At the end of the long slope stood a smooth, mirror-like crystal wall that was almost vertical.
They were already halfway up Crystal Peak Mountain. The slope hung in the air like a long river, linking the mountain to the great plain. When Hao Ren had looked toward its end from the plain, he had assumed the path would lead directly inside Crystal Peak Mountain. He had never expected its end to be an entire cliff face, with no entrance in sight.
So that means... the so-called verification is at this cliff?
"This is it?" Vivian asked, frowning as she looked around curiously.
Since the end of the slope connected directly to the mountainside, with nothing on either side and thousands of meters of open air below, the view from there was extraordinarily broad. Not only could they see the great plain stretching out beneath them, they could even see thick white lightning rampaging through the sky, lashing out—or rather, supplying energy to—the crystal clusters on the plain. When they looked up, they could clearly see the peak of the crystal mountain surrounded by a mass of dazzling electric light. Those powerful Energy Sparks formed a halo-like structure, from which lightning bolts of all sizes constantly split off and struck the mountaintop, producing an endless series of thunderous booms.
Salamander said nothing. He silently walked up to the mirror-like cliff and knocked on it three times.
Ripples of faint light spread across the cliff. Then, several crisp voices unexpectedly came from within the crystal:
"Who is disturbing the sleeping fairy?" "But the fairy isn't sleeping..." "That would sound much cooler!" "Why does everything you say have to sound cool?" "Because fairies are the guardians here. Guardians have to sound impressive and dignified when they speak!" "Like Salamander?" "Salamander isn't dignified