"What's going on?"
The insectoid leader's heart skipped a beat. He quickly steadied himself, then looked toward his subordinates beside him and demanded an explanation.
But he soon got his answer from elsewhere.
At the edge of the Eternal Summit, a massive worm head shot into the air, spraying blood as it was thrown before the insectoid leader.
It belonged to one of the subordinates they had stationed beneath the Eternal Summit!
Four figures appeared alongside it.
Boom!
Li Miao's massive body crashed heavily onto the ground, his cold gaze taking in everything before him.
"Looks like we're not too late."
Yuanfang arrived right afterward, though his movements were far lighter.
"Ha, there sure are a lot of them. Good thing we made it in time."
Brother Mangzi followed close behind, blazing Warfire still burning fiercely over his body. He had clearly just gone through an intense battle.
Although he had not gathered with the other players outside the Eternal Plateau, he had reached this battle from another direction, thanks to a non-player character he had encountered on the way.
The lingering traces of sorcery gathered and took shape. Wiserk held his staff-blade, his gaze grave as he watched everyone present.
Seeing these players and the Firewood Collector appear, the insectoid leader's human face instantly twisted into a savage expression. "Impossible! Ashes has already begun spreading across the entire Eternal Peak. How did you get up here?!"
He and Fallen Fire Twilight had joined forces in an effort to kill Wisdom Kindling's remaining projection as quickly as possible, but the Ashes Guide had not been included.
Naturally, that was because they needed the Ashes Guide to spread corruption across the Eternal Peak and contaminate the remaining Altar Flameglow.
That meant the fellow was at the foot of the mountain.
That