Zhou Wen attempted to summon the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, but he couldn't. It was as though it was restricted by some nomological power.
The few Companion Beasts he had summoned previously had automatically turned into tattoos. None of them could be summoned. Only Truth Listener remained in its earring state and wasn't sealed.
"Can you summon your Companion Beasts?" Zhou Wen asked Liu Yun.
"No, I can't summon any Companion Beasts." Liu Yun shook his head with a heavy expression.
Without Companion Beasts, he and Zhou Wen were only at the Epic stage. It was difficult for them to resolve many things.
As Liu Yun spoke, he took two steps forward, hoping to see if he could use an Essence Energy Skill. However, just as he took a step, he realized that something strange had happened beneath his feet. He immediately stopped.
Zhou Wen also looked at Liu Yun's feet. It was a stone slab.
In fact, the entire street was paved with stone slabs. Every stone slab was of the same size. It was about 40 centimeters by 60 centimeters rectangular.
At a glance, the entire street was made of such stone slabs. At the end of the stone slabs was a stone staircase. On the stone staircase was a strange building that looked similar to a monument.
When Liu Yun took a step, the stone slab he stepped on immediately lit up. It emitted a faint light, causing the originally grayish-green stone slab to turn crystalline like jade.
On the stone slab, the faint light condensed into a number: 364.
"Do you feel anything wrong with your body?" Zhou Wen asked Liu Yun.
Liu Yun shook his head. "Apart from not being able to summon Companion Beasts, there's nothing else. I'll take another step and take a look."
With that said, Liu Yun took another step. With this step, Liu Yun's foot landed on the stone slab beside him. After he left the stone slab, the luster on the stone slab immediately vanished. As for the stone slab he was stepping on, it suffused a faint glow. At the same time, a number appeared on it.
However, this time, it wasn't 364, but 363.
"From the looks of it, the number will decrease by one with every square. But what does this number mean?" Liu Yun frowned.
"I have a very bad feeling. Those people are standing motionless on the street. The stone slabs under their feet are also suffused with a faint glow. I think it's not that they don't want to move, but because of these numbers, they don't dare move," Zhou Wen said as he took a step forward. He wanted to verify his guess.
The city gates had already closed. Zhou Wen took a step and walked to the stone slab in front of him. Indeed, the stone slab lit up and a number appeared. It was 365.
"That's unfair. Why did I take one step and the remaining number is 364, but you took one step ahead of me?" Liu Yun said.
Zhou Wen ignored him and took another step back. The stone slab beneath his feet lit up, and the number became 364.
"I reckon that no matter where we go, the number will decrease by one. The ghost face said that our feet can't leave the ground, or we will be killed. In other words, it's impossible for us to fly over. We can only walk on the stone path."
Zhou Wen glanced at the person in front of him and said, "Do you think the number on the stone slab represents the number of steps we have left? If we finish all the steps, something terrible might happen."
"From the looks of it, it's indeed very possible." Liu Yun agreed with Zhou Wen. After some thought, he said, "What if we don't leave and just stand here?"
"I don't know, but I believe the dimensional creatures in this city won't let us keep standing," Zhou Wen answered very straightforwardly. Zhou Wen answered very straightforwardly. Everything in Netherworld City was too strange. He couldn't guess what would happen next.
The two of them stood there and looked at each other. Neither of them dared to move.
"We can't keep standing here. Why don't we walk over and ask the people in front of us what's going on?" Liu Yun said to Zhou Wen.
"Alright, go ahead," Zhou Wen answered.
Liu Yun wanted Zhou Wen to go, but Zhou Wen wanted him to go. In the end, neither of them moved.
Zhou Wen didn't idle. He attempted to summon his Companion Beasts one by one to see if there were any other Companion Beasts that responded to his summons other than Truth Listener.
In such a place, one more Companion Beast meant one more hope of survival.
Torch Dragon … No response … Golden Overlord Sword … No response … Fiend-Armored Tiger Soul General … No response … Demonic Neonate … Zhou Wen was delighted. Demonic Neonate had actually responded to him. He could sense that Demonic Neonate's consciousness was waiting for his summons.
Demonic Neonate can be summoned! Zhou Wen didn't summon Demonic Neonate. He wanted to observe the situation first.
After trying all the Companion Beasts, only Truth Listener and Demonic Neonate responded to him. Tyrant Behemoth remained motionless.
After trying his Companion Beasts, Zhou Wen began switching his Essence Energy Art. He wanted to see if his Life Providence and Life Soul were useful here.
His Life Providence and Life Soul were very normal and weren't affected. Apart from not being able to summon Companion Beasts, everything else was the same as usual.
When Zhou Wen switched to the Dao Sutra, the jade infant actually opened its eyes. Its body emitted a treasure glow as a terrifying taboo power seeped into its body like a river. In just a few seconds, the jade infant nearly exploded from the terrifying taboo power. Zhou Wen hurriedly deactivated the Gods Retreat Life Soul in fright.
What a terrifying taboo power! At that instant, Zhou Wen felt that the Companion Beasts in his body had regained their connection.
Unfortunately, Gods Retreat couldn't last for long. Such a short period of time was basically impossible to use in battle.
The taboo power of Netherworld City is actually even more terrifying than the taboo power on Jade Emperor Peak. It's no wonder I can't return when I encounter people from Netherworld City. I'm afraid this is really a life-and-death situation. Zhou Wen pondered.
However, there was too little useful information. He had no idea how to leave Netherworld City.
Liu Yun opened his mouth and shouted, hoping to alarm the people on the street. Liu Yun's voice was very loud. With his volume, even if he stood outside the city, he should be able to hear him.
However, the people on the street didn't seem to hear his voice at all. They ignored him and continued doing their own things.
"Stop shouting. They probably can't hear you," Zhou Wen said.
"How do you know they can't hear you?" Liu Yun asked.
"Didn't you notice? We've been standing here for so long. Have you heard any sounds on this street? "Zhou Wen said as he pointed at the long street.
Liu Yun was slightly taken aback. Only then did he realize that the street was indeed strangely quiet. Apart from his and Zhou Wen's voices, there didn't seem to be any other sounds.
Although the people on the street didn't move, there were still some people moving around. They could even see them opening their mouths to speak, but they couldn't hear a single sound. The entire street seemed to have been set to silent mode.
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