Chapter 1099 - Landscape Painting
Tang Huan didn"t plan to stop after travelling just this bit of distance. Instead, he had no choice but to stop the "Yin and Yang Void Method - Void Evasion" because a dark spatial rift was right in front of him, which was already not even half a meter away from his current location. If his reaction had been a moment ago, he would have already crashed into the wall.
When he used his sacred art and traveled through the void, Tang Huan had already discovered that the spatial stability of this "Sword Illusion Paradise", was similar to that of the outside world in some places, but in some places, it was much weaker than the outside world.
With Tang Huan"s cultivation, if he were to strike from a weak spot in the air while attacking with all his might, it was possible that the s.p.a.ce would explode.
In fact, if he wasn"t careful, he might even be devoured.
Letting out a light breath, Tang Huan calmed himself down and started to carefully inspect his surroundings. At this moment, he was in a mountain range filled with potholes, ravines, and crevices in the dark s.p.a.ce that could be seen from time to time. The mountain range had become riddled with holes because of the spatial rifts.
The spatial cracks in the open s.p.a.ce were obvious, making it easy to avoid them.
However, in this "Sword Illusion Paradise", there were not only such obvious spatial cracks, there were also many invisible spatial traps. If one fell into them, it would be extremely dangerous. In addition, the areas that were extremely fragile in s.p.a.ce could also collapse at any time due to all kinds of minute movements, turning into new spatial rifts.
Of course, although this place was more dangerous than the "Heavenly Desolate Secret Realm", it also contained countless hidden opportunities.
First of all, the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth in this place was many times purer than that of the outside world. Moreover, the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth here was much richer than that of the outside world. This also meant that when one made their move within the "Sword Illusion Paradise", they would be able to draw out even more of the Power of the Heavens and Earth, and their combat skills or abilities would be able to unleash even more power.
Secondly, there were many heavenly and earthly treasures.
For example, tens of metres away from Tang Huan, there was an unknown red tree that was extremely close to a spatial crack. There were a few fruits that emitted an extremely powerful energy aura, and if they were picked off of and refined, it would definitely be of great help to one"s cultivation.
However, even though they were in close proximity, Tang Huan still did not dare to make a move. To be swallowed up by the s.p.a.ce cracks for the sake of a few fruits, that was simply not worth it. Suppressing the impulse in his heart, Tang Huan kept his distance from the narrow crack in s.p.a.ce.
In the next moment, Tang Huan"s Perception Ability was fully unleashed.
It was just that he could not determine the direction at all from here, and it was temporarily impossible for him to know where Shan Shan had fallen into the spatial trap. At this time, he could only find a random direction and try his luck.
But, before Tang Huan could even move, a strange look flashed past his eyes.
"Hu!"
Immediately after, with a thought from Tang Huan, an ancient scroll flashed out from the "Sumeru Magical Ring" and landed in his palm. Just a moment ago, Tang Huan discovered that the scroll was actually trembling slightly, but it did not move much, only until now did Tang Huan notice it.
As soon as he left the ring, the trembling of the scroll suddenly turned from light to intense, as if it was about to fall out of his hand.
"This thing really does have a lot to do with the "Sword Illusion Paradise"." Tang Huan"s mind moved, and after taking a deep breath, he slowly unfurled the scroll.
"Buzz!"
The scroll began to emit a dazzling white l.u.s.ter. Under the illumination of this light, the scenery depicted in the scroll seemed to have turned into a living creature with intelligence, as if it was about to float out of the scroll.
Tang Huan carefully sensed his surroundings and discovered that there seemed to be something pulling the Mountain and River Painting in his hand.
"Ga ji!"
The nine spirits came out from Tang Huan"s embrace and landed on his shoulders, crying out in surprise. It was obvious that they had noticed the abnormality of the painting.
Tang Huan"s mind started to wander.
Release him? Or not to release it?
Yu Feiyan had once said that she had seen the beautiful scenery of the landscape painting in the "Sword Illusion Paradise". If she let go of this painting, she might be able to follow it and reach the area Yu Feiyan and Shan Shan had once travelled to, then find the spatial trap Shan Shan had fallen to.
Right now, what Tang Huan was most worried about was whether he could catch up to it or not.
Even though the sacred art "Void Escape" was fast, it wasn"t suitable for tracking the painting. "Sword Escape" and "s.p.a.ce Moving" weren"t bad either, but they weren"t suitable either. In this sort of place where spatial rifts and traps could be seen everywhere, using spatial teleportation was extremely dangerous.
"Fire!"
However, thinking about the other divine ability he possessed that was called "Flowing Gold", Tang Huan became completely confident. He made up his mind immediately afterwards, and with a wave of his right hand, that mountain and river painting scroll flew forward with an astonis.h.i.+ng speed like iron sc.r.a.ps attracted by a magnet.
"Whoos.h.!.+"
Tang Huan did not hesitate, and immediately followed.
The speed of the picture scroll was constantly increasing, but Tang Huan could still keep up temporarily. Furthermore, when he reached the "Sword Illusion Paradise", the picture scroll seemed to have become a living spirit object, moving up and down, left and right at will. It actually knew how to avoid spatial rifts, spatial traps and any other weak regions.
As he followed behind the painting, he didn"t have to worry about encountering any danger.
Tang Huan secretly calmed down, but he still used his Perception Ability to check his surroundings to prevent himself from being tricked by the painting.
After approximately half a quarter of an hour, Tang Huan"s normal method of travel had already become somewhat strenuous. Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately used the sacred art "Flowing Gold".
His body was like a golden streak of light as he chased after the painting at a speed much faster than that of the previous Xia Lu.
Time flew by like a shuttle …
Tang Huan moved with the painting one behind the other, and before long, they were probably already thousands of kilometers away. The rich and boundless energy of heaven and earth gave birth to a large number of strange fruits. Along the way, Tang Huan could feel their existence from time to time, but unfortunately, all of them could only choose to give up.
At this time, the speed of the painting had already stopped increasing, but it was still incomparably shocking.
Even if he used the sacred art "Flowing Gold", he could only barely keep up. If he stopped to pick those strange fruits, he would soon lose track of the painting. Even if he took the risk to use "Void Evasion", "Sword Escape", and "s.p.a.ce Moving", he might not be able to find it again.
Unknowingly, another ten thousand li had pa.s.sed, and a beautiful scene appeared in his line of sight.
It was extremely similar to the scene drawn in the painting of the mountain and river, and also extremely similar to the scene that Yu Feiyan had described. In that instant, a feeling of joy uncontrollably emerged from the bottom of Tang Huan"s heart.