Chapter 4778
Ten Palaces!
The Tenth Palace Master returned to the ruined Ten Palaces!
Now, only a handful of people remained, all of them gravely injured.
That old man Qian still hadn’t returned. Who knows where he had gone to battle the Lord of the Northern Territory?
Seated in the nearly collapsed palace, the Tenth Palace Master was overwhelmed with mixed emotions.
His mind kept replaying the moment Huo Ming was instantly impaled and then beheaded by Kai.
A mere stroke of luck had been enough to kill a master of the Immortal Realm in an instant!
Though he had long heard of the mysterious master behind Kai, witnessing it firsthand left the Tenth Palace Master truly shaken.
“Tenth Palace Master, your Ten Palaces have fallen into this state, yet you chose to hide it. The God Lord is furious…”
A tremor rippled through the void as a figure in a dark red robe emerged.
The man wore heavy makeup, his bright red lips particularly striking.
For a man to dress so seductively, there had to be something off about him.
“Who are you?” The Tenth Palace Master frowned.
The stranger’s sudden and silent arrival put him on high alert. If this man had come to target the Ten Palaces, the remaining injured warriors wouldn’t be able to stop him.
Without a word, the man tossed a token toward the Tenth Palace Master. The moment he saw it, his expression changed, and he respectfully greeted, “Greetings, Ninth Palace Master…”
It was common for the ten palace masters of the temple to have never met one another.
However, the hierarchy was unquestionable—one hall stood above the other, and the Ninth Palace was undoubtedly superior to the Tenth.
The Tenth Palace Master hadn’t expected the God Lord to be aware of their situation, let alone send the Ninth Palace Master himself.
“Did you really think that just because the Heaven and Human Realm is protected by a grand formation, preventing others from the Temple from entering, the God Lord would remain unaware of your Ten Palaces’ condition?”
The Ninth Palace Master’s voice was cold and piercing.
“I wouldn’t dare!” The Tenth Palace Master shook his head frantically.
“You wouldn’t dare?” The Ninth Palace Master sneered. “You secretly released your son, thinking the God Lord wouldn’t find out. But you were wrong—the God Lord has known all along.”
“Though the great formation of heaven and earth shields the Heaven and Human Realm, sound transmission remains unaffected. The God Lord is fully aware of everything you’ve done in the Tenth Palace.”
Hearing this, the Tenth Palace Master panicked. He had thought that, being far from the emperor’s gaze, he could discreetly free his son without anyone knowing.
“I deserve to die! I would never dare to deceive the God Lord!”
He dropped to his knees in terror.
The temple’s rules were strict—his life could very well be at stake.
“If not for the Huo family’s transmission, we would have remained in the dark.” The Ninth Palace Master coldly eyed the kneeling Tenth Palace Master. “Who dares defy my temple? Take me to him immediately—I will kill him myself!”
“Ninth Palace Master, there is a powerful figure backing Kai. We fear that—” The Tenth Palace Master hesitated.
“Hmph! What so-called strongman could exist in this small world? I came here precisely to destroy him.”
The Ninth Palace Master scoffed, his voice dripping with disdain.
“He’s truly formidable! The man behind Kai is known as Mr. Shi, and I fear he may be stronger than—”
Before the Tenth Palace Master could finish, the Ninth Palace Master snapped.
“Enough! I have ascended the Heaven’s Ladder three times and reached the eighth floor. I was just a step away from the pinnacle! Do you think anyone in this realm could be stronger than me?”
“As for this ‘Mr. Shi’—the moment I see him, I’ll beat the crap out of him. Stop flaunting someone else’s strength and belittling your own!”
The Ninth Palace Master’s fury was evident—he despised cowardice.
Buzz…
Just as his words fell, the void suddenly twisted, and a phantom slowly emerged.