A vast, boundless forest of golden maple trees stretched before them. Fallen leaves lay several feet thick on the ground, and when a breeze swept through, the maple leaves swayed gently, resembling a golden ocean.
A huge blaze of golden fire lit up deep within the maple forest, flames soaring into the sky as thick smoke billowed.
Deep in the dense forest, a burly golden-robed man and a Yellow-Skirted Woman stood in an open area. Flame-like spirit patterns covered their faces. They were members of the Essence Fire Race.
Not far away, two enormous spiders, their bodies scorched completely black, lay on the ground without a trace of life.
"There are far too many Seventh Order Demon Beasts here! Even more than in the Barren Wilds."
The Yellow-Skirted Woman said with a frown.
"As long as we don't run into an Eighth Order Demon Beast, we can count ourselves lucky."
The golden-robed man did not think much of it.
He frowned and looked into the distance. A dazzling, multicolored cloud was flying toward them at tremendous speed.
"What's that?"
The golden-robed man's brows furrowed and his pupils contracted. He cried out, "Tai Xu Ants! Run!"
At that moment, the nine-colored cloud shone brightly, revealing nine different-colored streams of spiritual light.
A powerful wave of fatigue swept over the golden-robed man. The Nascent Soul Stage in his Dantian fell into a deep sleep, and a vacant expression appeared on his face. He stood completely motionless. The Yellow-Skirted Woman glanced at the nine-colored cloud and immediately froze as well, as if her soul had been carried away.
The nine-colored cloud was astonishingly composed of countless ants. Each ant had a pair of wings growing from its back, and they came in all sorts of colors. Their colors shifted constantly, and there were