Whatever was happening around them, whatever the state of the battle in the royal city, Prime Minister Tian Dan knew how precious time was. Every breath meant the lives of countless fine sons of China. Whether in Nine Dragons Royal City or the Marshall Islands, every minute, every second was being bought with the lives of hot-blooded men!
The echo of his announcement that the ceremony had begun had barely faded when Prime Minister Tian Dan channeled his qi and shouted again:
"First bow..."
Boom!
Before Tian Dan could finish, a thunderbolt exploded out of the clear sky. Its deafening roar shook heaven and earth in an instant, leaving countless living beings dazed and their ears ringing.
Rumble!
Thunder rolled, heaven and earth shook, and wind and clouds ran wild.
As expected, the might of Heaven, supreme above all else, descended from above, making every being in the world feel insignificant and small.
Rumble!
Thunder rolled. Thunder dragons roared across the boundless firmament amid flashing lightning, while countless terrifying black fissures flickered in and out of existence like phantoms.
This heavenly might...
Something was terribly wrong!
It did not seem like the vast heavenly might that cowed all living beings, but the destructive aura of an approaching apocalypse. Every being, even those at the peak emperor level, seemed as powerless, helpless, and terrified as ants caught in an earthquake!
Nine Dragons Royal City, the Marshall Islands, northern China, the battlefields of Europe, the wars in Africa...
Across the world's battlefields, countless warriors lost in frenzied, bloody combat were jolted awake by the thunder. Their fighting and slaughter abruptly slowed to a halt as they looked skyward in terror...
"What happened? What in the world is going on?!"
All living beings wondered in their hearts.
"What is this?! Is this the