At once, Xu Yi urged Cloud Crane Pure Qi toward the stone wall. The qi seeped into it, and the wall rippled like water pushed aside.
"Hu, hu..."
Hu Hu darted in first, and Xu Yi jumped in after him. Just as they entered, a figure slammed toward the wall. The ripples had stopped, and the person crashed straight into the mirror-smooth stone, leaving him seeing stars.
The moment he entered the world within the stone wall, Xu Yi felt as though he had stepped into a vacuum. There was no air, no sensation—only a vast expanse of dark yellow. His feet found no purchase, and he floated weightlessly.
Hu Hu, however, was ecstatic, drifting merrily to and fro. His excitement infected Xu Yi as well.
In Xu Yi's eyes, Hu Hu was undoubtedly like an exceptionally carefree child. He had lost so much of what he had accumulated, yet didn't seem to mind at all. The tiniest bit of fun was enough to fill him with boundless joy.
After traveling for an unknown length of time, something finally appeared in their field of vision. The endless dark yellow was gone, replaced by a green river suspended in the void. Xu Yi sent out his senses, but it was like probing into a black hole; they were swallowed up at once.
Suddenly, Hu Hu stopped flying and circled around one spot. Xu Yi hurried over and stared. A giant dragon, stretching like a mountain range, floated above the green river. It was so long he couldn't take it all in. Most of its body had lost its flesh, leaving only a dark, hulking skeleton.
Only the dragon's head still had some flesh, and even that was incomplete. Yet despite its state, the dragon's mighty aura still made Xu Yi's heart