Black Mist Small Town, Future Methods

In the Void Xuan Domain, below lay a small town called Small Void Town.

Yang An, Ancestor Qing, and the others followed the aura of the chess piece and descended here. Strangely, the aura vanished the moment they stepped into the town.

Just as Yang An and the others arrived at the center of the town, Black Mist shot up from the ground, plunging the entire town into dim darkness.

Then came all manner of wails and howls. They could hear the sounds but see no shadows, and Yang An and the others immediately grew wary.

Logically speaking, he and Ancestor Qing were at the Source Lord Rank. None of this should have escaped their authority-based senses.

Yet the wailing in the darkness had no visible form.

The two invoked their authority, intending to dispel the darkness, but their authority had no effect whatsoever. There was no response, and the gloom remained.

At that moment, the observant Qing Su noticed something was wrong.

"Father, why are the living beings in this town not afraid of the darkness at all? They even seem excited?"

Qing Su's words instantly drew Yang An and Ancestor Qing's attention to the active townsfolk around them.

It was indeed so. The residents went about their lives as usual—those working continued working, those trading continued trading—as though they had simply ignored the darkness.

Quite a few residents even threw back their heads and laughed, then kowtowed deeply toward the darkness.

"Strange. Truly strange."

"Come on, let's find someone and ask."

Just as Yang An and the others were about to question someone, a Loli in a small purple dress patterned with White Stripes ran anxiously up to Yang An.

"Big brother, big brother, save my mother! Save my mother!"

"Save your mother?" Yang An frowned in confusion.