Curving his middle finger, the Suffocation Blade sprang out in response, and Feng Xue finally confirmed that this thing hadn't been swallowed up due to the completion of the trial. Only then did he feel relieved and began to take a closer look at his surroundings.
At that moment, he found himself in a dim room that resembled a stairwell. The tall door behind him must be the entrance, but ahead, there was an ancient wooden door about three meters high. Beside him was a staircase spiraling upward like DNA, apparently representing the path to higher floors.
Yet for some reason, Feng Xue couldn't shake the feeling that the room wasn't quite real, more akin to the login space described in game novels.
"The previous trial space must also have been something akin to an illusion realm, just more realistic," Feng Xue surmised in his heart. He no longer harbored the idea of fighting all ten guards again, instead planning to explore the first level first.
