The Earth is left unprotected as Earth is changing

Unknown virus that infects everything.

The land moves, overgrown vegetation and forests

Human mutating, animals and insects becoming monsters and beast. 

Hidden beings coming to light.

As this could be a blessing or a disaster.

The Book of Genesis opens the Hebrew Bible with the story of creation. God, a spirit hovering over an empty, watery void, creates the world by speaking into the darkness and calling into being light, sky, land, vegetation, and living creatures over the course of six days.

Su Mo left from the Xuan Sect and headed west.
He couldn't return to the Firmament Palace until he found the other Spiritual Sword.
Once he went back, the Firmament Palace would go public.
Su Mo rode his Spiritual Sword, leg-crossed. He separated one thread of his focus to drive the Spiritual Sword and concentrated the rest on consolidating his cultivation.
Five days later, Su Mo felt he got closer to his Spiritual Sword. There was only one day's journey left.
Su Mo ended his practice and sped up his advance.
As he advanced, Su Mo noticed the land below was becoming more and more desolate, the earth chapped, vegetation withered, and vitality absent.
Moreover, he hadn't seen any city for tens of thousands of li.
"What's going on?"
Su Mo was confused, wondering why this place was so barren.
However, Su Mo didn't have time to look into it. His priority was to find the Natal Spiritual Sword.
After flying for another half a day, Su Mo was completely surprised.
The land he passed had nothing growing, desolate and barren like a desert.
At that time, he was already very close to his Natal Spiritual Sword. Probably under five hundred thousand li.
Su Mo didn't stop until a long time later.
There was a huge abyss under him.
The entrance to the abyss was oval with a radius of over ten thousand zhang. Inside it appeared dark and bottomless.
Moreover, the abyss was filled with dark, brutal, and bloody smell, giving the region of one thousand li in radius an eerie feeling.
"Could this be the Devil Abyss, the Netherworld Devil Sect's base?"
Looking at the abyss below, Su Mo mused until a beam of light flashed in his head. This place did look like the legendary Devil Abyss.
Su Mo looked very serious, his brows knitted tightly.
His Natal Spiritual Sword seemed to be inside this abyss. Someone of the Netherworld Devil Sect was in possession of it.
At this moment, he was able to activate his Natal Spiritual Sword. Just one thought and the Natal Spiritual Sword would come back to him.
Even if the Natal Spiritual Sword was held by an expert at the Martial Royal Realm peak, he could take it back by surprise.
However, Su Mo was in no hurry. He wanted to explore this abyss.
Since he was already at the Devil Abyss, he would like to give it a try to rescue Hong Qingxuan.
Activating the Spiritual Sword would startle the enemy.
After a moment of thought, Su Mo flew directly into the abyss.
He was strong enough to be bold. He had no fear for the Netherworld Devil Sect's den.
Whoosh!
Su Mo was very fast, his body dropping into the abyss like a meteor falling from the sky.
Inside the abyss, Su Mo slowed down, holding his aura.
This abyss seems to have no bottom. Su Mo had already descended ten thousand zhang but he still couldn't see the bottom.
At ten thousand zhang under ground, it was dark but there was no obstacle for experts like Su Mo.
Su Mo carefully controlled his descend speed until he was 20 thousand zhang underground.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
All of a sudden, air was pierced through and four cold beams charged at Su Mo at high speed.
"Death!"
Su Mo's body flashed and dodged the four cold beams. Four Natal Spiritual Swords were fired out at once.
Bam, bam, bam!
Four dull sounds came and four men in black fell down.
These were four guards of the Netherworld Devil Sect, watching the entrance to the Devil Abyss in secret.
These four men were no easy target with strength close to the Peak Martial King Realm. However, Su Mo could easily kill them by waving his hands.
The four men's head was instantly shot open by Su Mo's Natal Spiritual Sword, dead without an opportunity to cry.
Whoosh!
Su Mo took three bodies into the Divine Map at once.
He took the three bodies not for their divine elixir but to keep them from falling to the bottom of the abyss, which might alert the Netherworld Devil Sect.
The last body was held in Su Mo's hand.
He took a close look at his appearance. His facial muscles wiggled and he transformed into the fourth man.
Su Mo changed his appearance, not exactly like the man in black but very similar.
It would be safer if he entered the Devil Abyss like this.
Su Mo then took off the man's black robe and put it on before putting his body into the Divine Map.
Su Mo resumed his descend carefully.
This abyss seemed to have no bottom. Su Mo had already descended fifty thousand zhang but he still couldn't see the bottom.
Fortunately, he didn't encounter any more attack.
Su Mo continued to descend and finally saw the bottom when he was 70 thousand zhang underground.
He didn't rush to land but used his spiritual consciousness to look around. He stepped his feet on the ground when he was certain it was safe.
Su Mo looked around and discovered a very large underground world.
This underground world was massive. He used his Ghostly Magic Sight Martial Soul but still couldn't see the end of it.
He glanced across the mountains and waters, and many grotesque black vegetation and trees.
However, this underground world was not dark at all. Actually the sight was very good.
From one thousand zhang above the bottom, the rock wall stretched up extensively with one legendary luminous pearl inserted every one hundred zhang. This underground world was illuminated brightly.
Su Mo observed carefully with the Ghostly Magic Sight Martial Soul but didn't see anyone from the Netherworld Devil Sect.
After a while, Su Mo flew away.
He didn't fly up very high so members of the Netherworld Devil Sect wouldn't spot him. He flew low to investigate.
"Hmm?"
After just over one thousand li, Su Mo suddenly came to a stop and hid under a huge bouquet of flowers behind a small hill.
Soon after, a unit of about ten men in black flew by.
"It must be a unit on patrol. This Netherworld Devil Sect is pretty well guarded!"
Su Mo muttered to himself as he watched the men in black looking around while flying.
"I wonder where Qingxuan is kept..."
Su Mo heaved a sigh. He wanted to continue when the patrol unit flew away.
All of a sudden, a sense of danger hit all over Su Mo's body.


Su Mo went from the pride of his clan to becoming the butt end of a joke in a matter of minutes. The former King of Mercenaries from Earth was reborn in the body of a boy in a foreign world and had used skills in his previous life to rise to the top among his peers, however, his previous training could only take him so far. The next step in this martial arts dominated world was to awaken one’s Martial Soul.
The awakening ceremony ends in disaster for Su Mo as he awoke a Martial Soul of the lowest level. Such a prodigy is now considered worse than useless as his Martial Soul is far too weak! After becoming the embarrassment of the clan, he discovers that his Martial Soul has a unique property: it could level up! This unique martial soul could shake the heavens. 
It was at this time that Su Mo meets the love of his life but the situation quickly deteriorates when she is taken by one of the most powerful forces in the world. Su Mo must rise from the lowest of the low and reach the pinnacle of power in order to save the love of his live within five years or she will forever be out of his reach.


