293: Chapter 293 Black Soul

Meanwhile, deep within the Wanji Icefield.

Su Mo stood where he was, looking somewhat helplessly at the massive, seven-colored beam of light before him that pierced the heavens and earth—it would be hard not to notice it.

And at the portal of the Secret Realm at the base of the light beam that was slowly opening, he rubbed his nose and muttered in a low voice, "This commotion... isn't it a bit too big?"

According to the guidance of that map, he had arrived at the end of this Wanji Icefield, and then, attempting to follow the map's hints, he had only released a tiny trace of the Great Desire Luotian Immortal Scripture's Qi.

Who could have expected that the momentum of this Secret Realm portal opening would be so vast, practically like announcing to the entire world that an incredible treasure had been unearthed here.

"I must go in quickly; otherwise, with such a big commotion, a crowd will be swarming over here immediately."

Su Mo no longer hesitated. Looking at the portal that had fully opened and whose interior was no longer clearly visible, he stepped right inside.

In an instant, accompanied by a wave of intense dizziness, it felt as if his entire Soul had been thrown into a tumble dryer and violently churned.

This feeling came quickly and left just as quickly.

The next moment, his feet landed on solid ground.

The discomfort brought by the space teleportation quickly faded. Su Mo steadied himself and opened his eyes again.

What appeared before his eyes was not the Immortal Cave, pavilions, and towers he had imagined, nor was it some deep cavern or perilous forbidden ground, but an endless... desolate battlefield.

The sky was a stifling dark red, as if it had been soaked in dried blood for countless years. There were no sun, moon, or stars, only the occasional space cracks that streaked across like scars, emitting an aura that made one's heart palpitate.

The ground beneath his feet was charred black, covered with huge and hideous cracks, as if it had been shattered alive by supreme, mighty power.

Broken weapons were visible everywhere. These weapons were of an ancient style, and even though they had long since lost their spirituality, they still emitted a chilling Evil Qi. Some were even as huge as mountains, thrust obliquely into the earth, telling of the tragedy and grandeur of the battles of the past.

Further away, one could vaguely see some immensely huge skeletons half-buried in the scorched earth. Those skeletons were crystal clear like jade and even emitted a faint halo, clearly indicating that their owners had been incredibly powerful existences during their lifetimes.

"This is... an ancient battlefield?" Su Mo frowned slightly, feeling somewhat surprised in his heart.

This Secret Realm seemed quite different from the treasure-hiding place he had expected.

Su Mo tentatively released a trace of the Great Desire Luotian Immortal Scripture's Qi, and a faint beam of light immediately appeared in the distance, responding to him.

Su Mo understood immediately; the response of that light beam undoubtedly pointed out the direction—this should be where the Opportunity indicated by the map was located.

His heart settled, and without further hesitation, he immediately leaped up and sped toward the direction of the light beam.

However, the moment he took his first step and his body was about to leave the ground—

"Puff!"

A pitch-black blade light, extremely condensed and so fast it surpassed Divine Sense detection, slashed out from the Void Realm on the side without any warning!

Where the blade light passed, space was silently sliced open into a thin line, and with absolute sharpness, it instantly swept across Su Mo's body!

Su Mo couldn't even react, and his entire body was split in two!

The next moment, Su Mo was standing there again, completely unharmed.

Not even the corner of his clothing was damaged.

Su Mo tilted his head slightly, his gaze calmly looking toward the direction from which the blade light had attacked.

He saw that there, a humanoid creature composed of deep black energy was hovering silently, holding a similarly pitch-black long blade.

It had no facial features and no life aura. Its entire body emitted a kind of pure, extreme sharpness, as well as a dead silence where all things come to an end.

Su Mo's eyes narrowed slightly.

"This thing... it's a bit like a Divine Soul in a special state? But it's not quite like it..."

With his knowledge, he was unable to fully see through the essence of this black figure for a moment.

It did not seem to be a true living organism; it was more like a manifestation of some rule, or rather, a "guard" left behind by this ancient battlefield.

However, Su Mo did not care. He glanced at the position where he had just been "severed," and a faint curve even appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"A bit interesting."

He ignored the blade-wielding black shadow and moved again, continuing to fly toward the direction of the light beam in the distance, his speed increasing by a few notches.

The blade-wielding black shadow seemed to be enraged by Su Mo's "ignoring" of it, or perhaps its purpose for existing was to attack any living creature that intruded into this place.

Its figure flickered and merged into the Void Realm again. The next moment, even denser and sharper pitch-black blade lights slashed toward Su Mo from all directions, sealing off all his space for evasion!

Meanwhile, as Su Mo continued to penetrate deeper into the ancient battlefield—

"Swish!" "Boom!" "Screech—!"

Fist imprints, Sword Qi, spear gleams, and even some kind of strange spiritual attacks... various kinds of attacks kept emerging from the charred earth, the broken weapons, and the shadows of the huge skeletons!

The attackers were all those pitch-black, varied-form humanoid creatures!

They seemed like ghosts born from the death history of this battlefield, carrying endless obsession with slaughter, frantically attacking Su Mo, the only "living person" here.

For a time, Su Mo's path forward seemed to be shrouded by countless black storms of death!

However, facing this siege that would be enough to make a Profound Immortal flustered or even regret it on the spot, Su Mo's reaction was outrageously simple.

He neither blocked nor dodged.

He just maintained his flying posture and went straight forward.

All attacks, whether it was the blade light that tore through space, the fist imprint that shattered mountains, or the impact that struck directly at the Divine Soul, could not stop his forward speed.

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff...

The dense sound of attacks hitting him was like rain hitting banana leaves, yet it became the only accompaniment on this dead-silent battlefield.

This ancient battlefield Secret Realm was unimaginably vast. Su Mo flew for a full three days before finally reaching the source of that light beam.

The light beam did not rise from the ground but originated from a drop of golden blood suspended in mid-air.

That drop of blood was about the size of a fist, perfectly round, like a miniature sun, emitting a warm and eternal light.

It hovered quietly and rotated slowly. Each rotation stirred the surrounding Void Realm to produce countless tiny golden dao runes, emitting a sense of eternal immortality.

Su Mo could clearly feel that the level of power contained within this drop of golden blood was extremely high.

"Is this the Opportunity indicated by the map?"

Just as this thought rose in his heart.

An unexpected change occurred!

The Great Desire Luotian Immortal Scripture, which had been quietly hovering deep in his Sea of Consciousness, suddenly began to vibrate violently uncontrollably at this moment, emitting unprecedented desire and excitement!

"Hum—!"

The next instant, this mysterious stone book actually rushed directly out of Su Mo's Sea of Consciousness.

Under Su Mo's gaze, the Great Desire Luotian Immortal Scripture hovered above the golden blood, shrouding that drop of blood.

The golden blood seemed to resist, trembling slightly and emitting stronger fluctuations of dao rhyme, but in the end, it could not withstand the attraction of the stone book and began to be slowly pulled closer, to be absorbed by the Great Desire Luotian Immortal Scripture.