The instant the aquatic plants around him and the flowing water all around vanished, Li Yan's body was still being dragged downward by that immense, irresistible force.
After the blinding light passed, Li Yan hurriedly looked around. He discovered that he was actually in the sky, plummeting rapidly downward.
White clouds streaked past his sides. Where was the river above his head? He was beneath a vast expanse of blue sky.
Li Yan could even feel the clouds brushing across his body. The sensation was so real, utterly unlike when he had passed through that patch of aquatic plants without feeling anything at all.
It was as though beneath the riverbed covered in aquatic plants lay another world.
Li Yan was initially startled by the sudden change around him, but in the next moment, he immediately realized how strange this place was.
After the panic just now, Li Yan, who had weathered great storms and seen great waves, immediately knew that he had to calm down.
If he were dragged down at this speed, with his bones and meridians already injured, he would likely be smashed until his bones broke and his tendons snapped.
But at that moment, Li Yan felt his waist suddenly loosen. The mist that had been binding him vanished without warning, and as it flew outward, it became part of the surrounding white clouds.
Li Yan immediately discovered that the spiritual power within him could circulate again. Though it was still not especially smooth, it was no longer being tightly suppressed by another force.
The spiritual power in Li Yan's body surged with a boom. His body immediately straightened from its sideways falling posture, and his rate of descent instantly slowed. In the next moment, he hovered in midair.
Spiritual power surged throughout Li Yan's body,