After leaving Xuanyuan Hill, Zhang Tie reached Swallow Province in mere moments, arriving directly at the place on Hongyu Mountain in Morality Prefecture where the Ancient Morality Stele stood.
This was the holy land of the Devouring Party, so even ordinarily, quite a few Devouring Party core members came from all over to perform the "Stele-Touching" rite beneath the Ancient Morality Stele. The sunset was like blood, dyeing the Ancient Morality Stele a brilliant red.
The moment Zhang Tie arrived, he stood atop the more than 210-meter-tall Ancient Morality Stele, silently examining the black giant stele beneath his feet—the source of Great Xia's catastrophe in his last "dream."
When Zhang Tie arrived, there were at least two hundred Devouring Party core members performing the "Stele-Touching" rite below the Ancient Morality Stele. For the moment, they had yet to notice that someone had appeared at its summit.
But only a few short seconds later...
"Impudent! Who are you, to dare desecrate the sacred relic!"
An enraged voice rang out nearby. Without even turning around, Zhang Tie knew that he had been discovered by the Devouring Party knight guarding this place.
That Devouring Party knight was an Earth Knight. While still a thousand meters away, he shouted as radiant light flashed from his hand, revealing a longsword from a Silver Secret Treasure. He then slashed at Zhang Tie's head. He showed not the slightest restraint, aiming directly to take Zhang Tie's life, wishing he could instantly grind Zhang Tie into scraps.
In the last dream, millions of Devouring Party core members had all been blood-sacrificed by Meng Shidao, leaving not even bones behind. Yet now, in the eyes of these Devouring Party core members, the Ancient Morality Stele beneath Zhang Tie's feet was still a sacred relic in their hearts, not to