Inside the Evil Resentment Mountains.
On the jagged, twisted Strange Mountains, chunks of rock resembled grotesque faces and let out waves of mournful cries.
"Smack... smack... smack!"
From the deepest part of the valley came the unceasing sound of strange knocking.
A bizarre man dressed in tattered, disheveled clothes easily pinned an alien beneath him. He held a perfectly round stone in his hand and repeatedly struck the defensive force field.
For some reason, the alien was completely unable to resist.
The force grew steadily stronger until it smashed a huge hole through the force field.
The demon crushed the cosmic crystal in the alien's chest and easily chewed it to pieces with his sharp fangs before swallowing it.
After a long while, he spat out two words: "Hard... to eat."
The strange man lazily stretched his back. Just as he was about to return to his cave to rest, he suddenly looked in a certain direction, as if sensing a living person setting foot in the Evil Resentment Mountains.
"...What a strange scent. There's someone giving off a strange scent."
"A fork in the road..."
Under Miao Zi's guidance, the three had reached the point where ordinary trade roads no longer continued. The road extending westward was already overgrown with twisted plants.
"If we continue along the road on the left, we should reach the Evil Resentment Mountains... If we take the road on the right, we'll reach an area called the Sunken Secret Marsh. That swamp has a certain bewildering effect and might buy us some time. After a few detours, we'll be able to reach the Fifth City."
Who would have thought that Yu Jing would not answer at all? He simply headed down the road on the left.
"S-sorry." Miao Zi thought her cowardice had