Chapter 408: Light gate × Dragon Pond District × beyond the city
Everything went just as Joey had imagined. The moment they stepped off the isolated island, they began to float.
The force transmitted through the rope allowed them to rise steadily along with Ging. They could also use Nen as propulsion to speed their ascent.
Protected by their spacesuits, Joey and the others faced no threat at all from the environment outside the island.
As for Ging, who was walking up the stairs, every step he took was steady, as though gravity had no effect on him at all.
Actually, if Joey had been in his normal condition, he would also have chosen to climb the Gravity Staircase like Ging.
It was not that he thought there was anything wrong with flying. Rather, he wanted to experience the Gravity Staircase's effects firsthand and see how much he could withstand.
Unfortunately, he still needed some time to finish absorbing the nutrient solution and complete his breakthrough, so he could only ask Ging about it after Ging finished the climb.
They drifted slowly upward, and this time, nothing unexpected happened.
The monsters below remained obediently on the island. After rising to a certain height, Joey looked back and became even more certain of his idea.
This really was an isolated island.
An isolated island within a special space.
Looking into the distance, he could see an abyss stretching out of sight, with quite a few staircases leading skyward within it.
Perhaps the top of every staircase led outside, but each led to a different place.
At the center of the island, a gigantic tree was swelling continuously, with flames rising over it.
The sea of flames turned the sky over more than half the island crimson, while heat and thick smoke