The two men and the cat stepped into the Abyss Ruins.
As they continued onward, the earth beneath their feet gradually gave way to weathered stone slabs, which made faint rustling sounds when stepped on.
The pitch-black Abyss Mist had nearly vanished here. A faint earthy-yellow light shone from within the Abyss Ruins, blanketing the entire cluster of buildings and providing illumination.
The air carried a rotten scent sealed away for thousands of years, but their field of vision had also broadened considerably.
The moment the two men stepped across a threshold that was clearly a boundary line, the stone-slab ground beneath their feet began to tremble violently without warning.
Rumble—!
A muffled tremor rose from underground. In an instant, the massive stone pillars throughout the ruins began shifting sideways without pattern. The stone walls that had not yet collapsed were also pulled by some immense force, crossing and rearranging themselves amid ear-piercing grinding sounds.
The shaking lasted for roughly ten breaths before gradually subsiding.
As the dust filling the sky dispersed,
Chen Xian turned to look back.
The path they had taken in was completely gone, replaced by a stone wall of unknown height and thickness. Upon it,
the glow of restrictions flowed.
The stone walls meshed together so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass through, seemingly sealing this place off completely.
"We're trapped in here!"
Zhao Ke stepped forward and stared at the towering wall behind them, his brows tightly furrowed and his expression grave.
Chen Xian remained calm, showing little panic.
He tilted his head and glanced at the little black cat lying on his right shoulder.
Though the little black cat had shrunk its neck back somewhat timidly, it showed not the slightest hint of worry.
Since this Void-Rending Glutton Beast had