Sure enough, as the two raced forward, they encountered more and more fallen Demon Beast Skeletons, all shattered by powerful divine abilities, swordsmanship, and demon aura...
Clearly, Red Dragon Girl and the others who had arrived first had already encountered the Ascension Immortal Palace's defenses...
These Demon Beast Skeletons came in all shapes and sizes, their surfaces covered in mysterious, profound red runes. Their red glow had dimmed after they were shattered, but judging by their lingering auras, some secret method must have refined them into puppet-like beings.
Judging by the auras they gave off, these Demon Beast Skeletons should have possessed combat strength approaching the Golden Core Stage...
Of course, that little bit of strength was nowhere near enough to stand against Blackwater Old Devil and the others...
Sure enough, countless Demon Beast Skeletons lay fallen ahead, representing all sorts of Demon Beasts. Ye Han could not even recognize some of them, but all had been destroyed. That saved him and Fairy Ningyu a great deal of effort; they only needed to race forward.
Soon, they reached the end of the passage, where another passage spiraled upward. Railings lined both sides, with faint strands of runic spirit light forming a barrier.
Beside it, another spiraling staircase led downward. They could see a haze of spirit light swirling below...
Fairy Ningyu asked, "Junior Brother! Do we go up or down?"
Ye Han frowned and carefully sensed the mutually resonating rune stone Red Dragon Girl had given him. He could clearly sense that she should have been somewhere diagonally above them...
Logically, they should have taken the stairs upward.
But Ye Han noticed a claw mark on the floor of the downward staircase, seemingly left by a stray attack. Traces of demon aura lingered on it, and they felt like the