Hearing this, the head manager at the entrance turned to look inside.
When he saw that Xu Taiping was already standing behind him, joy at having survived a calamity first appeared on his face, then gave way to shame.
His face filled with guilt, the head manager cupped his hands toward Xu Taiping and said:
"Young Master Zhang, I'm sorry."
Xu Taiping shook his head.
Rumble!
But just as he was about to take out a piece of peach flesh and step across the threshold, the entire Cloudrise Tower began shaking violently. The runes carved into the walls around the restaurant and the formations laid beneath its foundations abruptly activated all at once.
Boom!
In a mere instant, as a beam of golden light shot into the sky, a thick layer of clouds enveloped the entire Cloudrise Tower.
Viewed from high above, Cloudrise Tower looked just like an enormous silkworm cocoon.
Whoosh!
Almost the instant Cloudrise Tower's defensive formation activated, a stream of Sword Qi surged from the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's sleeve like a mighty river, then transformed into a gigantic Sword Shadow over a hundred zhang long and slashed heavily down upon Cloudrise Tower.
Bang!
Despite the terrifying power of the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's strike, it still failed to cleave through the thick clouds enveloping Cloudrise Tower.
The golden light protecting the tower remained entirely unscathed.
Only then did everyone inside, including the head manager, react.
One of the tower's attendants shouted excitedly:
"This is our Cloudrise Tower's Golden Cloud Grand Formation, a formation that fears not even a Heaven Questioning Realm expert!"
The head manager's eyes lit up as he exclaimed in delight:
"The House Master is back! The House Master is back!"
Just as questions filled Xu Taiping's mind, two streaks of golden light descended straight from