Tudou Palace shook with increasing violence, as if the entire heaven and earth were trembling. Every jolt felt like a heavy hammer striking the strings of people's hearts, stirring an unspeakable terror deep within them.
"Snap, snap, snap."
This crisp yet rapid sound echoed continuously through the air, like a countdown to death. The palace's magnificent roof, as if corroded by an invisible force, began to crumble away piece by piece, fluttering down like snowflakes. Those exquisite carvings and dazzling glazed tiles were turned into countless fragments by gravity, crashing down onto the ground with a muffled roar, like the earth groaning in agony.
Chapter 229