"Salvation" (Part 2)

"What was that voice—"

"Venerable Shengtian?" The believers on the upper levels erupted into an uproar.

Compared with Xia Fan, they were far more familiar with the Venerable's voice. And that tone, that wording—it was exactly like the image they remembered!

"Could this be an illusion too?"

"How could it be? I've been guarding against the Kan Technique this whole time, yet I never found any Great Demon that climbed up capable of such a thing." A Fangshi squad leader retorted. In truth, they had understood this before, but abandoning the defensive line came at too great a cost. Combined with the speaker's unknown identity, the Qi Sense Users had not bothered to argue further.

But once the speaker became Venerable Shengtian, the situation changed.

As the crowd began to stir, a flash of inspiration struck Xia Fan—

"Can you let me speak in her voice?"

"Audio source analysis complete... You may speak at any time." Escape Tower's electronic voice immediately understood his intent.

"I know this may sound difficult to believe, but I can prove it to you!" Xia Fan said, imitating Venerable Shengtian's tone. "Skywell's light is about to flicker. The command to retreat will be engraved upon the walls in the form of light!"

Then he "looked" toward the control room. "Come on."

"Command received. Executing."

The instant the electronic voice fell silent, the white light throughout the entire Skywell began flashing in perfect unison! To keep Mei from regaining mobility, the intervals between illuminations were extremely short, nearly impossible to catch with the naked eye. Yet every time the lights came back on, the light strips on certain floors remained dark.

Those dark regions formed the two words "RETREAT" amid the sea of white light. They slowly moved along with the flashing, as though circling the