"How should we handle this?"
Seeing that the Earth-Sinking Calamity still showed signs of spreading, Wang Zheng instinctively asked helplessly.
He had not expected an answer, yet before his words had even faded, Li Shun's voice rang by his ear. "He who tied the bell must untie it. This calamity arose because of the Elder Remnant Soul. Only by slaying evil can the disaster be quelled!"
A streak of golden light shot across the sky like a spear. Just as it was about to reach its target, it exploded with a thunderous boom.
It transformed into countless tiny characters, forming a cage that sealed in the culprit at its center.
Only then did Wang Zheng see the Elder Remnant Soul Li Shun had mentioned.
The remnant soul had not yet fully coalesced. Its body was like mist, drifting and shifting without form.
Wang Zheng's attention had been wholly drawn to the world-ending disaster of collapsing heavens and sinking earth, so he had failed to notice its presence all along.
"So it was you!" Now that the true culprit had been exposed, Wang Zheng could no longer suppress his fury.
He violently hurled the black square ruler in his hand into the clouds, then began chanting under his breath.
"The punishment for your crimes is like thunder descending from Heaven. Not even the sacred may escape it!"
The boundless black clouds were drawn in by the black square ruler, gathering in an instant.
Amid booming thunder, dozens of lightning bolts churned endlessly like silver dragons.
A moment later, a bolt as thick as a water barrel descended from the sky, striking the remnant soul dead-on.
"Wang Zheng can actually summon the thunder of Heaven and Earth?"
Li Shun was somewhat astonished at the sight.
As far as he knew, the Legalist