Just as you hesitated over whether to pass straight through the red zone to avoid wasting time on a detour.
Ahead, billowing black smoke flowed in from afar, blanketing the earth and rising hundreds of meters high like an enormous black sandstorm.
Looking closely, the black smoke constantly shifted, piecing itself together into vicious, horrifying human-faced evil ghosts.
Like a plague of locusts sweeping through, wherever these evil ghosts passed, every living thing—whether demons or ordinary plants and animals—
All withered into yellowed husks, as though their moisture had been drained away, leaving behind only shriveled shells.
"What is this?"
You had never heard of such a phenomenon.
The Myriad Souls Banner flew from your hand and glanced a few times in the direction of the black smoke.
"Not good! It's a Forbidden-Land Outbreak! Run, children!"
You shot a glare at the Myriad Souls Banner, which was preparing to bolt ahead on its own, and yanked him back.
"Explain yourself. What the hell is a Forbidden-Land Outbreak?"
"What's there to explain?! Can't you see? Those Dark Evil Ghosts are devouring the Life Essence of living creatures! They're dead beyond dead already!"
"What is Life Essence?"
"All living beings possess both body and soul. The soul has its Soul Origin, while the body naturally has Life Essence!
The reason living creatures differ from dead objects—why they can grow, think, and cultivate—is because they are born with these two special energies!
Every so often, the forbidden lands within the Great Wilderness release these Dark Evil Ghosts to devour the living beings around them!
At their widest reach, they can spread from the heart of the Great Wilderness all the way to the edge of the Five Domains!"
You had never expected the Human World to contain such a dangerous place.
Yet at