Instead, they hovered in the heavens, continually scanning the land for the summoner.
The creatures below trembled in fear.
The blood tentacles stopped swaying and collapsed weakly onto the ground.
The red mist gathered together, forming a massive mountain in the shape of a humanoid creature. Even this monstrous formation hid itself, trying to avoid the judgment of the ancient halberds above.
The halberds remained in the sky, buzzing intensely as they searched for the culprit responsible for such a disturbance.
However, their search proved fruitless.
Eventually, one of the halberds grew indifferent and gradually returned to the space beyond the sky through the spatial tear.
But the halberd from which the divine entity had bitten a chunk remained behind.
Now that a piece of it was missing, it could not help but buzz with even greater exterminating might.
It was as though it were declaring that if it ever found the one responsible for this humiliation, that person would immediately suffer a horrible death.
At the same time, all the existences hidden within the world fell silent.
Every divine being that had concealed itself here chose to remain quiet.
Obviously, none of them wanted to provoke the anger of the sacred halberd.
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When Grey and Roxanne passed through the door, it instantly became unstable and collapsed behind them.
At the same moment, the reflection of the captain spat out a mouthful of blood.
Her expression became extremely pale, and her face turned downcast.
"The avatar has been destroyed. The halberds will be searching for us now..." the captain’s low voice echoed from the reflection.
Although Grey was still stunned by everything that had just happened, he simply nodded.
Roxanne also gradually recovered from her state of shock.
When they looked around them, they discovered that they were in a completely dark and empty space.
It was so dark that they could not even see what was in front of them.
Not even cultivators could pierce this strange darkness with their eyes.
Slowly, the eyeball in Grey’s hand began to emit a faint illuminating light.
The light was not particularly bright, but it was enough to allow them to see their immediate surroundings.
And what they saw left them confused.
From the corner of his eye, Grey could see ancient slabs of stone floating silently within the darkness.
Each of these slabs stood more than ten feet tall, and upon them were various murals and ancient inscriptions carved deeply into the stone.
But that was not all.
Within the darkness, countless thin threads pierced through the slabs of stone, holding them suspended in midair.
These threads converged together and extended far into the distance, disappearing into the endless darkness.
It was at that moment that the captain spoke softly.
"We are very close to obtaining what we came here for."
Her voice was calm, yet there was a clear trace of exhaustion within it.
"Roxanne, you shall obtain the divine fire I told you about. And Grey, you shall receive the eye, along with the increase in cultivation that I promised."
Clearly, all of her preparations had taken a heavy toll on her.
Moreover, her physical body had already been destroyed. Only her reflection remained within the eyeball in Grey’s hand.
And even that reflection was slowly beginning to fade.
Grey did not say anything and only nodded silently.
As for Roxanne, she remained quiet as well.
But even though the captain had said they could obtain the items they desired, they still had no idea how.
They did not even know where they currently were.
Moreover, her previous actions carried deep meaning.
For the captain to summon a divine entity that was nearly at the level of a god meant that she must have truly staked everything on this expedition.
She had not even hesitated to sacrifice her own body.
Grey could not help but feel that... there was far more to this situation than met the eye.