Chapter 585 Barrier, Ruins
After completely annihilating the Snow Giants, Xuan Mo, guided by his spiritual power and the Ice and Fire Dragon King, traveled for three whole days towards a certain direction in the snowfield.
According to the Ice and Fire Dragon King, this place was strange and definitely not formed naturally.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Mo couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. After all, if it wasn't formed naturally, then who but a god-level expert could have created such a place? And he kept encountering such things—his luck… But since he was already here, he might as well make the best of it.
Xuan Mo understood this principle, so he wasn't in a hurry to leave. Since he was here, he would explore it thoroughly; perhaps he would find unexpected gains. However, on the third day, Xuan Mo noticed something amiss in his surroundings.
By the morning of the third day, Xuan Mo had already traveled twenty or thirty kilometers.
However, during this time, he hadn't encountered any more soul beasts.
Initially, Xuan Mo thought that perhaps the aura he emitted and his actions along the way had frightened away the weaker soul beasts on the road, preventing them from daring to challenge him.
However, when Xuan Mo expanded his spiritual power to a great extent, he discovered that the reality seemed to be different.
Something strange seemed to be going on around here.
"There are no signs of any life forms. There isn't a single soul beast ahead, not even a trace of life."
Xuan Mo paused slightly, muttering to himself.
As these chaotic thoughts raced through his mind, his rapidly moving figure abruptly stopped, stopping in place, staring at the ice forest with its towering ice pillars before him.
However, these weren't the reasons Xuan Mo paused.
The real reason he stopped and showed surprise was the presence of a barrier.
To ordinary Soul Masters, even those of ordinary Title Douluos, there was nothing here. But Xuan Mo's spiritual power was incredibly strong, allowing him to barely perceive it.
The barrier's walls were vermilion, covering an extremely vast area, seemingly a thin layer. Who knew what would happen if one forcibly broke in?
"The reason this place is half teeming with life and half frozen wasteland must be inside the barrier," Xuan Mo knew his guess was almost certainly correct. After all, such a high-level thing as a barrier was definitely not something Soul Beasts could create, unless they had surpassed 100,000 years, reached a million years of cultivation, and ascended to godhood.
Otherwise, ordinary Soul Beasts simply couldn't create something so grand.
So, with a thought, Xuan Mo, under the influence of the "Intent of Heavy Rocks," leaped upwards.
Upon reaching a certain height, Xuanmo stopped and looked down again.
All he saw were ice pillars, nothing but ice pillars; there was no sign of life. Xuanmo frowned slightly, remaining silent.
"It seems I'll have to go in myself to find out."
As Xuanmo landed, he stretched his finger forward, lightly touching the barrier.
Just then, his finger seemed to touch something, as if piercing a thin membrane.
He could faintly hear the sound of bubbles bursting.
And in the next instant… the world spun, space shifted! A sudden change occurred!
Enveloped in this state, Xuanmo couldn't see what was happening, nor could he move; he was simply swept up in it.
The surrounding scenery began to spin, as if everything was switching back and forth between illusion and reality.
At this moment, space itself began to shift and move constantly; if one could see it, it would be incredibly dizzying.
However, this situation only lasted for about two seconds.
After two seconds, the surrounding scenery returned to normal.
"Cough cough, damn it, this is awful!"
Xuan Mo, who had been brought here, fell heavily from the sky. Although he wasn't fully recovered, the discomfort was undeniable!
When he finally caught his breath and looked around, he was shocked by what he saw. The once icy, snowy landscape had undergone a complete transformation.
What was once a landscape of ice and snow had now turned a dark, blood-red hue. Even the ground beneath his feet had turned dark red, and there was no life to be seen. Not even a single blade of green grass was visible.
Of course, there hadn't been any before.
But most importantly, the sky above was now the same dark, crimson color as the earth and the surrounding environment, and even the air was filled with a tremendous sense of oppression.
This sight made Xuan Mo's heart sink!
After all, he had never imagined that touching that barrier would result in being swept into the ruins by its power.
Just as Xuan Mo was becoming increasingly wary, the Ice Dragon King's slightly puzzled voice suddenly rang in his mind.
"Huh? Old Huo, I've been feeling a familiar aura from that icy, snowy place outside, and now that we're here, it feels even more familiar."
As the Ice Dragon King finished speaking, the Fire Dragon King chimed in.
"You know what, I've also been feeling that the aura outside is related to you. And after entering this place, I even felt a sense of familiarity. But I just can't quite place it."
While the two were chatting, Xuan Mo couldn't help but complain.
"Hey Ice Uncle, Fire Uncle, if you two are chatting, could you please mute yourselves? You're not worried, but I don't know what's going on here."
He shook his head to calm himself down. Then he scanned his surroundings again, his mind on alert.
After all, this environment felt dangerous. However, Xuan Mo was also filled with curiosity about this ruin.
But soon, Xuan Mo's expression changed again, because about a thousand meters directly in front of him, a huge, blood-red figure came into view.
The figure was enormous. Even from a distance of a thousand meters, Xuan Mo could still clearly see its terrifying height; it looked to be at least thirty meters tall!
Directly in front of Xuan Mo, a thousand meters away, stood a colossal figure, like a gigantic blood-red stone statue, completely motionless.
And upon closer inspection, a chilling discovery was made: there seemed to be more than one of those eerie, statue-like, immobile, tall, blood-red figures a thousand meters away!
Looking around, one could see a forest of tall figures; there were at least six or seven of those blood-red, statue-like figures.
Just then…
(End of Chapter)