He took a step forward, passing straight through the illusion.
His vision blurred, and the world of starkly divided light and darkness around him vanished.
In its place was a lush green grassland.
Just as bewilderment filled him, a figure slowly came into view.
Xu Chen focused his gaze and realized that the figure was Tang Liu.
Tang Liu walked up to him and said with a smile, "Looks like you've made it out of the Yin-Yang Soul-Refining Abyss."
Xu Chen froze at his words, clearly still struggling to process them.
He... had already made it out of the Yin-Yang Soul-Refining Abyss?
Before he could think it through, Tang Liu's voice rang out again.
This time, however, Tang Liu had walked behind him. "But Xu Yue doesn't seem to have come out yet?"
Xu Chen instinctively wanted to turn around, keeping his eyes on Tang Liu's figure.
But the instant he began turning his head, alarm jolted through his heart.
No matter what happened, he must not look back.
As Tang Liu's words suddenly echoed through his mind, Xu Chen forcibly suppressed the urge to turn his head.
Now he, too, began questioning whether he had really left the Yin-Yang Soul-Refining Abyss.
And just then, Tang Liu's voice rang out again.
This time, it sounded right beside his ear.
"Why don't you turn around and look?"
Xu Chen shuddered and immediately released all his Soul Power. Dense dark element filled his surroundings, shattering both the illusion of Tang Liu and the illusion of the grassland.
After the illusions vanished, Xu Chen discovered that he was still in that gloomy gorge.
Overhead, the sun had long since disappeared, leaving only the azure sky visible.
Now, he should truly have made it out.
But Xu Yue was nowhere to be seen.
And