Hidden among the crowd, Huo Hai followed everyone toward the central area. "Look, why are there so many clouds and mists in the sky?" A Spirit Saint in one of the groups suddenly whispered to the person beside him.
A Spirit God ahead shot him a glare before speaking in a low voice. "Skyreach Tower has always been like this. Watch yourselves, and whatever you do, do not enter the clouds and mist. In the past, no one below the Spirit God Realm who entered ever came out alive."
The Spirit Saint's eyes widened. "It's that dangerous? Could that be a Spirit Formation laid down by Skyreach Tower?"
The Spirit God in front grew somewhat irritated. "How could it be? It formed naturally. And you, shut your mouth. Do not speak carelessly here. If you say the wrong thing, no one will be able to save you." Only then did the man who had spoken notice that quite a few people around him were staring at him, some of them with undisguised schadenfreude in their eyes.
Realizing he had said something wrong, he hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare utter another word. With no one speaking, the surroundings immediately fell silent. From here to Skyreach Tower, the distance was not actually very far.
At their speed, it took less than two hours to reach Skyreach Tower's grounds. The sight of those grounds was rather unexpected. In the distance at the center stood an enormous cylindrical structure.
No one knew exactly what it was. It resembled a towering pillar, but its upper portion was concealed by clouds and mist, making it impossible to see what lay beyond. Aside from that, the surroundings contained only primitive stone and wooden huts. There was not even a single proper building in all