Seeing Xue Fuyao approach, Dai Mingyue stopped what she was doing and took two steps back, making room for her.
"This stone is too big. It'll take a little more time to dig the whole thing out," Dai Mingyue said.
"No need. This is enough."
As she spoke, Xue Fuyao waved her hand. The next second, both the stone and the filthy Dai Mingyue beside it instantly became clean.
Xue Fuyao ran her fingers over the stone. A moment later, her fingers stopped at a particular spot.
The next second, she felt a sharp sting in her finger. A trace of blood seeped out, instantly soaking into the stone.
Upon coming into contact with Xue Fuyao's blood, the stone immediately glowed red. The next second, both women vanished from where they stood.
At the very instant they disappeared, countless dark figures surged out from every direction and rushed toward the stone tablet, vanishing after them a second later.
Elsewhere.
Coming to her senses, Xue Fuyao found herself in an utterly empty expanse. There was no one around her, nothing at all-no sky, and no ground.
Xue Fuyao looked around. She dared not move, fearing that once she did, she would no longer even be able to tell which direction was which.
She forced down the unease in her heart. After taking a moment to calm herself, she stepped forward.
Everything around her was empty, and every step echoed. After walking for who knew how long, Xue Fuyao gradually grew irritable.
There were no landmarks, no destination, nothing at all. Even her sense of time gradually blurred. She did not even know how long she had been here, how long she had walked, how far she had gone, or how much longer she would have to keep walking.
It had been