Shen Fan looked at the vortex, a sharp glint flashing through his eyes.
A key, teleportation, an unknown space...
Everything about this reeked of something strange.
But he did not hesitate. Drawing a deep breath, he followed close behind and stepped inside.
His vision blurred. When he opened his eyes again, Shen Fan stood in an unfamiliar space.
It was empty and silent here, with neither sky nor earth, only a gray expanse of chaos.
There was no wind, no light, no trace of any living creature, only a deathly stillness like that before the universe first came into being.
Shen Fan frowned and instinctively sensed the surrounding void energy.
Nothing.
There was not even the slightest wisp of energy.
This space seemed to have been completely stripped of all connection to the outside world, becoming a dead domain isolated from existence.
Something stirred in Shen Fan's heart. He raised his hand, condensed a strand of nirvana divine power, and slashed it into the void.
Riiip!
Yet the spatial rupture he had expected never appeared.
That strand of nirvana divine power, powerful enough to shatter stars, struck the gray void without stirring so much as a ripple. Like a clay ox entering the sea, it vanished without a trace!
"Hm?"
Shen Fan's brows knitted tightly. Though it had only been a casual strike, with his strength at the third layer of Nirvana, it should have been enough to tear through the barrier of a small realm domain.
Yet here, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, eliciting no response whatsoever.
The Heaven-Crazed Grand Lord stood nearby, watching Shen Fan's frown. A hidden flicker of delight passed through his eyes.
He spoke slowly, his voice carrying an elusive undertone:
"Young friend Shen Fan, there is no need to waste