Nangong rubbed the back of his head and sat up, discovering that he was lying on a small rise. Beneath him was a barren stretch of land, while the sky overhead was slowly brightening. The terrifying scene in the Underground Palace seemed as distant as a dream.
A throbbing pain came from the back of his head, while the air around him was thick with an unpleasant burnt smell. He frowned and unconsciously muttered, "Cough, cough... What happened to me?"
Hao Ren signaled Vivian, Lily, and Izax not to say anything, then slapped Nangong on the shoulder. "Awake? Then look up and check out the big news."
"Hao Ren?" Nangong was astonished to see three familiar faces and a strange, burly devil beside him. "You're all right? Those evil spirits underground didn't hurt you? Hey, who's this friend beside you...? Holy crap, what happened?!"
Nangong finally saw the meteor crater in the distance, with thick smoke billowing from it. The few surviving rocks around the crater and the nearby scenery barely allowed him to make out that this had once been Yuefu'erde Castle. Yet after only one night, the centuries-old castle had been reduced to nothing but a huge pit and a pool of slowly cooling magma. No matter how much Nangong had seen in his life, his mind still couldn't process it.
"You definitely won't believe what happened, but a meteorite just fell from the sky and smashed the entire castle to pieces." Hao Ren wore a sincere expression and said it without even turning red or breaking a sweat.
Nangong listened blankly, then suddenly touched the back of his head. "Wait, I remember fighting evil spirits in the Underground Palace before. You were all behind me, and there were hordes of knight Vengeful spirits around us... Then I