That old bastard! Li Xiaoya cursed inwardly as he watched Old Dragon Head's retreating back and hurried after him. Now that everyone had picked all the Goddess Immortal Fruit growing along both sides of the stairs, the entire stairway had lost much of its luster. Li Xiaoya found that rather regrettable.
Still, that thought lasted only a moment. Neither he nor anyone else could have brought themselves to abandon treasures like these.
As they climbed the steps, a sprawling cluster of buildings gradually came into view. Before those buildings lay an enormous plaza spanning several li. At its center stood a towering statue, dozens of zhang tall, depicting a magnificent armored general holding an enormous sword in one hand and pointing toward the heavens with the other. At the four corners surrounding it stood four similarly gigantic statues, though their weapons differed: a saber, a spear, a staff, and an axe. Their appearances were somewhat different as well!
"Hmm!" The moment the four stepped onto the enormous plaza, they all felt rather surprised. Standing on its surface, they actually felt their bodies grow much heavier. Fortunately, three of them were top-tier Great Cultivators of the spirit communion stage. After cultivating the Dragon-Devouring God-Reversal Art to the peak of its eighth level, Li Xiaoya's physical strength surpassed even that of ordinary spirit communion cultivators. Naturally, he still fell considerably short of peak cultivators like High Person Qianshan and Old Dragon Head, but he felt no particular strain.
Restrictions seemed to surround them on every side as well. The buildings and scenery ahead twisted and blurred as though shrouded in mist. With their experience, everyone naturally recognized this as the work of restrictions.
"More restrictions!" Old Dragon Head muttered at the sight. Suddenly, he swaggered forward, apparently paying them no heed whatsoever.