Chapter 647: Light on the Top of the Tower

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After running for several miles against the wind and sand, the tower half hidden in the sand dunes finally appeared in front of Xia Fan.

From a close distance, you will find that its size is not small at all. Its outline is similar to a four-sided cone. Except for the lack of a spire, it looks like a special pyramid. There is a long staircase on each of its slopes, leading directly to the top platform, and the silver light above is clearly visible.

At this time, the sandstorm is so big that it cannot be ignored. He has to cover his mouth when he speaks, otherwise his mouth will be filled with sand.

"We... are at the top of the tower now?" Taksis whispered.

"Nine out of ten are." Xia Fan looked up at the sky - after experiencing several earth-shaking roars, the cracks in the night sky became wider and wider. Through these cracks, he saw a burning scorched earth and the Ambergris River reflecting red light in the distance. Such a magnificent view is definitely not something you can see on the surface. From a bird's-eye view, it is basically the same as the tilted ancient stone tower.

"It turns out that the Dragon Climbing Road does not require climbing all the way up. You can also reach the top of the tower by walking flat... ahem... walking flat." The girl's eyes were full of sighs.

"So you have indeed completed the Dragon Climbing Assessment." Xia Fan climbed the stairs against the increasingly strong wind, and took the time to talk to her.

He noticed that Taksis's voice was getting weaker and weaker, and given her character, she was definitely not the kind of person who would give up easily, so simple encouragement was meaningless. He could only use constant conversation to improve her concentration, so as not to fall into shock completely at this time.

"With your power... it can also be counted?" She forced a smile.

"If the tower says it counts, then it counts." Xia Fan said confidently, "If anyone has any objections, let them tell the Dragon Climbing Tower themselves."

She glared at him angrily and amusedly, but did not continue to refute.

Soon, the two climbed to the halfway point, and saw that the top of the tower was within reach.

However, at this moment, a purple beam of light suddenly illuminated the entire sky - it passed through cracks, fell straight into the scorched earth, and then crashed into countless flashing streamers! What blocked it was a transparent barrier. Under the reflection of thousands of light points, you can see that the barrier extends from the ground to the top, as if wrapping the whole world in it.

Then came a more violent tremor!

Xia Fan finally knew why the tower was hit by waves of impact. No matter where the light beam came from, it meant that someone was attacking the Denglong Tower.

And this level of long-range attack is definitely not something that ordinary spells and artillery can achieve.

The tower can hold up until now, all thanks to the transparent barrier that blocks most of the impact, but from the increasingly wide cracks in the sky, it can be seen that this barrier is far from being able to do it with ease.

When it breaks, what will the stone tower become? This question can be guessed without thinking.

Thinking of this, Xia Fan speeded up his movements a bit - the only hope of getting out of the tower now lies on the top of the tower, and he must leave the Denglong Tower before the defense collapses!

But the violent vibration made it almost impossible for him to move. Every time he arched his body slightly, the wind pressure would suddenly increase a lot, and he had the illusion that he would be washed away at any time. At the same time, he was holding a dragon in his arms, so he couldn't stick his body completely to the stone stairs.

It was even worse.

As if to confirm his guess, the barrier that had been struggling to support it suddenly exploded half a breath before the purple light column disappeared!

The moment it shattered, the spark-like stream of light instantly engulfed the entire night sky.

Several deep cliffs suddenly appeared in the desert under their feet, sand dunes fell down, and dark red lava spewed out from the bottom of the gully.

In this devastating scene, the tower under their feet also began to overturn and sink, and the originally vertical stairs gradually turned into a straight road. Countless cracks spread on the stones, and the crackling sound continued. The whole stone tower was about to fall apart!

"Hold on to me!" Xia Fan didn't have time to think too much. He ran a few steps quickly, then slid out of the stairs with a leap, and slid directly on the slope of the tower with the help of inertia, and his speed increased several times instantly.

Takshis also understood her partner's idea. She stretched out the only hand that could still move, and turned her fingertips into dragon claws. At the moment when the two were about to fly over the top of the tower, she grabbed the stone wall!

Her fingers broke!

But this "anchor point" also slowed down the sliding speed of the two people.

At this moment, the top of the tower has completely overturned and become a vertical facade, and the center of the shining silver light is also exposed to them for the first time.

It is an object similar to an obelisk, with a round gem embedded at its bottom, and the shining silver light also comes from the gem.

"Is this really the exit?" Takshis's voice became a little anxious.

"We have nowhere else to go anyway!" Xia Fan took a deep breath, kicked his legs and jumped towards the obelisk, and when he was about to cross the obelisk, he used all his strength to climb the edge of the obelisk, immersing himself in the silver light.

At this moment, the surrounding noise suddenly disappeared.

Time seemed to stand still.

He felt the silver light flow into his mind like a tide, and was orderly arranged into cubes in the depths of his consciousness.

What is going on?

Since the Denglong Tower has the ability to create such a real illusion and send him from the bottom of the tower to the top of the tower silently, why not send him back now?

Could it be that... I really guessed wrong, and this lighthouse-like sand sea building is not the so-called exit?

Then what are these silver cubes?

Thoughts are like tentacles.

When Xia Fan had this thought, his consciousness was connected to the cubes.

The scene in his vision turned into a deep and incomparable darkness, and even Takxis in his arms disappeared. The only thing was the information that kept pouring out from the cubes.

Is this... the reward of the Dragon Tower?

No, Xia Fan realized that it was not as simple as transforming into a dragonborn - it was more like the essence of the Dragon Tower.

In the complex and vast information, he saw the details of his body that were constantly enlarged, as well as the information connected to it: muscles, bones, blood vessels, cells... and even deeper genetic coding information.

And he could not only see it, but also understand the meaning of this information.

Those coding fragments originally contained a large number of useless base pairs, but they had a new definition under the assignment of new information. By adjusting and reorganizing the fragments, they actually contained almost infinite possibilities.

What drives them is Qi.

Why are monsters born among humans, why are some monsters able to continue their existence, and why are some monsters only able to appear by chance, Xia Fan vaguely found the answer.