"She..." Su Mo looked at the woman's figure atop Pass City, his back to Wu Qian, and slowly spoke.
"...who is she?"
Wu Qian also looked at the red-clad figure guarding Rouge Pass alone and softly explained, "A legendary woman..."
"No one knows who she is, nor does anyone remember when she first appeared at this border pass."
"All anyone knows is that, ever since she appeared, she alone has guarded Rouge Pass."
"People have many guesses, but no one knows which is true..."
For some reason, Wu Qian seemed somewhat subdued. She slowly turned to look at Su Mo's back and said softly, "The most credible rumor among them is..."
"...she is actually from the Desolate Realm!"
"But for certain reasons, after coming to Rouge Pass, she could never go back."
Su Mo froze, then slowly turned his head. "If she is from the Desolate Realm, why would she stand against it?"
Wu Qian looked deeply at Su Mo and calmly explained, "For the past tens of thousands of years, no one has ever seen anyone from the Desolate Realm..."
"The Desolate Realm seems to be nothing more than a legend. What Floating Life Pass actually guards against now is..."
"...the countless Ancient Desolate Beasts beyond the pass!"
"So even if she really is from the Desolate Realm, it doesn't matter. All she kills are demon beasts."
Su Mo stared blankly at that figure and slowly nodded.
So what Floating Life Pass truly guarded against was the countless demon beasts beyond the pass. He had always thought that the Desolate Realm on the other side was the enemy...
He could sense that the cultivation aura of the figure in the red dress was deeply mysterious, already beyond the limits of what he could probe.
At the very least, she