"Lin Tanyu, you must be almost out of power by now, the Immortal City must be opened." With those words, Master Fu Jun thrust the jade pendant into the ethereal Immortal City Gate. Seeing this, Lin Mo withdrew the Xuanyuan Sword, ignoring the golden talisman sword coming straight for him and leapt towards Xia Mengdie.
The golden talisman sword, Master Fu Jun's lifebound treasure, was immensely powerful.
It had only shuddered upon colliding with the Xuanyuan Sword mere moments ago and did not break.
Now, as Master Fu Jun controlled it to shoot violently forward, Lin Mo neither dodged nor blocked. Instead, he shockingly used his body to directly take the hit, causing Master Fu Jun's face to reveal a gleeful expression.
The fierce battle before had drained too much of Lin Mo's spiritual energy and strength. He no longer had enough spiritual energy to form a True Essence shield around his body to block the golden talisman sword.
The golden talisman sword pierced Lin Mo's shoulder, but it only went in about three inches before it couldn't penetrate further, and vibrant blood flowed out, staining his clothes.
Lin Mo frowned, but his speed did not decrease as he continued leaping towards Xia Mengdie.
Xia Mengdie had been struck away by Master Fu Jun, her lips stained with a wisp of tragic blood like a wilting rose petal in the wind. Yet her clear eyes were fixed on Lin Mo, seeing that he pursued her despite the danger. A faint smile appeared on her pretty face.
Lin Mo caught up with Xia Mengdie, enfolding her in his embrace.
Xia Mengdie's cool gaze fixed on him. She opened her lips, her voice scattered by the wind, "Is it worth it?"
"For you, everything is worth it," he replied.
A gentle smile curved the corners of Lin Mo's lips.
At that moment, a milky white glow emanated from Xia Mengdie's body, warm and comforting, while a similarly milky white light shone from another Twin Fish Jade Pendant. The two beams of light converged and shot towards the ethereal Immortal City Gate.
Immediately at the gate of Immortal City, a black portal emerged, seemingly possessing a sort of gravitational force; abruptly, everything nearby was sucked into the black hole, forming a vortex.
"Terrible, a space storm!"
Master Fu Jun's eyes widened as he stared at the mysterious black portal. Instantly, with a summoning gesture, he retracted the golden talisman sword that had stabbed into Lin Mo's chest.
Lin Mo furrowed his brows, aware of what that black portal meant. Only when a space rift occurred would there be a space rift, and within it were violent streams of air. Even for innate strong people, it was a life and death situation with virtually no chance of survival.
At that moment, Lin Mo mustered all his strength, dispersing his remaining spiritual energy to form a protective barrier around him and Xia Mengdie.
Under the watchful eyes of the rest, they were instantly sucked into the black hole.
Within the space rift, dangerous space storms harbored violent currents that could easily kill a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage. Even Golden Core and Nascent Soul stage cultivators dared not linger too long amid the spatial turbulence.
Within the fierce spatial winds, Lin Mo clung tightly around Xia Mengdie, the spatial turbulence slicing through the spiritual energy shield as easily as a knife through tofu, leaving terrible wounds on Lin Mo's body.
It should be noted that Lin Mo's body had been refined to the pinnacle level of Golden Skin, impregnable, but within the storm of the space crack, it was as if made of paper.
Moreover, the violent spatial turbulence not only slashed the body, but the minutely fine currents also pierced into one's body, destroying the meridians and even the internal organs.
The intense, bone-scraping pain was unbearable. If Master Fu Jun were to enter, he would likely lose all will from the pain, his mind going blank.
But Lin Mo still maintained mental clarity, knowing that if he died in the space storm, no one would protect Xia Mengdie, and Xia Mengdie would perish as well.
"I'm sorry…"
Xia Mengdie, looking at the smile on Lin Mo's face, felt as though her heart was being tightly squeezed in pain.
The more Lin Mo showed this 'calm' expression, the more unbearable the pain in her heart became, leaving her with an indescribable sense of guilt.
"I have said, if you die, then my days to come, even if they span thousands of years, will also be submerged in a sea of bitterness," Lin Mo said softly, but his brow furrowed tighter and tighter.
A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Lin Mo's mouth. In the past, when he entered the space rift, his extraordinary strength made it simple, like walking on flat ground, but he had never tried entering a space rift at the Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer.
Xia Mengdie tightly embraced Lin Mo, surrounded by darkness and a slight wind, but even in such an environment, her heart felt an unprecedented warmth and softness.
Just then, Lin Mo's skin emitted a golden glow, the Nine-Turn Divine Skill began to operate on its own, and at the same time, from the position of his heart, a faint green light began to flutter, like fireflies in the night.
The Yang Wood Divine Skill had automatically activated because Lin Mo's body was badly injured and continued to heal the wounds and internal injuries on his body.
Lin Mo had just fought with the Heavenly Sect people, exhausting all his Spiritual Energy, and was already at the end of his strength. Now facing the dangerous space storm, his body was already on the verge of collapsing.
The only thing supporting him was his resolve to protect Xia Mengdie.
Xia Mengdie also continuously transferred her own Spiritual Energy into his body through her palms.
The two of them were like a couple in the cold wind and darkness, facing fear, danger, unknown, darkness, and could only hold each other for warmth and comfort.
Outside Lobu Lake.
Everyone watched in disbelief as Lin Mo and Xia Mengdie entered the dark space storm and were momentarily stunned.
"Master."
Yingzi exclaimed.
"Lin Mo." Seeing this scene, Sima Zining, standing on the hillside, also lost her voice.
"Nephew, what is this thing?" Ye Beichen looked at the black hole, feeling a trepidation that came from the depths of his heart.
The uncle merely frowned, "That is a space black hole, those who enter are certain to die."
Ye Beichen had read about space rifts and space black holes in the sect's libraries. Even Innate Strong People who entered would have a slim chance of surviving. Now that both Lin Mo and Xia Mengdie had fallen into a space rift, were they going to die?
"Alas."
Master Fu Jun also sighed heavily, "The key to open Immortal City was defective; although the gates of Immortal City were opened, a space rift also appeared, and I'm afraid no one will dare enter now."
"Master Fu Jun, what should we do now?" a cultivator asked with a furrowed brow, "Are we unable to enter Immortal City to find treasures?"
"If you're not afraid of dying, you can try entering," Master Fu Jun said with a cold laugh.