Don't forget—just now, Sikong Jing had sensed Six-Horned Magic Beast blood deep within the mountain city.
But now, a world barrier had suddenly appeared.
A world barrier was a thick screen. Sensing what lay beyond it was simply impossible.
Yet he had clearly sensed it—he had smelled the scent of Six-Horned Magic Beast blood.
Suddenly...
The world barrier before Sikong Jing's eyes abruptly turned pitch-black.
He could no longer see the mountain city cluster extending onward. It was as though, with the disappearance of sunlight, the image within the world barrier had vanished as well.
Sikong Jing froze again, somewhat bewildered.
"Could what I saw just now have merely been a reflection?"
"Could it be that the world barrier became transparent and bright under the sun's rays, reflecting the mountain city cluster behind me, making me think that the cluster extended farther out?"
That was highly possible.
Some world barriers were like enormous mirrors, capable of reflecting the scenery within a small world.
"No. The Six-Horned Magic Beast blood is clearly outside the world barrier."
At this moment...
Sikong Jing still had an intense sensation in his heart: if he passed through the world barrier, he could obtain more Six-Horned Magic Beast blood.
"It definitely isn't a reflection. The scenery displayed on the world barrier differs from that of the mountain city cluster behind me."
"I saw a spire just now, but there is no spire behind me."
Recalling what he had seen, Sikong Jing became increasingly certain.
"Could it be..."
"The Divine Relic Small World was originally larger than this. When the mountain city cluster was first built, it was far larger than it is now."
"Then, for some unknown reason, the Divine Relic Small World shrank."
"The world barrier cut off half of the mountain city cluster?"
"And