Towering gray pillars pierced the sky.
He Ao descended from the heavens, landing on the shattered road. He raised his gaze toward the enormous gray pillar that stabbed through the clouds.
Standing here, the oppressive presence of the gray pillar was far stronger than it had seemed from afar.
Each pillar was at least three hundred meters wide, yet compared to their height, they appeared rather slender.
He Ao raised his head, watching the gloomy sky above and the clouds pierced through by the pillar.
The pillar itself had likely pierced through the atmosphere and reached outer space.
He Ao lowered his head and glanced ahead. Dense gray patterns covered the massive pillar, flickering with a faint glow.
What looked like the pillar's base below was not actually a base, but ground that had been compressed and forced upward.
The pillar likely plunged deep into the earth below as well.
He Ao raised his gaze and swept it across the enormous pillar before him, then across the pillars standing amid the clouds around him.
So these pillars were not pillars in essence, but steel needles—steel needles driven from the depths of space into the planet.
He Ao walked to the pillar, leaped onto the piled-up mound of dirt, and touched its edge.
The Gray Radiance covering the entire pillar suddenly surged up. A terrifying, twisted pressure descended upon He Ao in an instant, attempting to pierce his soul and warp his consciousness.
Traces of Void Spiritual Sense spilled from He Ao's fingertips, following the pillars downward without pause until they reached the bottom layer of the world.
Soon, He Ao withdrew his spiritual sense.
These pillars had already pierced through the mantle and were about to reach the planet's core.
Judging from the structure of the entire pillar, this thing