When Gu Xi arrived at a spot somewhat toward the east side of the Forest Area, where the sound had come from, he found utter chaos.
A large number of beasts, whether herbivores or carnivores, were all sprawled on the ground, licking the earth.
Gu Xi took a closer look and discovered that the ground was covered in green crystal powder.
The powder was filled with dense life force. Setting everything else aside, Gu Xi could feel that the life force was incredibly concentrated just by grabbing a handful from the ground.
A single dust-sized grain from it, soaked in water, could become a red potion that restored 300 points of life force.
The handful Gu Xi held contained at least a thousand grains without even needing to count them carefully.
And all the sand across the ground before him was like this.
This showed just how dense the life force gathered here had been.
Farther away, Gu Xi could also hear the roars of beasts.
It seemed the first beasts to arrive had already seized the larger crystals and were now digesting them.
Now that Gu Xi understood the situation here, how could he possibly let everything before him go?
After all, Gu Xi needed life force too.
So Gu Xi stretched out a hand, and the Steel City Gate appeared behind him.
At the same time, the Ghost Squad dressed as White Impermanence emerged from the Steel City Gate.
The moment they appeared, they spread out in every direction. The beasts licking the ground suddenly realized that the earth seemed to have sunk three feet.
Even the roots of the nearby trees had been dug out.
The beasts stared at everything before them in confusion, unable to understand what had happened.
They clearly had not intended to fight