Boom!!!
The world, silent for thousands of years, erupted with a thunderous roar once more.
Beneath the shattered sky, the enormous creature that had slumbered amid the ruins slowly rose.
The ground kept splitting apart, and countless pieces of rubble fell from the air.
Dust and layers of rock peeled from its body, revealing black armor covered in ancient patterns.
It was a special kind of War Lifeform.
Or rather... a War Weapon created in ancient times to guard certain important areas.
Thousands of years had passed, and almost none of the energy within it remained. Yet the instant Lin Jin and the others entered the ruins' core area, it still awakened according to its lingering orders.
Guard!
Eliminate all intruders!
Roar!!!
A deep roar echoed through the world, and a terrifying pressure instantly spread.
Mo Yuan's gaze grew grave.
"Transcendent Stage peak, but not an ordinary Transcendent Stage peak."
His eyes narrowed slightly. As a half-step Divine Domain expert who had mastered a nascent time rule, he could clearly sense a special power within the monster before them.
It was residual rule power. Though long since fragmented and incomplete, it still far surpassed the power system of modern Transcendent Stage practitioners.
"So this is something left behind from ancient times?"
Chu Hanjiang clenched his fists, slowly circulating his elemental power.
Most of the enemies they had faced in the past had been Eerie, beings with eerie powers and special abilities.
But the entity before them was different.
It gave off neither an aura of life nor an eerie aura, yet it was just as powerful, and even purer.
This was power an ancient civilization had created for war.
"Good. Let me give it a try."
Battle intent burned in Agula's eyes.
Without waiting for anyone else to act, he