Bang!
The golden scroll in Lin Cheng's hand suddenly shattered into golden motes that filled the sky, like vast, dazzling clouds of golden stars.
The instant the scroll shattered, heaven and earth seemed to fall silent for a moment.
"Hmm?"
Even the mysterious angel, who had looked down on everything until now, could not help but let its gaze tremble slightly. Its brows furrowed as though it had sensed something amiss, and its eyes abruptly focused on Lin Cheng in the distance.
Its eyes narrowed slightly.
At that moment, something seemed to have slipped beyond its control.
"...Whoosh."
The hem of Lin Cheng's robes stirred without wind. A trace of mysterious violet-gold emerged in the depths of his eyes, and an inexplicable change came over his entire presence. At that instant, the whole world seemed to shudder faintly. Countless living beings suddenly lifted their heads in shock as a sight they would never forget came into view.
Huge.
Immeasurably huge.
A golden tower beyond the power of words to describe seemed to descend slowly from another world. In that instant, the immortal power across the entire continent appeared to boil briefly. Amid their bewilderment and shock, countless living beings felt something stir within them and raised their heads toward the distance.
Though they had no idea what exactly had happened, they all had the feeling... that something unimaginably terrifying had descended.
"...What is that?"
For the first time, Lin Cheng saw shock and confusion on the angel's face opposite him, as though it had seen something utterly inconceivable. "...A Divine Tower? Wasn't the Divine Tower always in that place? How could it suddenly appear here?"
"No, it doesn't seem to be the Divine Tower!"
"This... this aura seems even purer than the Divine Tower's. What exactly is this thing!?"
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