Chapter 542: Chapter 542: The Burning Dynasty (5)

A strange look flashed through her glowing amber eyes.

Her body tensed, and she instinctively took several steps back.

The confident posture from a moment ago faltered.

In the next instant, her legs weakened, and she staggered before dropping down onto one knee.

’...What happened?’

Apostle Zi looked at the ground in confusion.

Above her, Li Feng looked down with cold, indifferent eyes.

"What’s wrong?" he asked flatly.

"Is that all you have?...And you were so confident in facing me?"

At those words, Apostle Zi slowly looked up.

Her amber eyes locked onto the figure standing above her, surrounded by the cold, silvery radiance like a divine being.

The oppressive aura pressing down on her was far heavier than she had anticipated... sharper, denser, and more refined than the last time they had crossed paths.

A flicker of genuine surprise passed through her gaze.

Her fingers tightened slightly against the burning ground as the realization settled in.

’How is that possible... in such a short time?...This guy has gotten even stronger than before.’

"...Just who are y-"

Before the final word could fully leave her mouth—

Li Feng’s figure blurred once more.

A devastating kick slammed into her body with explosive force.

The impact was so violent that Apostle Zi’s figure was launched away like a cannon shot, tearing through the burning capital in a long, destructive arc.

BOOOOM!

BOOOOM!

BOOOOM!

Buildings shattered in her path.

Flames and debris exploded outward as she carved a deep, continuous line of destruction through the already collapsing city.

Apostle Zi’s body was still streaking through the burning capital like a meteor, carving destruction in her wake—

FLASH!

A flash of silvery light suddenly appeared above her.

Li Feng’s figure materialized in midair as if he had stepped out of the stars themselves.

The radiance of seven hundred ignited stars still coiled around his body, casting a cold, pure glow against the hellish red of the flames below.

His eyes remained calm... terrifyingly calm as he looked down at the woman flying beneath him.

He slowly brought both fists together.

In the next instant, he smashed them downward.

It was like a heavenly hammer descending from the firmament.

BOOOOOOM—!!!

The force of the strike erupted with catastrophic power.

Space itself seemed to tremble as a colossal pillar of silvery light crashed down from the sky and slammed into Apostle Zi’s flying figure.

The impact detonated with earth-shaking violence, as an entire stretch of the burning capital was instantly flattened.

Buildings disintegrated into dust and streets split apart.

A massive crater exploded outward as shockwaves of pure star force swept through the city, extinguishing flames in some areas while whipping others into even greater frenzy.

CRACK...

CRACK...

CRACK...

The ground collapsed in layers, and a towering cloud of smoke, ash, and shattered debris roared up into the night sky.

Even the earth itself trembled violently.

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Some distance away, among the fleeing crowds still being evacuated from the burning palace grounds, Grand Tutor Wei and Concubine Wei suddenly staggered as a violent quake rolled beneath their feet.

Concubine Wei nearly lost her balance.

Her eyes widened in shock as she grabbed onto Grand Tutor Wei’s arm for support.

"What was that!?" she cried out.

Grand Tutor Wei’s expression turned grim.

He steadied her with one hand while turning his sharp gaze toward the distant direction where Li Feng had flown earlier.

The night sky in that area was still flashing with residual silvery light, and a massive cloud of destruction continued to rise into the air.

"...It seems Envoy Li is fighting someone," he said in a low voice.

Concubine Wei looked at him in disbelief.

Her mind struggled to connect the image of the calm, gentle-looking Envoy Li she had met with the catastrophic power that had just shaken the entire capital.

The contrast was so great that for a moment, she could hardly accept it.

At the same time.

In a heavily reinforced chamber deeper within the palace grounds, Censor Zhao was in the middle of activating a thick and powerful protective formation.

The situation inside the palace was dangerous and filled with too many unknown threats, so he planned to make sure that at the very least... his sister’s son would be safe.

He had just carefully placed the infant Ninth Prince into the center of the array when the entire structure around him violently shook.

His hands paused mid-seal.

"...Someone is fighting!"

Even from this distance, he could clearly feel the terrifying fluctuations of power rolling through the capital.

The residual shockwaves made the formation runes around him flicker unsteadily for a moment.

Then, a bright, almost excited expression appeared on Censor Zhao’s face.

’Could it be... Has the Former Emperor finally decided to act!?’

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Back at the center of the destruction.

Amidst the collapsed ruins and lingering dust, a pale hand suddenly pushed aside a massive chunk of debris.

Apostle Zi forced herself out from beneath the wreckage, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

Strange flame-like feathers drifted and floated around her body, flickering with an unnatural crimson glow as they circled through the dusty air.

The bloodstained corner of her lips stood out sharply against her pale face as she wiped it away with the back of her hand.

Even with her transformed body, the previous strike had clearly dealt significant damage.

Her amber eyes flickered with genuine shock.

’That raw strength... it is undoubtedly...!’

’A Divine Body Stage!’

She lifted her head.

Through the smoke and distorted flames, Li Feng was calmly walking toward her.

His white envoy robes fluttered under the silvery radiance of the ignited stars, the pure light coiling around his figure like a living constellation.

His expression remained composed, and those dark eyes stayed locked on her without the slightest fluctuation.

Apostle Zi wiped the remaining blood from her lips and let out a wry smile.

"...I didn’t think my son-in-law would actually reach the Divine Body Stage."

Her voice carried a trace of both surprise and self-mockery.

After all, a body tempered to the Divine Body Stage was essentially equivalent in raw power to... a Nascent Soul expert.

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