I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

"Wait, this place is protected by a barrier."

The people behind her stopped at the same time, and even Sonia, who was extremely unwilling to believe that "there is an evil god in the main hall of the royal palace," calmed down.

"Master?"

"Someone has set up a formation here; it's quite sophisticated. I'll go first and take a look."

Sherry and Elena knew that Ji Tian was someone who loved to research all sorts of novel abilities, so they pulled Sonia and Tyrol behind the corner.

Ji Tian walked forward alone.

Nothing happened when he took the first two steps, but with the third step, the floor tiles beneath his feet emitted a very faint hum.

Then he was pressed down and sank deep into the ground, unable to move.

Sonia was genuinely surprised.

She recognized the magic.

Gravity magic was studied by many people before the Imperial Calendar, and there were several legendary mages who specialized in gravity magic.

However, this magical system was completely lost during the period when the demons occupied the kingdom.

Those legendary mages who specialized in gravity magic perished in the war; their research manuscripts were burned, and their experimental notes were looted.

After the four heroes followed the first king to restore the kingdom and establish the Imperial Calendar, gravity magic almost disappeared from the kingdom.

Over the past thousand years, the number of gravity magic cases recorded in the archives of the church and the kingdom is no more than a handful. The few that have appeared are mostly incomplete spells passed down from some remote region, or the superficial aspects that a genius scholar accidentally touched upon in his research.

However, Ji Tian, ​​who was deeply embedded in the ground, emerged a moment later and muttered to himself:

"Gravity suppression, approximately thirty times the standard gravity, stable technique structure, precise triggering conditions, there must be multiple sensor nodes buried under the corridor floor tiles."

He took another step forward, and this time, the air on both sides of Ji Tian was silently cut open.

Spatial rifts formed from the void, each one precisely slashing towards his body, the cutting angles aimed at his joints and vital points.

The moment the rift touched Ji Tian's skin, those spatial slashes, powerful enough to slice dragon scales into thin slices, seemed to hit some kind of unshakeable barrier, stopping on the surface of his skin and unable to penetrate even a fraction.

The severed edges of the robes drifted down in front of them, turning into grayish-white powder as they landed, as if they had endured countless years.

And time magic!

"Are there really human mages this omnipotent? To be able to cast so many rare spells."

"The palace magicians are that powerful?!"

As Sonia and Tyrol were thinking this, Ji Tian continued walking forward without stopping.

Space repeatedly formed and dissipated around him, and the ripples of time flowed around him without leaving a trace.

Finally, when Ji Tian stood in front of the main hall's gate, less than three feet away from the bronze door, the door was pushed open from the inside.

Viktor stood inside the door, his dark blue suit impeccably clean, his blond hair neatly combed.

He held a huge staff in his right hand, and a silvery-white halo spread from the top of the staff, forming a semi-transparent film around him.

His face was calm as his gaze swept over Ji Tian, ​​lingering on the shallow pits created by gravity on both sides of the corridor, the marks left by spatial slashes, and the deep pits on the ground.

However, he didn't have time to think further, and bowed slightly, his face full of apology:

"Your Excellency, the spell in the corridor just now was set up by me to prevent assassination attempts. The palace has been in turmoil lately; my uncle was assassinated, and a shadow demon infiltrated the palace. I had to take some precautions. I didn't expect to almost injure you by mistake. I am truly sorry."

Ji Tian looked at Viktor and found that his aura was no different from that of the Viktor in the banquet hall earlier.

"I didn't expect the eldest prince to be such a master, able to set up such a complex formation."

Victor calmly returned the gaze, "No, I merely borrowed the power of the [Great Staff] temporarily requisitioned from the Mage's Guild, it's nothing."

"Do you know there's an evil god here?"

Viktor was initially alarmed, then pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head. "I don't know. My father hasn't shown up for a long time. I came to the main hall today to check on his condition, but all I saw was an empty throne."

If an evil god has indeed infiltrated the palace, I urge you, hero, to find it as soon as possible and inform the church. I will fully cooperate.

"You said it yourself."

Ji Tian led Sherry, Elena, Sonia, and Tyrol directly into the main hall.

The main hall has a high dome, and the stained glass windows refract colorful fragments under the lights.

The throne stood at the highest point of the steps, the dark purple light patterns had long since dissipated, and there was no trace of the evil god's aura remaining in the air.

Ji Tian walked around the main hall twice, his divine sense covering every inch of space.

The throne, steps, reliefs on both sides, murals on the dome, and hidden compartments in the corners were all checked, and nothing was found to be abnormal.

But isn't that the biggest anomaly?

Ji Tian pretended to walk back to the door, where Victor was standing, turning to the side as if to see him off.

"Hero, if there's nothing else, let's leave."

But Viktor cursed inwardly.

"That old bastard kept sabotaging me even on his deathbed, knowing full well that the hero and his party were heading this way but not telling me. In my current state, it's difficult to eliminate the hero wielding the [Liberate Holy Sword] while maintaining my sanity."

"But speaking of which, when did the Holy Sword's protection become so strong? It used to only counter demons and evil gods, but now it's even immune to non-elemental magic like gravity, space, and time?"

Viktor was considering his next move when he suddenly felt a hand press down on his head.

Ji Tian's palms were warm, his fingers gripping Ji Tian's skull.

"I never expected that among the nine evil gods there would be one who wields hidden authority."

Viktor froze, then smiled:

"Hero, what are you talking about? What secret?"

Ji Tian looked down at him, his hand still on his palm. "I'm telling you, I can't even perform a direct soul search on you anymore."

Viktor's pupils contracted for a moment.

The silvery-white membrane covering his body trembled violently at that moment, and the light of the Great Staff flickered, as if it were being squeezed from both inside and out by something.

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

But Ji Tian's hands had already closed.

A muffled thud.

Viktor's head shattered in Ji Tian's palm, like a ripe fruit being crushed.

Ji Tiansong took a half step back, and the dark purple residue remaining on his palm slowly dissipated.

Viktor's headless body did not fall; wisps of dark gray light emerged from the severed neck, stretching outwards like countless tiny tentacles, intertwining and coiling.

In a few breaths, the light patterns condensed into the outline of a head. The outline gradually became clear, and the facial features went from blurry to distinct. Finally, it settled into a face that was seven parts similar to the old king's phantom, except that the eyes were pure dark purple with no pupils.

He stretched the newborn's neck, the joints making a soft cracking sound, and a coldness appeared on his face.

"I was planning to let you go, but it seems that today, the hero and the princess will be assassinated by the demon assassins."

Ji Tian glanced at Sonia and was surprised to find that she was not surprised at all that "her brother wanted to kill her." He couldn't help but sigh at how ruthless the royal family was.

He turned back, expressionless, and said:

"Your uncle said something similar back then."