Without a sound, Xiao Chen suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his scalp. Without looking up, he slashed upward with his palm. A shadow, ghostly in its swiftness, collided with his palm with its sharp claws, shattering into the void and quickly fading away.
"Dong"
The distant tolling of a bell came from ahead, its resonance vibrating in all directions—it was the sound of the immortal Emperor's Heavenly Bell. Yet, this ancient palace remained unscathed amid the bell's waves.
Xiao Chen charged forward, finding Wu Ming in the forty-second-layered Palace, who had just shattered a humanoid devil covered in scale armor.
"The Emperor's sky is eternal, I am undying through the ages. What can you evil creatures do to me?" he said, warily scanning his surroundings.
