Standing atop the Water Python, Shen Luo released his Divine Sense to probe his surroundings. He soon discovered that, barely a dozen or so li behind him, his Divine Thought struck what felt like a wall and was driven back.
With a slight shift of his intent, he redirected his Divine Sense upward.
Yet the moment his Divine Thought reached a few hundred zhang above him, a sharp, excruciating pain exploded in his mind, instantly scattering that strand of Divine Sense.
What a formidable restriction. It probably doesn't just target Divine Thought... Shen Luo thought, rubbing his aching brow.
With that in mind, he spent a while finding a loose stone on the ground, then mustered all his strength and hurled it diagonally upward.
Wrapped in a layer of magic power, the otherwise unremarkable stone shot through the air like a meteor. In an instant, it reached the height where Shen Luo's Divine Thought had been shattered.
Bang!
An explosive crack abruptly rang out, and the stone high in the air burst apart, pulverized into dust.
Watching the dust scatter overhead, Shen Luo secretly counted himself fortunate that he had been cautious enough not to rashly take flight on his sword.
After putting aside his distracting thoughts, he probed the area ahead of him. This time, there seemed to be no obstruction whatsoever, and his Divine Thought extended all the way to the limit of his Divine Sense.
"Looks like that's the way. But this swamp seems a good deal livelier than I imagined..." Shen Luo could not help sighing after confirming his direction.
No sooner had he spoken than the water in a large pool ahead began bubbling and churning, as though it had been brought to a boil.
Immediately afterward, a black demonic beast over ten zhang tall