The Uncharted Region

In Qi vision, the Demon resembled a twisted mass of black mist, slowly crawling up from the bottom of the Skywell.

In a town, Luo Qingqing would have needed only one glance to identify it, but the Chaos Qi was everywhere here, severely interfering with her vision. Thus, only when the team came to a halt did she realize that the surging black mist below was a Great Demon.

"Should we make a move?" Ning Wanjun asked eagerly.

"Of course not!" Gurcha glared. "This is the Flood Zone. We must be cautious beyond cautious! If we draw Lavana here, there will be only one road to death for us! Gather the Zhen Lamps around and seal the doorway. It won't notice us."

Just as Venerable Huntian had said, the Demon was not drawn to the light. Instead, it rapidly crawled away from the illuminated area, eventually vanishing into a crack in the well wall.

"Phew..." Everyone breathed out in unison.

Xia Fan also realized that infiltrating a city and infiltrating an Evil Spirit-infested Flood Zone were entirely different experiences. Masks, invisibility cloaks, and hiding in the darkness as much as possible only worked against humans. Evil Spirits sensed Qi, and they would not consider whether sudden light had anything to do with living beings. They would merely avoid it on instinct. This meant that as long as Qi Sense Users used techniques to conceal or mask their own aura, they could deceive most Evil Spirits.

"You must have encountered situations like this many times, right?" he asked Venerable Huntian.

"Of course." The latter removed the Talisman from the doorway. "If we couldn't handle even this sort of accident, the vanguard would have died out long ago. Didn't I say before that the number of explorers was a highly sensitive matter?