Chapter 3352
This was an ancient-looking structure shaped like a gigantic wine vessel.
It was cast entirely from dark, magic-tempered brass, occupying an enormous area as it rested quietly at the center of the giant pit. The structure narrowed at the top and broadened below, its curves rounded and weighty. Its lid rose slightly at the joint, like an inverted bowl.
The brass walls were embossed with intricate Magic Runes of mountains, rivers, beasts, the sun, moon, and stars, while the engraved sections outlined vivid forms of creatures with feathers, fur, scales, and shells, as though a miniature epic of nature had been inscribed upon them.
Eight enormous arched gates had been evenly opened around the structure, corresponding to the eight major directions. Before each gate stretched a broad, level dragon-shaped passage—these "dragon paths" were no ordinary roads. They had been laid with a mixture of pure magic power, dragon bones, and Waghar's lingering vital essence, emitting a steady pale golden glow. Like eight solid bonds, they forcibly connected the building to the breaks in the eight largest and most robust surrounding mountain ranges.
The direction from which Xiao Xiao had arrived corresponded to the southwest dragon path.
He drifted down like a wisp of green smoke, landing lightly at the start of the dragon path. The ground beneath his feet felt warm, smooth, and solid, giving him the sensation of stepping upon a dragon's back. After landing, Xiao Xiao first bent over and removed the Jia Ma Talisman hanging from his leg.
Then he straightened up and took a deep breath.
As he walked inward along the road glowing with faint radiance, all the chaos, noise, and unease of the outside world seemed to be cut off by an invisible barrier, rapidly fading away. When he passed through the