The Corpse Ghost took the staff Fan Tiansheng had thrown over. The two staffs merged, and the transparent formation membrane immediately pressed tightly together, causing the Ghost Staff to become one again. Even the formation that had originally been separated was now functioning!
I was utterly shocked, and Nunu wore a trace of astonishment as well. Clearly, the other side's sudden turn had been far too abrupt, and none of us had reacted in time!
But whether or not we were surprised, Fan Tiansheng began laughing smugly. "There's no need for you to find it so strange. No matter how formidable a Grand Array is, after enough time has passed, a way to activate it can always be found. All I've done is verify that point."
Rumble!
With a deafening boom, the gate to the seventh level where we stood suddenly seemed to twist open, soon beginning to turn. At the same time, the ring of runes around the Grand Array shone with black light. The broken Ghost Staff had actually activated the gate to the seventh level!
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
A curtain of light appeared across the gate. This was clearly a wall of light protecting the Grand Array. Below, as the gate—which had split open like a turbine because of the Grand Array—parted, we could already see the world beneath it through the gap.
The space sealing off the seventh level truly looked like a bottomless abyss.
"Night Emperor... this..." I asked with a drastic change in expression, while Nunu furrowed her brows and said, "The gate has already opened, but there's no need to be too afraid. He can open the gate, but he absolutely can't take away the innate ghost aura!"
"Then what do we do now?" I hurriedly asked.
Nunu thought for a moment before