"As the Ecstasy Fog covers the lake, humans cannot enter, but the silver fishes can freely swim through it. This is obviously a dream master's Ecstasy Fog!"
As Old Yu and his granddaughter were deep in their thoughts, Fang Yuan sat on the Iron-tailed Black Eagle's back, full of anticipation.
With the treasure map, water map and the spiritual king fish's memories, there was no way he could not find it.
As the Iron-tailed Black Eagle flapped its wings, a large Ecstasy Fog appeared in front of Fang Yuan.
This was the Ecstasy Fog which the 'master' had placed once a year during the Drunken Moon Festival.
It was totally calm like a wall, which was rather weird for a fog.
"Chirp! Chirp!"
The Iron-tailed Black Eagle did not care one bit and dived straight into the fog.
"Sleep! Sleep!"
As he entered the Ecstasy Fog, Fang Yuan's consciousness began to waver. His eyelids became heavy, like a thousand tons of additional weight.
"It is indeed a dream master's Ecstasy Fog!"
This scene only reaffirmed his guess that the ancestor of the Five Ghosts Sect was a dream master who escaped from the Da Qian empire!
"Meditative Ceremony!"
Fang Yuan cleared his thoughts and recited Master Wenxin's Meditative Ceremony scripture. In his mind palace, dream elemental energy flowed throughout his entire body and momentarily took on a strange shape. This caused his consciousness to become extremely clear.
"A fog of such strength, I'm afraid that even Grandmasters will not be able to awaken…"
Fang Yuan became serious. "If not for my Meditative Tea Ceremony, or my cultivation as a dream master, I might be trapped as well!"
At this point, he was fearless.
Following the strong winds, the Iron-tailed Black Eagle broke through the fog wall, and an island full of greenery appeared in front of him.
"This spiritual king fish's memories point to this place too!"
Fang Yuan squinted his eyes and arrived on the island. He jumped down from the eagle and leapt straight into the water.
"Splash!"
There was the sound of water splashing and there were bubbles all around him.
The world underneath the lake was weird. There was a weird glow, but Fang Yuan ignored it and followed the spiritual king fish's memories as he searched for the cavern.
Not long later, a pitch-black cavern appeared in his vision.
"This is where the Wine Spring Source is… The spiritual king fish was only lucky to have stumbled upon this to become what it is now!"
As a Grandmaster, he had unthinkable abilities.
Fang Yuan could cleverly use his elemental force to take a quick breath at the bottom of the lake.
He took out a Bright Moon Pearl, which illuminated the water beneath the surface. As there was nothing much, he continued swimming deeper.
The wine fragrance surrounding him became stronger and stronger. As he entered the cavern, the feeling of being intoxicated became increasingly stronger.
"With the spiritual king fish here, other animals would be chased away. After all, why would it let any other animal become like it?"
Fang Yuan entered the cavern and arrived at the bottommost part of it.
There was seaweed all over the rock walls, and the wine fragrance was getting stronger.
If a normal person were to enter this place, he would be intoxicated to death!
"There is indeed a Wine Spring Source!"
Fang Yuan turned his head and looked at a hole in the wall.
The immense wine fragrance originated from the hole, bringing with it a hint of spiritual energy.
"No wonder the spiritual king fish can grow to such a state!"
Fang Yuan was not shocked at all; instead, he was pleased. "Come… out!"
As he spoke, his elemental force was released like a web and it entered the hole.
"Rumble! Rumble!"
Large amounts of wine flowed out from the Spring Eye, as though it was free of charge.
Fang Yuan's expression remained, as he strengthened his elemental force.
From the spring, a burst of spiritual energy shot out. It was intense and was comparable to that at the Green Peak spiritual land.
At this moment, a grey stone rolled out of the hole. On the surface, it seemed to be covered in moss and algae, but it was still indeed the source of the spiritual energy.
This stone resembled the shape of a wine pot. It was round in the middle, and the spout was thin and long. There was an unending flow of wine coming from the spout.
"Wine Spring Source?"
As Fang Yuan observed, he was dumbfounded and had no other suspicions.
He stretched his right arm and picked up the stone wine pot. His expression changed. "This is really a wine pot… spiritual treasure?"
Rumour had it that among the spiritual knights, there was an equipment forging branch that could create unimaginable spiritual equipment.
However, as compared to normal equipment forging masters, the talismans and magical equipment that spiritual knights made after experimenting on their own were dispensable and trash.
"Bottomless wine pot? What a good spiritual treasure!"
Fang Yuan exclaimed and exerted a force from his hand. The rock shattered into pieces and fell to the ground, revealing the actual form of the spiritual pot.
The pot was neither made of gold nor jade. It had a black exterior, and there was a fine line at the mouth, with a pot cover next to it. When the pot was opened and tipped to one side, spiritual wine began to flow out of it.
"Good treasure, what a good treasure!"
Fang Yuan placed the cover on the mouth of the pot, and the wine stopped flowing out. The wine fragrance slowly dissipated.
"It seems like this wine pot was not deliberately placed here, but an abandoned spiritual treasure. Who would've thought that it could have such power…"
Fang Yuan's eyes grew, and his fear for that dream master grew as well.
Just by possessing this spiritual treasure, this mysterious 'master' might not be any less affluent than Master Wenxin.
Furthermore, his traces were mysterious and he was likely to be immoral.
If he wanted to forcefully take it, he could not know what would happen to him.
"Splash!"
In the fog, a splash appeared on the surface of the lake. Fang Yuan's silhouette appeared, and with one leap, he arrived at the shore of the island.
He circulated his elemental energy as the water on him started to evaporate.
In the smoke, his clothes began to dry up, as he started to feel comfortable.
Fang Yuan opened the pot cover and drank a mouthful of spiritual wine.
"Whoosh!"
A fiery stream of wine entered through his throat and swirled in his stomach. All his acupoints were relaxed and the pleasure could not be described with words.
"There is more that the wine can do!"
There was no need for any explanation. Its concentration was more than 10 times the normal water.
It only took a mouth for Fang Yuan to enter a trance. As his elemental force shook, he was awoken.
"Good wine, this is good stuff!"
As he praised the wine, he looked at the island.
The island was not a big one, but it was filled with greenery. He could feel a lot of energy signatures from the vegetation, which meant that there were not normal plants.
If not for the lack of spiritual energy, Fang Yuan would have guessed that this was another piece of spiritual land.
"The treasure map and the spiritual king fish's memories all point to this place!"
Fang Yuan sighed and walked into the dense vegetation with no regrets.
"Ssss!"
The forest was creepy as there were weird noises coming from everywhere.
Fang Yuan walked through the forest and suddenly, he saw a large green snake coiled up on the ground. It was breathing in the fog, as though it had the wisdom of a human!
"Get lost!"
This snake was comparable to a [Martial Artist (12th Gate)], but Fang Yuan squinted his eyes and exerted his energy from his body.
"Sssss!"
The green snake wanted to retaliate and adopted a defensive stance. However, as it detected a large amount of energy from its adversary, it retreated, turned around and fled, as though if it was one step slower it would have been killed by the force behind it.
"Mmm, you're quite smart!"
Fang Yuan did not hide anymore, as his energy level shot up!
Why was his cultivation level so high now?
He was not just a martial artist in the Elemental Gathering Realm, but a dream master as well!
By adding up both of these, it was not as simple as adding their cultivations.
In a moment, a fearsome energy field spread across the entire island. As the large spiritual beasts detected the energy spreading throughout the entire island, they could only scramble and look for a hiding spot.
Those weaker ones could only kneel down and surrender to the strong energy.
"Haha… I am the master!"
As he laughed, he trotted through the island.
With his threat, the other beasts would not there to do anything to him.
"This island…"
After close observation, Fang Yuan had a shocking discovery. "I'm afraid that someone had already done something to separate this place from the real world. Only during the Drunken Moon Festival would this place appear and be accessible. On other days, even if the whole world was searched thoroughly, this place could never be found!"
As he thought about it, the mysterious dream master became increasingly scary.
Fang Yuan bit his lips and arrived in the middle of the island.
There were obvious signs of human interference here.The mountainous ridges suddenly disappeared, as though someone had chopped it off.
On top of where the original mountain ridges should have been, there was a gigantic square laid out in white jade. It had an unimaginable width and there were many carved statues around. Every stroke of the statue was unbelievably real.
Among all these carvings were people, birds, and animals. Their eyeballs were made out of black precious gems, which made them look extremely real, as though they could come alive the next moment.
"Mmm?"
Arriving here, Fang Yuan felt that something in his robes felt extremely hot.
As he took it out, he realised that it was the treasure map of the Five Ghosts Sect!
As this point in time, the treasure map was smoking, and the red marking became a brilliant red with a mild glow.
"No risks, no rewards. Furthermore, it is just a piece of inheritance… Since he had already made up his mind to pass it to the future generations, he must have hoped that someone would inherit it, and therefore it should not be too dangerous!"
Fang Yuan calmed himself down and followed the instructions on the treasure map as he arrived in the middle of the square.
There were 49 statues carved in white jade, and on every one of them, there was some sort of energy holding them down. It was mysterious and seemed like a certain formation.
Fang Yuan based on the instructions on the treasure map, triggered the mechanism and went to the middle of the square.
"If there is a real treasure, it would be here!"
He opened up his treasure map and stared at the shining marks on it, speechless.
"Wuwu!"
Outside, the many statue carvings started to make a synchronised noise.
The treasure map in his hands burnt up, in what seemed to be a response to the noise.
Suddenly, a glow appeared in the middle of the square, straight into Fang Yuan's forehead.
He froze at his spot as his eyes were filled with colours, as he entered a weird dream.


