A smear of fish-belly white rose on the distant horizon, then a stretch of rosy clouds surfaced along the skyline. Immediately after, streaks of red light pierced the clouds overhead and shone down among the mountains.
A young man and woman, both neatly dressed, stood halfway up a mountain, gazing at the empty sky ahead with tightly furrowed brows.
"That invisible barrier isn't aggressive, but its sealing power is beyond imagination. If it was set up by someone, then that person's Formation Attainment is beyond imagination." Qin Fengming recalled that terrifying impact from before, the one that had nearly shattered his bones, and lingering fear still gripped his heart.
"I saw a skeleton over there earlier. Let's go take a look."
The female cultivator's eyes suddenly lit up, and she spoke. The moment the words left her mouth, her figure had already pushed off and shot swiftly into the distance.
The two soon stopped before a cave. The cave had no door; it was a natural cavern. Inside the cave, a corpse sat cross-legged, its body slumped crookedly to one side.
The two of them had fought in this region for a long time, locked in a life-and-death struggle. Qin Fengming had been the one suppressed, and so he had darted wildly everywhere, every moment spent thinking how to dodge or withstand the female cultivator's attacks. Because of that, he had not noticed anything.
Hua Yiyi had held the initiative. Her attacks were unleashed with great ease, and she had time to see the surroundings clearly. She had sensed something, discovered this cave, and seen this corpse.
Qin Fengming looked at the cross-legged human skeleton in the cave, and an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart.
Clearly, this corpse had to be the remains of a cultivator, because what