Forbidden Land Uprising

"What happened?"

"Giant beasts are fighting among themselves? Is Danghu devouring the other giant beasts?"

"No, it's not that simple."

"Wait, look! That shadow behind the building—could it be ghostly hair?"

This team had come from an Undercity. At the time, they were far from the core area, positioned in the middle of the danger zone.

On the day of the decisive battle, the middle of the danger zone could be considered fairly safe.

Naturally, the only things they could hunt here were Lower-tier Giant Beasts like Lili.

At most, there would only be a few mid-tier beasts wandering around.

This team's strength was limited, so they knew their own limits and did not venture into the depths of the danger zone.

But unexpectedly, even this supposedly safe location seemed to have become unsafe.

At that moment, one of the mechas gazed into the depths of the danger zone and saw dense black shadows rising behind the buildings.

Those black shadows swayed constantly, as if the ghostly hair in the Forbidden Land had shot up into the sky.

Using the buildings as a reference, the ghostly hair had probably risen more than a hundred meters by now.

Moreover, those things were still rising, as if they intended to cut off the inside and outside of the Forbidden Land.

At that moment, the roar of a giant beast rang out from the mass of ghostly hair ahead.

The team members immediately looked toward the giant beast. It was crawling out of the ghostly hair. Lili's entire body was wrapped in it, while wormlike things writhed beneath its skin.

Looking closely, one could see that the ghostly hair had burrowed into Lili's eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, and had even pierced directly into its skin.

Lili's single eye was bloodshot, with strands