This is the story of a boy who lived a secluded life in the mountains, tending his farm, rearing his fish, and dreaming his dreams. Eh? Did I suddenly conquer all worlds and become the big boss? Or am I still in a dream?

  "Was there anyone living in here?" Mason and the others who were looking all over the streets could see the ruins covered by the vegetation. The architectural style was totally different but from these vestiges they could vaguely understand that most of the things were the remnants of broken residential buildings. 

  "Of course." Scott looked up at the surrounding ruins and continued: "Our ancestors had lived in this place until the disaster destroyed it. As a result it is desolate now. As everything that is here was made and build by our ancestors, our role is to take back these things to the consortium" 

    "Where our ancestors lived ... "  Mason exclaimed in excitement as he heard words Scott said. Everyone was curiously looking around. 

    Dudian saw a map drawn on sheepskin in Scott's hands. He peeked at it and saw the crooked routes sketched on it. In the centre of the map a huge sqare pattern was depicted. 'The giant wall of Silva' was written close to it. Outside the giant wall there were outlines of irregular curved circles marked with numbers above them. 

    "Zero, one ... " Dudian eyes sweeped over them. He saw that these numbers were repeated in different places. There was 'area 0' at one place and in another one. The numbers went up to seven. Each area were dyed in a different color. The map looked like a rainbow. 

    Scott saw that Dudian was observing the map: "This is the scavenging map of the giant wall. The outside areas are divided by consortia in advance and marked accordingly by number and color. For example our Mellon consortium's areas are colored in blood red. The green and yellow that you see close by to our area belongs to others. Green areas area owned by military while yellow refers to Huasheng consortia's area. Each consortia sends their hunters in advance to clean out the region before sending scavengers" 

    Dudian nodded slightly as he undertood the meaning behind circles and colors. Zero to seven referred to military and 6 consortiums. He asked:"What is the gray are outside?" 

    "This is place that hunters haven't gone through yet." Scott spoke in a serious tone: "We absolutely can not enter these gray areas. They are extremely dangerous. Even hunters are likely to die in there if they are alone"

    "Dangerous?" Dudian was curious: "What is the source of danger?"

    "Monsters!" Scott whispered.

    Dudian's heart jumped: "Monsters?"

    At this time, they came up a corner. There was a traffic light which had collapsed on to the street. As everything else it was covered by vegetation and surrounded by vines. It was not collected by scavengers. 

    "The area No 8 is in front of us" Scott looked at the corner of the street. There was less vegetation in here in comparison to other areas as it was close to the city center. Traces of cracks were on streets that had been caused by the earthquakes. 

    "From now on all of us should be on alert! " Scott looked dignified as he pulled out a dagger from his waist: " The hunters have just cleaned out area No 8. We are the second batch to enter this region. Although the harvest will be very good, but it is likely that we will encounter monsters that weren't killed by hunters. Be calm and try not to be attacked by monsters otherwise you may get infected." 

    Dudian and the others who were new to this felt a little nervous. They took out their weapons as Scott had done previously. Everyone vigilantly began to scan the surrounding environment. 

    As Scott entered the middle of the street, Dudian saw a new wooden sign on the roadside. There was a blood-red 'eight' written on it representing the area number eight under Mellon Consortium. 

    Dudian vaguely saw a large lump of green vegetation covering an object on another part of the street far away from them. From the shape of object he identified it as a scrapped car. 

   He was excited at sight. If there were cars then he could find generators too. Naturally in the last three hundred years because of the ultraviolet effects, rain and corrosion most of them would have turned into scrap metal. But there was a chance that he would find some well-preserved parts. There can be a well-preserved generator at some underground shelter too. 

    Scott whispered: "These green vegetation are covering some large-scale materials. When we return we have to think of way to take them back. For now the first is to find a foothold to live for the next ten days. So we should get a base campe and the separate to search for the materials." 

They passed by the cars that were covered by the greenery. They were totally unaware of a pale and dry hand that stretched out of the windows of one of the cars that was covered in thick vegetation. It was struggling as it tried to reach out to the crowd that had gone. 

    ...

    ...

    At the end of the street on crossroads Scoot looked up and picked a slightly complete three story building: "This place should be fine. Let's clean-up the place" He went towards the building. 

    "Ah!" A girl's scream sounded out from behind. She pointed out to the ground close to the building in horror: "Blood! Blood!" She was shocked and trembling.

    Everyone looked to see a pool of blood on the ground. Although it had dried up but the color was visible. It was clearly left in here recently. After all rain would have scrubbed it away in the last three centuries. 

    Dudian's remembered Scott's words regarding the monster. He subconsciously clutched his waist where gunpowder was kept. 

    Other children were tense as they saw the blood pool on the ground. 

    Scott frowned: "What are you making the fuss for? I've already said that there were monsters in here. Obviously hunters have killled them. Do you expect them to clean afterwards? Do not be surprised as we may see sights like this a lot. Ah! I hate working with rookies!" His patience was clearly not as high towards the others as with Dudian. 

    Mia, who was next to him, pushed forward the door of the building. The door was made up of the glass but had been broken. It seemed to be a shop. Vegetation had spread inside the building. 

