Whoosh~
At that moment, as their vision began to blur, Meng Chuan and Levitar closed their eyes together.
Moments later, the man and the dragon opened their eyes and found themselves in another, deeper Imagery World.
One layer nested inside another: a double Imagery World.
Meng Chuan surveyed the final racecourse.
Ancient trees and dense forest surrounded him. It was as though he had arrived at the ancestral homeland of the elves.
Everywhere he looked, green life flourished.
Yet Meng Chuan felt exceptionally heavy. He jumped in place, only to find that he could no longer fly. The crushing pressure also canceled out gravity's lift, preventing him from raising himself into the air.
Levitar, whose physique stood at the peak of the seventh rank, could not fly either. Though he could withstand the current pressure, the power of the Tree Universe legend's rules hidden within it still restricted him.
After struggling a few times, he joined Meng Chuan in looking down the racecourse.
A flagstone path stretched into the distance beneath each of them.
All manner of obstacles rose along the paths: gaps they would have to leap across, rings of fire that would eliminate them on contact, and
...many others.
A tree beside them came to life and explained the obstacles they would encounter, one by one.
A glimmer of green light appeared in its eyes. Then Meng Chuan heard Tree Universe's ethereal voice emerge from its mouth. "Endure the ever-increasing pressure, clear every obstacle, and reach the finish line."
"Begin."
Whoever reached the finish line first would be the final victor, the sole winner.
The instant Tree Universe finished speaking, Meng Chuan shot off like an arrow loosed from a bow.
A single great leap would normally have carried him eight hundred li. Now it took him barely