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On the mountaintop that radiated golden light stood eight stone pillars, each dozens of yards tall, like columns holding up the heavens. The golden light prevented them from seeing clearly what lay within.
What made Li Xiaoya hesitate was that those strange pillars were attracting the black lightning from the sky. Whenever a bolt struck a pillar, it seemed to be sucked straight inside.
That alone would have been bearable. More terrifyingly, the mist in the sky also seemed drawn to the pillars, surging into them like a raging tide with a hurricane's howl. They seemed like bottomless pits, and the suction kept whipping everyone's hair and clothes about.
"Go... go... let's go up!" Ma Weiqi panted. The azure light surrounding him flickered, growing steadily weaker. Clearly, he could not hold out much longer.
"All right." Li Xiaoya was at a loss for words. He glanced at the others. Li Xiangxiang had already passed out completely, her head drooping against his shoulder. Zhang Hong also looked close to her limit, while Dong Gu Nü was in even worse shape. She had fallen three or four steps behind, and her entire body was trembling slightly. Her injuries were clearly taking a heavy toll.
"Here." Seeing this, Zhang Hong suddenly reached a hand toward Dong Gu Nü, but it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, moving as slowly as a snail.
"Huff, huff." Dong Gu Nü gasped for breath as she slowly reached out.
Li Xiaoya had no choice but to stop and wait for the two women to clasp hands.
"Scrape, scrape, scrape." Ma Weiqi seemed unable to hold on much longer. Moving his limbs sluggishly, he continued climbing.
Smack! At last, Dong Gu Nü and Zhang Hong clasped hands, and light immediately