"Look there." Taxis raised her hand stiffly and pointed forward.
Not far from the hut, I saw a four- or five-story tower half-hidden among the sand dunes, and the top flashed with a faint silver light, like a lighthouse guiding the direction.
"So it's... like this?" Xia Fan looked surprised.
"What's wrong?" Taxis asked in confusion.
"You mentioned before that no matter whether they successfully passed the dragon climbing challenge or not, none of the subjects could get out of the tower intact. This shows that the trial started very quickly and there was basically no time for regrets." Xia Fan said Guessed, "So you don't need to climb to climb the Dragon Tower. The trial has already started the moment you enter the stone hall."
Taksis blinked, "Then what is my trial?"
"I'm afraid it's the killer sent by the Mage Tower."
"..." She was stunned, "Is this okay?"
"As you can tell from the name, Dragon Climbing Tower can independently collect information about entrants. As for the content of the trial... Didn't the former challenger say that everyone faces different difficulties. If you have been attacked by accident It's too unreasonable to ask you to continue completing the trial despite being seriously injured." Xia Fan said plausibly, "This can also explain why the lights will gradually go out. It is actually a countdown reminder. When When the flame goes out, the challenge ends.”
Taksis didn't answer. She felt that her thinking could no longer keep up with the speed of the Easterners.
"There are three results. One is to die halfway, which means the challenge fails; the other is to persist until the lights burn out but cannot escape the danger, which is also a failure. And the last one is to complete the challenge before the fire goes out, which can be regarded as a success. The tower we see now is the real Dragon Climbing Tower."
"Then you mean... the exit is also there?"
"It shouldn't be wrong." Xia Fan nodded, "When we reach the real top of the tower, we will probably know where the end of this road is."
Taksis looked at him for a while, then suddenly chuckled.
"Uh... what are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing that these are obviously your conjectures, but you can say it so seriously, as if you know the essence of Dragon Climbing Tower better than the church's higher-ups." She paused, lowered her voice, "And... there's something inexplicable about it. You are so persuasive that even though you know you are telling nonsense, people still want to believe it."
Xia Fan was speechless.
It's really discouraging for such a reasonable inference to be called nonsense.
"But I think you are right about one thing." Taxis suddenly added, "The towers and flashes of light in the desert must not be without purpose. Although I have not experienced such a scene, I can still understand it. I feel the light calling me, so take me to the tower—where I believe all the answers will be revealed."
"Then catch me." Xia Fan put her only movable hand on her neck. Just as she was about to start running, the world suddenly shook!
The deafening roar came from far and near, causing the silent desert to suddenly boil. The gentle evening wind also became violent, and for a while, grains of sand were flying everywhere, as if a sandstorm was approaching.
"Is this also one of the challenges?" Taxis coughed.
Xia Fan looked at the night sky and saw a sudden crack running through the entire sky, and behind the dark sky was the gloomy and green earth.
"I'm afraid not..." He took a deep breath, "We have to tighten our grip."
…
Shortly after Olina flew out of the Holy See area with her younger brother, Wu Yue also came over with members of the envoy group.
"Miss Olina, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, how about you...can you contact Xia Fan or Miss Li?"
"No, there isn't even a signal in the message, it's all sizzling noise!" Wu Yue shook his head, "For safety reasons, we can't go back to where we're staying. We should go to the White Sands immediately and order all crew members to enter the battle. state."
This is undoubtedly the most correct judgment.
No matter what changes happen next, the city will inevitably be in chaos due to the rampant evil spirits.
"I'll cover you and rush to the dock area." Olina handed Orun to Wu Yue, "This is my brother... Please take him with you."
"Sister, I can help you too!" Oren said unwillingly.
"Come on," Olina rubbed his head angrily and amusedly, "Just the little three-legged cat spell you learned in the academy? Let's go back to the ship first. You still have a long way to go. .”
"Don't worry, I will definitely take good care of him." Wu Yue grabbed the boy and put it under his arm, "Everyone, move toward the dock!"
Olina flapped her wings again and monitored the team's situation from the air.
Strips of purple light appeared one after another above the city of Shila, and the sky at this time had become quite dark. The originally pure white sand of the "god" also showed a strange purple color, and its upper body was almost completely split into two. Half, the black shadow under the shell is as clear as the substance.
Now every ray of purple light means the soul of a believer flying to Hera, and their body becomes the raw material of charm.
As the light continued to decrease, the evil spirits' movements were no longer stiff and slow as they were at first. They began to hunt down those believers and civilians who were unable to resist. The screams could be heard one after another. A large number of people poured into the streets, heading towards the areas not yet covered by shadows. Escape.
This is also the place that Olina finds most bizarre—Hila City still has a large area of downtown and suburbs under the clear blue sky. Although the shadows are spreading, they are much slower than people running. This is also equivalent to giving people Pointed out the direction of escape.
At this moment, Hera suddenly rose upwards and raised a slender arm.
Such a large-scale movement is the first time since its arrival.
A very bad premonition suddenly arose in Olina's heart.
A black mist glowing with purple light condensed on its fingertips. The mist gradually condensed toward the center until it turned into an extremely round black ball.
Then the god pressed his wrist and pointed directly in the west direction of the city.
A beam of faint purple light shot out from the ball, crossing most of the city and city walls in the electric light and flint, and fell straight into a dense forest in the western suburbs!
What it is!
Olina is shocked! The speed of the purple light was as fast as thunder and lightning. When it passed over the city wall, the colorful flags and silks hanging on the wall suddenly burned. There was an obvious distortion around the light, as if the air was boiling with it, and the place where it fell was not an empty forest. A tall stone tower loomed, and ripples bloomed under the bombardment of purple light.
The woods and soil slopes around the tower turned directly into fly ash!