Chapter 3543: Ten Minute Judgement

Lin Mu’s words were calm but the effect was far from it.

The effect was... Apocalyptic.

BOOM.

The air screamed.

Invisible pressure slammed down from above, as if the sky itself had gained weight. The formation arrays protecting the palaces flared violently, layers upon layers activating in desperate succession.

Crack.

Five seconds passed.

Hairline fractures appeared across the glowing formations, spreading like spiderwebs. The runes flickered erratically, struggling to compensate for a force they had never been designed to withstand.

Ten seconds.

SHATTER!

All three palace formations collapsed simultaneously, exploding into fragments of light that vanished like sparks snuffed out by a storm.

And then there was nothing left to protect them.

The palaces groaned.

Roofs bent inward as if crushed by invisible hands. Massive stone pillars splintered, their cores turning to dust under the impossible load. Walls folded and buckled, collapsing inward instead of outward, as if the structures were being pressed into themselves.

The ground trembled violently.

Two seconds later, an ear shattering sound tore through the city.

BOOOOOOM!!!!

All three palaces were crushed flat.

Not collapsed but utterly and absolutely... Crushed.

Their proud spires vanished. Their grand halls were compressed into slabs of shattered stone, timber, and gem fragments. Dust exploded outward in a massive ring, obscuring the center of the city entirely.

But the destruction did not stop.

The pressure intensified.

The flattened remains of the palaces continued to sink, driven deeper and deeper into the earth. The ground itself gave way, cracking and collapsing under the weight forced upon it.

The plaza buckled.

Roads fractured.

Buildings near the center tilted and crumbled as the land was dragged downward.

BOOM!

Another thunderous impact echoed.

The three craters merged.

What had once been the proud heart of the Three Union City was now a single, massive depression over a hundred meters deep. Jagged stone lined its edges, and dust hung thick in the air like a funeral shroud.

The statues were gone.

The palaces were gone.

History had been erased in less than a minute.

Silence followed.

A silence so deep it swallowed screams before they could form.

The two remaining kings stared in horror, their bodies shaking uncontrollably. Their faces were deathly pale, eyes wide and unfocused.

The Great Steppe King’s Qi signature was gone.

Crushed.

Erased.

A Seventh Tribulation Immortal Realm expert, annihilated without even being directly targeted.

In just a few moments, a king had died.

Fear spread like wildfire.

Nobles collapsed to the ground, sobbing or staring blankly. Sect disciples trembled, their arrogance shattered beyond repair. Soldiers dropped their weapons, hands shaking as they realized how meaningless numbers were before this kind of power.

The sect elders were no better.

This was not mere intimidation.

This was annihilation made effortless.

"This... this is not fledgling comprehension," the Boundless River Sect’s High Elder whispered, her lips trembling. "This is mastery of Gravity..."

The Golden Urn Sect’s High Elder felt his legs weaken. "He could flatten the entire city," he said hoarsely. "Everyone inside it."

And they all knew it was true.

Lin Mu lowered his hand.

The Gravity Dao Embryo slowly faded, its runes dimming as the pressure lifted. Yet the damage remained, carved permanently into the land and into their souls.

"I warned you," Lin Mu said calmly.

His voice carried across the ruined square.

"I do not enjoy this."

He looked at the kings.

"But I will not be delayed."

The effect was immediate.

The remaining kings snapped out of their paralysis, panic overtaking pride.

"Activate it!" the King of the Olive Canopy Kingdom shouted hoarsely. "Activate the inter world teleportation array immediately!"

"Shut down all other arrays!" the Alabaster Plains King screamed. "Redirect everything!"

Messengers fled in all directions. Formation masters ran, faces pale as death. Power was rerouted, resources diverted, and every ounce of attention was focused on the ancient teleportation hall.

No one dared question.

No one dared delay.

Daoist Chu moved swiftly, personally overseeing the preparations. His immortal sense swept through the formation again and again, checking for traps, distortions, or hidden interference.

"They’re not daring to tamper with it," he said quietly to Lin Mu. "They’re terrified."

Above the city, the swords still hovered.

Within the dome, no one moved.

At last, the call came.

"The array is ready," a trembling official announced.

Lin Mu nodded.

He gestured, and his group moved with him toward the teleportation hall. Cattaleya walked calmly, stepping over broken stone as if it were nothing. Elyon melted back into the shadows, never lowering his guard. The twins stayed close, eyes sharp and weapons ready.

As they entered the array, Lin Mu turned one last time.

"Remember this," he said to the city.

The kings bowed their heads, unable to meet his gaze.

The light flared.

The teleportation array activated.

SHUA

Only after Lin Mu and his companions vanished into the spatial channel did the tension finally break.

The swords fell from the sky, clattering harmlessly to the ground. The water dome dissolved, collapsing into a torrential downpour that washed over the city like a cleansing storm.

When it ended, the Three Union City was left drenched, scarred, and forever changed.

And in the hearts of all who witnessed it, a single truth was carved deeper than any crater.

They had just seen what it meant to anger a true powerhouse.

Lin Mu had no idea that tens of thousands of years from now, the city, the Three Kingdoms, and the Two Sects would remember this day as the Great Devastation. Even when the fall of the Butterfly Kingdom and the great war would fade away, this day would still be remembered.

It would be the most terrifying day that they had witnessed in their entire lives.

But to the other sects and kingdoms, this was a great day, and they would praise Lin Mu and his companions as the Ten Minute Judges.

For it was within ten minutes that the city and all the powers within were judged for their arrogance.

And it was all done with just a single casualty.

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