"Phew... does that mean we're safe now?"
After rushing out of Phantom Tower's mirrored passage, Sakina and Sona panted heavily, still shaken. They kept looking themselves over with lingering fear until they saw their scales had regained their faint blue sheen, and only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.
I looked around. We were back in a world with normal colors. Clear blue light poured down through the massive stone pillars a hundred meters away, and that eerie atmosphere had vanished. I nodded. "Looks like we're fine."
"What a bizarre situation. This was the first time in my life I'd seen this kind of defensive measure. Was this some sort of conceptual attack or what?" Viska could still joke without a care, even though she had been the first to jump up and warn everyone that something was wrong. "What do you think would've happened if we hadn't gotten out in time? Hey, you silly girl over there, do you know what that thing was?"
The silly girl Viska referred to was, of course, Alaya, who was tidying her clothes. When she had rushed out just now, this airheaded girl had failed to stop in time and flown headfirst into a stone pillar at the edge of the platform. She still had dust on her head and looked completely disheveled. Hearing Viska's question, the dazed cat angel immediately protested softly, "I'm not a silly girl. I'm just a little dumb..."
For a moment, none of us knew where to start roasting her. This girl was really too honest—if I said I planned to sell her, she'd probably list herself on Taobao! Well, assuming she knew how to use Taobao...
"If the transformation had been completed, we probably would've become part of Phantom Tower," Alaya said as she brushed