When the two of them appeared in the room, they were standing before that enormous mirror. Reflected within it were Zhang Tie and Tang Mei standing shoulder to shoulder. Just as Zhang Tie was wondering what was strange about the mirror, Tang Mei lightly extended a slender, ivory-white finger and pointed at it. Light began to flow across the ancient bronze mirror's surface, and an entirely different scene immediately appeared...
What appeared in the mirror was Zhang Tie just after he had first entered the Sky-Piercing Realm—face toward the ground, back toward the sky, lying unconscious on the earth. Aside from the unconscious Zhang Tie, the scenery around him was also displayed in the mirror with extraordinary clarity.
The unconscious Zhang Tie slowly woke up. He tried moving his hands and body, then with some difficulty rolled himself over until he was lying on his back. The blinding sunlight made Zhang Tie involuntarily shut his eyes. He raised one hand before his face to shield himself from the scorching sun.
A moment later, a flying boat appeared in the sky.
"Ah, Boss, there's someone down there..."
"Look carefully. Is it a person or a Devil Race member..."
"It's a person, definitely a person..."
"Bring him aboard and see whether he's still alive. Azure Glaze City was embroiled in a great battle a few days ago. This person might have escaped from Azure Glaze City..."
Even the sounds from within the mirror came through clearly, allowing Zhang Tie and Tang Mei to hear them...
Zhang Tie was then rescued by the people aboard the flying boat. Even after Zhang Tie was on the flying boat, inside its cabin, the scenes on the mirror continued to be displayed with equal clarity.
Zhang Tie gaped in astonishment. He felt as though he were