Gray-black winds swept howling past the jagged rocks along the edge of the Wind Splitter Plateau, like the wails of a hundred million wronged souls.
Wu Yiping stood atop a lofty peak, pulled his Wind-Riding Cloak tighter around himself, and squinted at the black storm shrouding the entire Wind Splitter Plateau.
He had been stationed at the Wind Splitter Plateau outpost for over a month. His daily duties consisted of recording changes in the storm's boundaries, monitoring any Mutant Beasts that might escape from it, and maintaining several monitoring formations.
"Senior Brother Wu, today's readings are all recorded!" His junior brother, Yang Qing, swept down from the neighboring peak and handed him a Jade Slip. "The storm has expanded another thirty feet since yesterday. That's the smallest fluctuation we've seen lately. I'd say everything's fine!"
Wu Yiping took the Jade Slip and swept his spiritual sense over the densely packed readings recorded within: spiritual energy currents, changes in wind speed, energy radiation intensity, and more. He nodded slightly. "No major fluctuations is a good thing. It means whatever's inside the plateau is still behaving itself!"
A storm had suddenly erupted on the Wind Splitter Plateau, enveloping the entire plateau. Ever since then, this place had become a high-risk area.
The Mechanical Empire had previously attempted an assault, only to suffer considerable losses. Since it had needed to guard against the Tianli Sect at the time, it had left the place alone, merely establishing outposts to monitor changes in the storm over the Wind Splitter Plateau.
The Tianli Sect had likewise been unwilling to risk a surprise attack from the Mechanical Empire while launching its own assault, so it had not intervened either. Thus, the area had remained under surveillance ever since.
Now the storm shrouded the entire Wind Splitter Plateau.