Published: March 12, 2025
Here is a valley, not far from the Leon Empire's capital. This valley has no special products, just some scattered stones, and usually, no one comes here. It is called the Valley of Chaos Stones.
Such valleys are generally overlooked, but today, many notable figures from the Leon Empire have come here. Even a casual cough from any of them would cause a large crowd to catch a cold in the empire.
Why would such big shots suddenly come to a remote place like this? Along with these important individuals came a group of magical beast cavalry, all carefully selected and definitely reliable.
Zhao Hai arrived here by vehicle; he did not want too many people to know he was here. This time, he came only to conduct an experiment and had brought ten magic cannons specifically for this purpose.
Upon reaching the valley, the soldiers quickly set up the magic cannons and then stepped aside. Zhao Hai did not dare let these soldiers fire the cannons; he was afraid of accidents, which could prove fatal.
Zhao Hai approached one of the magic cannons, examining it closely. This magic cannon is the most advanced and powerful magic circle on the continent, but it looks somewhat different from the cannons on Earth. It resembles a satellite receiver rather than a cannon Zhao Hai was familiar with.
The power source for this magic cannon is the crystal. People need to place the crystal in the center of the cannon, and then the energy from the crystal can be gathered through the magic circle on the cannon. This energy travels to the large pot-like end of the cannon and is then directed through four pillars connected by the magic circle to a small metal disc at the top, which also bears a magic circle. Once the energy reaches this magic circle, it can be fired.
The energy beam shot out can maximize the crystal's potential. However, unfortunately, the crystals people are willing to use in magic cannons are relatively low-grade, so their destructive power isn't very high. When Zhao Hai fought against the demon clan and divine race, he did not bring magic cannons because the power of the magic cannon using ordinary crystals was less than that of a ballista. It only had the advantage of not requiring much manpower to fire; otherwise, it would have long been eliminated.
But this time, the crystal Zhao Hai brought was different; it contained immense energy. Fearing an accident, he only allowed the ordinary soldiers to set up the cannons while he prepared to have the undead beings take over the rest of the work. He took out an Ice Crystal and handed it to one of the undead beings, who then inserted the Ice Crystal into the magic cannon and pressed the activation button.
As soon as the button was pressed, a blue light erupted from the magic cannon, centered on the crystal. This blue light spread through the magic circle on the cannon, traveling through the four supporting rods to the magic array disc at the top, and then shot out as a blue beam.
The blue light shot like a laser straight into the opposite mountain wall. However, to Zhao Hai's surprise, nothing seemed to happen; there was no explosion or flying dust, and everything appeared normal.
Zhao Hai was stunned for a moment and then moved to the mountain wall to see what had happened. He couldn't believe that the blue light had no effect at all. As he approached the mountain wall, he felt a chill; it was astonishing. When he was about a meter away, it felt as if he were standing in a frozen wasteland.
Looking at the wall, although it seemed unchanged, the soil had frozen solid like stone. Zhao Hai immediately began to dig into the mountain wall. After digging about five meters deep, he finally reached a layer of warm soil, meaning that the power from the magic cannon had frozen the mountain wall to a depth of about five meters. Such power was truly terrifying.
As the saying goes, "Three feet of ice is not the result of a single cold day." To freeze soil five meters deep is not a feat of ordinary temperature, which illustrates the immense power of this magic cannon.