Terrified!
It was as if he stood naked in boundless darkness, every hair on his body standing on end one by one. His heart pounded so loudly that the vibrations made his ears ache. Something seemed to press down on his chest; no matter how hard he tried, he could not draw in that breath. He could only watch helplessly as he slowly stepped into the darkness.
Underground, Li Su was drenched in sweat, his face tinged blue.
At that moment, he was like an ordinary man, having lost control of both body and thought. His entire body seemed frozen, devoid of even a trace of warmth.
Damn it!
With a livid face, he let out an angry roar. His flesh and soul churned wildly, his heart thudding as it relentlessly pumped the blood within him, each beat stronger than the last, forcibly heating his body and dragging himself back from that sensation of being cast into endless deep space.
He dropped to one knee and could not stop himself from gasping for breath.
His pupils kept constricting, cold sweat pouring from his body like rain.
It took nearly half an hour before he finally relaxed, curling up as he gulped down breath after breath.
His mind had been struck numb. The sight beyond the door had nearly shattered his Dao heart.
It was like a dimensionality-reduction strike—like a two-dimensional lifeform seeing a three-dimensional lifeform for the first time. That despair was no longer something willpower or courage could bear.
That kind of attack simply could not be endured.
It was as if one's worldview, outlook on life, and values had all been crushed. What had been utterly denied was not some single point, but everything.
If Li Su had not already been a cultivator, had not gone through several