The night sky glittered with stars, a bright moon illuminating the darkness. Moonlight spilled over the outskirts of Baiyun City, yet the former beauty of clouds cascading from the heavens and moon shadows mirrored among them was gone.
On a ruined mountain outside Baiyun City, a figure darted swiftly through the scattered rocks. Only the faint howl of the wind could be heard as afterimages flashed beneath the moonlight.
The black-robed figure was extremely cautious, his divine sense spread across the surroundings as he carefully inspected every place he passed.
From time to time, he looked around at the desolation that resembled the aftermath of a mountain collapse. The eyes exposed beneath his black mask held fear, as well as a trace of longing.
This had once been part of Baiyun City's splendid scenery. But after the Battle of Cangshui and the great battles between many Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts, most of the towering peaks outside the city had been severed halfway up and collapsed.
The Celestial Phenomenon Realm! When would he reach such a realm?
The black-robed man leaping through the mountain rubble suddenly seemed to sense something. He stomped down, and the momentum of his sprint combined with the true qi beneath his foot to blast a large crater into the ground.
Borrowing that explosive force, he forcibly halted his rapidly moving body. After coming to an abrupt stop, the black-robed man turned and looked behind him.
Under the moonlight, the mountains were dim and utterly silent. Apart from the sparse sound of loose rocks rolling after the black-robed man's heavy stomp, there was no other sound.
"Elder Hei, are you still not coming out?"
The black-robed man's gaze locked onto a spot behind a boulder. His low voice echoed through the mountains, sounding especially piercing.
"Ah, I