Under White Flame's lead, Hao Ren and his entourage walked toward the Stellar Spire. A circle of floating black rocks surrounded the entrance of the massive crypt. On each rock stood a grim-looking demon hunter. As they passed by the floating rocks, White Flame whispered, "They are the Nightwatchers of the Stellar Spire, the Nightwatchers of the Midnight Oath. The duty of these sentries was to guard the entrance of the tower forever. If one day our fortress really fell, they would activate the magic stones under their feet and blast the entire tower into the distorted dimension, swearing that no outsiders would be able to break into the sacred land of Coldpath. But things are unpredictable. Who would have thought that one day the threat would come from within Coldpath? Now they are ready to blow up the gate here at any time to prevent the Council of Elders from coming out of the sacred land. "
Lily's ears twitched. She was suddenly in awe of the sentinels standing on the magic stones. "They have to stand on these stones for the rest of their lives? And they are not allowed to come down? My God … How strong is their will? "
White Flame was even more surprised than Lily. "How can they not come down? They work in three shifts … "
This time even Hao Ren was stunned. "Err, didn't you say that they would guard the entrance of the spire forever?"
White Flame frowned. "You mean they can't change shifts because these magic stones are very sophisticated, and to prevent accidents, the magic stones and the mental fluctuations of the Nightwatchers are synchronized. It is very difficult to train a qualified guard, so they are not allowed to change shifts. Why do you guys always have such strange ideas? "
Hao Ren opened his mouth but could not say a word. After knowing that White Flame had an overdosing father and that these seemingly bitter guards also had a shift system, he could not think of anything like the Sleepless Guard, the Nightwatcher, and the Destiny's Duty. After a long while, he could only say, "Young lady, you can't always be so unpredictable."
White Flame gave them a strange look, turned her head, and strode forward. "What I said is common sense. I don't know why you have so many strange impressions of demon hunters."
Hao Ren and Lily looked at each other and said in unison, "Watch less TV in the future!"
The group entered the huge shaft that seemed to lead to the underground and walked down the wide spiral staircase attached to the wall of the shaft. After stepping into the shaft and no longer seeing the huge crater on the ground, Hao Ren finally felt like he was moving in a certain tower. However, he wasn't climbing, but walking down. He noticed that the walls of the shaft were still made of ice at the beginning, but as they descended, the surrounding ice turned into a dark rock.
After walking for a while, he looked up and found that the entrance above was so far away that it was only the size of a fingernail. When he looked up, the shaft was like a hollow pipe that went straight to the sky. The spiral staircase and the large number of crisscrossing beams made him dizzy.
"Have we walked that far?" Nangong Wudi looked up and found something unusual. "I think we have just walked for less than ten minutes."
"The spatial rules of the Stellar Spire are against common sense. Don't trust your intuition and eyes," White Flame said. "Also, don't look back at the way you came. Sometimes the space behind you will suddenly distort. Visual errors may cause you to lose your footing and fall."
When Lily heard this, she immediately stuck out her tongue in fear. She felt that this shaft was really strange.
The group walked down the seemingly endless spiral staircase. At this moment, the materials of the surrounding buildings had completely changed from ice to pitch-black stone and ice-cold steel. The walls that had thousands of years of history were engraved with ancient and obscure mysterious reliefs. After walking for a while, the spiral staircase in front of them began to connect to a wide fan-shaped platform at regular intervals. There was a window next to each fan-shaped platform, and it seemed that they could see outside.
Lily curiously ran to one of the narrow windows and looked out. She found that the window was covered with a faintly glowing translucent barrier, and outside the barrier was the deep, dark sea.
"We have reached the Arctic Ocean. Have we passed through the ice?" The pointed ears on the husky maiden's head twitched slightly. "Does this tower lead all the way to the bottom of the sea?"
White Flame did not say a word but continued to walk forward with a serious face. As they got closer to the deeper part of the Stellar Spire, she became visibly nervous, and she was no longer in the mood to chat with them.
Lily, on the other hand, would look out of the window excitedly as if she was looking forward to walking all the way to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. But when they walked past a few more platforms, she suddenly exclaimed, "Mr. Landlord! There are stars outside! "
Hao Ren was stunned. He immediately ran to Lily's side and looked out of the tower. What he saw stunned him.
Outside the spire, the stars were shining brightly.
Just a moment ago, they could only see the deep, dark sea outside the spire, but after going down for only a dozen meters, they had entered the starry sky!
Hao Ren continued to walk down the stairs in amazement. As he walked, a sense of unfamiliarity came over him. He glanced at the steps under his feet and suddenly realized that he was walking up a spiral staircase without realizing it.
Space and gravity had unknowingly reversed. It was in front of the window where they could see the starry sky that they had crossed the boundary between the Coldpath dimension and the real Earth. As White Flame had said before, the spire started down, but after reaching a certain place, it would reverse!
A faint roar came from the front. Hao Ren looked in the direction of the sound, which was originally the bottom of the spire, but now it was the top. He saw a hazy starlight shining in the distance, and a fragmented building structure floating hundreds of meters away.
Everyone quickened their pace and rushed to the top of the Stellar Spire in amazement. They saw that the top of the tower was in a fragmented state as if something had exploded. Large sections of the stone walls and stairs floated in the air as if they had lost their gravity. Behind the four pieces of the tower's roof, they could see a mysterious and brilliant galaxy shining brightly.
When Lily saw this scene, she could not help but exclaim, "This is destroyed by the explosion!"
"No, the Stellar Spire has always been like this," White Flame finally explained. "The spire is not broken, but the special spatial phenomenon of Coldpath has made it look like it's falling apart. Let's go out from the exit in front. "
With White Flame leading the way, Hao Ren and his team left the strange spire through the right exit. As soon as they left the building, they stepped on a huge rock platform, which was floating at the top of the spire!
White Flame took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. "Welcome to Coldpath," she said.
No one responded to her, because everyone, including Y 'zaks, was deeply attracted by the strange scene in this space.
Coldpath was like the universe. In the boundless dark and chaotic space, there were no stars or large tracts of land. Hao Ren looked into the distance and saw countless broken ancient buildings and towers floating in the void. In the far distance, he could see a large number of stars shining. All kinds of mysterious flashes were jumping in the depths of this space, like rushing flames or lightning among the stars. He looked back at the spire from which they came. This time, he finally confirmed that it was a spire: the Stellar Spire stood majestically in the void, its lower half shrouded in a layer of lavender chaotic lightning. On the top of the spire floated a series of rock platforms, one of which was under their feet.
"Now you know why we insist on calling this building the Stellar Spire," White Flame said, glancing at Nangong Sanba. "It's named after its form in Coldpath."
The surroundings of the Stellar Spire seemed safe, but if one looked into the distance, they would see a large number of abnormal flames flickering between the buildings in the distance. Clearly, the battle in this space was still ongoing, and it was in a stalemate.
Their arrival had also attracted the attention of the guards around the Stellar Spire. A small group of demon hunters teleported silently in front of them like ghosts in the universe. One of the demon hunters called White Flame's name. "Master White Flame! You're finally back safe and sound! "
White Flame quickly walked up to the guards. "I've brought reinforcements. They'll be here soon. What's the situation now? "
"Master Teuton has withdrawn from the front line, and we've lost two energy nodes. The Council of Elders …"
The demon hunters began to exchange reports from the frontline nervously. Hao Ren was stunned. He stared at the broken palaces floating in the air in the distance, and a sense of deja vu slowly came to his mind.
Beside him, Lily was also looking at the scene in the distance without saying a word. For a moment, the carefree husky maiden had a thoughtful look on her face.
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