Initial Universe, Chaos City.
Inside the City Lord's Mansion, outside the Chaos Stele chamber.
Kandri looked slightly taken aback as he watched Dongguan rush out.
He could clearly see a trace of lingering reluctance on Dongguan's face, just like everyone else's, but Dongguan seemed to have timed it perfectly, leaving the chamber the instant he called out.
Since Dongguan had already come out, Kandri naturally would not transmit his voice into his mind again.
His voice transmission had a limited range: the inside of the chamber.
"What did you think of this Chaos Stele?" Kandri asked.
"Very profound. I gained a great deal," Dongguan answered.
In fact, he had spent 700 days studying it, and had long since exhausted his previous accumulation in the Time Law and Space Law. But continuing to study and improve was still faster than cultivating normally outside, so he had kept studying, though he was no longer as absorbed as the others.
Moreover, with his consciousness accelerated a hundredfold, he had noticed immediately when the bronze doors opened, especially when Venerable Kandri called out.
Since he could not continue studying amid that "noise" anyway, he might as well come out sooner.
Looking at Dongguan, Kandri did not know what to say.
He was a Venerable, but not a Universe Master, and the avatar keeping watch had been weakened. He could not possibly see through Dongguan's Origin Core, avatars, or Time Acceleration.
In fact, if the Chaos City Lord had not examined Dongguan thoroughly on his first entry into Chaos City, even he might not have learned about those things.
The three reluctant people inside walked out clutching their heads.
"This is your first time studying a Chaos Stele, so let me remind you: once you find a residence and enter the Virtual Universe, you can