A shattering sound followed.
Ripples spread through the void.
Li Chen stepped onto a road littered with Skeletons. As far as the eye could see, there were almost nothing but white bones, human heads, and heads that looked like Eerie Monsters. All sorts of bones were scattered on the ground.
A few murmurs occasionally drifted from the dark sky.
The void that had been torn open behind him slowly healed.
Li Chen frowned. "What is this?"
Even he himself hesitated, because shouldn't he have come to a much larger universe after leaving one?
Why is this place such a different world?
Moreover, judging from the human bone fragments found along this path of Skeletons, I wasn't the first to arrive here. Could it be that my universe is like a small world, contained within this Great World?
Just like in the world of cultivation, his own universe is everything in his eyes, but in the eyes of others it is just a small world, Secret Realm.
But if that's the case, does that mean all my previous suspicions were wrong?
Or perhaps these Skeletons were killed by Li Chen when he fled back to the original universe, but that was a long time ago, and judging from the aura of these Skeletons, they died no more than a thousand years ago.
Everything continues to develop in an unknown direction.
Li Chen walked slowly across the Skeleton, his gaze slightly darkening.
This place is like a mass grave, but why did I end up here after coming out of space, and where does this place belong?
Without knowing the details.
Li Chen naturally wouldn't easily reveal his identity; he could only take things one step at a time.
Suddenly, a series of chanting sounds came from above.
It sounded like the roar of a dragon.
Li Chen looked up and saw an enormous Bone Dragon circling in the dark clouds, and a woman with flowing hair and a very dashing appearance stood on the almost completely rotten head.
However, the moment Li Chen's gaze fell upon her, her eyes met Li Chen, her brows furrowed as if incredulous, and the Bone Dragon beneath her instantly swooped down.
Li Chen murmured, "Oh? A human? No... her body is very special. Although her life force is weak, it's there."
"However, it's surprising that dragons actually exist."
"Indeed, the Great World and the Small World are quite different and cannot be compared."
The Bone Dragon landed precisely in the open space in front of Li Chen, and the howling wind blew the bone fragments scattered on the ground all over the place.
Li Chen didn't reveal his aura, wanting to see how this world differed from his own. Killing this woman would be quite simple.
He did not perceive any threat from the woman.
It's just that this seemingly ordinary woman can actually control this Bone Dragon; it's unexpected... truly unexpected.
Before Li Chen could react.
Suddenly, a gust of wind came.
The woman kicked at Li Chen without any mercy, but Li Chen reacted much faster than her. Before he could even touch her, a large hand tightly gripped his ankle.
The woman swiftly attempted a spinning kick, aiming to strike Li Chen on the head. However, Li Chen squeezed her tightly, and before her foot could reach her, the woman was slammed into a pile of Skeleton hundreds of meters away.
Li Chen frowned, thinking to himself.
He almost used too much force; he was afraid the woman's small frame would die instantly.
However, the woman quickly crawled out, her tone slightly angry, and said in a coquettish voice, "Hey, why are you, Human Race, appearing in my Ghost Race's mass grave?"
"Are you out of your mind?"
"The Eerie Race?" Li Chen was silent for a few seconds, then his figure appeared before the woman in an instant like a ghost, and asked, "Are you from the Eerie Race?"
The woman had a somewhat arrogant air about her, and she glanced sideways at him with her large eyes.
In an instant, the Bone Dragon, which hadn't moved before, opened its massive jaws and lunged at Li Chen, but there was no sound of bones cracking or flesh tearing.
Under the woman's incredulous gaze.
Li Chen pressed down on the Bone Dragon's mouth with one finger, and the entire Bone Dragon turned into Black Water that dripped onto the ground, producing a series of corrosive sounds.
The woman stared in disbelief, muttering, "Oh no, we've run into someone important..."
After resolving this minor issue...
Li Chen looked at the woman in front of him with cold eyes and said, "I'll ask, you answer."
The woman nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at rice.
Li Chen asked the first question.
What kind of world is this?
The woman was somewhat bewildered. What kind of world was this?
Was he testing himself?
Or is this his first time visiting the Ghost Country?
After hesitating for a moment, she asked tentatively, "Is this your first time visiting the Ghost Country?"
"You still want to know about the Ghost Country?"
Li Chen pondered for two seconds and nodded. He then realized that he might have asked abruptly. After all, from his perspective, this was a completely new world, and the woman was a person living in this world. Naturally, she would consider herself Human Race and should know the general outline of the world.
My current identity cannot be revealed.
The best course of action is to flee. If this woman were just an ordinary person, he wouldn't recommend killing her, but being able to ride a dragon—is that really ordinary?
If this were commonplace, wouldn't dragons be no longer a rarity in this world, and everyone would keep them as pets? Obviously, that's unrealistic.
Moreover, there are two reasons why I am not killing her now.
First, it allows access to information about the world, both macroscopically and qualitatively.
Second, one needs a guide, so that one doesn't stumble around aimlessly.
The woman began to explain cautiously.
"The Ghost Country I inhabit was founded by the Ghost Race of the Underworld and ruled by the Nether Emperor and Ghost Emperor for ten thousand years. Although my Ghost Race harbors some resentment towards the Human Race, we have never waged war."
"Of course you should Human Race..." She stopped abruptly, looking at Li Chen with fear in her eyes.
"Go on."
The woman took a deep breath and said, "Human Race Greed and love war. Successive Ghost Emperors have issued decrees forbidding the Ghost Race Human Race. They are a warlike race, and the Nether Emperor is even more so."
"The same applies to the other five great empires."
"Oh? The Five Great Empires?" Li Chen suddenly asked, puzzled.
The woman frowned and said, "Hmm? You don't know about the other five great empires?" Suddenly, the woman became alert, and it seemed as if a dark flame was burning within her body.
All of this was clearly visible to Li Chen, but he remained indifferent and said, "I know nothing of the outside world. I awoke from darkness, and everything outside is like a vast ocean turning into mulberry fields. Everything I knew has long since vanished like bubbles."
"Right now, I just want to get information from the outside world."
"Of course, if you say... that today you are destined to be like the bones here, awaiting the test of time." A powerful aura suddenly erupted from Li Chen's body.
The woman's face showed horror; she thought to herself, "Could it really be an old monster?"
However, the concerns in my heart still lingered.
After calming down, she met Li Chen's gaze and said, "Ten thousand years ago, the ancient gods destroyed the entire Dimensional World, but it was also at that time that the six major races of the world stepped forward: the God Race, Nether Race Spirit Race, the Human Race, the Demon Race, and the Hidden Race."
"And it was precisely because of this that the Dimensional World escaped that calamity. In the end, the entire world was divided into six great empires, but consisted of seven continents."