The imperial palace, which the Emperor had designed with painstaking effort, showed no signs of damage from the outside. Yet inside, it no longer resembled a palace at all.
Nearly every pillar had been broken apart. Even the dragon throne on which Yu Ming usually sat had been utterly shattered by some immense force, while the stairways and elevated platforms had been extensively fractured by the lashing chains.
Just then, a figure swiftly darted out from a darker area.
A closer look revealed it was Yu Ming. The bark covering his body had completely fallen away, though he looked somewhat disheveled.
"Trying to run?" A chilling demonic voice came first from the dark corner Yu Ming had emerged from.
Then came a metallic clang! As the sound of taut metal rang out, a crimson iron chain shot toward Yu Ming's lower body, wrapping around his calves before an immense force yanked him backward.
"This demonic transformation is really troublesome. Ouch!"
Wearing a helpless expression, Yu Ming used Yin energy from his left palm to grow a thick branch resembling an Ancient Yin Locust Tree. It rooted itself into the shattered palace floor, temporarily stopping his body from being dragged back.
Yu Ming then extended his Chaos-attributed right hand and touched the spot on his calf bound by the chain.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
After a peculiar swirling disturbance of Chaos, the chain was shaken away and retreated into the shadows of the corner. Yu Ming dusted himself off and landed safely on the ground, leaning against the trunk he had just formed as he looked toward Gu Chen, who was releasing overwhelming demonic energy from the darkness ahead.
His long hair dragged along the ground. As Gu Chen walked forward, a one-meter-radius area of blood followed around him. The shackles on