The slowly burning lamplight dispelled the night, along with the Black Mist trying to draw near.
Pairs of torch-bearing warriors stepped into the fog-filled night. Viewed from high above the city, scattered points of fire appeared amidst the murky darkness.
Exploration Teams headed out in all four directions. The mercenaries who had paid a steep "cost" followed their planned routes and began their search.
But they were probably no longer searching to save anyone.
"This seems way more profitable than going in myself."
Lu PingAn did not particularly care. Those mercenaries were probably eager to recoup what they had spent "shopping" with him, so they would work quite hard. Meanwhile, as the tool seller, he had already made more than enough.
Without those "life-burning" torches, they would have had little chance of easily getting back out once they entered the fog.
While Lu PingAn was raking it in, he was also looking forward to something.
"No matter what kind of defensive mechanism this is, if there are enough attackers, they should be able to divert some of its attention."
Lu PingAn's group entered as well. There were not many of them, because he knew that on a battlefield like this, more people were not necessarily a good thing.
"...Just as expected, I can't control it at all. Even the rain is blocked by the fog, and the water is being drawn away by it. This isn't my environment."
As one of the Warmongers, Mei Yuge naturally came along. Ordinary Great Mist was, in a sense, the home ground of this perfect Water Control user, but when the fog's true nature was a life aggregate, her abilities were severely hindered instead.
"Can't eat it, and can't crystallize it either."
Eve opened her mouth wide, yet she could not eat anything. The