Published: February 12, 2025
The royal palace of the Holy City was rebuilt on the foundation of a previous palace, but its appearance had undergone a significant transformation.
In the data collected at Cloud Summit, there was only a brief introduction to this building, perhaps not even a hundred words. The value of architecture was too low in the apocalypse.
Who would have thought that it would now rise like a giant from the ground?
Evolvers had witnessed many miraculous or bizarre things in the apocalypse, but it was the first time seeing a building come to life and exuding a tremendous aura.
"Rock Strike!"
That shrill voice had changed slightly, but it was still recognizable. As it spoke, the ‘palace giant’ swung one of its side halls toward Ye Zhongming, who had just given it a strike.
That side hall, which was originally connected to the main hall, now only had one part linking it to the body, while the other parts swung out with a thunderous force.
Even though it was a side hall, it was still part of the palace; one could imagine its enormity. After swinging out, it reached Ye Zhongming in an instant.
Yangos instinctively wanted to use its body for a head-on collision with this creature, but Ye Zhongming stepped on it, sending it crashing down from the air.
Despite being an incredibly massive and top-tier eighth-level lifeform, the Evil Dragon had little resistance against the nine-star Ye Zhongming. Flapping its wings, it was still pressed down to just a few meters above the ground.
With a loud "boom," the Evil Dragon looked up as it saw Ye Zhongming flying backward.
It let out a roar, directing its dragon breath at the palace giant.
"Stinking dragon, get lost, you’re nothing."
A branch of the Yama Tree, which had mysteriously stretched out, wrapped around Yangos' body and tossed it aside.
Just like Ye Zhongming, after becoming ninth-level, especially after Liu Zhenghong's ‘transformation’, the Yama Tree’s strength was far superior to the eighth-level Yangos.
The Evil Dragon flew to the back, catching its master, who was moving through the air at the same frequency, and asked with concern.
It wasn’t that Yangos didn’t know if Ye Zhongming was fine; it was clear that if something were wrong, his body wouldn’t remain so steady while flying backward.
However, Yangos increasingly felt that if it could flatter its boss well, its path toward ninth-level evolution would be much smoother.
"You all step back, I’ll handle this."
Perhaps because it hadn’t broken through the city gate earlier, the Yama Tree was still filled with pent-up anger and desperately needed a chance to prove itself. After the palace giant appeared, she was the first to make a move.
But after returning empty-handed, it was quite embarrassing for an evolutionary lifeform like the Yama Tree, who held herself to human standards.
So, at some point, the Yama Tree had completed her battle preparations, silently spreading her roots across the ground surrounding the palace, while her branches extended significantly toward the enemy.
As the palace giant attacked Ye Zhongming, the Yama Tree simultaneously launched her own assault.
The roots rose from the ground, bending in the middle, with sharp tips directed toward the palace giant, all under her control, aiming to pierce it.
The royal palace of the Holy City was a grand palace, towering and majestic, not merely resembling a small mountain but actually being one.
In a very short time, the Yama Tree enveloped this small mountain with her roots, which already indicated her power.
At the same time, the Yama Tree's branches and leaves became hard and straight, beginning to swing violently before crashing down on the palace giant.
"Emerald Transformation!"
As if responding to the palace giant's earlier attack that turned the building into a stone monster, the woman-faced Yama Tree uttered two words and initiated her fierce assault.
Her main body now exhibited a state similar to jade, with hard branches and sharp leaves shimmering in the morning light.
In peacetime, such a massive jade tree would definitely be a national treasure, invaluable.