A gloomy, dim, unknown place.
Dantai Mingyue landed lightly.
Shen Ye made a shushing gesture at her and transmitted his voice:
"Wait here. Don't wander off."
Dantai Mingyue hurriedly nodded.
The next instant.
Brief insect cries seemed to ring out all around them.
Shen Ye vanished at once.
Dantai Mingyue stood where she was, calmed her emotions, and gradually began to examine her surroundings.
-What was this place?
In the darkness, banks of mist drifted away on the wind.
Nothing was clear.
The overwhelmingly powerful source of laws was almost violent. She had absorbed only a tiny bit, yet already felt on the verge of advancing to the next realm.
No.
This wasn't the 99th-Layer Universe, and it certainly wasn't the Unfixed Layer.
This was-
Dantai Mingyue formed a Spell Seal with both hands.
Soft light spread from her hands, illuminating her surroundings.
All around her was still darkness.
Only beneath her feet-
Beneath her feet was a long, narrow path, extending far into the depths of the darkness, its destination unknown.
A narrow path...
Dantai Mingyue crouched and gently touched it.
The path was about two meters wide, suspended in midair and trembling gently.
It was neither stone nor metal.
Quite strange.
Suddenly.
Laughter rang out from the empty darkness.
"Who's there?"
Dantai Mingyue cried out nervously.
"No, listen," the voice drifted indistinctly, carrying a fierce, bandit-like air. "Don't touch me. When you touch me, it tickles. When it tickles, I can't help laughing, and when I want to laugh, I can't help wanting to kill."
Touch?
Dantai Mingyue froze, then suddenly understood and looked down at the suspended path beneath her feet.
She abruptly unleashed the Light-Burning Art in her hands to its fullest extent.
The vast void lit up.
Only then.
Did she see the truth-
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