    Dudian entered behind Scott. There was thick accumulation of dust everywhere. After the long time, it had dried and had become as hard as the layer of earth.
 
    Scott with a handle of the dagger poked the vegetation on the counter. There was a glass cabinet. His eyes brightened. Immediately with the hilt of the dagger he broke the glass and grabbed the jewelry that was inside. He wiped the dust above the jewelry with a fabric and exposed the golden luster. There was surprise exposed on his face. 

    Dudian quietly watched. He knew that Scott will get extra commission from the jewelry that he had picked up. After all, nobles loved gold. Especially the ornaments such as these were very hard to find.


Catastrophe erupted, it was the end of the world.
Survivors were surrounded by the impregnable wall, a new order was established...
The desire for power, faith, and darkness pervaded each other, layer upon layer of brands imprinted in every corner of the heart.
The virus wreaked havoc, were these humans' true colors?
"I unexpectedly survive, I want to live." –Du Dian

Lonemoon paused and turned back to survey him, something seemed to be coming up yet he couldn't catch onto it.
Until Chef suddenly reminded from beside him. "It's demonic aura."
He fell into a momentary daze before instantly understanding where was the problem. This was Void Land, as it was overly disordered, the demon monsters here do not have demonic auras. Instead, it was a chaotic aura that even they couldn't differentiate apart. Just like the monster in the mystic realm and the peach blossom demon from the previous time, there was completely no demonic aura on them. 
However, Ling Wen Xuan's injury was really and truly affected by demonic aura. He had mixed elixirs into the medicine to dispel the demonic aura in his dantian before he could recover. It means that… the demon monster that they had dealt with was a true demon monster! Just like the ones in their planes, demon monsters that came with demonic aura. 
Lonemoon looked at the egg shell in his hands. Only spirit seeds of the original source can breed pure demon monsters. It was impossible just based on this egg shell alone, which means this spirit seed had indeed been in this egg at the start. No! He should say that it was once in the Flame Mountain, that was why it caused those demon monsters to carry demonic aura. And it was brought back to the nest by that demon monster, only it disappeared after?
"Huh?" Ling Wen Xuan paused for a moment and suddenly looked towards the empty egg in Lonemoon's hand, subconsciously commenting, "Why does it feel like the energy in this egg lessened by a lot?" He said confusedly, "I remember when I first saw this egg, the energy in it was a lot more concentrated."
Lonemoon turned back and glanced at me, instantly becoming more sure of his own idea. "Fellow Daoist Wen Xuan, may I know the specific location of that Flame Mountain?
"Flame Mountain is in the Northern region, closer to the west." Ling Wen Xuan replied, "It's about a thousand miles from Yang City." 
"Thank you for letting us know." Lonemoon nodded. "We have something urgent to see to, we shall not disturb you any longer and leave first."
The few people got up, intending to leave yet Ling Wen Xuan stood up directly and asked with some anxiety. "Are all of you really setting off for Flame Mountain?"
Lonemoon felt that there no longer any need to hide it and nodded. "Mm, there are some things we have to get to the bottom of."
"That area is way too dangerous and the terrain is complicated…" He looked worried and gritted out after some thought. "Why don't I follow along? It'll be easier to show you all the way too." 
It was best to have someone lead the way, Lonemoon glanced at him but still shook his head in the end. "It's alright, you're also a disciple of Immortal Spirit Academy, it's not good if you just leave like this." This academy was almost like a sect, he was already being disliked because of his injuries, even Ling Hong and the others were often being targeted as a result, there was no need to create more trouble for them. 
"But…" He was still a little worried. seeing that they really did not need him to lead the way, he thought for a while and said, "Then please hold on for a moment." He suddenly turned into a room at the side, brought out his ink and brush and started to draw quickly. A short while later, he walked over with two pieces of paper. "This is map for the route to Flame Mountain, this other one is the terrain of Flame Mountain that I drew based on my memory, it might be useful."
Lonemoon took a glance, the map was very detailedly drawn, even the location where they found the demon monster was marked out, it was indeed something they needed. "Thank you Wen Xuan."
"It's what I ought to do." He smiled, then pulled out a communication jade token. "If there's still anything you're unclear of, you can contact me using this jade token."
Lonemoon also took and nodded before leaving with Shen Ying and Chef.
Taking a detailed look at the map, the few of them headed in the direction of Flame Mountain. As they could not teleport, they could only sword-ride. Yet the closer they flew towards the north, the hotter it got. Even the terrains became increasingly barren, the ground a sea of withered yellow, even the occasional vegetation spotted were shriveled droopy, as if their dispositions had been killed by the sun. 
They flew for a couple of days, the odd thing was that the scenery beneath suddenly changed as huge areas of green forests appeared. Though it was still scorching, but it seemed like the entire world had come to live again, the surroundings were breathing with vitality.
Yi Qing frowned and glanced down at the forest, then could not help but spoke up, "Father Niu, in this forest…"
Lonemoon's face also darkened beside him. "There is demonic auras everywhere in this forest, seems there's more than one demon monster that carries demonic aura."
The two of them exchanged a glance, then sped up in the direction of Flame Mountain, spending another half day's time before they arrived at their destination. From far they could see a huge volcano, fiery red flares could occasionally be seen at the peak, above it was clouds of black smoke. 
Before them was a boundless forest, filled with dense vegetation all around and it was blazing hot yet there seemed to be thick clouds of fog in the forest, making it resemble a fairyland. But all these were different in Yi Qing and Lonemoon's eyes, other than the white fog, the demonic aura in this forest was the most concentrated that they'd seen throughout the entire journey. 
Though it wasn't like the demon realm they'd seen in their plane in the past, but based on the appearance of this forest, there were demon monsters that were at least eighth-level and above.
Lonemoon brought out the second map, after a careful comparison, he released his divine perception to sweep across the entire forest before pointing towards the right, saying, "That's where they found the spirit seed."
With that said, they turned and flew in that direction. Within moments, a small and clear lake appeared before them, though they called it a lake, it was actually not much bigger than a pond. Only in the middle of it was an island tens of meters wide. It was where Ling Wen Xuan marked out that they found the spirit seed.
Three of them landed at once, indeed, once they touched the ground, they felt a hint of Qi of the original source rush over. This small island wasn't big, everything could be seen in one look. There was a massive nest in the trees on the island, the Qi of the original source came from there, but the nest was empty.
Lonemoon circled around the huge nest, it was evident that there used to be a demon monster here but now even the surrounding demonic aura was very faint. 
"Chef, have you got any findings?" Lonemoon looked towards the person beside him.
Chef shook his head. "The Qi of the original source should be remnants from ages ago, the spirit seed hasn't been here for a long time."
Does that mean that this was another futile trip?
Lonemoon was slightly irritated, turning towards Shen Ying, he asked, "Foodie, can we reject this task regarding the spirit seed?" Anyway the spirit seed was Mi Le's it had nothing to do with their plane. 
Shen Ying cocked her head to a side, only replying with a sentence moments later. "Flower is very close to my sister!"
"And then…" What has it got to do with your sister?
She then said in all seriousness. "Then he will be a tattletale." 
"…" Motherf*cker!
This was the so-called friendship between classmates? Turns out it started from snitching to guardians and parents?


