The moment Hefu pulled out the strangely shaped doll,
the eye on its chest flashed with an eerie blue light. The surrounding darkness instantly collapsed, and Jiang Qiao and Hefu returned to the skies above the Nether Sea.
They had barely appeared
when an enormous space rift opened around them.
Blue light erupted from the rift, engulfing not only Jiang Qiao and Hefu, but also the Giant Infant and the other three nearby. They were swallowed before any of them could resist.
When the blue light faded,
only the two Demigod-Class powerhouses remained above the Nether Sea, still locked in their confrontation.
Neither the Saint's Remnant Soul
nor the half-god item that resembled an evil monster
paid it any attention.
They traded attacks back and forth. Countless remnant souls filled the sky, while towering waves continually swallowed the endless stream of replicants.
This silent battle
would need much longer before a victor truly emerged.
Freezing cold.
Searing heat.
Cold and heat alternated.
After falling for an unknown length of time, Jiang Qiao landed in an enormous plaza, his senses still reeling.
The first things that caught his eye
were the ancient, rough-hewn stones and towering palace in the plaza.
Rugged.
Primitive.
Untamed.
That was his first impression of the place.
The vast plaza stretched beyond the limits of his vision. Enormous rectangular stones and bricks, each dozens of meters tall, lay scattered across it. The palace looked as though giants lived there, with even a single doorway standing over a hundred meters tall.
As for the steps before the palace,
each rose a full ten meters above the last.
A temple!
A temple built from massive stones!
With a single glance, Jiang Qiao could tell that it closely resembled the temples built by ancient peoples in ages long past.