After the immense waves had swept through the city, the stone stele at the center of the deserted, empty city gradually fell silent.
From high above, the once-prosperous Luokong City had become utterly ruined. Not a single person remained—not even a "rat" could be found.
Yet something entirely different was happening at the massive stone stele in the center. A vast, ancient aura continuously radiated from within it.
Just as Xiao Yi Xian was still pondering whether Queen Medusa was a "tsundere girl"...
The aged stone stele suddenly became covered in ancient runes. Even if everyone present strained their eyes with all their strength, they could not remember even a single rune, nor did they understand their meaning.
"What exactly is this?"
As Xiao Yi Xian's heart filled with questions about the runes, the markings on the ancient stele grew fainter and fainter. After roughly ten minutes, the final ancient rune completely vanished...
Buzz!
As the last ancient rune disappeared, the enormous ancient stele suddenly shook violently. Vast, cloudlike energy seeped out from within it.
It then coiled around the stele's surface, slowly spinning as it formed an enormous energy vortex hundreds of zhang wide!
As the vortex spun, the Dou Qi of this world was forcibly drawn into it. At the end of that vortex lay darkness and coldness, giving off an extraordinarily mysterious feeling.
"The ancient stele has opened!"
When Xiao Yi Xian saw the energy vortex appear, the corners of her lips rose slightly. She glanced at the others, waved her hand, and stepped inside.
The instant she entered the energy vortex, Xiao Yi Xian could clearly sense a repelling force surging toward her, as though it were trying to prevent her from entering.
This repelling force was not weak, but according to Xiao Yi Xian's estimate,