The Barrier Weakens, Arriving at the Capital

Du Shiniang sensed danger, but she did not know where it was coming from.

Though she possessed Wisdom, her mind had long since twisted away from humanity, so every choice she made was based on instinct.

"Danger."

"Must leave this place?"

Cold thoughts echoed through her heart.

The scarlet flower boat suddenly moved without wind, swiftly heading into the river.

A dark gray power spread out from within it, and the Scarlet Flower Boat's form began to turn illusory.

As though it were about to vanish from the world.

Li Qing watched quietly from afar, silently observing the Scarlet Flower Boat's fate.

A mass of shapeless Mist silently appeared upon the great river.

Within the Mist, a gigantic gaping maw slowly emerged.

The mouth was incomparably huge, filled with dense, fine teeth and tongues that writhed wildly about.

As the Anomaly appeared, countless cracks seemed to emerge within the fog. They resembled spatial fissures, looking profoundly terrifying.

An indescribable aura of terror rushed straight at them.

Those tongues shot out of the Mist at astonishing speed, piercing directly through the Scarlet Flower Boat and dragging it down tightly.

The flower boat struggled frantically as countless female corpses poured forth, tearing at the sharp tongues.

But their attacks had no effect. The tongues were tough and indestructible.

The enormous mouth stretched out from the fog, slowly descending over the flower boat.

The next instant, the flower boat was swallowed whole by the giant mouth.

A massive splash erupted across the river's surface.

Within the fog, only the giant mouth could be seen gradually blurring away before vanishing along with the mist.

Yet Li Qing wore no smile, because he had seen something discordant.

"Something's wrong. Those spatial fissures—and the aura coming from beyond them."

"That seemed to be the aura of