The thirty-third floor of the Protos Parliament Building, Franklin Hall.
Seven minutes and twenty-five seconds later, Sigrid killed Askesang with overwhelming force.
Long after that decisive blow had landed, the entire parliamentary hall remained steeped in silence. Then, one after another, startled voices swept through the space.
The nobles and ministers' eyes remained fixed on the center of the hall, their faces filled with disbelief.
No one had expected the Ba Tian Sect to bring the life-or-death battle between the two Cardinal Bishops to an end within minutes and in such a dominant fashion.
They had originally thought that the Nirvana Bishop, carrying himself as though he alone reigned supreme, had taken the initiative to challenge the Ba Tian Sect. He would have pressed the Ba Tian Sect step by step, triggering an epic battle in which both sides would pay a terrible price. Instead, the situation had taken a sharp turn, and in the blink of an eye, one side had been chopped into mincemeat.
Perhaps the Ba Tian Sect had not even used her full strength.
After all, the Ba Tian Sect, reputed to possess the strongest physical body on the Northern Continent, had not thrown even a single punch from beginning to end.
Low whispers rose throughout the parliamentary hall as everyone tried to digest this shocking outcome.
Many imperial nobles showed awe on their faces and began reassessing the strength of Ba Tian Sect Sigrid.
The combat power she herself had yet to use was already terrifying enough. With the addition of her three demon summons, the contrast made it seem as though Askesang had never been on her level from the very beginning.
It was hard to imagine that the two Cardinal Bishops had once been evenly matched, both supreme experts who had fought several