Silence.
Black Cat crouched on Flower Umbrella, its face grave as it surveyed the surroundings.
Its ears twitched from time to time. Its eyes seemed to pierce the void, seeing many things that others could not.
Following its directions, Gu Qing Shan and the others flew slowly onward.
At last.
They left all the corpse pillars behind. Ahead lay nothing but empty darkness.
Howling winds raged through the darkness, sounding like the ceaseless wails of billions upon billions of souls.
"Meow!"
Black Cat let out a sharp cry.
Everyone immediately stopped and hurriedly retreated some distance.
"This wind seems a little too powerful," Lola said.
She casually tossed a metal shield toward the wind.
The shield flew forward and soon struck the wind.
Whoosh—
In an instant, the shield crumbled into drifting powder.
Before long, even the powder had vanished completely.
Lola's little mouth fell open in shock. She couldn't help saying:
"Could that be the Chaotic Tribulation Wind?"
"That's right. It is the Chaotic Tribulation Wind. You must never go near it, or no one will be able to save you," Oldest warned.
"Is there no way forward?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Everyone looked toward Black Cat.
Black Cat glanced at them disdainfully, then pointed its paw at the void to their left.
The void?
Everyone was at a loss.
Gu Qing Shan casually sent out a Sword Aura.
The lightning Sword Aura pierced through the void and streaked away at high speed.
There was nothing there.
Mountain Girl said, "Young Master, I think I can sense something."
"What do you sense?"
"I sense some hidden mechanism in that void, but I can't touch it."
"Can you cut it open?"
"I can, but that would completely destroy the mechanism."
"Then let's leave it be. It seems we're on the