The single word carried overwhelming authority.
"Stop!"
Before anyone inside the chamber could react, the heavy wooden doors were pushed open with a loud bang.
Everyone instinctively turned toward the entrance.
Lie Lang stood there with an expression as cold as ice. His broad shoulders almost filled the doorway, and his golden eyes slowly swept across the room. The moment he stepped inside, he immediately noticed something was wrong.
The air still carried the remains of an overwhelming aura that did not belong to any beast he had ever encountered. It lingered like an invisible tide, making even the spiritual energy in the room restless. Cracks spread across the stone floor beneath the elders' feet, while several wooden pillars had split from the pressure that had erupted only moments earlier.
His gaze slowly moved across the room.
