"Bang!"
As yet another monster was blasted apart by Yaya's fist, the passage ahead finally opened up.
The group passed through the passage and darted toward the end, where they saw a cliff.
A steep cliff appeared at the end.
There was no road ahead anymore, only darkness below.
However, faintly visible within that darkness were structures resembling a fortress, standing there.
The ground beneath the cliff emitted a faint glow, and magic power rippled within it. Clearly, it was not made of ordinary marble, but some sort of magical alloy, polished until it shone.
Luo Zhen, Irori, Yaya, and Koko shook off the pursuing monsters and leaped into the cliffside, descending toward the ground.
Only then did Luo Zhen and the others clearly see the true form of the fortress-like structure.
It was a palace.
A beautiful and mysterious palace with a rounded, mosque-like roof and white outer walls.
Monsters wandered around the palace as well, though they did not approach it.
That was because a barrier more complicated, refined, and intricate than the underground space had been spread around the palace, apparently preventing the monsters from drawing near.
Thus, the monsters could only wander around the perimeter. When they discovered Luo Zhen and the others' arrival, they immediately began emitting vicious magical auras and surrounded them.
"Irori."
Luo Zhen reached out and placed a hand on Irori's shoulder, pouring magic power into her body.
"Yes!"
Irori immediately understood. As she received Luo Zhen's magic power, her hair began to fly and her eyes turned azure blue.
"Hum!"
A cloud of frost spread in every direction, glittering like diamond ice dust.
In an instant, the moisture in the air condensed, and layers of pure-white frost appeared over the bodies of the monsters.
Irori released a violent chill.
"**Prison-Slaying Steel!