CHAPTER 1092: CHAPTER 537: TIME DUST

In the white mist.

A valley is situated here.

At the deepest part of the valley is a secluded pool. Although called a pool, it actually contains something dark and indistinct, seemingly ethereal yet also tangible, giving a sense of unease.

In the center of this pool grows a peculiar little tree. This tree is silver in color, with light constantly flowing from it, looking extremely unusual.

"Hmm?"

From the distant white mist, a figure suddenly emerged, looking towards the tree.

The figure, dressed in a long azure robe, was Chen Mu. He had come into the valley, gazing at the pool and the tree at its center. After carefully scrutinizing it, a faint glimmer appeared in his eyes.

"Is it a wonder of the Void Dao?"

This was already the inner region of the Source Land, and it had been over ten days since he entered the inner region.

During these ten days, he had been exploring the situation within the Source Land, trying to find the road leading to the core, but he had yet to find it.

The interior structure of the Source Land was entirely different from the outside. Though the inner areas were still floating lands, they were situated in an extremely unstable void, with space frequently distorting, making the structure highly complex.

That is to say,

One moment, you might be somewhere, and the next, the void of the entire area could shift, suddenly appearing in another place miles away, or overlapping with other parts of space.

This situation made the interior region of the Source Land extremely complex, far beyond the external area.

At the same time, the exotic beasts inhabiting this interior region were much more ferocious, with Divine Under Fourth Rank and even Fifth Rank beings being quite common, including some reaching the level of Divine Under Sixth Rank.

To Chen Mu, such exotic beasts could still be easily subdued and annihilated, but for the martial artists from the Da Xuan World, they were almost insurmountable, making the interior of the Source Land nearly a death trap.

To enter here, one must at least have around Divine Under Fifth Rank strength to have any self-protection capability.

Moreover,

High-value resources in the Source Land were also mostly borne in the more powerful inner regions. Over countless years in the Da Xuan World, those who fortuitously entered the inner areas, encountered opportunities, and returned safely, were exceedingly few.

Over the past ten days, although Chen Mu had not found the right route to the core due to the complex structure of the inner region, his resource gains were quite impressive, with at least ten different kinds of spiritual objects falling into his hands.

The silver tree before him was undoubtedly also a wonder.

However, before acquiring it, Chen Mu did not know its specific function, only roughly judging that it should belong to the category of the Void Dao, a wonder of the void category.

Because nourishing this silver tree in the pool was void force almost taking on physical form!

There’s nothing to be said.

Encountering it, Chen Mu naturally would not let it go.

He stepped forward, reaching the edge of the pool within a few steps. With a tentative pull of the void force from the pool using the Void Dao, he seized the silver tree, attempting to uproot it.

But at this moment, the white mist behind him flickered, and an exotic beast silently emerged. This beast appeared exceedingly small, only the size of a human head. But when it opened its mouth, the surrounding void abruptly twisted. It was unclear whether Chen Mu’s area shrank or its mouth grew larger, for in Chen Mu’s eyes, it suddenly appeared as a sky-obscuring phenomenon!

Chen Mu, merely looking up, saw a gigantic mouth that seemed capable of devouring sun and moon, enveloping him entirely, making him feel minuscule, as if he might be completely swallowed in the next moment!

However.

Facing the attack, Chen Mu remained unflustered.

In these days exploring the inner region, he had encountered dozens, if not a hundred, exotic beasts, witnessing all kinds of methods involving time, void, and creation.

This scene and methods before him were not new to him; he even had some understanding, as this was an illustration of the mystique of the Void Dao, distorting the spatial structure!

"Break!"

Chen Mu, calm in the face of danger, raised his right hand slightly, grasping the Void Dao Divine Weapon Broken Sword he carried, then slashed upward, infusing it with the power of the Void Dao.

Though at this moment, his body seemed infinitesimal compared to the sky-covering maw, as if utterly mismatched in size, when Chen Mu swung his sword, only a tearing sound was heard, as if something was ripped. Instantly, a chasm like an abyss appeared on the roof of the sky-covering maw!

This chasm nearly penetrated its entire roof!

"Roar..."

The exotic beast emitted a deafening roar, then the sky-covering maw rapidly shrunk before Chen Mu’s eyes, transforming back into a small creature merely the size of a human head. Then its figure dematerialized, directly merging into the void, turning into an invisible state.