"I agree, it seems to have a peculiar charm for you..."
He couldn't help but frown.
Duan Chen retreated far from the opened door, almost half his body exposed to the outer monsters. These shadowy figures, seeing Duan Chen approach, didn't roar. Instead, their eyes, filled with both covetousness and fear, turned in unison towards Jun Ci, who was still inside.
No...
It wasn't Jun Ci.
It was the door beside Jun Ci.
"We can't just leave this door. Although it looks damaged, tattered, it actually has an additional function."
Jun Ci's tone was serious. He said, "Just now, this door was attracting you, actively urging you to push it open."
"If we don't resolve this, others might descend after us. What if you're not an anomaly, but merely rare and uncommon, and others can also push open this door?"
"We don't know what lies behind this door. It could be a great terror none of us would want to face."
What Jun Ci said was not without reason.
In fact, Duan Chen understood more clearly than anyone the evident truth in Jun Ci's words.
His own heart harbored worries. If, after him, others were to rush in and push open this door, it would bring an unknown amount of bloodshed and slaughter to this secret realm.
Furthermore, before this, the Magician had been lingering here.
It was clear he had some intentions regarding this door.
"Isn't there any way to destroy a door?"
This question, simultaneously, arose in the minds of Duan Chen and Jun Ci.
They were both thinking about the exact same thing.
However, this was precisely the problem that, up to this point, remained unsolved.
If there had been a way to destroy a door, Old Zhang wouldn't have had to guard that door so desperately, only to ultimately sacrifice his life protecting it.
Now.
A new successor had appeared, replacing Old Zhang, guarding that door.
Even though the door had been opened once before, it still required guarding.
Because no one knew how much the door would be opened the second time.
Would it be just a crack, like last time, or would it be fully opened, revealing the world behind it?
The world behind the door... was a world that normal people could not enter. If the door remained open, the world behind it would invade the world outside, gradually merging.
The outer world and the inner world would have no more barriers.
By that day, anomalies and aberrations would no longer be mere numbers, nor would they be rare and uncommon things.
The mortal world would become an inferno.
A paradise for ghosts and monsters.
It was a scene that all humans would dread.
Therefore, to prevent such a thing from happening, countless humans had been striving, one after another, to stop the door from being opened.
"To completely destroy a door would likely be quite difficult."
In the end, Duan Chen did not easily step forward to try.
Even though this door looked half-broken, he did not test it carelessly.
What if his attack did not further damage the door, but instead provided it with power, allowing it to be repaired? That would be interesting.
"You're right... but we can't just leave this door here."
Indeed.
Hearing Jun Ci's words, Duan Chen nodded, acknowledging his point.
No matter what, having discovered the door, it absolutely had to be sealed properly.
The door...
"I suddenly have an idea, I want to try it. I don't know if it will succeed. You step back, be ready to leave at any moment." Duan Chen suddenly said.
His gaze fell upon the surrounding monsters, and he spoke cautiously.
"If I'm not mistaken, these monsters are coveting this door, and at the same time, they fear its power, which is why they dare not approach, nor are they willing to leave."
"If I can truly take this door away, they will absolutely swarm us. At that moment, we in the middle will be in a very passive position."
Jun Ci nodded seriously, accepting Duan Chen's words well.
He thought for a moment, then took out a length of nylon rope, specially treated and enchanted.
He tied one end of the rope to his waist and the other end to Duan Chen's, testing the rope's strength before nodding with satisfaction.
"Don't worry, I have an idea now."
Seeing him like this, Duan Chen didn't say much.
He frowned, looking down at the door lying at his feet, his brow furrowed slightly.
If it were a complete door, he might not dare to try.
But if it was just a door like this, already damaged, on the verge of collapse, and possessing an unimaginable allure for him.
No matter what, Duan Chen had strong intentions regarding this door.
He wanted to take the door away.
And he absolutely had to take the door away.
Otherwise, if it remained here, one didn't know when the Magician would return. When they were away, if the Magician found a way to open this door...
"Let's try..."
Duan Chen spoke softly, unsure if he was talking to himself or to Jun Ci.
He extended a hand, aiming it at the ebony-framed door lying on the ground before him.
At this moment, a dense, spatial energy gathered in his hand. Using the spatial ring on his hand, Duan Chen released the energy.
This was not his own strength, but energy drawn from the spatial ring and amplified. The amplified spatial energy condensed into a fragile, small space.
Within this fragile small space, Duan Chen exerted force and drew the door lying on the ground into it...
As the door was drawn in, he could clearly see it shimmer on the ground, like an old black and white television flickering, as if stubbornly resisting.
But in the end, Duan Chen spat out a mouthful of blood. The door could not withstand Duan Chen and was directly absorbed.
However, this was followed by terrifying consequences...
With a cough, he collapsed to his knees on the ground.
But it didn't end there, because when the monsters discovered the door had vanished, they all seemed enraged, roaring and charging forward.