"Let's go!"
Chu Zhou, Yao Tianhuo, and An Tianying shot toward the ruined dark hall.
The void seemed boundless, but its structure was rather peculiar. Distances that appeared vast seemed to shorten or stretch under some unseen force as they flew. After only about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the three reached the region near the ruined hall.
A pitch-black abyss, a thousand zhang wide and too deep to see its bottom, blocked their path. It looked as though some force had torn it open, leaving it between the land and the ruined hall.
Dense dark energy churned within the abyss, accompanied by faint, mournful howls of wind, as though it led to the netherworld.
"Space is unstable here. There may be something strange in the abyss."
Chu Zhou kept his soul force extended at all times and warned the other two warily.
Once Yao Tianhuo and An Tianying were ready, the three began flying across.
The farther they went, the more the abyss resembled a gaping maw poised to swallow them at any moment.
Yet they crossed the first nine hundred zhang without incident. Just as they were about to reach the other side, something changed.
The churning dark energy in the abyss suddenly erupted. An incomparably powerful surge of spatial power burst forth without warning, tearing through the void like an invisible blade.
In an instant, it reached the sky and slashed toward Yao Tianhuo and An Tianying with unerring precision, yet completely ignored Chu Zhou—or rather...
"Hm?!" Yao Tianhuo's crimson brows shot up. Reacting instantly, he raised his hand and struck with a gigantic crimson flame palm, smashing it into the invisible spatial blade.
The aura of a Three-Star Dou Zun erupted.
A violent energy shock wave exploded above the abyss. Space