Dago bid the God-Prison Blood Tree farewell once more, then strode out of the Miniature Secret Realm Space. After leaving the valley, he flew several dozen miles west and stopped.
After waiting nearly fifteen minutes, a silver-white spell airship over seventy meters long and more than forty meters tall appeared in his field of vision.
Dago narrowed his eyes and took the initiative to fly toward the airship.
Before he drew near, two figures emerged from the airship—a tall, thin young man on the left with ordinary features but a pair of unusually sharp lapis-lazuli eyes, and another young man on the right, fairly handsome and carrying a more mature air.
They were Violet and Pide, who had previously explored the second line of the Mirror Forest with Dago.
The joint genius competition held by the six major factions allowed members above a certain level of strength to observe, with roughly fifty spectators from each side.
The Thorn Ring did not require everyone to set out together. Violet and Pide were qualified to attend as spectators, so Dago simply decided to travel with them.
"Dago!"
Once the three met up, the two briefly greeted Dago. After boarding the airship, Violet said, "It will take about a day for us to reach the Goblin Plains. The competition begins in three days, so we have plenty of time."
Dago nodded. The three sat down inside the airship to rest and chatted about the various events that had occurred during Dago's two months of secluded cultivation.
Violet knew that Dago would represent the Thorn Ring in the competition, so she had specially gathered some information for him. Most of it concerned the Ring itself, while there was very little on the other five major factions.
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