Looking at the tarot card in his hand, it clearly depicted the Holy Lord, with a background of fierce flames, appearing extremely majestic and imposing.
"How do I use this thing?"
He fiddled with the tarot card, trying to inject the demonic power or dark energy within him into it to activate it. However, as soon as the dark energy touched the card, it was dispersed by an invisible force, and the demonic power was no different.
Just as all his attempts were repelled by the tarot card, Bai Qi looked at the Divine Radiance Mirror in his hand and recalled whether this object, similar to an Ultraman ring, could read this tarot card.
With that thought, Bai Qi inserted the tarot card into the ring of the Divine Radiance Mirror from the side.
"Authorization successful. Access granted."
The moment the tarot card passed through the ring, the previously indestructible card began to decompose into countless light spots. These then reassembled before Bai Qi, forming a huge wooden door.
Bai Qi did not rush to touch it but circled the wooden door twice first.
From any direction, it looked like an extremely ordinary wooden door.
He knocked on it, and the sound indeed confirmed it was made of wood.
Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, Bai Qi reached out, grabbed the doorknob, and gave it a gentle pull. The door actually opened.
Through the door, Bai Qi saw the scene inside.
Visually, the interior was very ordinary, indistinguishable from many wooden cabins.
Stepping through the door, Bai Qi discovered further that it was just a plain wooden cabin, and he could not sense any magical aura here.
What made Bai Qi feel a chill was that after entering the cabin, his connection with both the system and his dark energy became blurred, feeling as though it could be severed at any moment.
However, just as Bai Qi was preparing to retreat, he found that the door behind him had disappeared at some point.
"Since you're here, have a seat."
Just as Bai Qi was filled with dread, a voice reached his ears.
Due to his focus on the dark energy and the system, Bai Qi hadn't paid attention to the cabin's structure.
For some reason, upon hearing this voice, Bai Qi's panicked heart calmed considerably.
He looked in the direction of the voice.
In the center of the cabin was a long conference table, with four chairs on each side, totaling eight, made of black, unknown rock.
The speaker was sitting at the head of the conference table.
"You are... human?"
Bai Qi saw that the speaker was actually a man of ordinary appearance. While he could be considered handsome among men, no matter how Bai Qi sensed him, the result was the same: the man before him was an exceedingly ordinary human. Su Dan Novel Network
In such a situation, the more ordinary the person, the more wary Bai Qi became. Logically, a typical human would have been scared to death upon seeing a demon like himself. Even if not, they certainly wouldn't be sitting so calmly, looking him in the eye.
Especially his words just now, a single sentence that calmed his turbulent heart. Bai Qi did not believe an ordinary human could achieve this.
More importantly, Bai Qi noticed the change in his own body.
The Holy Lord was originally nearly three meters tall, and with the continuous reinforcement of dark energy, he had reached a terrifying height of nearly five meters.
Yet, in this ordinary little wooden cabin, Bai Qi felt no discomfort. His head did not hit the ceiling, nor did the floor collapse under his weight.
As Bai Qi attempted to approach the man, he found his height had become comparable to the other person's.
That's right, without realizing it, his height had shrunk from its original five meters to that of a normal human.
"Who exactly are you?"
The man did not answer Bai Qi's question but instead gestured for Bai Qi to sit and talk.
After Bai Qi sat down, the man began to speak, "Originally, I was just an ordinary person. From birth to adulthood, I was no different from those around me. Until I obtained a tarot card and entered what... how should I put it... a game. Some of the people playing with me quit, some died. Only a few of us, myself included, reached the end, becoming what I am now."
"As for my name, you can call me the Administrator, the Landlord, the Fool, or Dong Ji."
Under Dong Ji's words, Bai Qi inexplicably sat in the second seat from the left.
"Alright, Dong Dong Ji, can you tell me what this place is, what that tarot card is, and why I..."
"Why you can't feel your dark energy and system here, right?"
Before Bai Qi could finish, Dong Ji's words stunned him.
System? How could he know he had a system? Could it be that...
"Don't guess wildly," Dong Ji interrupted Bai Qi's thoughts and said, "Some things are more interesting when you find them yourself. If I told you the answers from the start, wouldn't it be boring? However, I can tell you that you can think of this place as a crack in the world, an independently existing alternate dimension. Through here, you can bypass the world's barrier and enter other worlds or the void. As for the tarot card in your hand, it is the key to entering here."
Just as Bai Qi was about to ask further questions, four more doors appeared around the wooden cabin.
The wooden doors opened, and familiar yet unfamiliar figures walked into the cabin.
"Yo yo yo, not easy, a newcomer has joined."
"It's been a long time since we had a newcomer here. I wonder how strong they are."
"Data analysis, very strong."
"This guy smells so good."
The four individuals took their seats, and Bai Qi, looking at the four who entered – no, he should say four beings – was astonished.
First, from the first door, came a hunched-over figure with a black iron rod on his shoulder, a guy with red and black colors, who walked with an arrogant swagger. This was not a human, but Belial, who had dealt a severe blow to the Land of Light.
The second door was entered by a handsome black-haired man.
But do not be fooled by his handsome face. Look further down, and you will see a scarlet vertical pupil on his chest, and behind him, a hard, large exoskeleton.
This person was the ultimate nemesis of Inuyasha, Naraku.
The third door was entered by a person wearing a long robe and a hooded cloak. When he removed the hood, he revealed a face no less striking than Naraku's, with golden hair and pale blue eyes that showed no emotion, giving a sense of holiness.
This was Karthus, the God of Death from the School of Death in the Super Seminary.
After entering, he merely glanced at Bai Qi before lowering his head and quickly proceeding to his seat.
Finally, the last to enter through the fourth door... when Bai Qi looked, the person was no longer there.
He turned back and found a large conch shell had appeared before him at some point.
"You smell so good."