Before them stretched a palace of incomparable splendor. From where Bai Yang and the others stood, they could see the main hall. Coiling Dragon pillars, each ninety-nine zhang tall, stood in five rows, one every thousand meters, with forty-nine pillars in each row!
At the far end of the hall stood a platform fifty zhang above the ground. On it sat a golden throne adorned with nine dragons, radiating overwhelming majesty!
Exchanging a glance, Bai Yang and Lan Xin realized they had probably reached the Great Light Dynasty's grand court hall. No wonder an old monster was guarding it.
This place was the true heart of Great Light, the symbol of the dynasty. Its significance was extraordinary.
The clue was visible above the hall itself. The surging center of Great Light's National Fortune lay overhead, and the head of a golden dragon within it flickered in and out of view. It seemed to be glaring at Bai Yang and Lan Xin, roaring furiously. That was because its aura was linked to Chu Tianya, whose emotions were stirring.
A hundred thousand golden-armored guards surrounded the hall. Every one of them was a top Grandmaster. There was one Grandmaster for every hundred men, and one Human King expert for every ten thousand!
The hundred thousand guards glared at Bai Yang and Lan Xin, fear in their eyes. As imperial guards, they had seen their share of lawless intruders who forced their way into the palace. They had just never seen anyone this fierce—cutting their way in and killing countless people, then even breaking the palace's defensive Formation. They could hardly help trembling with fear, and didn't even have the courage to charge Bai Yang and Lan Xin at once.
Far away, Great Light's troops swarmed toward them like locusts, but Bai Yang