Chapter 5571
Isabel leapt to her feet, braids whipping behind her. “Ms. Dusko, you’re incredible! Finish that fiend!” she cried, voice echoing against the marbled pillars.
Percival’s strength waned; his breathing grew ragged. At last, Esorin could bear the spectacle no longer.
He flashed skyward, ready to intervene only for a thunder-rich voice to roll from the horizon. “People from the Malevolent Path Hall, how dare you run rampant within my Celestial Palace!”
In that fraught instant, a vast presence awakened deep inside the palace. The air vibrated with a sovereign might that pressed on every soul present.
The power surged outward like a relentless tide, irresistible, enormous-each wave a silent decree demanding obedience.
Gasps rippled through the crowd. Faces tilted toward the palace’s inner darkness, eyes wide with a mingling of awe and dread.
“Th-that aura-tell me I’m wrong, but… could that be the Quartet Celestial Guards of the Celestial King Palace?”
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