Chen Ze turned a deaf ear to it, the coldness in his eyes growing ever thicker, like a merciless god of slaughter.
As the final hand seal fell, the golden sphere shot toward Kang Yeyu like an arrow loosed from the bow, carrying the force to tear space apart.
Wherever the sphere passed, space was ripped open into black fissures that gave off teeth-grinding "sizzling" sounds, as though even the fabric of reality could not bear the weight of this power.
Kang Yeyu's face instantly turned as pale as paper. The light in his eyes went out, and despair swallowed him whole like a surging tide.
He knew in his heart that before such a terrifying attack, there was nowhere left for him to flee. The shadow of death already hung over his head.
At that critical moment, a Shadow Figure burst from the depths of the Imperial Study's shadows like a ghost.
It moved so swiftly that the naked eye could barely catch it, leaving behind only a blurred afterimage.
The Shadow Figure hurled itself at the golden sphere without regard for its own life, in a resolute, death-defying stance.
"Boom!" An incomparably muffled explosion erupted within the Imperial Study, and the entire chamber shook violently.
Smoke and dust billowed everywhere, blotting out the sky and sun.
Everyone's hearts leaped into their throats as they stared tensely at the dust-shrouded spot.
When the dust finally settled, the figure standing before Kang Yeyu came clearly into view.
It was Yin Kai, who had always silently guarded Kang Yeyu from within his shadow.
At that moment, his clothes were tattered, scraps of fabric fluttering helplessly in the wind. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, staining the front of his robes red.
Yet his face was filled with resolve and