Esdeath's Imperial Army, currently stationed dozens of kilometers to the north, was unaware of Esdeath's plight.
Previously, these soldiers had no idea why their commander, General Esdeath, had suddenly rushed out of the army camp. Deeply fearing Esdeath's authority, they simply dared not stop her.
And so, after Esdeath's departure, the high-ranking officers of this Imperial Army gathered together, waiting and waiting.
Just as they were thoroughly bored, suddenly, a colossal rumbling sound, like thunder, came from the south.
This immense commotion caught the attention of the Imperial Army officers. One by one, they ran to the southern camp, peering into the distance to observe the situation.
No sooner had they arrived than these officers were struck by a fierce gale from the south!
This gale was the aftermath of Uchiha Madara's Lingering Glow of the Setting Sun technique, which swept over to their location after the explosion.
This gale, mixed with various dust and an ominous, scorching aura, was so strong that it nearly caused the Imperial Army camp to collapse.
After finally waiting for the gale to pass, these Imperial officers could no longer remain calm.
Because the direction from which this ominous wind came was roughly the direction Esdeath had departed.
Although Esdeath was utterly awe-inspiring, she treated her subordinates very well. Therefore, these officers were utterly loyal to Esdeath and naturally became worried about her.
After a swift discussion, they took action.
A portion of the officers remained to guard the main camp, while another portion led five thousand elite cavalry towards that direction, to rendezvous with Esdeath.
And so, under the leadership of several powerful officers, five thousand elite cavalry stirred up a cloud of smoke, rushing majestically southward.
It wasn't just the Imperial Army; the Foreign Race Army, stationed in some unknown mountain ravine, also suffered the gale attack from the explosion's aftermath. Worried about their prince, the Foreign Race Army also dispatched soldiers to search for and assist him.
Two armies, from different directions, rushed towards the location of Esdeath and Uchiha Madara.
So, after suffering such a terrifying explosion, was Esdeath dead or alive?
At this moment, Uchiha Madara still floated in the sky, looking down at the tragic scene below with a slight sense of trepidation.
Starting from the place where the Lingering Glow of the Setting Sun fell, an area of over two hundred kilometers in radius was completely impacted by the scorching explosion and shockwave. Everything in its path was leveled, and not a blade of grass grew.
Such a large area was completely leveled. Looking down from above, one could occasionally see a dozen or so raised landforms on the flattened ground – these were the foundations left behind by the leveled mountains.
The distant terrain was also completely leveled, but directly beneath Uchiha Madara, in the center of the explosion, it was no longer as simple as just being flattened.
The closer one got to the center, the deeper it became, and the hotter the ground became.
The area beneath Uchiha Madara sank dozens of meters below the surrounding horizon, and the land was scorched, smoking everywhere from the burning, some even faintly emitting flames.
The absolute center, and also the deepest zone, was no longer just earth and rock, but a lava lake approximately a kilometer wide.
Clearly, this area was a rich volcanic zone, and it was not uncommon for lava to be beneath the surface. Uchiha Madara had simply unleashed it with his attack.
The earth and rocks for about five hundred meters around the lava lake were all a glazed, ceramic-like ground. This was the result of the extreme heat from the recent scorching, and the ground temperature was enough to make someone feel like a cooked goose.
Uchiha Madara's face also looked somewhat grim. He hadn't expected to cause such immense damage.
Since he came out of seclusion and learned Sage Mode, he had never truly gone all out. Just now, that could barely be considered Uchiha Madara's full-power technique. He hadn't expected it to cause such widespread destruction.
Uchiha Madara slowly descended, continuing to float only when he reached the air above the lava lake.
He meticulously observed the situation below.
Fiery red and yellow lava filled the depths, intensely scorching, and the lava bubbled very actively, emitting various pungent, sulfur-like gases.
Although these pungent gases were toxic, they were completely ineffective against Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara fanned his nose, outwardly very calm, but inwardly worried about Esdeath.
This girl wouldn't have died, would she? I still need to properly discipline this girl!
Don't even talk about whether she could survive in such a violent explosion; even if she did survive, she would likely be severely injured. If Esdeath truly suffered serious injuries and fell into the lava, then it would truly be more ominous than auspicious!
Carrying this concern, Uchiha Madara activated his Heavenly Eye of Divine Music, probing beneath the lava to perceive…
He perceived dozens of meters downwards, and suddenly, Uchiha Madara sensed a very cold aura hidden beneath!
Opening his Rinnegan, Uchiha Madara reached out towards the lava below, murmuring in a low voice:
"'All Things in Heaven and Earth Pull!'"
The gravitational force of All Things in Heaven and Earth Pull, under Uchiha Madara's exquisite control, bypassed the lava and delved deep into the lava lake, pinpointing that icy cold aura deep within the lava. Gravity attached itself to it, and he began to pull it upwards.
The icy cold aura was pulled upwards by Uchiha Madara, breaking through layers of lava, and finally was lifted to see the light of day again!
Uchiha Madara pulled it, causing it to float directly before him.
Now, Uchiha Madara clearly saw what this icy cold object he had pulled up was.
Indeed, it was Esdeath. However, at this moment, Esdeath was encased in a large block of extremely hard and cold ice. Uchiha Madara realized that the icy cold aura he sensed wasn't actually Esdeath, but the ice encasing her.
It was fortunate that Esdeath had condensed this block of ice to encase herself. This ice was extremely hard, its temperature extremely low, effectively protecting Esdeath inside from being burned by the lava.
Uchiha Madara estimated that if he hadn't intervened, this block of ice protecting Esdeath would have lasted for about two or three more days in the lava.
Looking at Esdeath frozen inside, her military uniform was torn in many places, revealing large areas of beautiful, fair skin. Her eyes were closed, and she was frozen in a contorted posture, her alluring curves displayed vividly.
Uchiha Madara looked at Esdeath inside with a slight shock. He instinctively felt that Esdeath inside was truly too beautiful, impossibly beautiful, simply an Elven Queen frozen in ice!
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