The square was deathly silent.

Xu Shan stood with his mouth agape, watching as a rain of bronze fragments fell before him, feeling utterly helpless.

The giant pillar vanished, and two orbs of white light along with a fist-sized deep blue pearl appeared in mid-air.

Xu Shan only glanced at them, but before he could react, the two orbs rushed towards him and merged into his body.