Chapter 263: Advancement to Second Ring (Qixi Festival Bonus Chapter)

His eyes fixed forward, Shard, who was running, suddenly vanished and reappeared 30 feet away. Due to another use of Lalleg's Leap, more cracks appeared around him; even the canopy overhead stood still, as if it too feared those cracks.

His figure vanished once again, and after three consecutive leaps, the number of cracks surrounding Shard had become utterly uncountable.

But this was enough; he had finally arrived at the platform holding the Divine Statue and the Holy Emblem. The glow from his fingertips illuminated more details in front of him, and he also saw the text on the metallic cubic box:

"This is a gift left for the children."

The Divine Statue was holding this box, and it seemed that the Blood of Mercury had tried many times but failed to snatch this Sage-Level Relic from the hands of the statue.