A moment later, atop the Merit Tower, the flowing Merit Runes in the main hall suddenly froze.
The laws of heaven and earth roared outside the hall as heavy auras gathered from all directions, descending into the hall and taking the form of nine figures.
Together with Wei Canglan, there were exactly ten Saint Tier experts. The instant their auras intertwined, the entire hall, cast from Soul-Congealing Jade, trembled slightly, and the Runes on its walls dimmed under the pressure.
The three on the left exuded fierce, overbearing auras. One was wreathed in crimson-gold flames; every breath he took stirred the fire energy of heaven and earth, scorching invisible burn marks into the floor tiles beneath his feet.
Another held half a bronze battle halberd. Spatial fissures curled around its tip, and wherever his gaze swept, fine ripples spread through the air.
The last was surrounded by gray-brown currents of air, the manifestation of earth laws. Standing there, he resembled an ancient mountain rooted through the ages, immovable and unbreakable.
The four on the right were far more restrained. One wore a black robe, with death energy and Merit energy strangely intertwined around him. What dripped from his fingertips was not water, but solidified crystals of laws.
Another had his eyes closed, with a Heavenly Secrets Rune suspended between his brows. Golden threads of calculation faintly appeared in the void around him. He was another mage sent by the Heavenly Secrets Bureau.
The remaining two stood shoulder to shoulder, their auras sharing the same origin. Both were wrapped in chains, and the Demon-Sealing Runes upon those chains lit up from time to time, radiating tyrannical power that suppressed evil entities.
Just as the others' auras gradually stabilized, space at the entrance of the hall suddenly collapsed into two pitch-black vortices.