After a long journey, Shen Qiu and Shangguan finally arrived at the Spirit-Severing Abyss.
"This is the forbidden land you called a place where nine die and one survives? It doesn't look like much."
Shen Qiu looked around and, seeing nothing unusual, clasped his hands behind his back and swaggered forward.
"No... it's eerily quiet today."
Senior Brother Shangguan frowned deeply. His Dragon-Seeking Eye swept the surroundings again and again, yet still found nothing, leaving him secretly unsettled.
How could he have known that Shen Yun's earlier move of beating the mountain to frighten the tiger had already scared all the Calamity Beasts throughout the area until their livers and gall burst? Each had fled back to its lair, becoming a turtle shrinking into its shell.
That was why their path had been completely unobstructed, without even the shadow of a demon or monster in sight.
Each harboring his own thoughts, the two continued deeper into the abyss.
Crash!
The space ahead suddenly stalled, then churned violently like a tsunami. The closer they drew to the bottom of the abyss, the more frenzied that tearing force became.
It was as though a gigantic eye of the wind were madly swallowing the surrounding Death Qi like a whale, gathering it into a surging torrent.
"Not good!"
Senior Brother Shangguan reacted swiftly. Without another word, he activated the Qi Concealment Technique, his entire body perfectly merging into the shadows.
"If I'm not mistaken, that is the source of this anomaly."
He sent the words by silent transmission. His series of movements flowed like drifting clouds and running water, clearly honed through countless trials.
Even Shen Qiu, standing so close by, could not catch his aura. With concealment skills brought to such perfection, it was no wonder he had earned the fine