"I want to see the Imperial Sovereign! Let me in!"
The Man in Black was disheveled and wrinkled all over, like a living dried corpse.
Anyone unaware of the situation would have thought he had just crawled out of a mass grave.
The guards outside the Imperial Palace gates looked at him coldly and barked, "The Imperial Palace is forbidden ground. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed inside. Get lost."
The Man in Black staggered forward two steps, trying to force his way into the Imperial Palace.
A guard flew up and kicked him hundreds of meters away.
The Man in Black rolled across the ground dozens of times. His body, whose blood was already nearly burned away, could no longer hold on.
He struggled to his feet, dropped to his knees, and kowtowed three times toward the Imperial Palace.
Then, using the last trace of magic power in his body, the Man in Black shouted, "Reporting to the Imperial Sovereign! Prince Di Fan has been attacked! The attacker was the Chosen One, Nan Feng!"
Deep within the Imperial Palace, inside the Imperial Sovereign's bedchamber.
The Imperial Sovereign, who had been resting with his eyes closed, slightly opened them upon hearing the name "Nan Feng."
"Nan Feng? You finally emerged from seclusion? I have been waiting for you for a long time..."
In the blink of an eye, the Imperial Sovereign appeared at the Imperial Palace gates, standing before the Man in Black.
"Where is Di Fan?" the Imperial Sovereign asked calmly.
The Man in Black raised his head tremblingly and looked at the tall figure before him.
This was the first time he had seen the Imperial Sovereign in person, and also the last.
Gritting his teeth, the Man in Black shouted, "We risked our lives to defend His Highness,