There were several entrances leading to the World Heart, but the most famous of them was the Black Sea Vortex Gate.
The elemental wizard apprentices' Holy Tower Qualification Battle was not unique; most other Holy Tower organizations held similar events, sending their most promising members to the World Heart to advance directly into Rank One beings, including the Black Region's black wizards.
The sea was black, yet it was not devoid of life. That was merely the outward appearance shaped by the abyssal rules.
Green's figure flickered between light and shadow, utterly soundless. One moment he was at the edge of the sky, the next he was right before them, and then he vanished once more into the distant horizon, flying toward the vortex gate.
Whoosh!
Green, arriving without warning, halted above the deep-sea vortex. The many guardians gathered over the vortex gate stared at him in stunned silence. Every guardian possessed power on the level of a World Lord. There were nineteen in total, representing the Wizard World's nineteen Holy Tower organizations.
Though this suddenly arrived wizard did his utmost to conceal his energy fluctuations and suppress his power, the World Guardians could already see Green's essence through the changes in the world's internal mass. They were all astonished, unable to understand why such an immensely powerful Stigmata Wizard had come here.
"Er, is an apprentice advancement ceremony being held here?"
Stared at like this, Green felt rather awkward. He then added, "I have come to visit the great Winter Guardian. I have already visited the Spring and Summer Guardians in turn. It concerns a True Spirit Offering."
"Caw caw, those little fellows are here."
Little Eight, standing on Green's shoulder, gazed into the distance. He had already clearly sensed wizard apprentices from the various Holy Towers—lowly creatures—gathering here