Everyone says that Yi Qing is the number one sword cultivator in the world, with a swordsmanship and cultivation that no one can surpass. Whether it was when he was cultivating in the Lower Realm, or when he was in the Ten Heavens of the Upper Realm, he has always remained undefeated.

To that, Yi Qing laughs and says, “That is because you do not know of my Master. If we speak of cultivation, I am not as good as she by a long mile. Thinking about it, at the start, out of the ten Heavenly Emperors of the Upper Realm, my Master beat up nine, and the one left was myself.”

“Master? You actually have a Master! Who? Why haven't we ever heard of her?”

“My Master is… Eh? Master? Master! And my Master? Has anyone seen my Master?”

A person next to them quietly raised her paw. “I am here!”

-_-|||

The only problem Sheng Ying has after transmigrating is… that her level of presence is just too low!

Yu Fengtian paused before answering,"The Darksun Marauders are quite infamous for committing many treacherous actions such as robbery and kidnapping especially with merchants and nobles. Many of their crimes go unnoticed as they prefer to act undercover using the fake identities and other various means. Furthermore, they do almost all of their work in the night. As far as I know, their base should be in this forest but no one knows the exact location. "

"Is that why you and your sister were attacked by them?" Ming Yue asked.

"Yes," he replied.

Yu Fengtian paused before telling his story. As it turns out, he and his sister came from a small branch of a noble family. His sister was a genius cultivator while he was unable to cultivate at all leading many to shun him as a cripple. However, his sister never thought of him that way and loved her older brother dearly. Several weeks ago, the family had prepared to send her to Five Element City to the main family branch where they would hold a competition among the younger generation and send the winner to the Youth Dragon Tournament. If she was to win this competition and enter, then it would give the branch family a higher status. 

During the preparations she wanted to bring him with her to cheer her on. Their family didn't really care and told her that she could bring him along. The main family had arranged some guards for them and sent them off. Who would have known that these protectors were actually criminals.

"Her name is Yao Xian, Yu Yao Xian."

Yu Fengtian's face was filled with grief after recalling her name.

Ming Yue thought to herself, slowly digesting the information. She then took out the belongings of the men from yesterday and rummaged through them. There was a fair bit of money, some trinkets and weapons, and finally a rolled up paper.

She unfurled it, recognizing it as a map and started looking over it. There were several red marks on it, scattered throughout the map, some seemed to designate outposts or meeting points. Within the Purple Vine Forest, she noticed a red and a black mark near each other. If she was not wrong, the black mark is most likely the main base. It was located in one of the more dangerous areas of the forest where rank 2 and rank 3 beats were frequently found. Furthermore, the vegetation is much more thicker making concealment much easier.

"We go here," she pointed at the black mark, telling Yu Fengtian.

He had already stopped grieving over his sister and looked over at Ming Yue curiously, watching her actions. When she showed him the map, he realized that it was from the marauders  yesterday.

"Let's set off immediately, the faster we get there, the higher chance that Yao Xian is still alive," he spoke urgently ready to move out.

And so, the pair went deeper into the forest and traveled towards the base of the Darksun Marauders. It took a day and a night to reach their destination and once it was within their sight, Yu Fengtian had lost hope. It wasn't because they were too late but because he felt it was impossible to save her. The base was more like a stronghold with watchtowers everywhere and the walls were fortified with stone. 

Dejected, he faced Ming Yue and apologized, "I'm sorry for implicating you like this, it seems that saving my sister is not possible anymore."

He looked at her, surprised that there was no difference in expression, she just continued to watch the stronghold. Suddenly, she spoke to Xiao Yin and sent her off into the sky.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"We should attack when the sun is at its highest, I sent Xiao Yin to see where the security is the most lax. Once we determine its location, I will distract them while you go off and find your sister."

Fengtian almost called her crazy out loud, to attack in broad daylight was insane and a stupid move to make. Seeing his disbelief, she didn't bother explaining her actions.

Soon, Xiao Yin flew back and led them to a section that had the least security. the vegetation was especially thick and it seems that only one or two watchtowers had a clear view of that section. This was the best spot to get into the encampment but it was still day. It didn't matter where they would enter from, they would be spotted immediately.

However, none of that happened. In fact, it seemed like no one was even here. 

"Strange, why is it like this?" he said.

"You said before that they operate at night. This must mean that they should spend the day asleep," she said.

She was not wrong, even though it was midday, the stronghold was somewhat quiet with the exceptions of the sounds of animals. Of course there were guards but most of them spend the day napping. It was a concealed base after all, no one has yet to discover it so there was no reason to worry. The numerous watchtowers were really just for show, they were occupied by sleeping men.

The both of them enter quietly, climbing up a tree and jumping over the wall. Fengtian had trouble getting over but Ming Yue simply lifted him onto her shoulder and brought him over.

"Let's go find your sister then," she said. 

They set off exploring the area and entering buildings, searching for her. Every now and then they would hide, waiting for the passing patrol to leave. Yu Fengtian stopped in one the buildings, a storeroom, grabbing something. It was a Guandao*, it had a crimson red body with a lion's head. It's mouth was gaping wide and a blade came out from it. The blade was large and shaped aggressively as if meant for war.

"It's my sister's weapon," he said, carefully wrapping it in cloth and carrying it on his back. Ming Yue didn't question him and left the storeroom.

They stopped by a shabby building and entered it. The interior was dark and messy. It was filled with all sorts of people from old men to young girls and even small children. Their clothes were stained in dirt and blood, ripped up in all manner of sorts. These were prisoners possibly from kidnappings to robberies and village attacks.

Fengtian hurriedly looked through them all. Some were curious about the two that had entered while others cowered in fear. Ming Yue looked at them all, feeling angered and disgusted by these Marauders. Such people did not need to exist in this world, she needed to take this opportunity to end them.

"I found her! Yao Xian! Get up, we're leaving!" Fengtian helped up a young girl. She was injured on one arm and stood weakly. 

She spoke in a weak voice, "Brother? Why are you here? It's dangerous to be here, you should leave now."

"I came here to take you away, you are my sister, I can't abandon you like this. Look, I even have your Lion's Pride. Quickly now, we must go."

"But... I can't leave them here, these people live like dogs here. We should do something," she said.

Fengtian looked at her unable to say no to her request, he looked back to Ming Yue as if asking for her opinion. She thought about it before nodding slowly. 

Suddenly, they heard a voice, "Hey, who left the door open?"

