Geoffrey looked up. He stepped forward without hesitation.
Now that he'd come so far, what else was there to fear?
At the end of the Boundless Shock World, the staircase stopped in front of an ordinary stone door. In contrast with the rest of the exquisite Levitation Tower, the surface of the door was rough and unpolished.
Geoffrey did not stop to think it over. He reached out and pushed the door open.
The door creaked as it swung open.
It had not been opened for many years, but the rough material was still intact.
As soon as he saw what lay behind the door, Geoffrey paused, surprised.
Through the doorway was a space as rough and craggy as the door itself.
It was as though every inch of ground had been filled in with crushed, jagged stones.
The space inside the door belonged to the fifth-grade world. The Levitation Tower had become normal at this point. However, that wasn't Geoffrey's main concern.
"Where is the Heavenly Ring Staff?" Geoffrey asked, turning to face the little girl.
The little girl stood a step behind him, making no move to pass through the door. She did not have the right to enter the top floor.
"Go in and find it yourself," she answered, still feeling a sense of dissatisfaction towards Geoffrey.
Geoffrey nodded. He stepped into the room at the top floor and looked around him.
His gaze landed on a purple crystal pillar in the center of the space. He walked towards it, examining it closely. When he got closer, he saw that there seemed to be some wooden object embedded in the pillar.
His eyes lit up as he realized what it was. "This is the Heavenly Ring Staff!"
The staff had a strange, unwieldy shape, which was why Geoffrey hadn't recognized it immediately.
However, since it was the only object of note on the top floor of the Levitation Tower, it must be the Heavenly Ring Staff.
Geoffrey felt as though he was about to burst with excitement. He'd finally found it. Right now, this was the most important thing in the world to him.
He moved back a few paces and raised his left hand, spreading his fingers. At the same time, he balled his right hand into a fist, allowing energy to flow through him. He sent a blast of power towards the pillar.
The blast crashed into the purple crystal.
But there was no boom, only a faint, muffled sound.
The purple crystal pillar was completely unharmed by the blast. It had not moved an inch, nor had it sustained any cracks or other damage.
Geoffrey was taken aback. He prepared to use several more theurgies to obtain the staff from inside the pillar.
With his cultivation base as a True God, he was powerful in the universe. But he was weak in the divine land, let alone in this fifth-grade world.
He displayed his full power and pushed himself to the limit, but it was no use. The purple crystal still stood there. He could not even leave a single scratch on the pillar.
Geoffrey stopped to assess the situation. He realized that he simply wasn't strong enough to get the staff within the pillar.
"It's a pity that Elder Xue couldn't hold on any longer, '" he muttered to himself. "If he had managed to come here with me before he died, he could have broken open the pillar since he had the physical body of the Elemental race."
Geoffrey returned to the door, deciding to ask the little girl for help.
After all, she was the guide of the Levitation Tower. She might not help him, but it was worth a shot. It had not been easy for him to reach the top floor of the tower, and he was unwilling to give up after all his effort. He needed to find a way to break the pillar.
Unfortunately, the little girl seemed puzzled, and unable to offer any direct solution. "This is beyond my abilities," she said. "I can't enter this door, and I don't know how to unravel what's inside. But I think that Clarence, in his infinite wisdom, would never leave you in a dead end. Try to explore further and search for clues inside."
Geoffrey was disappointed at the vague answer, but still, what she said made sense. He reentered through the doorway of the top floor.
He glanced around again. "Except for the purple crystal pillar and these rough stones, there is nothing else... So, since I can't break the purple crystal pillar, I must find the answer in these rough stones," he mused.
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