Li Yan had flown less than three breaths after entering the stone when he had already consumed more than twenty percent of his spiritual power. The gravitational pull here was terrifying; even while flying, he could only barely withstand it head-on.
But at that moment, an open stretch of ground appeared in Li Yan's field of vision, and there he saw a scene that shook his mind to its core.
Mu Guyue was half-sitting on the ground with one hand raised. Before her stood a huge, pitch-black humanoid thing, holding a long saber aloft in both hands as it slashed down at Mu Guyue.
From Li Yan's angle above and to the side, Mu Guyue appeared to be trying to block the saber with her hand. His divine sense had also swept over the two silver glints lying on either side of her.
Li Yan recognized them instantly. They were Mu Guyue's crescent hand blades. To Li Yan's eyes, this clearly meant that she was powerless to resist and could only instinctively raise her arm as a final block.
How could Li Yan have time for further thought? He instantly dove down, still using the most direct and brutal method of assault. The enormous black shadow radiated the aura of the late Void Refinement Realm.
Li Yan recognized at a glance the things covering the black shadow's body. They were armor formed from the black rocks here. Mu Guyue had indeed encountered a situation similar to his own.
At the instant the opponent's long saber split open Mu Guyue's helmet, Li Yan had already arrived at the huge black shadow's side and viciously rammed into it shoulder-first.
At that very instant, Li Yan felt his body sink. The force of his charge was absorbed by the black stone armor on