Without the slightest hesitation, the muscles in his legs swelled, golden lightning instantly intertwining with silver-blue magic power as he prepared to use Extreme Blade Flash to leap off the strange platform.
But the instant he pushed off, he felt the footing beneath him vanish. The solid wooden floor had turned into a hole in an instant. Rokuya's feet plunged through it, leaving half his body trapped in the floor.
With nothing to push against, the power he had been about to unleash was forcibly interrupted, making it impossible for him to jump.
With half of Rokuya's body trapped in it, the platform shot upward at a furious speed. The layers of buildings overhead had been moved aside at some point. Soon, the platform finally came to an abrupt halt at an immense height.
Rokuya hauled his body out of the hole in the floor. He quickly stood, gripped the Shura Blade in both hands, and warily surveyed his surroundings.
The sight before him made his brows knit tightly. None of the tangled houses, corridors, or stairways common in the Infinity Castle were here.
The surrounding space had been completely cleared out, leaving a vast, empty area. Only this lone platform remained beneath his feet.
Rokuya walked to the edge of the platform and looked down. Through the faint light below, he could see that the people who had just gathered had become tiny black dots. This platform was at least several hundred meters above the ground below.
Even more troublesome was the fact that only a single, extremely slender wooden pillar supported the platform. It was covered in sharp wooden spikes, making it impossible to descend quickly by climbing down it.
Rokuya immediately understood Muzan's sinister intentions. Muzan must have already recognized the threat he posed and knew that