A streak pierced the distant sky; a long rainbow plunged straight down.
A thousand, ten thousand miles—crossed in an instant.
The Nation-Protecting Array, still under construction, could not possibly stop that streak of rainbow light.
Before their eyes could catch up with the rainbow's tail, a towering figure had already descended directly above Zhuang Royal Palace, coming to a halt before the palace's suddenly activated grand array.
The one who had arrived with such overbearing force, as though crushing an entire nation beneath him, was a stern-faced man in a high crown and broad robes.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The guards defending the palace drew their blades one after another.
Yet the man merely swept his sleeve. "I am Wu Bingyi of Measure Earth Palace. You all... make way for the law!"
He wielded no supernatural power, but the three words Wu Bingyi were themselves authority, duty, and rules.
A grandmaster of the Legalist School, a great existence standing at the pinnacle of The Present World. If he truly meant to force his way in, the palace's grand array could not have stopped him at all. But he had come to investigate, not to directly pronounce judgment, so he would not resort to force from the outset. Three Punishments Palace acted in accordance with the law; he, even more so, would not behave wantonly.
The guards outside Zhuang Royal Palace exchanged uneasy looks and instinctively moved aside. To a great extent, Three Punishments Palace was synonymous with the law. A grandmaster like Wu Bingyi was tantamount to the incarnation of legal decree.
These guards, with their mediocre cultivation, had no courage to resist whatsoever. Forget them—even if the State Monarch and State Chancellor came in person, what could they do against him?
Yet amid this tide of armored men, wavering and