Having left the area where they had confronted the Underworld Sovereign, only Li Wuyang and Xuan remained above the deathly silent Underworld Mountains. The Underworld death qi permeating the surroundings was still dense, but compared to the overwhelming might from when the Sovereign had flown into a rage, it could already be called "calm and peaceful." Yet Li Wuyang knew that beneath this calm, darker currents were surging. Though the Underworld Sovereign had temporarily withdrawn, the Soul Extinction Well was a vital place in the Underworld. After this disturbance, its defenses would surely become even tighter. The road ahead was destined to be far from smooth.
"Miss Xuan, we must act quickly." Suppressing the turmoil in his heart caused by Xuan's earth-shaking methods and Hongjun's appearance, Li Wuyang spoke in a deep voice. The most urgent matter was to obtain the Reincarnation Mirror Core and leave this place of conflict.
Xuan nodded lightly, her gaze turning toward the deeper darkness of the Eternal Night Wasteland, where the Soul Extinction Well lay. Her eyes remained clear, yet Li Wuyang keenly sensed an almost imperceptible... tremor and searching within them, as though something far away was calling to her.
The two did not delay any longer. They transformed into two barely visible streaks of light and sped northward close to the barren ground, toward the place where the deathly aura was thickest. The deeper they ventured into the Eternal Night Wasteland, the more perilous the environment became. The death qi here had nearly taken physical form, like viscous ink. Not only did it madly erode life force, it also began to twist space and perception. The murmurs of dead souls by their ears had become piercing howls, while warped illusions flashed before their eyes from time to time, seeking to drag the