terrifying sonic boom!

As the sonic boom resounded, the missile's tip, due to its excessive speed, began to compress the air in front of it, creating a high-pressure zone.

This high-pressure area is continuously pushed towards the rear of the missile, forming a cone-shaped area that spreads backward.

At this moment, everyone in the Hengduan Mountain could only hear the terrifying sonic boom coming from the sky; they could no longer see the missile.

"That sound is terrifying!"

"What was that? Did you see it just now? It was moving incredibly fast!"

"How can something so big fly so fast!"

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Countless people gasped in amazement; they had just experienced a visual feast.

This was the first time people in the Painting Scroll World had witnessed a missile launch.

Xingfeng Sect, inner door area.

Liu Qian and the group of inner sect martial artists were also stunned.

Liu Qian was utterly shocked by the sight of the missile just taking off.

Although the missile is no longer visible, everyone's eyes are still fixed on the sky.

The sonic booms in the sky continued to echo, spreading across the entire heavens like rolling thunder.

Chen Feng then arrived next to the missile launcher and looked at the monitoring screen.

At this moment, the missile's altitude has reached 100 kilometers.

Medium-range ballistic missiles need to fly close to the atmosphere to reach their maximum speed.

Because the closer you are to the atmosphere, the lower the air resistance.

Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are different; they fly outside the atmosphere and therefore travel at even faster speeds.

Chen Feng frowned as he looked at the monitoring content on the screen; he had noticed a problem.

His target this time was only 800 li (approximately 400 kilometers) away from the headquarters of Xingfeng.

The flight path he just designed was to get the DF-21 to Mach 8.

In other words, the DF-21 must fly to an altitude of at least 1,000 kilometers before it can fly toward the target location.

To hit a target only 400 kilometers away, a missile would have to fly to an altitude of 1,000 kilometers.

Chen Feng felt like he was using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

This was the first time Chen Feng had set the missile's flight trajectory, and he hadn't considered this issue before.

Chen Feng began operating the missile control system, intending to send the missile flying directly there without further altitude gain.

If we wait until the missile reaches such a high altitude before striking the target, it would be a pure waste of fuel.

Although the speed may be reduced by several Mach due to insufficient altitude.

However, this impact is not significant.

In the big forest.

Wang Hu and his men were hiding in a thicket.

They were now less than ten minutes away from the members of the Great Yu royal family.

However, Wang Hu and the others did not continue forward, but waited for Chen Feng's orders.

Mo Chen asked Liu Qian:

"How do you think the sect leader plans to deal with those people from the Great Yu?"

Wang Hu shook his head:

"I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see."

Wang Hu didn't know how Chen Feng planned to deal with the people from Dayu, so he could only wait and see.

Just then...

Wang Hu suddenly heard a thunderous sound, which was continuous.

Everyone looked up at the source of the sound.

However, due to the trees blocking their view, they could only hear that the sound was coming from a certain direction on the horizon.

"This is.."

Wang Hu was somewhat surprised. He immediately took out a drone and started to launch it into the air.

In no time, the drone had gained altitude.

The drone's camera also captured images of the sky.

The image was also transmitted to the tablet in Wang Hu's hand.

Mo Chen, Wu Xing, and the others also gathered around to watch.

In the clear blue sky, a long white line stretched out from afar.

This white line stretches for tens of kilometers, as if splitting the entire sky in two.

And at the end of that white line is a missile.

These white lines are the contrails produced by the high-speed flight of missiles.

"Is that a missile?" Wang Hu's eyes widened.

He certainly knew about missiles; he'd seen Chen Feng use one before.

Last time, Chen Feng used a helicopter to carry missiles to defeat the 600,000-strong Ningguo army.

But the missile flying in the sky on its own was something Wang Hu had never even considered.

Looking at the ever-extending white line, Wang Hu was completely stunned.

Just by looking at the white line stretching across the sky, Wang Hu could sense the terrifying speed of the missile.