Chapter 4108 The Red Stairs


    On the huge pir, Geoffrey was climbing the steep staircase step by step.


    In actuality, climbing up the huge pir was a veryplicated thing.


    Every one thousand steps, there would be a statue blocking his way.


    When it came to the rotten and scrapped statues, he dealt with them with ease. He only needed to


    carefully pass them without making any contact.


    However, the intact and mobile ones were great trouble.


    Every time Geoffrey encountered a statue that could move, he would forcefully pull the rope that


    connected him and Ziya.


    Then, at the foot of the pir, Ziya would pull Geoffrey down from the pir.


    Ziya wasn''t able to clearly see what was happening on the pir, so he was there as a support for


    Geoffrey.


    Fortunately, he could still control his physical strength very well.


    So whenever Geoffrey would be in danger, Ziya would immediately drag him down. And before he hit


    the ground, Ziya would firmly catch him.


    When the statues started chasing after them, they would run towards the nearest cave.


    However, the mobile statues were tenacious. Once they locked on their targets, they wouldn''t give up


    easily until they were destroyed.


    They circled down the stairs and chased after Geoffrey into the nearest world.


    After several attempts of repeating the same process, Ziya realized that they were up for a long-term


    battle. Thus, he decided to put up a big array at the entrance of the world.


    Geoffrey and Ziya entered the array first.


    When the statues chased after them and entered the array, the array was instantly activated.


    Streaks of golden lightning burst out from all directions and pierced into the weak parts of the statues.


    Crack! Crack!


    The statues were charred by the bolts of lightning, but they still weren''tpletely destroyed. With that,


    Ziya took out his God Lashing Whip.


    He let out tens of thousands of golden whip shadows,shing out the solid statues until they finally


    disintegrated.


    "Fortunately, the statues have been corroded over time, so they were quite easy to destroy," Ziya said


    after crushing the statues to pieces.


    The powers possessed by the statues in the past were absolutely greaterpared to what they were


    experiencing now. Even Ziya couldn''t fully resist them.


    After destroying the most recent statue, Ziya noticed a frown on Geoffrey''s face. "What''s wrong?" he


    asked.


    "I''m just tired," Geoffrey answered as he let out a sigh.


    Personally, Geoffrey didn''t have a persistent attitude.


    Back then, he just came to explore the four pirs because he found them really interesting.


    At first, he was fascinated by what he found out about it.


    He could control other people''s Other Shore Tokens at will, and he could climb up the stairs. He


    wondered what he would encounter if he was able to climb up to the top of the pir.


    He also thought that if he could find his father''s Other Shore Tokens there, he would have the


    opportunity to change them to more powerful ones. He was excited to know how his father would react


    when he found out that his Other Shore Tokens were upgraded.


    But all of that was just his wishful thinking. The reality that he found out was so much different from


    what he imagined.


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    The pir was too high that he couldn''t say for sure if he would be able to reach its top.


    In the beginning, Geoffrey was still counting the steps that he had climbed.


    Whenever he had climbed about one thousand steps, he would encounter the statues that would attack


    the intruders.


    Since he had no means to defeat the statues, he would pull the rope and descend to the bottom, and


    then he would let Ziya deal with the statues.


    After the statues were sessfully destroyed, he would continue climbing up.


    The higher he climbed, the longer it took him to get back when a statue started attacking.


    There were even times when he had mistaken a stationary statue for a mobile one. Because of that, he


    identally pulled the rope, so Ziya immediately dragged him down. In those cases, he really regretted


    wasting so much energy and effort.


    The process was getting so boring.


    Geoffrey, who was the one climbing the pir, was already running out of patience and wanted to give


    up.


    Surely, Ziya also knew about that.


    He knew how tiresome and dangerous it was.


    However, the fact remained that the pir could control the Other Shore Tokens in the chaos.


    Its importance was very evident.


