The train raced along the tracks across the wilderness. Beneath the torrential rain, it tore through the curtain of water like a steel beast, hurtling forward at incredible speed.
Inside the first-class carriage, Su Xiao sat on the small bed and meditated. The reason he had chosen to take this train, spending at least half a day traveling to Ancient King City, was that all the teleportation towers in Ancient King City had been sealed off, with layers upon layers of spatial restrictions set up around them.
Su Xiao's Law-Destroying Teleportation Array could naturally break through those restrictions, but this trip to Ancient King City wasn't for a confrontation with its nobles. He was there to deal with an unknown sin object.
Su Xiao and the others first reached Falling Star City via teleportation array. Though it wasn't one of the three main cities, Falling Star City held an extremely special position among the many great cities. This prosperous city was built on a scale comparable to a main city. In fact, compared to Sky City, which had only fifteen districts, Falling Star City had thirty-five districts and was twice as large.
The nobles of Ancient King City had always paid lip service to the Witch Faction. They appeared to have submitted long ago, but in reality, each of them had their own schemes.
Ancient King City marked the boundary. The region farther south on the Witch Continent was a vast expanse of marshland known as the Great Swamp Wetlands. Ancient King City had originally been called Swamplight City for this very reason.
The Great Swamp Wetlands were home to multiple tribes. Their technology was indeed backward, but their supernatural abilities and biology were advanced. This wasn't merely a case of putting their technology points into the wrong branch—they hadn't