Black clouds pressed down upon the city, threatening to crush it.
Beneath the layered, churning black clouds lay a city in ruins, almost completely swallowed by deathly silence. A city that had once housed at least a million permanent residents was now terrifyingly quiet.
"..."
Watching the scene in the city from afar through Pluto, Bai Zhi could not help but frown slightly.
Of the three cities, his first choice was naturally A2 City, where he had stayed before. After all, he was quite familiar with the three non-human entities there.
What he had not expected, however, was that the situation in this city would be even worse than he had imagined.
Flesh-like gelatinous matter, resembling jelly, covered every corner of the city. Things soaked through and parasitized by Black Water twisted themselves into grotesque curves at will. Countless Green Worms hurriedly wove dense webs, while heads hanging from the towering Giant Tree formed a forest-like thicket.
The Lotus Body sat cross-legged in the High Altitude, its entire body shining with Buddha Light as it proclaimed its boundless compassion. Thousand Faces Hundred Forms looked up at the heavens, as if declaring its unmatched pride. As an evening wind swept by, the myriad heads hanging from Ten Thousand Trees Blooming let out a unified mournful wail.
...It was both horrifying and strangely beautiful.
The three non-human entities had actually formed an exquisitely perfect balance between themselves.
"This doesn't look like it'll be easy to get into..."
Looking at the three non-human entities, which still showed no signs of making any major moves and whose intentions were unknown, Bai Zhi found himself in a bit of a bind.
He had tried sneaking in through the Ghost Domain, but every time he extended it over there, it vanished without a trace like a