Boom!
An incredibly dull explosion echoed through the Bronze Great Hall.
Gu Shen stood before the throne in the great hall, just about to touch the outermost edge of the Golden Dream. The state he had painstakingly worked himself into was interrupted at that moment.
Even Gu Xiao Man, who had been deep in thought, was startled by the earth-shaking sound.
"What happened?"
Xiao Man raised her head, utterly confused, her eyes filled with questions.
But Gu Shen reacted quickly.
"The Initial's 'Defense Restriction' was triggered?!"
He turned to look at Afu.
"Yes..."
Afu's response was slightly slower. It had diverted part of its computing power to investigate what was happening outside, but returned to normal two seconds later.
"Someone directly launched an attack on the Initial using 'Authority Power.'"
Afu's voice was icy.
The Bronze Great Hall projected a series of virtual images, showing the scene outside as captured by the Initial.
Everything happening outside was displayed with perfect clarity in those projections.
The entire sequence of events.
Gu Shen saw it all clearly!
"The Church of Storms... those bastards..."
His expression immediately darkened.
Killing the Giant Deer Saint had not been enough. The Church of Storms' reinforcements had chosen to self-destruct outright after failing to see the advance team return!
They intended to drag everyone down with them!
Gu Shen had already sensed that the arrival of the Five Continents fleet might pose a "danger." He had even persuaded Afu to submerge, but he had never imagined that the Church of Storms would do something as foolish as using one-time Authority Power to attack the ruins directly!
These believers had come here ready to die from the very beginning!
"My master once said that humanity's hymn was a hymn to courage. But now, it seems that humanity has