"So you've reached the realm where you can see yourself without dying..."
The skeleton sized up Gu Qingshan, a hoarse female voice emerging from her mouth.
—It was the very being who had taught him the Sacrificial Dance.
"Yes. I came back from some point in the future specifically to see you," Gu Qingshan said.
"Who's this beside you?" the skeleton asked.
"Ning Yuechan—this senior is also something of a master to me. She taught me something incredibly powerful," Gu Qingshan said.
Ning Yuechan's expression instantly grew respectful. She bowed and said, "Greetings, senior."
The skeleton nodded. "It seems you've run into some serious trouble."
"How did you know, senior?" Gu Qingshan asked.
The skeleton's hands suddenly became two long afterimages. She made a light slicing motion through the air behind them.
Chik—
Chik—
Two short cries rang out.
Gu Qingshan abruptly turned around and saw two fist-sized beetles fall to the ground. They slowly melted into pus, seeped into the earth, and disappeared.
Gu Qingshan and Ning Yuechan couldn't help but shudder.
Without a sound, the Art of Universal Ignorance had followed them here!
The skeleton said softly, "It just flew through a rift in the void... I don't know what method it used."
Gu Qingshan was about to speak, but the skeleton suddenly raised a hand to stop him.
She looked at Ning Yuechan and said, "—You're Ning Yuechan, right? Your strength is quite good among the Six Paths, since the entire Six Paths World lends you its power. But if you leave the Six Paths... you won't amount to much. So tell me, do you want to become stronger?"
Ning Yuechan immediately cupped her hands. "Please show me the way, senior. I would be deeply grateful."
"Then go to the Sword and Blade World. The spirits there