The moment Saine truly stepped through to the other side of the Bronze Gate, he heard the wind.
It was no ordinary wind.
It was the low, deep howl made by the Destruction Tide as it threaded between the Shattered Continent and the Rule Debris.
That sound was vast and magnificent, as if all of space-time were panting for breath.
The outer layer of the Mechanical God's Fortress Defense Form instantly endured an impact from the Destruction Crystal Tide far stronger than what had been near the crack of the door.
The castle's gear-like outer walls spun violently.
The Earth Element Golden Wall module lit up with a heavy radiance.
The four pyramids of the Dimension-Severing Cage rapidly pinned down the space-time around the Mechanical God, preventing him from being swept deeper in by the tide.
"Entry successful." Wall-E's voice came through.
"Outer defense depletion speed increased by three point seven times."
"Destruction Rule pollution intensity increased by five point two times."
"Spatial stability low."
"Temporal reference being reconstructed."
Saine was not in a hurry to move. He first let the Mechanical God steady himself.
Directly beneath the Mechanical God Rule True Body lay a scorched-black, shattered continent.
The continent's surface was covered in dark-gold crystal veins.
Those crystal veins were like blood vessels, lighting up now and then with the luster of destruction.
In the distance, the Destruction Crystal Tide rose and fell slowly like ocean waves.
Farther away, countless massive shadows of wreckage were half-buried in dark-red mist streams.
This was an oppressively stifling stretch of space-time.
There were no normal stars.
No gentle light source.
Only destruction!
After Wuzhuo followed him in, its first reaction was to curl into a ball.
The surrounding Destruction Rule suppressed it with extreme force.
Its Origin of Pollution had only just