Broken stone blasted outward, and thick dust rolled through the passage.

A massive figure surged up from beneath the stone dais, then crashed down heavily at the end of the corridor.

As the dust began to settle, Jared finally saw it clearly.

It was a humanoid monster.

Its body was enormous—over twenty feet tall. Dark gold scales covered it from head to toe, each one etched with strange, blood-red patterns that seemed to flow.

The left half of its body radiated a sacred golden light—

the celestials’ holy power.