He coughed up all the fresh blood, mud, and leaves that had gotten into his throat.
Only then did he struggle to stand up.
Fortunately, he was a cultivator, with a physical constitution much superior to that of ordinary folk.
Otherwise, being struck by such a massive rock and after crashing through a tree,
his body would have been flattened into a pancake!
"Hiss!" When he managed to open his eyes and look ahead, he inhaled sharply, his face expressing immense shock, "What immense power is this? Had this explosion occurred within the county city..."
He dared not even imagine the ghastly, horrifying scene that would have ensued!
"Wait! Hold on a moment!"
The muddle-headed Little Banner Officer from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau finally recalled something and murmured, "The Daoist Priest Fan Wu who was in there… Hiss!!"
It wasn't that he wished ill on others.
Rather, it was hard for him to imagine anyone surviving such a terrifying explosion.
This possibility…
