The long-lost sunlight shone upon the thick snow, the chilling cold rendering the land barren.
Within the city of Donghai, completely sealed off by the system, dense "landmarks" had been planted across the land outside the central district.
For ten days, Chen Luo and his subordinates had cleared all monsters within the marked areas.
Under the power of the landmarks, the connected silver areas had completely merged with the territory of Xinghuo City.
As a landmark planter, Chen Luo could sense any enemy incursions within all marked zones.
When the system announced the start of the "Abyss-level Advancement Challenge," the city's central district was surprisingly clean.
Previously, there were still occasional low-level wandering undead intruding into the marked areas, but now, the central district was completely silent.
However, Chen Luo could clearly sense a sinister power steadily growing within the central district.
His pale blue wings gently fluttered. As the "Lord of Ten Thousand Armies," Chen Luo's own movement was equivalent to the simultaneous movement of his entire army.
When he arrived at the border of the silver area at the super high speed of "Flight," he gazed at the central area and was momentarily stunned.
Even though the sun shone upon the land, after ten days of snow, the snow in most parts of the city was nearly ten meters deep.
But the land before Chen Luo's eyes was entirely different.
The power of death had dyed the earth a lifeless gray-white, and the once thick snow had completely vanished.
Compared to the towering snow in the surrounding silver areas, the gray-white land before him formed a vast, sunken basin.
This was the current central area of Donghai City.
What truly drew Chen Luo's attention was, at the very center of the countless ruined buildings, a towering black pillar of light.
From a distance, this pillar of light was not visible at all. Only upon reaching the edge of the central district and observing with the naked eye.
Could this abruptly appearing black pillar of light be seen.
Chen Luo could sense an extremely terrifying power continuously expanding within the pillar of light.
*Snap...*
The wings behind him dissipated, and Chen Luo landed heavily on the highest building outside the central district.
After a moment of gazing at the dead gray-white basin and the strangely ominous black pillar of light, Chen Luo's lips curved slightly:
"It seems our neighbor isn't awake yet. Let me give them a little greeting!"
Chen Luo stepped forward with his left foot, landing heavily. He bent his right hand into a javelin-throwing posture.
The flames in his golden eyes seemed to turn into substance:
"Xinghuo Manifest!"
An arcane array materialized in the void, and abyssal depths of mana continuously poured in.
The special S-class skill "Xinghuo" determined its damage and form based on the mana Chen Luo inputted and his intentions.
At this moment, Chen Luo's mana, exceeding ten thousand points, poured in like a river, madly surging into the trajectory of the Xinghuo spell.
The terrifying mana rapidly filled the complex spell trajectory. As the mana flowed in, the aura on the spell trajectory became increasingly dangerous.
When the inputted mana finally reached a certain critical threshold,
*Hum,*
The sky was suddenly torn apart by a glazed light. From the shattered rift in the sky, one could faintly glimpse the indescribable radiance within the void.
The next moment, the rift in the sky healed abruptly, and in Chen Luo's right hand, he grasped a golden spear.
The spear seemed forged from golden glass, appearing at first glance like a work of art meticulously carved by a master craftsman of a great nation.
But only Chen Luo knew how terrifying the power contained within this beautiful spear was.
Beneath his black leather armor, Chen Luo's right arm muscles tensed violently, the force so great that veins bulged.
His golden eyes were fixed on the ominous black pillar of light. The next moment!
*Boom!*
He threw his right hand forward violently!
The air in front of Chen Luo instantly exploded!
A strong wind whipped Chen Luo's clothes and hair, while Chen Luo's gaze followed the Xinghuo spear he had thrown!
*Hum!*
With a soft hum, after being thrown, the Xinghuo spear, due to its terrifying power, instantly broke the sound barrier.
The atmosphere was easily shattered, and the golden spear turned into light, flying straight towards the black pillar of light.
*Crack!*
The moment the sound barrier was broken and the sonic boom cloud appeared, a crack appeared on the surface of the Xinghuo spear, which could be called tiny.
Extreme heat flowed from the spear. The sonic boom cloud, just as it formed, was ignited by the terrifying heat!
*Boom!*
Trails of exhaust flames ignited layer by layer! The sky seemed to be illuminated by blooming lotuses!
Between Chen Luo and the black pillar of light, there were still countless high-rise buildings. The Xinghuo spear thrown by Chen Luo had immense momentum, but these buildings would inevitably become obstacles in its path.
However, in Chen Luo's eyes, these buildings were completely absent, as if the magnificent creations of steel and concrete did not exist.
Amidst the piercing roar of the air, the golden glass spear, on its path forward, directly crashed into the barrier formed by the high-rise buildings.
*Pop! Pop! Pop!*
A series of muffled sounds followed. Hundreds, even thousands, of high-rise buildings did not impede the Xinghuo spear in the slightest.
All the buildings in its path were penetrated by the spear as if they were air.
And in Chen Luo's eyes, each building had a massive circular hole formed in its center.
At the edges of these holes, there was a flowing red liquid, like molten lava.
These were the traces left by the Xinghuo spear as it pierced through the buildings, the terrifying damage caused by the immense heat and impact in an instant!
This was Chen Luo's full-power strike at this moment!
As if heaven and earth were about to be pierced, the fire spear, trailing brilliant exhaust flames, flew straight towards the towering, sinister pillar of light from beyond the myriad of holes!
The impact occurred in an instant!
*BOOM!!!!!!!!*
Immeasurable flashes of light scattered throughout the world from the point of collision at the moment of impact!
The terrifying brilliance, comparable to a nuclear explosion, was enough to blind anyone who dared to look directly at it.
The buildings, originally layered like tombstones, were now shattering under the terrifying impact and light heat.
In terms of destructive power alone, Chen Luo's strike had reached the power of a small-yield nuclear detonation!
The intense explosion incinerated the buildings and atmosphere in the central district.
The terrifying heatwave even caused the snow in the silver marked areas to begin melting rapidly.
The surging meltwater was vaporized the moment it appeared, and the steam was directly carried away by the impact.
In the fierce wind, Chen Luo's clothes and hair fluttered, and the building beneath his feet shook violently, but Chen Luo's figure remained motionless.
However, as the one who launched the attack, and the only one in the entire Donghai City who could look directly at the collision point, Chen Luo's expression held no joy:
"Heh, as expected, they won't allow me to interrupt, will they?"