Ascension! (Sorry for the late update.)

"Rumble..."

Silver-white lightning ripped through the sky, splitting the entire Maze City apart. It covered the area around Ghost Capital exactly.

[Warning! This area is about to fall! Warning! This area is about to fall. Unpredictable events may occur during the fall. Please be prepared.]

The cold warning rang in Xiao Ran's ears. His face immediately turned deathly pale, and his heart felt as if it had plunged into an icy pit.

A countdown appeared before him. He had only two hours.

"What a coincidence!!"

The timing was so perfect that Xiao Ran nearly cursed. He had just finished sealing Ghost Capital, and now he was being told that this area was about to fall into reality.

Ghost Capital was enormous. If it fell into reality, even if it landed in a third-tier city, there would still be millions of people... Xiao Ran felt his scalp go numb. More than a million people were trapped in Ghost Capital, and they would all become food for these demon gods.

His mind felt as if it were about to explode.

This wasn't a coincidence at all! The coldness in Xiao Ran's eyes instantly flared into overwhelming fury.

This was a trap deliberately laid for him!

At that moment, all the questions in Xiao Ran's mind were answered at once.

The Ghost Scholar Tree model, the Civil Pillar, Huang Chao's drawings—all those seemingly coincidental fragments were instantly linked together by this warning that the area was about to fall!

At last, Xiao Ran understood. This trap had been a dead end from the very beginning.

Huang Chao and the Imperial Seal had merely been bait.

He was the fish they had been waiting to catch.

Xiao Ran knew why it had to be him. They were after the banner bearing the dragon standard,