Crisp footsteps echoed through the underground palace as Nether Spring frowned and hurried toward the teleportation array's control center.
"Cangwu Mountain's formation has always been concealed. Why did it suddenly activate today?"
"Which blind fool was it?"
After descending the final step, the sight of the spacious underground palace entered her eyes.
Yet as far as she could see, it was utterly empty, without a single soul in sight.
Nether Spring froze, nearly thinking her senses had been mistaken.
But upon seeing the fading light atop the teleportation array, she instantly understood.
"Someone did teleport over, and from the Northern Sea branch array at that. But where are they?"
She looked around, somewhat bewildered.
At the same time, within another void space.
Luo Chen, who had just arrived at Cangwu Mountain, was shifted here. Even though he had deliberately offered no resistance, this ability to move another person through thin air was far beyond what ordinary methods could achieve.
Luo Chen wore a complicated expression as he looked at the woman standing quietly in the void.
Her figure remained as tall as ever, her long legs firm and powerful. Her originally cold temperament had now become even more ethereal.
She stood there silently, her peerless face like that of a banished immortal maiden. Though clearly within this world, she seemed as though she might ride the wind away at any moment.
"You truly reached Spirit Transformation!"
Qing Shuang looked calmly at Luo Chen. "You've said that twice."
Luo Chen gave a bitter smile. He had indeed said it twice.
The first time had been a shocked question. The second had been helplessness after confirming it face-to-face. Perhaps only he himself knew the emotions contained within.
Once, he had regarded Qing Shuang as an imaginary enemy, a benchmark to chase!
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