Chapter 1670. "Guardian Knight"
"Boom..."
Amid the heavy rumble, the door that had only just opened slammed shut, plunging the surroundings into darkness.
Luo Zhen felt his vision vanish completely in an instant, but it returned immediately afterward.
That was because a dazzling light suddenly appeared, shining down from above and illuminating the entire space, driving away all the darkness.
Only then did Luo Zhen see what surrounded him.
It was an extremely spacious, circular dome.
The inside of the dome looked as though it were within the World Tree itself. The floor was made of countless objects resembling thick vines, tightly intertwined. The outer parts of the vines rose vertically, forming the walls before slowly continuing up to the ceiling.
Above the ceiling were decorations resembling stained glass.
The light shone down from there, illuminating the entire domed space.
Luo Zhen looked over.
At the highest point of the domed space, in the exact center of the ceiling, was a round door covered in intricate decorations. It had been divided into four cross-shaped stone panels and sealed shut.
Seeing that door, Luo Zhen remembered what the statue had just said.
"You should display the wings on your back, sufficient to soar through the sky... was that it?"
Clearly, the only way to climb to the top of the World Tree was through that door.
He had to spread his wings, fly up there, and open the door. Only then would he have passed the World Tree's trial, successfully conquered this final quest, and gained the qualification to reach the top of the World Tree.
However...
"The operators wouldn't let players fly up there so easily, would they?"
Luo Zhen shifted his gaze and looked toward the surrounding walls.
There, glass light gates resembling windows were arranged in neat rows,