Ashen Dragon

Within Yinav Valley, the newborn green-skin Orcs were greedily devouring the surrounding soil, vegetation, and even rocks, transforming everything into nutrients for their growth.

Suddenly, a piercing scream shattered the air. Some Orcs raised their heads in astonishment, spotting a blurry black dot appearing in the sky.

"What is that?"

"I don't know, looks like a big black bird egg."

"Can we eat it?"

"No, wait—it seems to be made of iron. There's some light on it too. Maybe we can turn it into iron rods."

Seeing something entirely unfamiliar, the recently born green-skin Orcs gazed up curiously, their voices mingling in chaos, turning the valley lively and deafening.

They had no clue this was a gift prepared by Cassius and the Empire's military engineers—a Magic Fission Bomb.

Encased within the dark metallic shell were two Dragon Saliva Pearls crafted personally by the Red Dragons, capable of unleashing explosions with the destructive power of Ninth Tier Spells in an instant, engraved with an activation Magic Array.

Monks from the Original Restoration Order collaborated with the Empire's Archmages to extract high-purity Plutonium, used as the nuclear fuel inside.

When both Dragon Saliva Pearls were simultaneously triggered, they would create a powerful implosion wave, compressing the external charges toward the center until the density exceeded critical mass.

Soon after, the nuclear fuel would release enormous energy and a cascade of neutrons, initiating a chain reaction, unleashing the equivalent of tens of thousands of tons of TNT within fractions of a second—a phenomenon known as nuclear fission explosion.

This represented the Ashen Empire's most advanced weapon of mass destruction, a fusion of technology and magic. Featuring multiple nested High Tier Enchantment Formations of Seventh Tier and above, its production cost totaled nearly ten thousand gold coins.

The first experiment was conducted in the Vaar Glacier's uninhabited zone. It is said the earth within dozens of miles turned into scorched land, suffused with thick smoke and toxic flames after the cataclysmic explosion.

Yet this was not called an atomic bomb but instead named "Dragon's Fury Bomb" by the Empire's military engineering department—symbolizing the wrath of the Ashen Empire's Emperor.

The newborn green-skin Orcs, ignorant of all this, continued staring heavenward, discussing the strange black egg.

"Don't let it fall!"

"Stop it!"

Solo's expression was immensely furious as his roar spread across the spore network and transmitted to every green-skin Orc's mind, intensifying the chaotic force field.

"What's happening? It sounds like the boss's voice!"

"What on earth is that thing?"

Amid the noisy discussion, the green-skin Orcs still couldn't comprehend what was occurring, oblivious to the impending apocalypse about to engulf them.

Meanwhile, the black iron sphere in the sky was closing in, its sound growing increasingly sharp, threatening to rend the Orcs' eardrums.

When it was less than a hundred meters from the ground, the two Dragon Saliva Pearls inside were triggered, creating a destructive implosion wave.

The Magic Fission Bomb detonated!

The Ashen Emperor's wrath descended upon the world this instant!

For a moment, the world turned eerily silent, a calm that foretold unimaginable calamity, like the brief stillness before a wild storm.

Then, a blinding brilliance erupted across the heavens, outshining the Sun's radiance and spanning the entire sky.

"My eyes are burning!"

"It's so bright!"

"By Gush!"

The green-skin Orcs instinctively shielded their eyes, scrambling into shadows, their skin scorched with dark blisters under the radiance they had never encountered since birth.

Soon after, the searing light unleashed a horrifying wave of heat, instantly heating the surrounding air to millions of degrees Celsius.

The extreme temperature incinerated everything flammable, creating scorching flames and forming a colossal fireball at the explosion's core. Expanding rapidly, the fireball shimmered with a mixture of white, orange, and red glows.

Under the million-degree heat, all nearby matter vaporized instantaneously, fragile and insignificant.

"Divine Punishment, this must be Divine Punishment! Could the Ashen Empire be backed by the Sun God?" Mo Ke's face was filled with disbelief.

"No, my blessing!" Solo roared hoarsely, hurling his spear toward the bomb—but it was already too late.

In an instant, the fireball swallowed the green-skin Orcs within its radius, annihilating them without a single cry. Their bodies melted, vaporized, and even their ashes vanished entirely.

The water molecules within them ionized, their muscles and bones instantly carbonized, and their bodies disappeared "into thin air" in less than 0.1 seconds.

Following this, the explosion's shockwave spread rapidly, engulfing the sky and earth, lifting clouds of dust and debris.

"Boom——"

The ground roared; the sky bellowed. The entire world shuddered in the wake of this monumental explosion!

In mere moments, the intense heat, pressure, and rapid shockwave flattened everything within several kilometers.

"Boom!" Mountains collapsed; the valley crumbled. The expansive Binder River boiled immediately, billowing white steam as its waters evaporated entirely—transforming into a scene of the apocalypse.

Earth collapsed!

The immense explosion caused the ground to quake violently, cracking it into countless fissures. Stones and trees were hurled into the air, the atmosphere filled with ash and burning debris, and visibility diminished into an opaque haze.

"Crash!" Another tremendous noise shook the land as countless massive rocks shattered and disintegrated under the intense heat, cascading like tidal waves, burying Yinav Valley entirely!