Under the illumination of this light, even the surrounding air began to change slightly.
It was like the warped and shifting air around a flame.
Shen Mo's gaze grew sharp.
Is this space itself?
If not for a special method, a cultivator could spend their whole life bound by space.
Only by using something like the Qiankun Blood Spirit Light could one become aware of the existence of space's barrier.
You have to know it exists before you can break through it, control it, and change it.
The Qiankun Blood Spirit Light itself remained motionless, but its radiance was drawn, pointing in a specific direction.
Heiyan immediately spoke, "Master, that direction is where the nearest void vortex is located."
"You must be careful. If you instinctively sense danger, stop immediately."
"Never touch a void vortex. You can only observe and comprehend it from afar."
Shen Mo nodded slightly.
With his left hand supporting the Qiankun Blood Spirit Light, he moved forward slowly.
The Qiankun Blood Spirit Light guided his way.
He proceeded, avoiding the outpost.
Eventually, he arrived at the foot of a high mountain.
A river flowed past here.
There were even some overconfident aquatic demons in the river that launched attacks at Shen Mo.
He casually dispatched them all.
At first glance, nothing seemed out of the ordinary in this place.
However, as soon as Shen Mo took a step in the direction indicated by the Qiankun Blood Spirit Light, a powerful sense of alarm surged in his heart.
He stared intently ahead.
There was an open space.
Only a few scattered stones lay quietly on the ground.
"Master, it seems you've found it," Heiyan said softly.
Shen Mo nodded.
He couldn't see anything, but he could sense a tremendous danger there.
A little closer, and he would suffer severe injury.
He felt a bit of relief—fortunately, his own fate was quite extraordinary.
Otherwise, if his fortune were too ordinary, he might have walked right in without realizing it.
Shen Mo reached out across the void and drew over a massive boulder.
With a palm strike, the boulder shattered into a large cloud of stone powder, which he wrapped in spiritual power and held in his palm.
Then, Shen Mo flung it forcefully.
With a rush, the stone powder swept toward the open ground.
Shen Mo immediately saw that the stone powder around the area all fell to the ground as normal.
Only in the center did the stone powder vanish without a trace.
That was clearly the precise location of the void vortex.
The thing was, at least a visualization diagram could still be imagined.
But this void vortex was formless and colorless—impossible to touch.
How was he supposed to sense it, or comprehend it?
'Void… Void…'
'Could the Void Demon-Slaying Sword Immortal Scripture have been comprehended from the void itself?'
A sudden flash of inspiration struck Shen Mo's mind.
He flipped his palm.
A Void Ancient Sword suddenly appeared.
Shen Mo separated a wisp of his divine sense, controlling the Void Ancient Sword to fly straight forward.
Sure enough—
The moment the Void Ancient Sword touched that area, he felt an intense pain.
Not only in his soul, but in his physical body as well!
The erosion of the void was truly terrifying—it could attack both soul and body at the same time.
Rip!
A wound suddenly split open on Shen Mo's pinky.
Next was his ring finger, middle finger, index finger, thumb, palm, forearm…
His flesh split open!
One wound after another, like little snakes coiling along his arm.
Gnawing at his flesh! Tearing at his soul!
The pain threatened to tear his entire body apart.
This pain far surpassed anything he had ever experienced.
In almost an instant, he was bleeding profusely.
He didn't last long—after just a hundred breaths, he couldn't endure the pain any longer and lost consciousness.
Heiyan and Sui Xing grew extremely anxious at the sight.
Tai Er called out in a low voice, "Master? Master? Can you hear me?"
Shen Mo did not respond at all.
At once, Tai Er's mind started racing.
"Master's passed out—let's divide the baggage and go our separate ways!"
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