On the desolate wilderness.
Two Gu Qingshans: one stood, the other knelt.
The one standing was alive. The one kneeling was already dead.
The kneeling version of him—
His figure was gradually swallowed by a spreading layer of darkness, until he had become a stiff, cold corpse.
Gu Qingshan watched the black corpse, a wary look on his face.
"No... something's not right..."
He murmured under his breath.
Although his opponent was already dead, an extremely dangerous aura still emanated from him.
The light gate opened.
Mountain Girl and a Flower Fairy named Rou Rou flew out.
"Gongzi, Xiu Xiu is settled in. Rou Rou says we need to come back for a moment," Mountain Girl said quickly.
Gu Qingshan looked at Rou Rou in surprise.
The Flower Fairy was staring intently at the black corpse, her face full of terror.
"Why did you want to come back?" Gu Qingshan asked the fairy.
"I remember now... A creature like this must be one of those supremely evil beings... No wonder Lady left me by your side," Rou Rou said.
She hid behind Gu Qingshan's neck, clutching his hair, her whole body trembling.
Gu Qingshan looked surprised.
—This Flower Fairy was a Dust-Sealed Spirit, a companion of Sacrificial Dance Lady. Her power was not to be underestimated.
Yet at this moment, she was cowering behind his neck, looking utterly terrified.
Gu Qingshan immediately abandoned one possibility.
—He had originally planned to synchronize with that fiend, to see if he could find any useful information in its power and memories.
The warning from Spirit Sense, combined with the Flower Fairy's reaction, made him put that option aside.
"Entropy Dissolution!"
Gu Qingshan silently called out in his mind.
All around him was quiet.
Nothing happened.
The magnificent, golden waterfall did not appear.
Only