Published: March 2, 2025
Demon Palace First Layer. The weather was fine, and the sun was shining brightly. By the standard time of the Demon Palace, it was a somewhat hot afternoon.
It was an afternoon that should have been spent at home, munching on chilled fruits and watching melodramatic soap operas... until a gust of wind swept by, followed by a sudden appearance of a spatial rift right in the center of Central Avenue.
Such an unusual scene naturally caught the attention of the patrolling squad on Central Avenue. Armed with weapons, they rushed to the location of the spatial disturbance in the shortest time possible—one must say, the City Guard of the Demon Palace was quite impressive.
However, reaching the location took time, and by the time the City Guard arrived, they only saw a slowly healing spatial rift... and two men standing in front of it.
One of them was tall and strong, his body wrapped in tight combat gear, with a face covered in terrifying, grotesque patterns.
The other wore white clothing, his expression cold, arms crossed, surveying the Palace of the Spirit of the Demon Lord in front of him and the core city cluster of District One beside him.
"Form up!"
Although the two who had suddenly appeared did not show obvious hostility, their appearance made it clear that they were neither soul puppets nor Lirada People—therefore, they must be enemies...
At the command of the patrol squad captain, the ten-man squad quickly formed a battle formation. Meanwhile, the squad captain loudly communicated through the communication device, and soon, the City Guard battalion from the core city cluster of District One surrounded the two unexpected arrivals.
It was at this moment that the man in white finally spoke.
"Where is Wen Yu?"
His calm voice caused all the City Guard present to exchange glances... They knew Wen Yu's name, but where he was... how could they possibly know that?
Realizing his oversight, the man in white changed his question.
"Where is the spirit of the demon lord?"
This time, the City Guard finally snapped back to reality. Without directly responding to the question, they merely raised their weapons, and in the next second, the glow of their skills began to flicker.
The hostility was unmistakable...
"Tsk... I didn't expect that I'd encounter a hitch at the stage of finding someone; this is indeed an unexpected dilemma," the man in white said, ignoring the hostility from the surrounding City Guard, until the man beside him, Tang Haofei, lifted his leg and stomped down on the ground!
"Buzz~~~"
Accompanied by a faint buzzing sound, the remnant power began to spread.
Endless waves started to ripple from the point where Tang Haofei's foot met the ground, expanding outward in circles. The entire process seemed slow, but in reality, it was extremely fast.
Before the surrounding City Guard could react, the ripples swept over their bodies...
But surprisingly...
Nothing happened...
It felt like a gentle breeze passing over their bodies; this terrifying and massive wave of power inflicted no harm whatsoever!
Thus, the many City Guard looked at each other in confusion until the armor and weapons on their bodies began to tremble...
The tremors rang out one after another, as if someone had installed an engine within their armor and weapons, and in the next second, with a crisp "crack," the armor and weapons of the City Guard completely shattered and turned into fine dust within a second.
This was just the beginning.
As Tang Haofei's power ripples spread further and further, everything—buildings, steel, and other inorganic materials—began to tremble. With a loud "boom," a massive cloud of dust instantly enveloped the entire city!
Until the dust settled...
The first layer of the Demon Palace had already transformed completely.
...
The once-core city cluster of the Demon Palace had vanished, replaced by a ground covered in mixed sand and dust. All the soul puppets within the city sat in bewilderment among the ruins that were once their homes, now just heaps of sand. They were confused, shocked, and did not understand the cataclysm that had suddenly befallen them.