"The ground is alive."
Zhang Ling'er stared at the ground in the distance, pondered for a moment, then finally blurted out those words.
Ye Lin's brows furrowed slightly.
"It wouldn't be quite accurate to say the ground is alive."
"More accurately, perhaps the entire Silent Ridge is alive?"
Once that thought surfaced, it could no longer be stopped.
Perhaps the whole of Silent Ridge had merely formed from some enormous living creature.
And the ground beneath their feet might be the back of that colossal creature.
Ye Lin felt that this conjecture was infinitely close to the truth.
After all, it was not some baseless fancy, much less a wild flight of imagination.
The great myriad worlds held every manner of wonder; within this Boundary Sea, there were even terrifying creatures whose bodies came infinitely close to the size of a universe.
"You're probably right."
Zhang Ling'er nodded faintly.
Yet another thought arose in Ye Lin's heart.
What if he brought the entire Silent Ridge to the Spirit King?
The moment that thought emerged, Ye Lin immediately wanted to put it into action.
But who knew how many powerful beings were hidden within Silent Ridge? Even if he wanted to do it, he likely would not be able to accomplish it.
He should continue deeper first and take a look.
At the very least, before that, he needed to get his hands on the Annihilation Sacred Flame.
They had walked for so long, yet still had not seen the Annihilation Divine Bridge.
According to the panel's description, there was a Tree of Death at the end of the Annihilation Divine Bridge, and the opportunity lay within that Tree of Death.
"Let's go. We'll go around it."
After glancing at the ground in the distance, Ye Lin decided to detour around