Upon barren white hills stood a grotesque giant tree pieced together from white fingers.
From afar,
the tree resembled two palms blossoming like flowers.
Its name was the Thousand Finger Pure Magic Tree.
This was the consciousness space corresponding to Demps's Talent Tree. The "talent slots" across its trunk had all been illuminated... and now, a crucial Door Opening was underway.
Unlike Han Dong, the Abyss was not located inside the tree trunk.
The palm-shaped Talent Tree kept growing, reaching toward the sky.
Several hundred meters above, it tore open a reverse opening leading to the Abyss.
Several days ago, Demps had already climbed the Talent Tree and formally entered the Abyss of Truth, receiving truths from within through a form of reverse falling.
However...
because of Demps's particular nature, something unexpected had happened inside the Abyss.
Something exceedingly rare had occurred.
Demps's consciousness body had failed to emerge from the Abyss for a long time.
Now, what overflowed from the Abyss was not Demps's true body, but fingers tangled chaotically together like roots.
There were 21 days left before the London Game began.
Ahahaha~
Even inside a room built with multiple layers of soundproofing materials, faint laughter could still be heard from within.
Han Dong was undergoing special training here. His "maniacal laughter state" had lasted for eighteen hours, blood continually seeping from the corners of his mouth.
Then—
a rapid knock interrupted his special training.
A cultist practically burst into the room. Black blood vessels covered his face, and he was gasping for breath.
"So urgent? Has the invasion begun ahead of schedule?"
"Yes... the invasion is here!
"One minute ago, a massive number of fingers suddenly emerged from the Gate of Destiny at Church Headquarters. The fingers themselves possess anti-magic properties. They breached several layers of