Black national fortune gushed from the Nation-Protecting Seal like a swarm of ravenous ghosts, churning wildly above the Hall of Heaven's Mandate.
When had those civil officials, so accustomed to looking down from on high, ever witnessed such a terrifying sight?
Under that uncanny pressure, their faces turned deathly pale. Their legs gave out, and they collapsed to the floor, unable to utter a single complete sentence.
Chen Xiao, Lin Qing He, and the other military officers roared as they drew their weapons. "Protect His Highness!"
Beside them, Si Ming also summoned the Endless Sword, bracing himself for a formidable enemy.
At that moment, Great Yin's Hall of Heaven's Mandate seemed to have become the hells of the Ninefold Netherworld.
Only one person stood unchanged.
Si Chen held the violently trembling Nation-Protecting Seal in one hand, allowing the sky-filling "filth" to envelop and engulf him.
Yet those things stopped three inches from his body, as though blocked by something, unable to advance even a fraction farther.
"A cuckoo stealing a magpie's nest... You even dare devour the people's collective wishes. Quite an appetite."
A golden gleam lit Si Chen's eyes. "Unfortunately, you might choke yourself to death."
Before his words had faded,
golden flames of absolute purity erupted from Si Chen's body!
Sun True Flame, which burned away every evil spirit in the world.
Boom!
A wave of heat swept through the entire Hall of Heaven's Mandate, yet damaged neither brick nor tile and harmed not a single person.
Only the howling "filth" seemed to undergo purification beneath that power. Without the slightest chance to resist, it turned into wisps of smoke and vanished without a trace.
In a single breath,
the gloom filling the sky dispersed.
The hall regained its former golden splendor, and even the air felt fresher