The next second, Lady Houtu extended her fair right hand and gently touched the stone monument.
As soon as her hand touched the monument, its surface emitted rays of spiritual light, spreading over the entire monument like blood vessels.
"Place your hand on it, too."
Hearing this, Su Mu was momentarily stunned but then extended his right hand. The moment his palm touched the monument.
The threads of light traveled up Su Mu's arm and spread over the surface of his skin. In his pupils appeared the phantom image of the monument.
His consciousness began to blur.
In a haze, it was as if he was dreaming.
In the dream, he was drowning, unable to breathe. The intense sensation of suffocation made him feel on the brink of death, his body becoming extraordinarily heavy, continuously sinking toward the depths of an eerie river...
