A group of people were still moving forward on the road strewn with blood and flesh.
Mu Hen muttered under his breath, "Damn it, we only rested for a few minutes, how did the outside world become like this?"
Su Xian's expression was somewhat serious. "This was caused by the monster in the Shiva Box. The entire Canghai City has fallen into its domain, and the city will gradually be assimilated by it."
"We cannot linger here, after all, this assimilation is not targeting inanimate objects, but all people and things."
"It now appears that the Eerie Monsters released is the one among the Six Evil Gods, named 'Distortion'."
Su Zhe had a sullen face; he hadn't smiled much since Li Chen left.
"Distortion?" Mu Hen became increasingly puzzled, realizing that there were still many things he didn't know.
Su Xian nodded. "That's right. As mentioned before, there are six Shiva Boxes, each containing an Eerie Monsters."
"Those Eerie Monsters were extremely powerful; they were sealed away because there was no other way to deal with them."
"And the Eerie Monsters codenamed 'Distortion' that has been released now is one of them."
"However, this isn't very powerful yet. Humanity should have a way to solve this nowadays. After all, times are progressing, and no one will keep going backwards. Someone will solve the Distortion."
"Our current mission is to find Li Chen's whereabouts while protecting ourselves. We just sent a message to Cang Lao, and he already knows that Li Chen has been captured."
"The search has already begun."
Jianping's injuries have mostly healed. Although Ji Mumu isn't very strong, her healing abilities are quite impressive.
At this moment, Yan Li, who had been silent until now, spoke up, "There's danger ahead."
The group stopped in their tracks.
The Daoist Family Saint Son's aura began to flow, and his eyes turned towards the thing in the Red Mist in that direction.
Suddenly, his breath caught in his throat.
He seemed to see something incredible.
The Shi Family Saint Son was somewhat puzzled. He looked over, his pupils contracting slightly, and whispered, "I think we should give them a quick death."
The direction of their gaze.
Corpses hung upside down from countless fleshy tentacles.
The most terrifying thing was those fleshy tentacles, on which grew one human head after another, with grotesque, gaping mouths.
The scene was horrifying, filled with the stench of blood.
It filled their hearts.
They were all trainees; they had never seen anything like this before.
Ji Shao's face was pale as he said, "Let's see them off."
Su Xian remained silent, but the magic array beneath her feet had already been deployed.
The Daoist Family Saint Son sighed and also unleashed his power.
In an instant, everything there turned to ashes.
The Daoist Family Saint Son shook his head and said, "They are all pitiful people."
"Some ordinary people who didn't escape Canghai City and have already been assimilated by the domain."
Everyone naturally understood that they would likely encounter many similar situations along the way.
However, they still chose to move forward.
There's no turning back now.
On the other side, the closest point to the border crossing.
Blood flowed across the ground like a stream.
The corpses of the Sequence User lay unclaimed on the ground, one after another.
A man who had already lost one eye roared, "Damn it, how can we ever kill all these Eerie Monsters?"
"The loopholes at the checkpoints are getting bigger and bigger, there are just too many!!"
Why haven't there been any additional personnel deployed inland?
No one answered him; only sighs could be heard.
The man roared, pounding his fist against the wall beside him, looking somewhat helpless.
A surviving Sequence User nearby weakly spoke up, "Lao Wei, don't let anger cloud your judgment."
Instead of getting angry, you should use that time to rest!
"Several more waves of Eerie Monsters are coming..."
His voice gradually grew softer and softer.
Lao Wei looked over. He saw that the man who had just spoken had a stubbed-out cigarette dangling from his mouth, but his eyes were closed.
He was stunned, frozen in place.
It was bittersweet, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
He simply lit the cigarette in his mouth again without saying a word.
Lao Wei sat down dejectedly beside him, gripping the blood-stained longsword in his hand, and said softly...
"Pao Ye, why are you doing this?"
"I used to care about my comrades every day, but now it's just you and me guarding this dark and gloomy pass."
"Easier said than done, now I'm all alone."
"You left so quietly and easily."
"Okay... okay... okay..."
He stood up, gripping a large knife tied with a red ribbon, his gaze fixed firmly on the pass shrouded in Red Mist, and laughed loudly.
How could we men be defeated by such difficulties?
"Forward, forward, ever forward!!"
"Now I disregard life and death, burning my last drop of primal energy. So what if my soul dissipates?"
"The Yin Soldiers Rises!!"
With a loud bang.
His aura began to surge, but his face, which should have been full of vitality, began to drip colorless liquid drop by drop.
One after another, the Sequence User should have been dead rose from the darkness.
Lao Wei laughed heartily, a hint of relief appearing on his face.
He was not alone on his Yellow Springs Road.
"He has already given his last bit of strength to the hometown he protected."
With all his might, he built a barrier that could temporarily hold off a wave of Eerie Monsters.
As long as... we can hold out until reinforcements arrive...
A thick fog blanketed everything.
Thunder rumbled across the sky.
On the towering mountain peak, Sword Elder and Yu Qingnian sat silently in the void.
Sword Elder hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Can you sense that power now?"
Yu Qingnian shook his head, lightning crackling in his hands.
"Sword Elder, do gods really exist in this world?"
"I could barely fathom that power even by just sensing it, let alone trying to merge with it?"
Sword Elder remained silent.
Yu Qingnian also fell silent.
Yes, he actually said that this world has a god?
Even he, the man closest to God, began to doubt the path he had chosen.
Sword Elder took a sip of his gourd wine and said, "It is precisely because this world has no gods that we need to create them."
"If you can't do it, then it'll just be that kid you're hoping for."
But time is running out.
"We can't afford to wait for him to grow. Every minute, every second, people are dying. Now, the Four Demons are breaking through the barrier, and Canghai Pass has already been breached."
"All border crossings will face upheaval in the coming days."
Yu Qingnian looked at the golden lightning in his palm and fell silent...
On this path to godhood, on this path burdened with too much responsibility, he too grew weary.
But if he doesn't take this path, the world will descend into complete chaos.
There are more and more shackles.
He was unable to move and could only watch helplessly as the world gradually unfolded the grand scheme orchestrated by Elder Gu.
Yu Qingnian asked himself a question.
Can he truly become the lightning that pierces the darkness at dawn?
Can I really become a god?
As the Supreme Being in this world, he could easily sense that the world possessed an unfathomable energy.
But no one could touch that power, not even him.