In an instant, his surging True Yuan transformed into an unusual spatial force, enveloping both himself and Liu Hua.
With the power of space bolstering him, Su Shi'er took Liu Hua and stepped forward.
The next moment, the scene before them changed abruptly. The previously motionless, disparate spaces seemed to come alive all at once.
Yet the change lasted only an instant. As the scene underwent a drastic transformation, the space returned to stillness once more.
This time, a rift roughly half a zhang long appeared before Su Shi'er and Liu Hua.
The rift stretched across empty space with nothing supporting it, appearing from nowhere and giving off a hazy, illusory, ethereal feeling.
Through the rift, they could vaguely see the endless yellow sands outside surging in waves beneath the gang winds.
The instant Su Shi'er and Liu Hua steadied themselves, a sharp gleam flashed from Su Shi'er's eyes as he swiftly fixed his gaze on a paper crane transformed from a talisman at the edge of the rift.
The paper crane's glow was dim. Facing the rift, it flapped its wings instinctively, as though resisting some sort of force.
Yet drawn by an invisible, intangible spatial force, it was being dragged toward the center of the rift at an extremely slow pace.
With a single glance, Su Shi'er saw everything clearly.
The paper crane would be completely drained of its talismanic power before it could even enter the rift.
The paper crane had expended so much spiritual power, and Lin Hezhuo's distinct aura faintly lingered upon it. It definitely had not been sent by him recently.
Moreover, judging by the direction the paper crane faced, it clearly had not entered the alternate space through the rift before them.
Without wasting time, Su Shi'er activated his Spatial Secret Technique again