Under the gaze of those cold eyes, densely packed, twisted Bone Pillars descended from the sky like huge clubs swinging beneath the night, striking at Old Man below from every direction.
He Ao watched those swinging clubs, rose and retreated. Then, as the clubs bent, trying to cut off his escape from behind, he leaped into the air and landed directly atop a Bone Pillar.
Using that Bone Pillar as a foothold, he leaped again, jumping toward another Bone Pillar on the other side.
Although both his jumping height and distance had been limited, with the stairs formed by these densely packed Bone Pillars, he could still leap and run from pillar to pillar, rapidly closing in once more on the red ruby suspended in the air by skeletal arms.
"Decree: Prohibition of Running"
Red radiance flowed through the ruby again. Accompanied by the cold voices of the skulls, it was as though an invisible force dragged at He Ao's body, rapidly slowing his run toward the ruby.
At the same time, the Bone Pillars He Ao had stepped on and left behind swiftly turned back, blocking his retreat.
The slightly tilted Bone Pillar beneath his feet also rapidly straightened, then began to sway, trying to fling him off entirely.
Divine consciousness etched an enhancement formation onto the Eagle Claw Blade. He Ao abruptly drove its blade into the Bone Pillar, fixing himself firmly to it.
He raised his head and looked around. All he could see were slender Bone Pillars. Some thrust directly up from the worn ground, while others pierced through the surrounding low buildings as easily as tofu.
They swayed beneath a sky lit by artillery fire, one after another, dense and endless, nearly obscuring everything around them. Only through narrow gaps could he vaguely see the