Within Bianlin City, aside from City Lord Guo Kun, the three Palace Masters were the most powerful.
The three Palace Masters were beings infinitely close to the City Lord. Each possessed the aptitude and possibility to break through beyond the Calamity Crossing Realm.
Now that the Myriad Poison Palace Master had fallen, while the Puppet Palace Master and Ghost Array Palace Master had joined forces against him, the Bianlin City Lord had been caught completely off guard.
Noticing the gloomy expression on the Bianlin City Lord's face, the Crimson Gold Puppet bared its teeth in a grin and said, "Quite unexpected, isn't it?"
"You, the Bianlin City Lord, always prided yourself on controlling everything, yet you never expected two Palace Masters to betray you, did you?"
"If we continued following you, I'm afraid that before we had the chance to attempt the Calamity Crossing Realm, we would be devoured by you."
"Rather than becoming your strength, we might as well throw ourselves in with the strange beings. At least then, we could survive."
As soon as its voice fell, black mist suddenly seeped from the Crimson Gold Puppet's burly body. Strange matter surged out, forming a black wolf-smoke signal that shattered the palace roof and tore open the sky above Bianlin City.
Like a signal, the black fog outside the city, which had remained motionless for so long, began to disgorge countless savage, strange figures after seeing the black smoke.
The leading figure was ethereal and indistinct. With merely a glance, it said coldly, "Attack."
As soon as those words fell, hundreds of mutated powerhouses emerged from the black fog and charged directly toward Bianlin City.
One array after another within the city awakened, forming all sorts of complicated and powerful runes. Each rune contained surging, boundless power, and they