Hu Liena wanted to speak, but after calling out several times, she realized she could not communicate with Zhu Zhuqing at all.
The only thing she could still feel was Zhu Zhuqing's body heat.
She could only cling tightly to Zhu Zhuqing, terrified of becoming lost in the darkness.
The Moonshadow Armor stirred slightly, then slowly extended outward, wrapping Hu Liena inside it.
Zhu Zhuqing shifted, and Hu Liena settled onto her back.
In this dark space where no direction could be seen, it was like looking at the night sky with both eyes closed.
Once she had more or less figured out which way led up and which led down, she slowly began ascending.
It was not that she did not want to walk toward the light.
Rather, Zhu Zhuqing understood all too well that light did not necessarily mean light.
There had clearly been something wrong with that guardian earlier, and she did not want to take the risk.
Gods could be good or evil, too. If the other party truly wanted her to inherit the divine seat, they would never have treated her that way.
She used a little power of destiny.
The miraculous power of destiny traveled from Zhu Zhuqing toward the far end of the darkness.
What it conveyed back was the unknown.
Zhu Zhuqing had intended to use the power of destiny to sense whether any danger awaited atop the Thousand-Layer Stairway.
Her spiritual power could not extend beyond her body in this space at all.
Since she could not sense anything, she would simply keep climbing.
Zhu Zhuqing steeled herself and continued upward.
Step 350.
Step 360.
She counted silently in her mind.
When she counted the 388th step, no voice sounded in her mind announcing that she had completed the first trial