"Salvation"

None of them counted as legal lifeforms?

Even Salvation Sect venerables who had undergone Skywell modifications and absorbed the Black Gate's energy into their bodies still lacked the qualifications to enter the shelter rooms?

Watching the countdown steadily decrease before his eyes, Xia Fan suddenly realized the situation was nearing a dead end.

In fifteen minutes, the entire Skywell District would be physically reset—this included not only the companions who had gone to explore the bottom of the well with him, but also the hundreds of thousands of migrants in the upper levels and every Salvation Sect follower. All of them would be reduced to ash in this purge.

Even if he could use the broadcast system to inform everyone and order them to evacuate immediately, how could so many people simply leave at a moment's notice?

What was more, the entire upper section was in chaos. Through the three-dimensional image of the Escape Tower before him, he could clearly see everything happening within it. Vast numbers of yellow dots were flooding toward the upper levels of Skywell. The Salvation Sect's positions were already visibly shaken, the twentieth-floor defensive line was hanging by a thread, and its breach was only a matter of time.

At the same time, on the sixty-fifth floor, an enormous red dot was slowly climbing upward. According to the system's label, it was an Evil Spirit far more powerful than a Great Demon, almost on par with the Scorching Demon currently invading the core area.

"Has the Escape Tower carried out similar purges before?" Xia Fan could not help asking.

"There are twelve records in total. The most recent was two hundred and fifty-one years ago. Would you like to view them?"

"No... no need." He shook his head. Now was not the time to dwell