Led by Xuan Zi, everyone soon arrived at Star Luo City, the capital of the Star Luo Empire.
The city was magnificent and imposing, covering a vast area large enough to accommodate over a million people.
Even in this age of rapidly advancing soul tools, Star Luo City's architecture still retained its antique charm.
The towering city walls bore the weathering of the years, creating a curious sense of overlapping eras alongside the Soul Guidance Streetlamps lining the distant roads.
"So this is Star Luo City, the so-called 'capital that will never fall'?" A student from the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineering Academy folded his arms and curled his lip, his voice carrying the distinctive accent of Mingdu natives. "Looks pretty average to me. It can't compare to our Sun Moon Empire's capital, Mingdu, at all. Whether it's soul tools or sheer size, this place falls far short."
Just as Xuan Zi's party entered the city, the Sun Moon Empire's team had also just arrived.
However, their leader this time was not Elder Ma from the original story.
Instead, it was someone Gu Xingyue had met before: Jin Hongchen, the Sun Moon Empire's chief soul engineering researcher.
At that moment, Jin Hongchen was striding forward.
She bowed slightly, offering Xuan Zi a salute.
Xuan Zi had long been famous in the world of soul masters, an existence at the very peak of the pyramid. Jin Hongchen knew full well that he was no match for her.
Once, Jin Hongchen had believed that as long as she kept her distance from Xuan Zi, with Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells and Top-Tier Soul Guidance Shields, even if she could not defeat a rank-98 Peak Douluo head-on, she could at least remain undefeated, or even withdraw unscathed.
Yet only after witnessing