The Eastern Region of the New Continent.
As a sector universally recognized by players as unsuitable for survival, the cover of night made this place seem even more desolate and terrifying.
In this forgotten corner, stretching toward the eastern border, there lay a sinister stone forest that no one had ever entered.
It was as though it were a prisoner of time.
Forever frozen in some cold, gloomy instant, it formed a stark contrast with the vitality of the outside world.
Before long, the moon reached the center of the sky.
Among the Giant Mountains that towered like ancient giants, moonlight began to cast mottled shadows.
Strangely, however, those shadows did not remain on the ground. Instead, they merged into the earth like water and vanished without a trace.
As the shadows seeped in, a huge stone hall occupying several kilometers gradually appeared beneath the surface.
The area outside the hall was brightly lit, radiating warmth.
Inside, however, it was inexplicably sinister, with Black Qi surging violently.
Beams of light shot in from outside the hall. The moment they touched the surging Black Qi, they could not help but fluctuate several times before revealing their true forms.
There were Minotaurs with bull heads and scarlet breath spewing from their eyes, elderly fox-tailed women dressed in human robes, and muscular men who looked no different from humans.
As hundreds of figures appeared, they quickly gathered and divided into three large groups, standing clustered together.
The large groups were further divided. Usually, three to five figures formed a small group, glaring at one another with hostility.
If Su Mo had been here, he would certainly have discovered many familiar faces among them.
The Five Great Royal Clans, which had vanished for a long time, were looking around with contempt at the figures