"Ghostly?"
Luo Chen frowned slightly and stared quietly beyond the door.
At some point, threads of blood had spread across the whites of his eyes.
His Divine Thought was unusable and his mana had been completely depleted, but that did not mean his eyes had gone "blind."
After hundreds of years of nurturing, his Crimson-Eyed Golden Pupils had long since reached Great Accomplishment. He could still activate a fraction of their power with Source Power.
His pair of blood-red eyes peered through the doors and windows into the outside. Beneath the night sky, rain poured in torrents and nothing could be seen, yet the discomfort Luo Chen felt remained.
"What exactly is watching from the shadows?"
With a thought, Luo Chen drew more Source Power into his eyes.
Gradually, vague outlines emerged amid the wind and rain.
The outline did not remain fixed. At times it resembled a human, at times a beast; more often, it dispersed into smoke, merging so completely with the rain mist that it was nearly impossible to notice.
It lingered outside the door, seemingly desperate to rush in, yet something blocked it, leaving it restless and anxious.
Luo Chen instinctively looked toward the firepit inside, where wisps of green smoke from the Dreamstone were spreading through the room.
"An alien thing that came with the Ghost Rain, yet it is hindered by the green smoke released from burning Dreamstone. What exactly is it?"
Curiosity rose within Luo Chen, and he stood up.
At the doorway, Luo Chen hesitated before taking the Damaged Azure Lantern.
He possessed nothing else. No matter how skilled and bold he might be, this was still the unfamiliar Great Cataclysm Realm. It was best to be cautious in all things.
Moreover, this Damaged Azure Lantern was at least a Top-Grade Magic