The "Ascension Ladder" ritual has been interrupted!
Gu Qingshan held the card, looked solemnly at Wu Xiaode, and said:
"Little Wu."
"—Let me end all of this," Wu Xiaode replied.
He reached to take the card, only to see Gu Qingshan suddenly struck by something, his whole body sent flying.
The Blood Sea erupted with a monstrous wolf.
Gu Qingshan was hit with a single blow, sinking to the bottom of the Blood Sea, unable to resurface for the moment.
Xia Huilan appeared on the bamboo raft.
She held the "Eternal Egg" in her hand, satisfied, and said:
"Did you think you could steal it?"
With that, she flickered away from the Blood Sea World and returned to the top of the Bronze Holy Pillar.
Xia Huilan held the card and whispered an incantation.
"Come on, the ritual continues," she whispered.
After waiting a moment, the card in her hand showed no change, and the power of the entire ritual continued to dissipate, not reactivating.
