บท 3616: Rush?

Without warning, new steps began to materialize, extending out from each step, creating individual paths leading upwards. These new steps appeared both left and right, forming a breathtaking extension of the staircase.

The extended stairs unfolded like the wings of a bird stretching throughout the horizon, leading towards the summit where the altar and the spatial vortex inside existed.

"What's going on?"

Many echoed their doubts.

This trial didn't give them a single hint, and they had to find everything using their own wits. It was fine if they needed to find everything and make sense of the trials by themselves, but the penalty was abnormally high. Those who tried attacking got death as their punishment, so there was no one brave or stupid enough to throw another attack.

"Bastard, Atsuo! You planned to drag us with you, didn't you!?"