The darkness of night had plunged the entire Rift Heaven Gorge into an abyss of blackness. Whenever one looked up at the sky, this place seemed to have become a gathering ground for wind and sand. The cloudlike air currents, swirling like tornadoes, made the heavens look unnaturally sinister. Perhaps the stench of decay here was simply too heavy, creating that strange visual distortion.
Fortunately, after the earth's rumbling continued for some time, it gradually began to settle. Everyone split into three groups and started looking for a place to rest. This place differed somewhat from Death Valley. Death Valley was a vast region, whereas this place was much smaller, so fewer fierce beasts came here to be buried by the heavens. Most of what had accumulated here were skeletons, and they were scattered about for the most part, though there were more of them in the regions on either side.
After using Blood Drink to heal Qu Meng and her Gale Beast's wounds, Blue Stone and I inspected the surrounding terrain. Blue Stone watched me poke around here and there, then asked despite himself, "Boss, what exactly are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for a wind vent. Don't you think the air currents here are strange? At times they roll up sand and dust, and at times they blow the clouds of air apart, making the entire Rift Heaven Gorge constantly produce that howling sound. The tremors in Black Dragon Valley are strange too, somewhat like..." I furrowed my brows, trying to think of a fitting description, when I suddenly spotted a wind vent. It was coming from beneath the ground.
Whoosh!
A hurricane blew out through the gap, carrying waves of heat that seemed to be mixed with Azure Jade Marrow. It also reeked terribly, making people afraid