Metal dust swirled through the air.
That ancient metal gate, supposedly indestructible-
Now had a five-meter-wide hole blasted straight through its center.
The metal around the opening curled inward like shredded scrap paper, jagged and grotesque.
The members of the Zodiacs stood rooted to the spot.
Kanzai's Adam's apple bobbed.
He swallowed, but his throat was still painfully dry.
He looked at the ten-meter-thick alloy gate.
Then at the retreating figure in a Hawaiian shirt.
"Where the fuck did this freak come from?"
His voice had gone shrill.
"He punched through physical defenses on this level? You've got to be kidding!"
Ging stepped forward.
He touched the broken edge of the gate.
The chill against his fingertips instantly seeped into his bones.
"This metal is denser than any material we know."
Ging's brows drew tightly together.
He looked at Luo Ye's back.
This guy isn't even human.
Luo Ye kept both hands in his pockets.
His battered cloth shoes crunched over the metal debris.
He simply swaggered deeper into the Ruins.
Luo Ye did not even look back.
"What are you all standing around for?"
"Get in here. It's windy and sandy outside."
"If you get your boss's limited-edition shirt dirty, you can't afford to replace it."
Only then did the others snap out of their daze.
They followed Luo Ye through the huge hole.
The moment they stepped inside the Ruins-
Rows of eerie blue lights flicked on along both walls of the passage.
The cold light offered no warmth, but washed the entire broad passage a ghastly white, like a morgue.
An indescribable stale stench filled the air, as though something had been rotting here for centuries.
The passage was wide enough for four or five heavy trucks to drive abreast.
But what truly made their scalps prickle