Jiang Shu's fingertip rested on the southwestern corner of the map.
Chaotic Reef Shoal was like the weathered skeleton of some colossal beast, jutting savagely into the gray sea.
"There must be reinforcements waiting here."
His voice was steady, without the slightest ripple.
Yet a Jade Talisman had already silently appeared in his hand, streams of messages flowing out from it.
This time, he was temporarily stationed in Panhai City. Naturally, a Dao Lord from the True Martial Sect had come to accompany him.
Dao Lord Wangchen had only advanced to the Ten Thousand Manifestations Realm during this great battle, but his comprehension of the Five Elements Great Dao was extremely profound, and he excelled at the art of concealment.
He was precisely suited for this task.
Jiang Shu's gaze swept over the map before settling on the phantom of the transmission tower standing in Panhai City's central district like a tower that reached the heavens.
Its foundation sank deep into the Earth Vein, its structure as intricate as a labyrinth. It was also the core node of the entire city's spatial network.
That was the end of the second hidden passage, and also the entrance to the most dangerous trap.
Without another word, Jiang Shu stepped forward. Spatial Ripples stirred before him, and in the next instant, he vanished from the City Lord's Manor.
The entrance to the transmission tower's core area was sealed by heavy Black Iron talisman gates, their surfaces covered in flowing warning runes.
The dense formation cut off the inside from the outside. The tower contained a small space of its own, its spiritual energy pure but carrying the faint spatial disturbance unique to transmission arrays.
Within the deep shadows outside the talisman gates, in an exceedingly narrow, almost nonexistent crack near the seam