In the Giant Wood Forest, towering trees rose one after another from the earth. Saplings were almost nowhere to be seen here; every single tree required more than ten adults to encircle it with their arms.
Lush and verdant was no longer enough to describe this forest. Vast, primordial, savage—only such words could somewhat capture its scenery.
Boom!
Within this forest where trees grew with wild abandon, an earth-shattering boom suddenly rang out.
Flocks of birds were startled into flight, while the giant trees nearby trembled. It was a long time before countless leaves slowly drifted down from the heights.
"Hiss—cough, cough!"
At the source of the explosion, a disheveled young man crawled out of a pitch-black furnace.
He was clad in silver armor, his body covered in traces of congealed blood.
It was none other than Li Qing, who had just escaped from the Space Rift!
Bracing himself against the rim of the Black Furnace with one hand, Li Qing coughed violently. He looked just like a beggar at death's door.
"Luckily, only a few bones were broken, and my internal organs were shaken. I've merely lost some vital essence."
"Had I not brought out the Black Furnace at the critical moment, the consequences of this journey through space would have been unimaginable."
As he spoke, Li Qing could not help but shudder. He hurriedly looked at Shen Ningbing, who was still unconscious inside the Black Furnace.
They had successfully entered the Space Rift using the Void-Breaking Talisman earlier, but halfway through, the spiritual radiance protecting them from the spatial turbulence rapidly faded away.
Just as the spatial turbulence was about to tear both his and Shen Ningbing's bodies to pieces, Li Qing did not hesitate before taking out this sturdy Black Furnace from his Storage Bag.
The Black