Published: March 2, 2025
Wen Yu's premonition soon became a reality.
The entire team advanced for only a few thousand meters when the surface environment gradually began to change.
The originally boundless sea of sand became increasingly moist, the crystalline, glass-like gravel slowly diminished, and the black soil gradually became the primary constituent of the land.
The leader, Bai, was the first to stop. Wen Yu was confused, but it was Ye Nan's Avenger, an unremarkable ancient demon, who stepped out of the group, crossed over Bai, and arrived at the forefront of the entire team.
Bai nodded at the ancient demon, who then directly squatted down, scooped up a handful of sand, and began to sense it carefully.
After a while, the ancient demon finally spoke.
“The properties of the soil have changed. We have now crossed the Crystal Sand Layer and reached the Black Soil Layer. The soil components here are very special; although they look the same on the surface, they contain many elements that are absent above. Hmm, let me take another look…”
As the ancient demon spoke, he closed his mouth, squinting his eyes like a statue, yet exuding a hazy sensing power.
This sensing power was different from the conventional perception abilities of professional practitioners; in fact, it was more akin to Wen Yu's soul perception. Wen Yu was puzzled until Leogua quietly transmitted a message to him.
“Black Rod, one of Ye Nan's Avengers, a tenth level limit breaker demonic entity. However, this guy has another identity.”
“He was once a prominent geologist in the demonic clan, with profound research on the composition of the entire Demon Realm, soil composition, land elements, and so on. His ability is very special; as long as he picks up a handful of loess, he can sense the ecological environment of this land, what kinds of life forms existed here, and even what events took place.”
Wen Yu suddenly realized; it seemed that this Black Rod was indeed a talent…
Not long after, Black Rod stood up and casually tossed away the sand in his hand. He turned to Bai, his eyes sparkling with strong confidence.
“There’s no danger; it’s very safe here. There haven't been any signs of life in the past few hundred years.”
Black Rod spoke affirmatively—this was confidence based on expertise and capability. Upon hearing Black Rod’s words, Bai immediately let out a sigh of relief.
For this geological expert he sought, Bai felt quite assured.
“Since that's the case…”
“Whoosh~~~”
Before Bai could finish speaking, Wen Yu felt a flash of white light before him, followed by an explosion of blood mist!
In an instant, the upper half of Black Rod vanished without a trace, leaving only his legs planted on the ground. The sudden change stunned everyone, and Bai's relaxed smile hadn't even faded.
“Whoosh~~”
With another soft sound…
This time, Black Rod's remaining legs also completely disappeared, as if they had never existed.
……
The howling wind swept up heat and rolled toward the crowd, while they simply stood in place, dumbfounded, staring ahead.
In the next second, a myriad of colorful lights soared, various colored defensive shields or defensive items surrounded their standing positions, leaving no blind spots!
Only after the defensive measures were completed did the group exchange glances, ultimately looking toward Wen Yu.
Among the group, Wen Yu had the strongest strength, so naturally, he had the most acute perception of danger and dynamic vision.
Everything that had just happened, even in Leogua's eyes, seemed like a glitch in a video; from start to finish, they hadn't seen clearly what had attacked Black Rod!
Wen Yu, however, merely fixed his gaze ahead and ultimately shook his head.
“I didn't see clearly what it was; I just felt a flash of white light, and then he was gone.”
Wen Yu's mental fluctuation transmitted into everyone's minds, and upon hearing his words, their hearts sank.
Something even more terrifying lay ahead…
“I didn't sense any fluctuations in breath; soul perception didn't work either. I can't see this enemy.”