While the mysterious man was locked in battle with Sun Tianchan, Lin Bai had already arrived outside the City Lord's Mansion.
The gates of the City Lord's Mansion seemed not to have been shut properly, leaving a narrow gap.
Lin Bai peered through the gap, but instead of finding any path inside, he saw only darkness.
Lin Bai furrowed his brows and pondered for a moment. He circulated his cultivation to protect his body, then carefully pushed open the gates.
Inside, there was neither the corridor Lin Bai had imagined nor rockeries and strange stones. There was only darkness.
Within the darkness, a path could faintly be seen paved across the ground, leading to an unknown destination.
It gave Lin Bai an intensely powerful feeling that this gate seemed to lead to another world.
Alert and puzzled, Lin Bai sent his flying sword into the darkness to scout the way. Only after sensing no danger did he slowly raise his feet and step into the darkness.
As Lin Bai's foot descended into the darkness, he found himself upon an ancient road that blended completely into the blackness.
Lin Bai walked step by step into the darkness, aimlessly making his way toward the end.
He silently calculated the time. After roughly half an hour, Lin Bai finally saw the outline of a building in the darkness.
As Lin Bai drew closer, his pupils suddenly contracted.
"Nine Bend City!"
Lin Bai stood incredulously in the darkness, staring at the colossal city crouching in the blackness ahead.
It was unmistakably Nine Bend City!
"What is going on?"
"I entered this dark ancient road from the City Lord's Mansion in Nine Bend City. After reaching the end, why is there another Nine Bend City?"
"Is this Nine Bend City in a second layer of