Splash, splash.
Each sound pressed over the last, surging toward reality.
Listening to it, Lu Yuan's scalp went numb. Though the sound was still high in the sky, he did not know when it had begun to feel as if it were right beside him.
At the corner of the city wall hanging high in the sky, a section actually forced its way through reality.
Bricks and stones squeezed out of the void. First came the edges of the wall, then its surface, and finally the entire stretch of city wall solidified into substance.
The instant it appeared in reality, ghostly green firelight seeped from between the bricks, dyeing the rainwater around it with a green glow.
The solid city wall descended directly toward the Crown of Ten Thousand Kings.
"Do you want to drive that city wall back?" Oden suddenly spoke. "The anchors. That city can reach into reality because of those anchors. As long as you deal with them, you can drive this Taboo back."
Following Oden's prompt, Lu Yuan looked over and saw A.M. and the Great Ascendant standing shoulder to shoulder atop the enormous wall of Flesh.
On closer inspection, neither of them looked quite right.
The instant countless chains drew taut, pale green flames began to emerge from A.M.'s body.
The Great Ascendant was even more obvious. The flames on his body burned thicker and stronger, and his mechanical joints were clearly bearing immense pressure. Even the Flesh beneath his feet had been crushed into a depression.
Clearly, the two of them were the anchors summoning the city wall.
It was because of their existence that they could call the City of Chains into reality.
But Lu Yuan had no intention of attacking them.
First, he had joined the Forbidden Society too, and could gain