âYou know how to get out?â
Susan was surprised. âThatâs great! I really donât want to stay here any longer. This is definitely not the
same tomb that Iâve entered last time.â
âYep!â Quincy nodded in agreement. He didnât want to stay any longer either.
âWeâve risked our lives coming in here, yet we didnât manage to get anything. This isnât even a tomb.
This⦠I donât even know where we actually are now!â
Zayne let out a sigh as well. He had only agreed to come because he wanted Alex to help saving his
godbrother. However, he didnât mention the other reason he had come.
When he last came in here, he noticed some tracks of the Drifter clan. He wanted to confirm this once
more, thinking he could find the other half of the skill book. Too bad that they ended up entering
another place, so it was simply impossible for him to find that book.
âLetâs go! â Alex said as he led everyone as they retraced their footsteps and ended back at the place
where the water brought them down.
âWhy are we back here? This place is way too high to climb! Is that water going to rush back down
again?â Quincy asked.
Dorothy was confused too. âYeah, and when did you find out how to get out of here?â
Alex replied, âThe Goddess of Mercy sits down in her skirt while the Genbu carries the green sky on its
back. The skirt is probably a metaphor for the lotus in the pond, right? Doesnât the Black Soul Lotus
look similar to the one the Goddess of Mercy sits on? And the formation blueprint here is called the
Breaking Point. The Breaking Point correlates to the star sign of Genbu, the legendary beast. Now, look
at this place. Doesnât it look like Genbuâs shell?â
Everyone bowed their heads and realized that it really did look like the shell of a tortoise.
In reality, Alex had already noticed this when he was solving the formation blueprint a while ago. In the
middle of the blueprint was a keyhole, but he had no idea what it was for back then. Now that he had
seen the keyhole of the teleportation circle, he understood its purpose immediately.
The token in his hand was not just the key of the teleportation circle. It was used to control the
forbidden grounds of the tomb.
Anyone who possessed this key was equivalent to the tombâs owner.
However, Alex didnât want any outsiders to find out that he had the key, let alone let anyone finding out
that William had left this key because he had another plan in mind.
That was why he first messed around with the blueprint on the ground and inserted flows of spiritual
power into it while releasing large amounts of his mental power.
At that moment, everyone apart from Dorothy felt as if their ears were ringing and their heads spinning.
Alexâs mental power was so imposing that they couldnât even stand straight. They had to support
themselves by holding onto the stone wall.
Just as the light shone brightly from the circle, Alex immediately took the key out and shoved it into the
keyhole, unlocking it. After doing so, he took it out and placed it into his pocket.
Klink-Klang!
The sound of gears grinding in a machine filled the air. Suddenly, the platform that they were standing
on rumbled and started elevating slowly.
âAh!!!â
âI understand now! Genbu carries the green sky! Weâre the ones being carried!â
The platform wasnât all that spacious, hence it was quite crowded with the size of their group. As it rose
to the sky, it shook quite a little too.
Everyone immediately squatted down and held onto the edges. This was to prevent them from being
pushed down by accident and meet their doom.
Quincy was still quite startled as he shone his flashlight to the ground beneath them, realizing that it
was becoming more distant. âThis place is way too high. How did Trevon not die from such a fall?â
Freya replied, âCultivators have lots of unimaginable skills, so itâs not surprising, honestly. Even if I
were the one who fell in there, Iâd have found a way to prevent death! But for you, however, all that
awaits you is death.â
Upon hearing this, Quincy felt as if his heart had been crushed by millions of boulders. He really
wanted to push this woman off the platform.
However, he knew that Alex would definitely be the first to kill him off if he really did so.
The platform continued to rise, and they managed to reach the side of the tower where they fought the
ghost emperor. Despite all that, the platform didnât stop elevating, shocking everyone to their core.