The little Flower Umbrella finally opened over Gu Qingshan's head.
Myriad Realms Protection activated!
Almost the instant he vanished, Gu Qingshan sprang into the air with Lola. He flickered through the void again and again, quickly escaping the monster's grasp.
"Gone? Interesting."
The monster's voice rang through the void, dripping with mockery.
The dark figure that blotted out the sky suddenly vanished, leaving the entire world a void.
Suddenly—
Boundless dark-green light descended.
The light brimmed with unimaginable power, flickering at an imperceptibly high frequency as it rapidly filled the entire void.
Strange screams rang out one after another.
Some monsters hidden in the void appeared. Before they could even try to flee, they screamed and turned into corpses.
The green light continued to shine on the bodies, making them quickly disappear without a trace, as if they had never existed.
The dark-green light lasted for dozens of breaths before gradually fading.
The world plunged into darkness once more.
The blood-red full moon hung high in the heavens, surveying everything within reach of its crimson light.
"The few lice lurking nearby are dead... but that fellow from before wasn't among them..."
"He actually evaded my Soul Extinguishing Illumination, and I still can't find him."
"Strange. I seem to remember this kind of ability..."
The monster pondered hard.
Elsewhere.
Gu Qingshan flew away from the blood moon with Lola.
—The monster was simply too enormous. They flew for a full quarter of an hour before finally leaving the area shrouded in darkness.
Ahead stood a deep-gray vertical wall. Profound mist enveloped it above and below, and its ends were nowhere in sight.
"Gu Qingshan, this world is so strange," Lola said.
"Yeah. Look," Gu Qingshan said.
They looked out at the wall. It was covered in all kinds of torture devices,