Although Jiang Zongda was furious, he dared not take them lightly. After all, two Great Grandmasters together could truly run rampant across the world. He drew a deep breath and threw back his head with a long whistle. With the crisis already this grave, he naturally had to summon the Jiang Clan's foremost master, Her Majesty the reigning Empress.
Not only was the Empress one of the Five Supreme Masters, a peerless expert of the age, but masters also surrounded her like clouds. She could bring at least two Great Grandmasters and more than ten Grandmaster Realm experts. They might well try to kill these two arrogant villains.
Gao Gun's expression shifted slightly. "Hurry and act. We have to withdraw within one incense stick at most."
Wang Chong shouted and pressed his hand forward. The True Treasure Sign-Huayan Kasaya flew out, blocking Jiang Zongda for an instant. Though this cloth of hardened True Qi could only stop him for an instant, that was enough to secure a sliver of advantage for Gao Gun and a sliver of room for Wang Chong himself, allowing him to slip past Jiang Zongda and charge toward the great hall in the center.
This hall represented the greatest glory of the Jiang Clan Dynasty. Its history stretched back even further than the imperial palace's, and almost every son of the Jiang Clan took pride in being allowed inside, for it meant they had finally entered the clan's innermost circle.
Even the Empress and Jiang Wenjun were barred from this great hall because they were women.
The hall stood five zhang tall, seventy zhang across, and twenty-five zhang deep, atop a stone foundation over six chi high. With soaring eaves, sweeping brackets, carved beams, and painted rafters, it was truly magnificent, even possessed of an imposing