Chen Sanshi kept his expression calm on the surface, but his hands formed seals as he cast the Wind Splitting Seal, stacking layer upon layer of speed onto his sword flight.
After roughly a dozen breaths, he was certain he had temporarily shaken off whoever was following him. He immediately changed direction, looped around several times, then suddenly dove downward.
A thick stretch of dark green miasma appeared directly ahead of him.
Through the dense miasma, he could see forests as heavy and dark as ink, along with towering peaks rising and falling in succession. This was First Mountain of Black Obsidian Mountain.
Even the clouds high ahead had turned black, brimming with savage and baleful aura. From time to time, dark shadows could be seen weaving through them.
According to the Black Obsidian Mountain Myriad Beast Compendium, third-tier ferocious beasts often roamed the heights tens of thousands of feet ahead. They were highly sensitive to the scent of humans, making high-altitude flight unsuitable.
Chen Sanshi lowered his altitude. The Daoist robe from Qingxu Sect automatically resisted the poisonous miasma as he entered Black Obsidian Forest.
First Mountain looked much like the outer reaches of Chiling Mountain in Beiyang Dao. Ancient black trees shrouded the sky and blotted out the sun, everything around him radiated a gloomy chill, and rustling sounds came from both sides of the narrow winding path from time to time, as though countless pairs of eyes hidden in the darkness were watching every movement of this living person who had suddenly intruded.
Yet compared with Chiling Mountain, Black Obsidian Mountain clearly contained far more varieties of spirit beasts. The books explicitly recorded that demons might appear within Black Obsidian Mountain.
The Demon Race differed from the Beast Race. Although they had shared the same roots in