Wang Ping took another step forward, and the pressure indeed lessened somewhat. But when he took one more step onto the stairway, a surging force of repulsion immediately rushed at him head-on.
This force was truly invisible and intangible. Primordial Spirit Consciousness could not sense its existence, yet it undeniably existed, as though even space itself had been stripped away.
When he tried to climb another step, Wang Ping found that he could not even lift his foot. Yulian communicated with him through the Spirit Sea at that moment. "The Corrosion energy here is too powerful, and the repulsive force seems to be targeting me. Put me outside and try."
Wang Ping raised a brow at those words, then retreated two steps. He extended a hand and pointed at the chaotic space in the distance. At once, a stretch of space was cleared out by the Wood Spirit and formed into a solid barrier. Then, a spacetime passage flashed beside Wang Ping and sent Yulian into the Wood Spirit barrier.
Then, Wang Ping separated a portion of the energy within his body and injected it into the formation core inside the barrier, ensuring that the barrier could endure for a long time without his continued casting.
The instant Wang Ping sent Yulian away, the repulsive force on the stairway abruptly diminished by more than half. It even gave off a powerful pulling force, as though it wished to drag him up the stairs.
Instead, Wang Ping did not move. He looked toward the end of the stairway and recalled what the Dragon Lord had said. The Dragon Lord had most likely come here before, yet he had still failed to enter the Holy Palace. That proved the repulsive force should have been extremely strong. But now, Wang Ping had a