They waited until dawn.
When the first ray of light descended upon the Lost Continent, that eerie sound rang out once more, like an alarm bell.
Everything around them began to return to normal.
Grass and trees grew back, walls restored themselves...
Everything seemed to have returned to how it had been during the daytime yesterday.
Han Wu spread out his senses and detected that the residents who had turned into monsters and been slain yesterday in those rural courtyards were also regaining their original forms.
As if nothing had happened last night.
Several farmers came out of their homes carrying tools. Upon seeing Han Wu's group, they were so frightened that they fled back inside and locked their doors, terrified that Han Wu's group would barge in.
The main reason was that the four bone dragons, Iron Cutting Sword Wind, and Dark Locust in Han Wu's group looked far too unusual. The farmers could not accept them and assumed they were man-eating monsters.
Han Wu ordered Dark Locust to capture a villager for questioning, specifically emphasizing that he wanted one alive.
Before long, Dark Locust brought one back.
The villager trembled all over after being seized by Dark Locust. A faint stench of urine and feces wafted from him; he had clearly been frightened into losing control of his bowels.
Han Wu was somewhat speechless. Last night, these residents had been Monarch Grade monsters, yet now they truly looked like honest, simple farmers. The difference was simply too great.
"Where were you last night?" Han Wu asked.
The farmer babbled incoherently, and no one knew what he was saying.
Only after Jingjing used the power of Soul Divine Authority to directly connect to the farmer's soul did Han Wu understand what the man was trying to say.
He was