Alex and the two Xuan Luhei followed their guide through the cavernous hallways of the Black Tortoise palace, making their way to a different region from the one they had been to before.
Even the two beasts beside him made curious comments about never having come to this side of the palace before, which mostly only allowed Divinities and such to come through.
They arrived before a massive guarded room with a giant gate. The obsidian gates opened, revealing a massive cave-like room inside. Lingkai went through it first, and then gestured for the others to go in.
As Alex passed through the door, he found the water remaining outside, as the inside was another bubble of air. As he stepped in, all lingering droplets of water that were on his body and clothes were stripped behind as he fully walked in.
