Chapter 494

Holy Son, the divine child!

In the Purple Gold Empire Church, the highest-ranking figures besides the Grand Archbishop are the Holy Sons!

And the strongest among them is the Holy Son!

This Holy Son is the most powerful of all the Church's Holy Sons, a favorite of the Purple Gold Empire's gods, a young legendary being!

When the Holy Son ascended into the sky, the Empire's National Teacher felt a wave of relief!

He alone could not possibly face two legendary beings!

But the Holy Son's strength is formidable, and he wields divine arts—combined with him, they might just stand a chance against the enemy!

"Gentlemen, the Church is fully aware of why you have come. The Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince sought to strike at the elves, provoking you—they deserved to die. But must you punish the entire imperial family?"

After ascending into the sky, the Holy Son spoke in a calm tone.

"The Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince have been abandoned! The Church is conceding!"

Hearing the Holy Son's words, the National Teacher thought to himself!

The National Teacher could roughly understand why the Church had conceded—this was the Purple Gold Empire's imperial capital; if four legendary beings truly clashed, half the capital would be destroyed.

That would severely damage the prestige of both the imperial family and the Church.

On the ground, the Emperor's face froze—the Church's Holy Son had bypassed him entirely and decided the fates of his two sons.

Beside him, the Grand Archbishop cast him a cool glance, then turned his eyes back to the sky.

On the flying ships, thousands of wind elves had already awakened; on the largest of these ships, Meng Ying heard the Holy Son's words, let out a soft huff, and sharply jabbed her wand upward.

A red beam shot from the wand, striking straight at the crimson clouds above!

The moment the red beam touched the crimson clouds, they churned violently.

Then, from within the clouds, an immensely thick column of red light poured downward, aimed directly at the imperial palace below!

"Heavens!"

Seeing this terrifying sight, over two million people in the capital all clapped their hands over their mouths.

The red column came too fast.

"Boom—!"

A violent impact rang out—the transparent barrier above the palace was finally shattered. This barrier had been like a giant glass dome, tightly enclosing the palace and holding back the energy of the red column.

"Crack—!"

Immediately, a clear sound, like something breaking, rang out.

"Ping!"

Then came the sound of glass shattering completely—the giant glass dome above the palace shattered entirely!

"Boom—!"

The red column struck the palace, blowing it straight into the sky!

There, flames erupted into a crimson mushroom cloud, roaring upward and churning endlessly, turning everything within the palace to ash!

In the capital, over two million people had unconsciously lowered their hands, each gaping with mouths wide enough to fit a duck egg.

The Purple Gold Empire had existed for a long time; its power was deeply ingrained in the people's minds—they had always been the ones attacking others, never the ones being attacked.

The idea of someone striking the imperial capital, daring to launch a direct assault even under the threat of the National Teacher and the Holy Son—both legendary beings—and blowing the palace sky-high—was something they had never even dreamed of.

But now, they had seen it!

The enemy had truly acted with brutal force—a single strike, just one strike, shattered the barrier shielding the entire palace, then blew the whole palace into the sky!

This sight stunned the eyes of over two million people in the capital!

Everyone stared dumbly at the flames roaring skyward, churning endlessly, their eyes filled entirely with fire, brimming with shock!

Beside the temple, the Purple Gold Empire's Emperor, upon seeing this, his pale face flushed crimson—it was not a good sign; it was the sign of blood rushing upward, purely from rage!

"This… this…"

The Purple Gold Empire's Emperor pointed toward the palace, his eyes bulging out.

"Your Majesty, the palace is gone!"

Beside him, the eunuch knelt on the ground, covering his face and wailing in grief!

After stammering "This…" for a long time, the Purple Gold Empire's Emperor could no longer draw breath—he collapsed forward onto the ground.

"Your Majesty!"

Seeing this, the eunuch was terrified.

He rushed to lift the Emperor, checked him—and found not a trace of breath.

"Let me see."

Grand Archbishop Lu Xiusi knelt down, examined him, then clasped his hands together:

"Your Majesty has ascended to heaven."

"Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, the eunuch was stunned.

The Emperor was dead!

And he had been enraged to death!

The Purple Gold Empire's Emperor had already been near death—he would not have allowed his princes to raise private armies to attack neighboring human kingdoms to determine the succession if he had much time left.

And now, seeing his palace blown to ashes, he had been directly enraged to death!