Most of them had never entered the tower before. Like Li Hongjiu, they looked around everywhere, both wary and curious.
The tower was pitch-black inside. Never mind a trace of divine fire-not even a glimmer of light remained.
The sandalwood gold flame aura in their hands cast wavering light over the metal walls. The light refracted through the patterns like flowing demonic desires, giving them the feeling that they had entered the throat of some terrifying creature, a heaving throat that might swallow them at any moment.
Shi Chun tried activating his Right-Eye Ability again, hoping to spot something different, but once more he felt as though his eye would be blinded by the glare. Seven-colored radiance flowed everywhere, and the immense power of divine fire surged eerily.
The background radiance was too intense, hampering his Right-Eye Ability's perception and even interfering with the normal vision in his left eye.
Fortunately, the ability nourished and activated by his own blood qi could also be restrained by it. Closing his right eyelid blocked the ability's sight.
Proceeding like a one-eyed man, he made straight for the bottom of the tower along the familiar route. The others ran after him, none yet daring to leave the group and investigate in another direction.
They descended floor after floor without seeing any of the light and shadows that had once been there. When they reached the lowest floor, it too was utterly empty.
Looking around in bewilderment, Zhen'er darted out through the doorway on the lowest floor. She vanished after making only a faint ripple in the curtain of water, whereas Shi Chun and the others who rushed out after her sent waves rolling through it.
Once in the icy water, they swam swiftly around the enormous submerged tower, which was covered in a