By the time they snapped out of it, they realized that their surroundings had brightened up. They were no longer in the dingy underground palace but a grand city. There were towering city walls and grand city gates right before their eyes, emanating an air of ancient majesty.
“Holy shit, how in the world is it this big?!” exclaimed Zu An.
Qiao Xueying’s face reddened.
This pervert. Staring at a person’s breasts. Hm? Wait a moment, how could there be a big-breasted woman inside the seal?
She quickly raised her head to take a look, but there was no one in her line of sight aside from Zu An. It was then that she noticed that he was looking at the sky, so she quickly followed his line of sight, only to freeze up in the next moment.
Right before the city gates stood twelve humongous copper giants gleaming with a golden light. They stood in two rows before the city gates, facing one another. They were already ten meters tall in a sitting position, and their feet looked to be at least two meters long. Their very presence felt incredibly intimidating.
Qiao Xueying subconsciously leaned a little closer to Zu An before her heart would calm down a little. “How do we break this seal?”
Zu An pondered for a moment before replying, “Since it’s called the Human Seal, it should be safe to assume that it has something to do with humans. I don’t see any signs of humans in the surroundings surroundings though… Do we have to enter the city in order to trigger the event?”
Qiao Xueying contemplated for a moment before nodding in agreement. “Let’s enter the city to take a look then.”
Judging from the tremendous height and span of the city walls, they could already imagine just how prosperous the city would be.
However, when they finally walked up to the city gates, they realized that they couldn’t open it no matter how they pushed.
One must know that Zu An’s strength was at least half a ton now, which should have been more than enough to open this city gate. Yet, despite the two of them exerting their forces in unison, the city gate wasn’t budging at all. They tried knocking too, but there was no response.
“Let me try flipping over the city wall to take a look.”
Qiao Xueying took several steps back before running forward and leaping upward toward the top of the city wall.
While fifth rank cultivators were still incapable of flight, they could easily cover great distances with their leaps, reminiscent of the qinggong[1] often seen in wuxia novels. Considering how she had even built up some momentum before her leap, she should have been able to easily get to the top of the city wall.
Yet, to her surprise, she realized that she was only able to reach half of the height of the city wall even at the highest point of her leap.
So, she tapped her foot on the side of the city wall to make a second leap. At the same time, a vine shot forth from her sleeves to head for the top of the city walls.
But to her astonishment, the city walls suddenly grew even taller, resulting in her constantly being stuck at the halfway point of the city walls no matter how high she tried to climb.
In the end, she could only give up and leap back down. “There’s something amiss about this city wall.”
Zu An had also witnessed the shocking sight earlier, so he understood what she was referring to. He took a moment to think things through before suggesting, “Should we try ramming the city gate down?”
With their combined strength, they should be able to exert a force comparable to those ancient battering rams commonly used for fortress sieges.
“Shoo, I’ll do it!”
After her earlier failure, Qiao Xueying was anxious to restore her reputation before Zu An. Her hair began to flutter along with the wind, growing longer and longer before abruptly darting toward the city gates.
Zu An had personally tasted the prowess of her ‘hair whips’ before. It was powerful enough to even tear apart the walls of his residence as if they were made of paper. Given her prowess, it should be more than enough to smash a hole into the city gate.
But unexpectedly, when her hair finally rammed onto the city gates, a resounding ‘bam’ echoed, but the city gates still wasn’t budging at all..
“Hm?” Qiao Xueying was stunned.
Unwilling to accept the outcome, she wanted to give it another try, only to be stopped by Zu An. “Stop. Look behind you.”
Qiao Xueying quickly turned around, only for goosebumps to rise all over her arms. The twelve copper giants who were standing in two rows facing one another earlier had all turned their gazes toward them.
These copper giants started rising to their feet, their height growing to over twenty meters in height. With huge strides, they began making their way toward the two of them.
The ground shuddered under their heavy footsteps, as if an earthquake was currently rattling the earth. Zu An gulped fearfully as he remarked, “Bloody hell… Are copper giants considered ‘humans’ too?”
1. A terminology used in wuxia novels to refer to superhuman movement skills