Drip, drip.
Blood kept falling.
A blurry black shadow crouched on the ceiling above Gu Qingshan.
It let out a long tongue, wrapped it around Gu Qingshan's neck, and slowly tightened its hold.
Gu Qingshan remained unmoved, instead wearing a thoughtful expression.
An unknown spirit had used a Boundary Art to pull him into some kind of special world-boundary.
It looked rather dangerous.
But in reality, the card "Boundary Art: Dark Inviter" was neither an Inner World card nor a World Art constructed through Card Combination.
Ultimately, the card's power was limited.
So Gu Qingshan hadn't acted at once.
—He himself had mastered two genuine World Arts.
The first was Parallel Void Dream Art;
The second was Time Retracing Technique.
Gu Qingshan had gained some experience constructing special worlds, so when he entered an unknown world-boundary, his first thought was to probe the properties of its World Art.
In a sense, this also counted as a practical exchange and investigation of techniques.
So.
When that long tongue dropped from the ceiling, he didn't move.
When it landed on his back, he didn't move.
When it started winding around his neck, he was still carefully sensing the art.
Only after he had formed a vague idea in his mind did Gu Qingshan raise a hand and form a seal.
—Purifying Thought Incantation.
This was the most basic incantation in the Cultivation World, one that helped cultivators purge distracting thoughts.
For a cultivator of Gu Qingshan's level, this incantation had long since become useless.
But this time, Gu Qingshan wasn't trying to purge distracting thoughts.
He was purging his Spirit Sense.
"Disperse!"
He gave a low shout.
Spiritual Power surged from his dantian and poured into the seal in his hand. The incantation took effect at once.
Gu Qingshan felt his mind