Chapter 923

"What is this?"

On the flying ship of the Starfall Empire, a soft sound of surprise rang out.

That soft sound of surprise came from the Starfall Empire's Sacred Domain.

The Church's Holy Son also turned his gaze toward the colossal object!

The colossal object landed behind Dashan, smashing the mountain's peak into shards!

Yet the colossal object remained unharmed!

"Boom!"

The ground trembled violently again!

Facing the terrifying scene as if mountains were collapsing and earth was splitting, the ground troops of the Starfall Empire could not help but pale.

Seeing the boulders flying through the sky, the front-line soldiers turned even whiter.

"Fall back!"

The front-line soldiers of the Starfall Empire retreated in haste.

Even though most ground troops were Second Rank or higher, not even Second Rank, nor Fifth or Fourth Rank, could withstand a boulder weighing hundreds of tons crashing down with immense kinetic force!

The entire Starfall Empire ground force, with front-line troops retreating and rear-line troops unable to retreat fast enough, instantly became a tangled mass.

In contrast, the Flame Empire's troops stood in perfect formation, their bodies unmoved despite the constant shaking of the ground.

Their slight swaying merely mirrored the ground's motion!

Not to mention retreating like the Starfall Empire's soldiers!

The soldiers' discipline and quality were instantly apparent!

In fact, though the boulders looked terrifying, most landed on open ground and never struck anyone.

Yet occasionally, one or two slipped through.

One massive boulder plummeted toward a Flame Empire battle formation!

"Raise shields!"

As the boulder fell, the formation's commander roared.

"Clang!"

All soldiers in the formation raised their shields.

Immediately, a figure leapt into the sky, his twin blades spinning rapidly—within a flash, he sliced the massive boulder into over a dozen uneven fragments!

"Thud thud thud thud thud!"

Even after being cut, stones the size of millstones still crashed down.

Such massive stones, even if caught by a Second Rank soldier's shield, might not be stopped.

When weight reaches a certain threshold and falling speed is high, kinetic force becomes terrifying.

Yet when these stones struck the shields of the formation's soldiers, not a single shield budged.

The strength of the soldiers in this formation was terrifyingly great!

Few saw this scene—but not so few.

Among the Starfall Empire, generals who had led troops for years began to feel uneasy.

This formation was not the Temple Knights; it appeared merely an ordinary battle unit of the Flame Empire's army, yet possessed such power.

The Flame Empire may not be as simple as it seems!

Fighting such soldiers, they had a gut feeling they would suffer a crushing defeat.

Unless their high-end forces could utterly overwhelm the enemy!

When all the large boulders had landed and the dust cleared, everyone in the Starfall Empire saw the colossal object resting steadily atop Dashan's peak.

The mountain's peak had been flattened into a perfectly level expanse!

This flat surface was unnaturally smooth, as if carved by a single sword stroke!

"This is a spatial gate! Such profound rules!"

At this moment, the Starfall Empire's Sacred Domain spoke again.

Immediately after, the Sacred Domain also saw the perfectly flattened mountaintop.

Such a massive spatial gate descending from the sky—if its kinetic force were great enough—could shatter a mountain.

Yet now, it had merely flattened the peak.

This scene, no matter how you looked at it, could not have occurred naturally.

In the Continent of Gods, such an unnatural event had only one explanation.

That it was the work of a god.

"Such a massive spatial gate..."

The Starfall Empire's Sacred Domain murmured.

Not knowing what he had realized, he whispered to Huapaozhu Sect: "Bidezhu Sect, withdraw. The Flame Empire's true nature is unknown—do not provoke conflict for now!"

Huapaozhu Sect, hearing the Starfall Empire's Sacred Domain, paled slightly.

The sudden appearance of this spatial gate had also left Huapaozhu Sect uncertain.

He had already issued his challenge; withdrawing now would damage his honor.

But the one who spoke was the Starfall Empire's Sacred Domain.

Though he was a Grand Bishop of the Church, one of the gods' most trusted servants, his status was incomparable to that of a Sacred Domain.

Even a great empire's god found it difficult to secure a Sacred Domain's willing service.

A Sacred Domain held a position of supreme transcendence within a great empire.

Sacred Domains cared little for secular power—their status had already surpassed the Emperor, surpassed the Church's Grand Bishops and Holy Sons.

So, despite the loss of face, the Huapaozhu Sect had no choice but to retract his raised foot.

"You've already stepped halfway—leave it here!"

Suddenly, a faint voice sounded.

Immediately, the curtain wall drawn by the Princess solidified violently.

The Huapaozhu Sect's foot, which had crossed the line but had not yet landed, was cleanly severed in two by the solidified curtain wall.