    "We''ve been here for a long time, huh?" Ziya sighed. "I know it''s tough for you, but—"


    "Yes, I know," Geoffrey interrupted him before he could finish his sentence.


    Then, he grabbed the rope that was lying on the ground and climbed up again without saying anything.


    Ziya was surprised at first, and then a faint smile appeared on his face.


    Over the years, Geoffrey had always acted on his own and rarely epted any responsibility.


    This was totally new to him, but at the same time, it was the perfect training.


    While he climbed and fell repeatedly, he eventually learned how to be patient.


    He also learned how to see the positive side of what they were doing.


    In fact, there was an interesting feat that could be seen when he climbed up the pir.


    The pages were connected to many Other Shore Tokens. Through the silk threads on these pages, he


    could witness what was happening on the Other Shore.


    Once, he saw a group of humans through the rays of light on the stairs.


    He triedmunicating with them, but he got no response.


    So, he realized that the rays of light could only project the scenes from the Other Shore, and they


    couldn''t transmit his voice.


    What he could do was upgrade their Other Shore Tokens by changing the rays of light.


    However, there were too many Other Shore Tokens in there, and they came in various forms.


    They were in the form of sand, a leaf, a stone, and generally anything else.


    There were so many creatures residing on the Other Shore, so it was simply unrealistic to check them


    one by one. With that, he also gave up looking for the ones possessed by Zen.


    Therefore, as time passed by, Geoffrey started ignoring the Other Shore Tokens and just kept climbing


    to the top.


    When he climbed to a certain height, he noticed that all of the statues guarding the pir were almost


    rotten, and they no longer chased him.


    Thus, his determination got a boost, and his speed steadily increased.


    A few months had passed, and Geoffrey was now able to reach such a great height.


    He stuck his head out of the stairs and looked up. He wanted to check if he could already see the top of


    the pir.


    Finally, he saw that he was quite near. It was still high, but already achievable.


    He also tried to look down the pir.


    However, he couldn''t see anything except for the rope that was hanging. After all, he was already at


    such a great height.


    He and Ziya were only connected by this rope.


    Then, he suddenly thought that if the rope had extended to such a great length, it should have be


    very heavy by now. But he noticed that it was still the same.


    A strange thought came to Geoffrey''s mind, so he looked down again and tried to inspect the rope


    more intently this time.


    His expression suddenly changed as he realized that his guess was actually true. He saw that the rope


    was torn apart.


    But Geoffrey was so busy climbing, so he didn''t know when it broke.


    ''This is bad. Should I go back?''


    However, as soon as this thought entered his mind, he shook his head and pped his cheeks with


    both hands.


    Although he still felt tired, he realized how he had worked so hard to climb this height. It would all be in


    vain if he retreated now.


    He still had great confidence that there were no more statues that were going to chase him, so he


    convinced himself to climb all the way to the top and have a look at what was waiting for him there.


    Finally, Geoffrey made up his mind and continued climbing up the stairs without Ziya''s protection.


    In the upper half of the pir, he noticed that the rays of light shining upon the stairs had gradually


    be scarce.


    Previously, the light was densely distributed to every step. But now, every stair only had about one or


    two rays of light on them.


    There were still extraordinary Other Shore Tokens at the end of the light, but Geoffrey just continued to


    move up.


    After climbing for a few more days, he was now very close to the top of the pir. Then suddenly, he


    noticed that the color of the stairs beneath his feet had changed.


    The previously gray-colored stairs glowed bright red.


    Moreover, on these bright red-colored stairs, there was no more light shining on them.


    "The absence of light means that there are no Other Shore Tokens connected to them," Geoffrey


    muttered as he observed the stairs.


    On the side of each stair, there were still many small ck stones, but none of them was emitting light


    anymore.


    As he continued to climb, the stairs that he had stepped on all became bright red in color, and there


    was still no light on them.


    But after about five or six stairs, he finally saw a ray of light from one of the stairs.


    The previous ones released an orange light, while this one emitted a bright red light.