The terrain below was cramped, making it inconvenient for all three of them to be there at once.
Shi Yuanzhou and Meng Yutong tactfully returned to the surface, while Dugu Zixuan stepped forward to carefully examine the restriction before the stone door.
Hundreds of glowing azure runes were carved upon it. The closer one drew, the more brilliantly they shone. She knew this restriction formation like the back of her hand—it had to be Lin Zhique's work.
The formation was round within and square without. Once the formation's creator entered, only someone inside the restriction could lift its limits. Outsiders had almost no way in besides breaking it by force.
Of course, if that show-off had been here, he would have dug a hole right in front of it to test the waters!
But Dugu Zixuan was proud and arrogant. She disdained doing something as lowly as digging through a Dog Hole!
Holding the Icy Sword, she fixed a blazing gaze on the front and took two steps forward. Layer upon layer of frost spread across the underground space, while the water elements in the air rapidly condensed into ice at that instant.
Like ancient green vines newly sprouting, they swiftly climbed up from the ground.
Boom—
Before the violent collision from below could reach them, the Main Peak above immediately began to shake violently.
A mountain's foundation lay below. Once its support was damaged, the Main Peak would surely be in danger of toppling over.
Shi Yuanzhou's expression twisted with such pain it seemed as though someone were carving flesh from his body. If only half the mountain collapsed, it could still be dealt with. But if the entire thing fell, they would have to erect the mountain and pillars anew.
Most importantly, it would also damage the Spirit-Gathering