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That was the last point to take note of, and it said that during the course of the survey, the hunters in the white village responded by saying that at that time they saw an unusual, mysterious, shimmering object in the sky.
The shapes of these objects were variable and changeable, and they had been flying towards the Inuit village. The hunters had been interested in them, but because of the conflict between the two villages, they had not looked into it.
In short, after a long and painstaking investigation, the RCMP found no definite results, and the incident had little impact at the time, as few people were living in the Angikuni Lake area and the disappearance news of the Inuit village was prevented from leaking out.
It wasnʼt until after World War ll, when Canadaʼs news-broadcasting industry was booming, that the Lepas newspaper in Manitoba ran a story of this incident. The one who ran the story was a hunterʼs child from a white hunters village who had been involved in the investigation.
Shortly thereafter, the Danville Bee newspaper in Quebec also reported on the story.
As media coverage spread across Canada, the story became a national and regional concern of Canada and America. However, the incident had been too long ago, the Inuit village was deserted, and investigations were fruitless even when people took the initiative to dig into the matter again.
During that period, the debate over extraterrestrial life was at its height, with some suggesting that the mysterious disappearance of the Inuit village was linked to alien abductions on the basis that many hunters in the white village had found an aircraft capable of changing shapes at will.
In addition, after many years, there was evidence shown that the Inuit tribe living near the lake believed in the sky god Tonasak and there were some speculations that they were taken away by this great god.
As for why God took the dogs with him, Li Du couldnʼt help but laugh:
The person who made the guess had only a vague knowledge of Chinese culture and said that it had happened in Chinese history that the gods had come to take away the believers, and would also take their dogs along. In ancient China, there was also a slang phrase called "when one person wins the golden pot, songs and chickens will ascend to heaven"...
The story captured Brother Wolfʼs interest, and Li Du was intrigued as well. After the plane landed, he led his men straight to the Inuit homeland.
Brother Wolf was interested in this report because he had analyzed it. Li Du, on the other hand, was interested because he used the space-time bug to reverse time, and then saw Steve had studied this report.
Elson gave the report to them, along with all the things and information that he thought would be helpful to Li Du and his men in finding Steve.
The helicopter was replaced by cars, and a fleet of vehicles moved rapidly into the deserted area.
The old Inuit villages and white hunter villages have been deserted. This incident had passed more than 80 years ago. Eighty years was a long time for a small village and things have changed...
As prey dwindled and urban employment grew, the white hunters left their homeland for urban employment, and the villages and small towns became deserted.
Following a map from many years ago, they headed straight for Lake Angikuni.
The northern part of Canada was a region with many freshwater lakes. There were many lakes there, large and small, among which Lake Angikuni was one. It was a lake covering a huge area.
There used to be villages around the lake, but now they have been completely reduced to wetlands, so the roads were very bad.
They rode in the heavy-duty SUVs. They were the same SUVs that took them to Siberia and the Arctic. Steve and the Ford brothers were on the vehicles too at that time. Now, they were nowhere to be found.
In June, it was still chilly in the northern part of Canada. The roads were lined with lakes from both sides, and green grass and tree leaves were just beginning to poke up. The scenery was beautiful and completely natural.
Not knowing how long they had driven, Brother Wolf, who took the lead from the front stopped and shouted, "Boss, we have reached our destination!"
Li Du nodded. Driver pulled the door open for him. He got off the vehicle and walked forward, and all that came to his view was deserted land.
In front of them was a deserted village, completely abandoned, with no trace of the original huts but scattered mud walls and barely visible foundations of houses.
These were the remains of the Inuit village, which had long since disappeared, replaced by shrubs and weeds.
Steve and the others were here, and that was where they disappeared, and when the men Elson had sent got here, they couldnʼt find any trace of Steveʼs group.
Brother Wolf entered the village carefully and walked around, shaking his head as he said, "There is no trace of any people being here recently."
Nature was almost becoming pristine again, with lush vegetation. Because it was spring when Steve and his party arrived, even if they had left some tracks, they would be obscured by vegetation now.
With a wave of Li Duʼs hand, Ah Fei rose from the roof of the car. A camera was strapped to its claws, which could help the party observe the area from high above.
The most conspicuous was the lake not far away, a vast expanse of water that looked like crystal. With water ripples and mist around it, an island was looming ahead.
Li Du then released the space-time bugs, trying to reverse the time of some of the vegetation here, to see if he could find anything.
Then, something shocking happened!
After the space-time bugs appeared, they did not listen to his command, and just stayed in his palm. They did not fly out as he wished as they always did.
Li Du had a horrified expression on his face, and Brother Wolf was immediately aware of this. He quickly pulled out a dagger from his belt and asked, "Boss, whatʼs wrong?"
Pulling himself together, Li Du waved his hand and said, "Nothing. I just thought of something. You take some men and survey the surroundings."
Brother Wolf beckoned. Firecracker, Big Ivan and other men divided into two groups and disappeared into the ruins of the dilapidated village.
Young Markelov spat out his gum and said, "Boss, you donʼt look well."
The weird performance of the space-time bugs made Li Du puzzled, and his facial expression would, of course, be odd. These two fellas were the reason why he could make so much money up to now.
Li Du nodded and returned to the car. The space-time bugs remained silent in his palms. Both of the tiny creatures stood motionless.
Neither he nor Brother Wolf and the others got any results even after carefully searching the surroundings.
Li Du pondered for a while then said, "Letʼs drive away from this place first. Where is the nearest living area? Letʼs take a break and make a plan."
Driver studied the map and said, "There is the nearest town about forty kilometers away from here. It is far and the road conditions are not good."
Li Du said, "Letʼs go and have a look."
When the car left the village, he frowned to think about the abnormal change of the space-time bugs. After about half an hour, he once again tried to control the space-time bugs and suddenly found that the little bugs could obey his command again!
Then he knew that there was something wrong in the surroundings of the village and that the anomaly of the space-time bugs was caused by being there!
Moving on to the town, this speculation was proved more and more strongly. As they moved away from the village ruins, the space-time bugs went back to acting totally normal again!


