The darkness of Desolate Canyon ran far deeper than imagined. Stepping inside felt like setting foot at the end of the universe. Everything around them was pitch-black; only the faint glow of the Melting Desolation Dao Rhyme around the Origin Exploration Team members illuminated less than fifty feet ahead. The cliff walls on either side resembled the fangs of colossal beasts, their savage outlines sketched against the dark. Now and then, droplets fell from the cliffs and struck the rocks below with soft "drip-drop" sounds, exceptionally clear in the silent canyon.
"Lord Shen, the energy magnetic field inside the canyon is growing stronger. The detection device has completely failed." Xing Miao put away the detector. Space Runes flickered around him as he cautiously surveyed the road ahead. "And I can sense that the Desolate Runes on the cliff walls are slowly operating, as though forming some kind of array."
Shen Hao nodded. The Melting Desolation Dao Rhyme around him fully unfurled, like an invisible net covering the entire team. "Everyone, tighten the formation and maintain a distance of three steps. Do not leave the group. Elder Xing Miao, use Space Runes to open a safe path ahead. Elder Qinghe, release vitality detection waves and search the surroundings for Desolate toxins and traps."
"Understood!"
Green Dao Rhyme spread around Qinghe, and Vitality Power transformed into countless fine detection waves that rippled outward. The moment those waves touched the Desolate Runes on the cliff walls, they were immediately rebounded and could not penetrate within. "Lord Shen, the Desolate Runes on the cliffs have formed a protective barrier. The vitality detection waves cannot pass through, so we cannot determine whether dangers are hidden inside."
Shen Hao's brows furrowed slightly. The arrangements within this canyon were clearly traps the Desolate Realm had prepared specifically