Since the trail had gone cold here, all they could do next was rely on their own abilities and see who could find that person.
In a sense, this meant less fighting. After all, when the location of the spiritual treasure had been known, anyone who wanted it had to fight tooth and nail.
But now, it purely depended on whose luck was better. Whoever encountered that person and seized the spiritual treasure could leave directly, without needing to consider breaking through an encirclement.
As for this suddenly appearing Black Mist, its nature was exceptionally high-grade. Back then, it had likely been an anomaly at the Mountain Sea Realm level, but after several hundred, perhaps even a thousand years of erosion—
Its Spiritual Wisdom had long since dissipated completely, leaving behind only a trace of instinct. It had likely fused with this land in order to survive.
This fusion was even more thorough than the previous fusion between the spiritual treasure and the territory, turning it directly into something akin to a Land-Bound Spirit.
When the man from the Netherworld Gate saw this anomaly appear, he was overjoyed at first. But he soon discovered that although this anomaly was now extremely weak and had no Spiritual Wisdom—
It still possessed Fourth Order characteristics. With Peak Joint Aperture Realm strength, he simply had no way to refine it. There was an enormous difference between their essential natures.
Fortunately, there were no ordinary people within a hundred miles at the moment. Everyone was a Joint Aperture Realm martial artist. Though the Black Mist was corrosive, it was unable to affect the elemental force of Joint Aperture Realm cultivators.
Thus, this anomaly had suddenly lost one means of recovering its strength.
At the same time, because it had become a Land-Bound Spirit, it