Blood-red.
Endless blood-red mist filled the air, obscuring his vision.
Fang Yi had already lost count of how many Dark Aberrants he had killed, yet the bats continued surging forward in wave after wave, seemingly without end.
"Good thing I brought you out before leaving."
Fang Yi sighed and pulled a palm-sized flowerpot from his pocket.
A Little Flower bloomed within it, emitting a pearly white glow as a barren aura instantly spread through the air.
Boom!
Countless Vines suddenly burst from the flowerpot, sweeping in all directions like spider silk cast across the sky.
The surrounding scenery began to change.
Lush greenery spread everywhere as Vines wove themselves into a massive net that descended from above!
All the bats were imprisoned within it!
Countless cries and struggles rang out, but they could not break free from the Vine prison. They could only be tightly entangled, turning into dried corpses one after another.
The Barren Attribute was frantically devouring the life force of these evolved creatures and feeding it back to Little Flower. Its petals visibly grew larger and brighter, its glow becoming increasingly intense.
"It's too dark ahead. I can't accurately locate the King." Fang Yi said calmly. "Give me a direction."
"Will just a direction be enough? I'm locating the exact coordinates for you..."
"Too slow."
Fang Yi's heart stirred. He vaguely heard a strong, powerful heartbeat coming from behind the bats.
He looked up. He had already reached Central Plaza, entering the Bat Swarm's strongest encirclement. The floating giant cocoon was located in the middle of Central Plaza.
The bats' cries gradually faded, while that deep, forceful sound became clearer and clearer. Thump, thump, thump. Like tattooed barbarians beating the great drums of war on an ancient battlefield.
This was... the King's heartbeat.
Fang Yi gripped the