Ye Guyi held the Holy Light Short Sword and swung it forward.
Golden sword light slashed across the surface of the lake, cutting the water neatly in half. The lake water surged outward, only to be evaporated by the divine power, rising into a layer of white mist.
"Holy Spirit Slash."
Holding the short sword in her hand, Ye Guyi spoke the name of her second soul skill.
Shangguan Weier nodded slightly.
"It suits you very well, and it even has an extra suppressing effect when facing evil soul masters and dark-type powers."
Ye Guyi nodded. Before she could speak, the light over the lake suddenly dimmed.
The clear lake water quickly turned pitch-black, and dense star patterns emerged at the bottom of the lake. The rock walls on both sides of the valley also began to deform, and the ice-blue water weeds quickly withered, growing a layer of dark purple crystals upon them.
The smile on Shangguan Weier's face instantly vanished. She raised her head to look at the sky, where black cracks were spreading at a rapid speed high above.
"A Rift Realm!"
There was clear astonishment in that exclamation.
As the leader of the Ordinary Alliance, how could Shangguan Weier possibly not know what a Rift Realm was? The phenomenon of Rift Realms on the continent had already been going on for six years, and major forces had long since established relatively complete response data.
The Ordinary Alliance was not an official organization of the empire, but it had always operated within the underground intelligence and commercial network of Mingdu, understanding no less about Rift Realms than any major faction.
She immediately grabbed Ye Guyi's wrist.
"Let's go!"
Shangguan Weier's soul power was already operating to the limit, wanting to take Ye Guyi away from this lake, but the expansion speed of the Rift Realm was extremely fast.
The black cracks soon spread across half the sky, and the surrounding space began to contract. The earth and sky rapidly flipped over as several dark-purple pillars of light hung down from the edge of the Rift Realm, sealing off the area.
Just as Shangguan Weier took a step, the ground beneath her feet collapsed with a crash. She protected Ye Guyi behind her, but a powerful suction dragged her body toward the interior of the Rift Realm.
"Hold on to me!"
Ye Guyi turned her hand to embrace Shangguan Weier's arm. After their shadows were swallowed by the darkness, the surrounding sounds immediately vanished.
The lake disappeared, and the Jingyang Mountain Range disappeared as well, replaced by a dim and oppressive Reflection Space.
The sky was dark purple, and the thick clouds high above rotated slowly. The trees on the banks had all withered, embedded with diamond-shaped star crystals inside their trunks, their branches growing curved upward.
The air was filled with a piercing buzzing sound.
Just as she steadied herself, Ye Guyi felt her internal soul power circulating poorly, her Spirit Sea sent a needle-like pain, and the soul rings on her body also grew dim.
"This is inside the Rift Realm."
Shangguan Weier protected Ye Guyi behind her, her expression very ugly. The moment she entered the Rift Realm, she judged that this was a Medium Rift Realm.
A low roar came from the distance, and a group of figures walked out from behind the withered trees.
They maintained the forms of soul beasts, their entire bodies made of dark purple crystals. Some had three heads, some had distorted limbs, and their backs were covered with sharp bone spurs.
A faint red light emitted between the crystals, and every step they took made a faint, shattering collision sound. A crystallized giant wolf opened its mouth; there was no tongue in its throat, only a slowly rotating ball of black mist.
After the black mist spewed out, the ice along the way quickly turned black, and dense star patterns expanded along the ground.
"Rift Realm Creations."
Shangguan Weier raised her hand and released her soul power.
A pale-purple light barrier appeared in front of her, blocking the black mist outside. When the black mist touched the light barrier, it made a sizzling sound, and several cracks immediately appeared on the light barrier.
Shangguan Weier's expression became even uglier.
A single Rift Realm Creation did not have high combat effectiveness, but they were numerous, and their attacks carried an erosive effect. If surrounded, a soul master's soul power would be constantly eroded.
She did not engage in a direct conflict with them.
This was the Rift Realm. As long as the Rift Realm Lord was still alive, the Rift Realm would not perish. The most important thing right now was to find a safe place, determine their location, and then look for a way to leave.
At that moment, a black shadow rushed out from the side.
Shangguan Weier turned and waved her hand, her soul power condensing into a purple light blade that batted the crystallized soul beast away. The light blade sliced open the star crystal shell on its chest, but failed to completely kill it.
After rolling a few times, the soul beast stood up again, and the damaged crystal on its chest was also rapidly repairing itself.
Shangguan Weier's gaze lowered slightly, and she pulled Ye Guyi to hide behind a sloping, crystallized rock wall.
The interior of the rock wall was hollow, and the entrance was very narrow. The Rift Realm Creations outside could not surge in together for the time being. Shangguan Weier raised her hand to deploy several soul power barriers, suppressing the two people's presence.
Ye Guyi leaned against the rock, her breathing a bit hurried.
"Aunty Weier, how are we going to get out?"
Shangguan Weier did not answer immediately. She took out a silver communication soul tool, wanting to transmit a distress message to the Ordinary Alliance.
After soul power was injected into it, the soul tool only flashed a few times before stopping completely, no longer emitting any sound. Shangguan Weier tried a few more times, but with no results.
"The communication is cut off."
Her voice was very deep.
The space formed inside the Rift Realm was different from the outside world; communication soul tools used in reality could not pierce through the spatial barriers. Without a spatial positioning device, people from the outside world could not accurately find the place where they were located.
"Damn it."
Shangguan Weier cursed in a low voice.
As the leader of the Ordinary Alliance, she rarely lost her composure usually, but this Rift Realm appeared far too suddenly, happening precisely when she and Ye Guyi went to hunt for a soul ring.
This looked nothing like a naturally formed Rift Realm; it was more like it had been forcibly catalyzed by some kind of power. Suppressing her doubt, Shangguan Weier quickly sorted through the information she currently grasped.
Rift Realms on the continent were divided into four grades: small, medium, large, and super-large. Small Rift Realms generally only had a range of a few miles, and the strength of their lords was mostly between the Soul King and Soul Douluo levels.
Medium Rift Realms could cover a range of a hundred miles, forming a stable two-way spatial passage internally, allowing Rift Realm Creations to enter reality on a large scale.
The lord of a Medium Rift Realm was at least a Titled Douluo, and if they were unlucky, they would encounter a Super Douluo.
To completely eliminate a Rift Realm, one needed to kill the Rift Realm Lord.
Once the lord died, the Rift Realm Core would collapse, and the Reflection Space would vanish along with it. Otherwise, killing no matter how many ordinary creations would only slightly delay the expansion of the Rift Realm.
"This Rift Realm has just formed, so the lord's strength probably hasn't reached its peak yet."
Shangguan Weier analyzed in a low voice.
The energy within a newly emerged Medium Rift Realm had not fully gathered yet, and the Rift Realm Lord should be at the ordinary Titled Douluo level, making it unlikely for a Super Douluo to appear right from the start.
Even so, however, it was still extremely dangerous.
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