Conspiracy (Part 1)

A moment later.

Wei He's figure shot backward through the wind and sand, tearing open the curtain of grit like a sharp arrow and returning outside the Black Mother Sandstorm.

Faint traces of blood seeped from the outer side of one of his arms.

The moment he had entered the deeper core of the Black Mother Sandstorm, before he could even react, pain had immediately flashed across his body.

Before he could see what his opponent was, a bloody mark had appeared on his arm.

Fortunately, the strength of his physical body far surpassed his current level.

Thus, that blow had not caused him much harm.

But Wei He had made a snap decision and immediately withdrawn.

Because from beginning to end, he had not even been able to see who had attacked him. Was it a person, or a contaminated beast?

For an attacker to strike so quickly that he could not react at his current level, the other party had to be at least twice as fast as him.

"No wonder Illumination-level officers are stationed everywhere. It seems there truly are Illumination-level contaminated beasts on Planet 228."

He stood outside the Black Mother Sandstorm, staring into its depths.

His powerful eyesight meant the wind and sand did not obstruct his vision much.

"In the short term, I can withstand attacks like that one. But if it goes on too long, my recovery speed won't keep up with the rate of damage. Then I could be worn to death in less than an hour.

"And that is under the premise that I remain standing in place."

Wei He's brows drew tightly together. Just now, he had even tried deploying his gravitational force field. Combined with spiritual arts, its power had received no small increase.

Yet it still had no