Prince Chen, Prince Su, Prince Mo, Lin Bai, Zhu Mo, the disciples of Tianshui Sect, and the warriors of the Zhao Xing Office all watched solemnly as that mass of black cloud slowly approached.
Only when the mass of black cloud gradually arrived before the imperial capital from ten thousand miles away did everyone finally see clearly...
This was not a black cloud at all!
Rather, it was countless black beetles flying through the air. There were simply too many of them, forming a cloud-like mass that resembled a "black cloud."
The black beetles flew around the outside, blanketing an area ten thousand miles across.
Lin Bai opened his Asura Dharma Eyes and peered through the gaps between the black beetles toward the interior.
He saw a gigantic mountain standing in the region within the black beetles, towering nearly ten thousand zhang high.
The mountain was utterly barren. The trees had withered, the soil was black, and an aura of rot and decay filled the air.
Simple houses were built all over the mountain.
These houses were neither imposing, luxurious palaces nor jade towers and celestial pavilions.
They were nothing more than simple wooden huts, thatched cottages, and countless bottomless caves.
At that moment, in front of the wooden huts, thatched cottages, and caves, warriors stood one after another, staring ahead with cold, emotionless eyes.
Lin Bai's pupils contracted involuntarily... The scene was incredibly bizarre. A mountain surrounded by countless black beetles, with nothing but rot and decay covering its slopes.
The warriors stood throughout the mountain, their faces pale and their expressions numb, without the slightest emotion. They looked like walking corpses.
Their gazes were fixed straight ahead. As Lin Bai's eyes swept over them, they all turned their gazes toward him in unison.
The sight sent a chill