They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

"If I want to level up as fast as possible then there is only one continent I can go to – the lost world. But it's the second most dangerous continent that is available to me… No, wait… it's the safest one. Erylis sent Fina to the forgotten continent. So she could go there herself or even send her progenitors after me. Riku's level is in hundreds, who knows what levels are those that are above him. Their levels might be in thousands for all I know. But if I go to the lost world, she won't be able to search for me," Dro thought.
Lucia furrowed her eyebrows and turned her head to Cari, "You said that the dread you felt from my sister is stronger than the one you felt from Drak but who is this Drak?" 
Fina turned her head to Cari and nodded, "I want to know too," she said with a serious expression on her face.
Cari lowered her head and closed her eyes. Memories of Drak flashed through her head, but before she could raise her head, open her eyes and reply, Dro said, "He is a true werebeast that attacked me and Cari in the lost world."
Lucia and Fina turned their heads to Dro. Fina furrowed her eyebrows, "He attacked you? Let's kill him as well," she said and a murderous glint flashed through her eyes. Lucia nodded in agreement and the same murderous glint flashed through her eyes as well. Dro moved his head to Fina. A gentle glint flashed through his eyes and the corners of his lips rose, forming a faint smile. 
Cari opened her eyes, raised her head and turned it to Dro, looking at him, "If we are going to kill Erylis… then we have to kill Drak as well. I originally didn't have the thought as the dread I felt from him was just too terrifying. But if we are going to kill Erylis who's dread was even more terrifying than Drak's then we have to kill him as well."
Dro turned his head to Cari and nodded, "He attacked us and became our enemy and all enemies must die."
Fina nodded with a smile, "Mhm."
"That's decided then, but what is lost world?" Lucia said with a slight frown visible on her face.
"That is the continent where we are going," Dro stated. 
Cari took in a deep breath and closed her eyes, praying that they wouldn't encounter Drak before they were ready to take him on. Fina nodded, "Okay, big brother." 
Lucia tilted her head in confusion, "You think that in this lost world, we can become strong fast?"
"We can, but while we will be in the lost world, don't leave my sight," Dro said with a serious expression on his face.
"Don't worry, big brother Dro. I won't," Fina said with a smile. Cari and Lucia nodded.
"Let's go then," Dro walked towards the giant rock. Cari, Lucia and Fina followed after him. They all approached the rock, "Lost world!" Dro said then the light flashed and their surroundings changed.
<Lost World>
A notification flashed; Dro frowned, "Where are we?" he mumbled and started looking around as he didn't recognise his surroundings. Cari, Fina and Lucia started looking around as well.
Looking around Dro saw that they were not in the jungle and they were not surrounded by thick vegetation and tall thick trees from the prehistoric era. He saw that the few trees that surrounded them, were all only twice his height and their colour was black and not a single leaf could be seen on any one of them. Looking down, he saw that the ground was black and the grass growing out from it was short and bright red. Between the grass, he saw barely visible thorny vines. Looking up, his eyes widened in surprise as he saw that the sky was not light blue but dark red and the sun was not bright yellow but pitch black and it radiated pitch black rays which were visible to the naked eye.
"Where are we?" Dro mumbled, he lowered his head and hastily extended his hand, clenched and unclenched his fist. The menu opened and from it, he opened the map. Once his eyes landed on the map, he frowned "It says that this is the lost world but the map is completely different. The map is split up but in an entirely different way. The shapes of the islands and the main continent are completely different. The other map's main continent of the lost world was shaped like a doughnut but this one is a full continent with many islands around it… and the parts of the map where there is supposed to be water, there is nothing? Let's see, where am I…" He searched the map and found himself on one of the small islands that surrounded the main continent, near the south edge. He closed the map and saw that Cari was looking at him while Fina and Lucia were still looking around.
"We should not go in that direction, that direction and that direction or we will die," Cari said as she pointed in three different directions. 
"How are they compared to Erylis and Drak?" Dro said with interest.
"They are much weaker than Drak not to mention Erylis but they are still far stronger than we are," Cari said with a serious expression on her face.
Dro slowly nodded, "If they are far weaker than Drak then I would like to see their levels. Maybe we can fight and kill them. But Lucia is <Level 0>… After she gets to at least <Level 20>, we will go and take a look," Dro thought and said, "I see. Let's go where we won't die then." Cari inwardly heaved a sigh of relief. Dro moved his eyes to Fina and Lucia, "Let's go." The two turned their heads to Dro and nodded. 
"Okay, big brother," Fina said.
"Alright," Lucia said.
Three of them walked in the safe direction and only a few minutes later, they saw a beast that looked like a wolf but with black scales, dark red eyes and two pitch black wings on its back.
<Nightmare Beast, Level 10, Field BOSS>
<HP: 32,000/32,000>
"I can kill it easily as it is far below my level," Dro thought and said, "Fina, Cari take care of it."
Fina nodded, "Okay, big brother," she walked ahead of Dro. 
Cari furrowed her eyebrows and nodded, "As you command, alpha." She walked up to Fina's side. The two girls looked at each other and then in each one of their right hand's appeared spears made out of blood. Fina activated her <Blood Spear> by spending 35 energy and 35 blood and Cari activated her <Blood Spear> by spending 35 energy. They threw the spears and two damage numbers floated up above nightmare beast's head and it screamed out in pain. <-10,244> from Fina's <Blood Spear> that critically hit because of her <Morph> skill that made all her attacks critically hit while she was in her vampire form. And <-9,252> from Cari's <Blood Spear> that didn't critically hit. The nightmare beast was reduced to 12,504 health.
"They will be done after the next attack," Dro thought as he saw the nightmare beast's health. 
After Cari and Fina used their skills and dealt the damage, their passives activated. Cari's passive – true werebeast dominance increased her damage by 16% and increased her damage reduction by 4%. Fina's first passive – true werebeast dominance increased her damage by 23.75% and increased her damage reduction by 9.5%. Her second passive – true vampire dominance increased her damage by 10%.
Screaming out in pain, the nightmare beast roared out and flapped its wings, rising into the sky. Dro raised his eyebrow, "Well it has wings. They will have to wait until it lands," he thought. Fina and Cari looked up. Fina furrowed her eyebrows as she couldn't do anything to it now as it was airborne. Cari narrowed her eyes and leapt at the airborne nightmare beast using her <Leap> skill which cost her another 30 energy but even after using 30 more energy, she had more than 200 energy left. Dro widened his eyes in surprise, "I am afraid of heights so I don't know if I could do the same as she…" he thought.
Cari landed on the back of the <Nightmare beast> and damage floated up above the monster's head <-5,992>. Her true werebeast dominance activated, increasing her damage by another 12% up to 28% and her damage reduction by 3% to 7%. Nightmare beast roared in anger. He was angry that Cari got on his back and the nightmare beast roared again and tried to throw her off by moving rapidly in all directions. Cari's right hand morphed into that of a turned werepire and she struck towards the location of the beast's heart as she used her unique skill <Heart Rend>.
Cari's hand penetrated nightmare beast's scales and went inside its body. She gripped the heart and pulled in one swift motion. Nightmare beast let out a loud scream and started falling down to the ground; at that time a notification flashed.
<Nightmare Beast, Slain>
<+8000 XP>
After experience gained notification flashed, the nightmare beast was almost on the ground. Cari jumped off, landing safely on the ground and notifications continued flashing.
<Fina, Level Up>
<Fina, Level 20>
<Fina has gained 30 attribute points>
<Fina has 30 unspent attribute points>
<Cari, Level Up>
<Cari, Level 25>
<Cari has gained 30 attribute points>
<Cari has 30 unspent attribute points>
<Lucia, Level Up>
<Lucia, Level 1>
<Lucia has gained 30 attribute points>
<Lucia has 30 unspent attribute points>
…
<Lucia, Level Up>
<Lucia, Level 13>
<Lucia has gained 30 attribute points>
<Lucia has 420 unspent attribute points>
Fina ran up to Cari and said with a wide smile, "You are amazing, big sister. Can you teach me how to jump like that?"
Cari looked at Fina and after a moment of thinking nodded her head, "Alright."

