The wind beneath the gray firmament stopped.
The light leaking in from beyond the crack was very faint, as pale as a layer of old gauze that had been rinsed repeatedly, yet it made Zhang Chu's pupils constrict abruptly for an instant.
This is the moment!
He stood in place, his gaze piercing through that crack several zhang wide, falling upon the familiar, slowly churning grayish-white mist outside.
"Let's go."
Zhang Chu did not hesitate, grabbing Song Li's wrist with one hand and dragging an afterimage across the gray earth with his figure.
His Spiritual Power spread forward like a tide, passing through that crack, passing through the Stone Bridge, and instantly covering the entire Yellow Springs Road!
Then he saw it.
Clatter, clatter!...
At the other end of the Stone Bridge, thick darkness was churning.
Those dark substances that had originally only quietly lain dormant were now like ignited oil, spreading outward layer by layer and successively submerging the bluish-gray flagstones on the bridge surface.
And in the center of this churning darkness, a figure was slowly condensing.
Taller, heavier, and more solid than Shi!
When the outline of that figure emerged from the darkness, the entire Stone Bridge shook once.
The Bronze Bells hanging on both sides of the bridge shattered simultaneously, copper rust and bronze fragments falling like rain, splashing a patch of dark green debris across the bridge surface.
"Hmm?"
"You came out?!!"
The figure's voice came from out of the darkness.
There was an undisguised shock in its tone!
"This... how is this possible!"
"How could anyone possibly come out?!"
It took a step forward, the darkness beneath its feet churning toward the sides like a living creature.
Its figure was more than twice as tall as Shi's, its entire body covered in dark red