Heaven Dou City's prosperity was a splendid brocade robe, and at this moment, Han Yuchen was leading his people to lift one corner of that robe, revealing the maggot-covered festering sores beneath.
Three in the morning, when the night was at its deepest.
In the western district of Heaven Dou City, before a long-abandoned drainage outlet.
The stench of rot mingled with the acrid smell of some chemical agent, blowing out from the pitch-black entrance on the cold wind, nauseating.
"Pavilion Master, this is the place."
Dugu Bo was dressed in a dark green fitted outfit, his face so gloomy it looked as if water might drip from it.
He pointed at the deep, dark tunnel entrance, his voice hoarse. "This old man set up a poison formation nearby back then, but recently all the venomous insects here have died off. The only thing that could poison the venomous insects I raised to death would be something even more insidious than the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's poison."
Han Yuchen stood at the very front, wearing a pair of specially made Stardust Boots, the soles of his feet hovering three inches above the ground. As the mysophobic "Lord of the Starry Sky," he absolutely would not allow the filth here to touch him in the slightest.
"Let's go." Han Yuchen covered his nose and mouth, his brows drawing together slightly. "The smell here reminds me of that old thing Solonsen's 'Dark Demon Domain,' full of that repulsive scent of sulfur and decay."
Leng Yuebai followed close behind. The Star Radiance Heavenly Silk in her hand gave off a faint silver glow in the darkness, keeping the surrounding filth at bay. Tang San activated his Purple Demon Eye, vigilantly guarding the rear.
The four of them slipped into the city's "intestines" like