Cheng Buzheng's shock stemmed precisely from those...
One golden-armored big man after another!
These golden-armored Big Men stood guard along both sides of the hall!
At the far end stood a long offering table.
Upon the offering table rested only a rectangular Jade Box.
It was as though these golden-armored Big Men were the guards of this Jade Box!
At this sight, Cheng Buzheng halted, not rashly entering the hall.
Precisely because of those eighteen golden-armored Big Men!
At this moment!
Though these golden-armored Big Men wore metal masks and stood as immovable as mountains with their eyes shut, the faint yet ever-present pressure surrounding them was exceedingly formidable.
Each possessed the strength of the Golden Core Stage.
If he rashly stepped inside, he would very likely provoke a joint attack from these golden-armored Big Men.
If it were one against one, Cheng Buzheng had nothing to fear!
After all!
His puppet incarnation was no pushover.
But there were a full eighteen of these golden-armored Big Men. With the strength of his puppet incarnation, it would be absolutely difficult to contend against them.
At that moment.
The puppet incarnations of the two juniors, Cheng Liu and Cheng Wenxin, who had been following close behind, also came to a stop upon seeing this scene.
For they too had felt that suffocating Spirit Pressure.
The two juniors then looked toward their own Ancestor.
Noticing the reactions of his younger clansmen, Cheng Buzheng gave a solemn order:
"Stand guard here. Do not take a single step inside!"
At his words, the two nodded in acknowledgment.
Afterward, Cheng Buzheng shifted his gaze from the golden-armored Big Men to the Jade Box atop the offering table.
Then, Cheng Buzheng formed a Spell Technique with both hands.
Half a breath later.
A Green Lotus suffused with