Xiao Yu had already charged toward the Female Ghost in red and the four remaining guardians.
Once Xiao Yu had set her sights on them, their deaths were only a matter of time...
Three minutes had already passed since the battle began.
We had fought our way deep into the ghost horde, and the gates of Carefree Tower had appeared ahead.
This place was completely different from when we had arrived.
It had been resplendent and magnificent then, but now it was twisted and shattered, filled everywhere with evil ghosts and mist.
Yet the gates ahead had not changed at all.
They were still enormous bronze iron gates.
The gates were covered in vein-like strands that gave off a faint aura of abomination.
"We're almost at the gates!"
Master shouted.
"Put some strength into it!"
"Charge!"
"..."
I continued shaking the Soul-Reaping Fierce Bell.
"Ring, ring, ring..."
The sound never ceased, and the surrounding evil entities wailed and screamed.
My own exhaustion was immense. I was panting heavily now, and I had also suffered some injuries in the earlier fighting.
Even so, I kept forcing myself onward.
As long as we rushed through those gates, we would be safe.
That was what I thought...
But at that moment, something bizarre happened.
The dense vein-like strands on the bronze gates at the exit ahead suddenly began to squirm.
It was as though blood had begun flowing through them at an accelerated pace.
As those vein-like strands started wriggling, an intense aura of abomination emerged.
With the massive iron gates as the center, similar squirming veins began appearing densely across the ground.
Blackish-purple, one after another.
They looked like veins, but they also resembled fleshy tentacles...
They were disgusting, spreading relentlessly toward us.
"What is that?"
"What the hell is that thing?"