Chapter 1577: Taking down the city
Chapter 1577: Taking down the city
Cain broke through the city’s energy force field with a cold smile, crashing headlong into the sprawling underwater metropolis. The city was teeming with hundreds of thousands of Divine Ascension Masters.
Yet none of them were prepared for what Cain unleashed next.
In that single instant of impact, his immense power converged, resulting in an explosion akin to the detonation of a small sun trapped beneath the ocean.
A dazzling flash of light illuminated the murky depths, turning the turquoise waters into a hellish mix of crimson and gold. Shockwaves of raw force tore through the city, collapsing buildings as if they were made of sand.
In mere heartbeats, entire structures were obliterated—some vaporized on impact, others crumbling like sandcastles under an unimaginable tidal surge of star-infused flames. Spiraling columns of water roared upward, laced with debris and the remnants of those who had been too close to the epicenter.
The four towering spires that served as key energy conduits for the city collapsed as Cain’s destructive power raced across their foundations. Their stony exteriors and intricate runic networks buckled, blasting shards of metal and coral in all directions. The towers fell inward, causing chain reactions of exploding runic arrays and sparks that crackled like lightning across the seabed.
Countless cultivators were caught in this maelstrom. Many were annihilated instantly, their bodies reduced to red mist under the sheer impact force. Those a little farther from the center were blown away, limbs shorn from torsos. Spirals of gore and pulverized organs drifted through the water, painting the ocean floor a macabre tapestry of blood and ruin.
Even the ocean floor itself trembled. An undersea trench formed beneath the city, swallowing entire districts. Boiling currents surged, and the water heaved with the aftermath of that cataclysmic explosion.
Lady Azure and the remaining cultivators coughed up mouthfuls of blood, their faces ashen. The sudden severance of their link to the city’s energy towers had inflicted a brutal backlash on their souls, causing their auras to flicker and weaken dangerously.