Deadly dangers were lurking in the Black Forest. It was especially so in a world filled with magical power.
In the ancient legend of L'Haronne, the world was initially formed from a boiling and violent ocean of "primordial elements". The primordial energy of chaos undulating in the ocean of primordial elements produced the first big bubble in a collision. The bubble, called Anke, burst and divided the early lives. These lives struggled on the remaining fragments after the bubble burst, and they absorbed the energy of the primordial elements, cooling down the ocean around the bubble and forming the world. Meanwhile, the primordial elements, which had cooled down, became the first sea in the form of an endless ocean surrounding the continent of L'Haronne.
However, not all primordial lives had survived this process. Some of the primordial lives went mad. They desperately absorbed the energy of the primordial elements until they finally fell apart. These self-destructing losers became the source of all demons in that world. Their corpses turned into ash and spread throughout the whole world. Every speck of ash became a monster that inherited the greedy nature. They lusted over the nourishment of the magical energy, so much so that they all gathered near the sources of the power, making them the most feared opponents of every mage.
That was why Rheia had used the iron wand to practice the 36-move Enchanted Staff.
A dark-colored lizard covered with hard crystalline scales was smashed out and away with a shrill. The creature landed and plowed a deep ten-meter-long gully before it ground to a halt. As vitality faded from the monster, its catabolized crystal scales quickly weathered and fell off like sand, revealing the natural body of the lizard. A few seconds later, the lizard began to rot and shrink rapidly, leaving behind a pile of rotten flesh and white bones.
Rheia kept wielding her iron wand in front of her before slowly retracting it as she exhaled. "The demonic research expert Baerlie has already figured it out three hundred years ago that these magic-energy devourers were only the products of mutation after being severely contaminated by the magical energy. They did not gather near the source of magic energy because of greed, but they originally lived in these places, and slowly corrupted by the magical energy."
Rheia tucked her wand. She watched in awe as Lily smashed a bear monster into the ground with a giant alloy X998 sword that was as large as a door. She shook her head and continued with her explanation. "Although the myths have turned into legends, the scholars have confirmed that there is no such thing as the sea of primordial elements. But the threat of these demons is real. Spellcasters fear these monsters because the monsters, with their magic-mutated bodies, are immune to magic. So, mages would usually use a stick to fight or simply leave the monsters to the warriors."
Rheia's eye twitched while speaking. She was with the corner of her eye Y'lisabet kicking the a** of a demonic lizard, pulling open its mouth and stuffing a massive fireball down the throat of the demonic lizard. This creature might be resistive of magic, but it did not mean it had a huge appetite. After the third fireball was shoved down its throat, the poor thing screamed in horror and died.
"Yeah!" The little demonic maiden jumped up in joy with an innocent smile spreading across her face.
Rheia completely lost her interest in doing the explanation. "Err, some special combat techniques also work for the monsters."
The group had encountered monster attacks shortly after entering the Black Forest. It was not natural wild beasts but the demons that Rheia had mentioned. With recording the parameters of the environment of this world and collecting biological samples in mind, Hao Ren and his teammates waved their weapons and fought like the real mercenaries. But Rheia as their employer did not just sit by and watch but rolling up her sleeves and joined the action.
This mage was different from ordinary scholars. Everyone realized this when she lunged out with her wand. After all, no scholars could lift an iron wand that weighed tens of kilograms while bringing out a 36-move Enchanted Staff. As well-traveled as Hao Ren was, Anthony J. Alfonso was the only exception he knew. And now, Miss Rheia was the second exception.
But in the eyes of Miss Rheia, this group of mercenaries was no ordinary soldiers-for-hire.
The fighting style of this group of people was utterly unheard of and seriously challenge her understanding of each combat profession and practical tactic. Any qualified instructor would probably go home and burn their professional certificate upon seeing how these guys fought. The werewolf swordswoman knew nothing about sword skills but random smashing. The little girl of the school of flame magic knew only one technique—Fireball. The warrior named Y'zaks did not seem to have any organized moves in his attack as all he knew was to grab an enemy and then use it as a weapon. The snake demon therapist curled herself up into a ball since the beginning and did a disappearing act although she did throw a few healing spells during the battle. The cat maiden who was known as the Night Assassin was nowhere to be seen during the fight; she only appeared with a fish in her mouth only after the battle was over. No one knew where she got the fish from since there was no river in the forest.
Rheia could still explain it away with 'anything is possible in this world' if there were just two lone wolves. But here, it was a group of strange fellows. She began to question herself whether her hiring of these helpers was a wrong decision. The unique fighting style of these people aside, they could already go and do whatever they liked with their kind of power. How on earth was she going to believe that they were down-and-out and needing to work as mercenaries to get by?
But Hao Ren quickly interrupted her thought. "These things are not as ferocious as you said."
Rheia's eyes twitched. "No one can smash the monsters like all of you do. Are you guys really adventurers in need of a job?"
"Look who is asking! A mage who uses a wand to kick the a**es of the monsters?" Hao Ren guffawed. He did not intend to answer Rheia's question. He was only a passerby in this world; he cared not about it. "You do not have to worry about who we are. We will definitely fulfill our obligation under the contract. Is there not a saying in the mercenary community that goes 'never ask the name, just count the gold'?"
Rheia's eyebrows arched. "Hmm, this sounds a lot more legit."
At this time, Vivian came up as she was grabbing Rollie by her waist belt. "We have begun to encounter monsters. How far are the ruins?"
The cat maiden was struggling to get down. "Let me down! Let me down! I only went to catch fish when I saw you all did not need help!"
"When the devouring monsters appear, we will not be far from the entrance." Rheia ignored the cat's protest and turned to look at the enchanted scroll, the magic map of which she had made a duplicate copy earlier. The map automatically recorded the course and action of them in the forest. "As I have expected, the ruins still have leakage of magic energy, which could help us locate the place easily."
While speaking, Rheia tucked the scroll and lifted the iron wand to draw a simple magic rune in the air. As the symbol faded, she looked up and into the jungle. "This way," she said.
With the mage leading in front, and after a few more monster-attack encounters, the group finally came before some broken walls in between the vines and giant trees.
They were close to the ruins.
"These are…" Vivian was baffled as she saw more and more of the same type of collapsed structure. "They all look familiar to me."
In the dim of the Dark Forest, the ruins from the ancient times quietly lay in the vegetation, suffering from erosion and decay over the years with vines and thick moss slowly covered buried them in the soil, leaving only a few spires and broken bricks still exposed to the air. But it was these few broken pieces that gave Hao Ren and Vivian an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Hao Ren was dead sure that it was definitely not the architectural style of the goddess of creation.
He had seen enough of the goddess of creation's style. Whether it was the temple complex in the Gate of Solenne, the goddess' palace seen in the illusion, or the battleships of the guardian giants, they all have a distinctive feature. Coupled with that he had been studying these things recently, he would have instantly recognized them if the things were related to the Star of Creation.
Then, what were the ruins before his eyes?
Hao Ren's brows knitted together. Some vague images began to appear in his mind. But just before he grasped the crucial clues, Rheia had brought them to the main body of the ruins.
"Ahh, here we are! It is here!" the mage exclaimed with joy.
The space ahead suddenly opened up.
Surprisingly, there was a vast open space in the forest. Time had not allowed the vegetation to reclaim the place occupied by the ruins of the ancient civilization. On the open ground, the pillars had collapsed and were half-buried in the ground. The once magnificent palace walls had crumbled and surrounded by broken bricks and tiles. There was something particularly striking; at the center of the ruins was the roof with gorgeous ornamentation and smooth pattern protruding out of the ground. It was covered with moss and vines and had a hole at one side, out from which a broad-leaved tree grew.
The long period of weathering and erosion had almost wholly eroded the original colors of these ruins, leaving them coated in a layer of gray and black. But beneath the faded colors, some golden lines and patterns were still visible.
Golden lines and ornamentation. The style of luxury, streamlined design.
Something crossed Hao Ren's mind. He immediately began to compare the ruins with something from his memory while at the same time, he painted the ruins in golden paint in his mind.
It began to dawn on him that he knew this architectural style, especially the delicate patterns which he had seen before in the Gate of Solenne. It was on the spaceship of the deicide.


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His life only became more chaotic when he receives a labor contract from “God”. Discover the many races, myths and worlds that lie beyond what humans define as normal! This bizzare fantasy full of fun is sure to bring you on a crazy rollercoaster of emotions!

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