The clash between Sovereigns had already affected the river of time and space. With several Sovereigns battling at once, the impact was even more terrifying. Shi Lan wanted to cross it, but there was nowhere she could possibly avoid it.
It was much like her last journey through time and space, when she had accidentally stopped at the battlefield of the Immortal-Slaying War. The interference in the passage through time and space had most likely been caused by Sovereigns fighting there.
In the brief moment her thoughts turned, Shi Lan had already reached the edge of the battlefield.
She had no interest in the cause or outcome of this battle, nor did she intend to get involved. With a slight stir of her mind, she urged the power of annihilation to envelop her body, suppressing her presence as much as she could as she rode a faint ripple in the river of time and space.
Yet even though she meant to keep her distance and avoid the battle, the Sovereigns caught up in it had already sensed her presence through the fluctuations in the river of time and space.
A dazzling white divine light flashed. The hazy figure at the center of the battle sent out a divine sense, boundlessly powerful and almost tangible. Like a tentacle, it shattered the passage through time and space, then continued without slowing, stabbing toward Shi Lan's crown.
Surrounded and hunted by four Sovereigns, the figure was in dire straits. It was frantically absorbing every bit of power it could reach, hoping to make a desperate last stand. Shi Lan's sudden appearance, coupled with the dense source-force fluctuations within her, naturally made her a target.
The four Sovereigns taking part in the hunt were drawn to her as well, but paid little heed after