"Rumble..."
Driven by the raging wind, the heavy hall doors swung wide open.
Inside, everyone faced the sweeping gale and the dazzling sunlight outside, barely able to open their eyes.
Through the blur, they could only make out a figure appearing in the doorway.
That figure was so imposing, like a mountain towering in the entrance.
An invisible pressure swept in every direction, making everyone present feel their breath catch, leaving them struggling to breathe.
At that moment, Dragon Ascension Hall held more than seventy percent of the Imperial Capital's top martial experts.
Yet now, these experts who held sway over entire regions.
Felt their Source Qi grow utterly sluggish, so difficult to circulate that even moving it became an ordeal.
Even the surrounding air seemed to congeal and grow heavy, squeezing their auras inward and leaving them unbearably stifled.
At that instant.
Beside Emperor Xuan, the old eunuch's meekly lowered eyelids suddenly flew open, and he looked outside in astonishment.
Even the Imperial Preceptor, seated cross-legged behind the curtain and exuding an air of mystery.
Had purple light flare in his eyes in an instant as he gazed outside with utmost gravity.
"Tap!"
The imposing figure outside finally stepped across the threshold.
In an instant, the wind and waves inside the hall subsided.
Even the dazzling sunlight outside instantly lost its edge.
Everyone in the hall could finally see normally again, making out that powerful, burly frame.
They also saw that resolute, coldly stern face clearly.
"Boom!"
It was like thunder erupting from level ground.
"Chancellor Gu!"
"Grand Marshal!"
"Old Duke!"
The hall erupted in an instant.
The old man's subordinates, colleagues, companions, and allies... cried out in disbelief, overwhelmed with excitement.
Conversely, those who had inwardly hoped for the Gu Lineage's downfall.
And the Huangfu Faction officials