The white mist in the Inner City was fading bit by bit. The dense fog that had once lingered in the streets had already dispersed by more than half.
Only the distant Tower of Erudition was still shrouded in that layer of grayish-white mist, standing all alone in the middle of the sea of blood, becoming the last place in the entire Inner City that had not been swallowed by Flesh.
Above the Main Tower of the Tower of Erudition, the rift to the Sea of Knowledge still hung there. Great quantities of characters in various colors kept spilling out from within the rift, their multicolored light trailing long tails as they fell downward.
The characters landed on the churning surface of the Flesh, and everywhere they touched became scorched, dry, and sunken. But before that depression could widen, even more fresh Flesh surged up from below and filled the gap.
Flesh and characters bit into each other, and neither could do anything to the other.
Lu Yuan stared at that rift for a few moments.
He could feel the authority deep in his left eye growing faintly hot, with a vague, almost imperceptible connection between it and that rift.
Logan spoke from behind the group. "Everyone, take a good look. This is what the Inner City is going to be like from here on out. We have to pass through it. If anyone wants to turn back now, there's still time."
No one answered.
And so the airship continued pressing toward the Tower of Erudition. Beneath their feet, the scene of Flesh interlaced with plant roots spread out completely, stretching beyond sight.
Green suddenly let out a muffled grunt.
"What is that thing?"
His gaze fixed on the edge of the Gray Mist above the Tower of Erudition. His