Outside the Nine Extremes Grand Hall, several Imperial Guard knights seemed to have been frozen solid. One knight had just leaped into the air and was about to pounce on Zhang Tie; another had drawn his sword and leaned forward, intending to stop Zhang Tie. Yet the instant Zhang Tie stepped into the Nine Extremes Grand Hall, the two knights were abruptly fixed in place by an invisible force. The knight in midair remained locked in his leaping posture, while the knight leaning forward to block Zhang Tie stood equally motionless, his sword raised.
A force resembling a domain, yet far more powerful than one, had silently enveloped the entire Great Emperor Palace.
It was not only the two Imperial Guard knights at the entrance. At this moment, everyone in the great hall except Xuanyuan Changying had been frozen by that overwhelming power. Aside from being able to move their eyes and turn their necks, they could not make the slightest sound or movement.
Zhang Tie's arrival left all the civil and military officials gathered in the hall utterly stunned. Their hearts churned, overturning rivers and seas, but at the same instant, they discovered that they could no longer make any movement. Their spiritual energy, Battle Qi, and bodies had all been locked down by a terrifying force.
Everyone could see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and turn their necks, but they could not speak, could not move, and could do nothing at all.
Meng Shidao was the same. As he looked at Zhang Tie, his face was filled with horror and disbelief.
The excited Xuanyuan Changying immediately noticed the strangeness among the people in the hall. Apart from himself, everyone else was behaving abnormally. Zhang Tie had appeared—surely the full court of civil and military officials would