The two of them stepped beyond the energy radiation range of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and headed deeper into Sunset Forest. The scenery around them gradually departed from the realm of an ordinary forest—towering ancient trees seemed to have been twisted into knots by some invisible force, their branches warped and entwined, with fine spatial folds even visible on their bark. When sunlight pierced through the canopy, it refracted into seven or eight crooked patches of light in midair, as though passing through a shattered prism. Whenever the wind blew, sharp crackling sounds rang through the air, like thin ice breaking or space itself splitting apart. Every step felt as though they were treading on unstable duckweed.
"Do you feel it?" Dugu Bo suddenly stopped, lowering his voice as his wary gaze swept over their surroundings. "The space here is like a mirror that's been smashed to pieces, full of cracks and folds. That beast is hiding at the center of this turbulence, using the nature of space to evade us."
Wang Chuan tightened his grip on Nothingness. The resonance of his martial soul allowed him to vaguely sense the abnormal fluctuations in the surrounding space, as though countless eyes were peering at him from the void. After walking for roughly another half hour, they came upon a relatively open valley ahead. The ground was covered in a thin layer of moss, yet not a single insect could be seen. An eerie silence hung over the place.
Dugu Bo stopped at the edge of the valley, the faint purple poison mist curling around his fingertips trembling slightly. "It's here. That Void Dragon Butterfly is clever. Charging in headfirst will only let it escape through a spatial rift, and finding it again will be difficult." He turned to