A snail covered in scales, with tentacles growing from its underside, crawled along the barrier between the Mirror World and the Material World.
Though it was crawling, every movement carried it across a terrifying distance.
Delicate as a doll and still as useless in battle as ever, Xiao Haoyi stood atop the Calamity Snail's head and laughed wildly. "Die! Be destroyed! Sing the praises of my lord's greatness amid the eternal flames!"
"Moo!~"
Black flames appeared across the Calamity Snail's body.
The pollution of burning spread outward.
The weak burst into black flames at the very sight of it, leaving behind nothing but black ash moments later.
The slightly stronger monsters gradually gained fanaticism in their eyes and followed the black flames like moths to a fire.
The deaths of countless living beings delighted both the Calamity Snail and Xiao Haoyi.
They might have been obedient in front of Chen Yi, but destruction was their nature, and pollution was one of his components.
Chen Yi's Invincible Meow Meow Arrow had become what it was today only after analyzing the Calamity Snail's innate pollution and refining it through someone's Fire Fate path concept.
As for the black flames on the Calamity Snail's body, they were a byproduct of Chen Yi's research.
He had found their effects lacking and tossed them to Xiao Haoyi.
There was no attempt to conceal any of these abnormal displays.
And the female Space-type Mage hitching a ride behind the carriage acted as though she had seen nothing.
Knowing Chen Yi was heading to the battlefield, Jadith chose to go with him. Her next assignment was there as well.
Chen Yi had initially disagreed, until she was willing to pay fifty Primal Crystals as fare.
Sitting inside the carriage, Jadith said in a measured tone, "Suspicious. How