Blackwater Marsh had now become a refuge for many Trial Takers.
The people of the Mechanical Empire were slaughtering Trial Takers all over the place, so many had fled into several of the most dangerous regions.
Most warriors chose Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain and Giant Wolf Valley. Their complex terrain made it easier to hide, and the living conditions weren't as harsh. But the Mechanical Empire's forces were also concentrating their attacks on those two dangerous regions.
Blackwater Marsh was vast, with natural hiding places everywhere beneath its poisonous miasma. Even mechas could hardly move through it unhindered.
Many warriors had chosen to hide here for the time being, escaping the Mechanical Empire's mecha hunts.
Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest was shrouded in poisonous miasma all year round. The sun never shone through, and its complex terrain made it the perfect hiding place. Quite a few warriors had taken shelter there. They knew it was dangerous, and the beasts within were terrifying, but they were still less frightening than those metal monsters.
But recently, the mechanical monsters had come all the same.
Mechas searched for Trial Takers in Blood Mist Withered Moon Forest. Bursts of energy erupted through the woods from time to time, as particle cannons blasted trees to splinters and tore open swathes of poisonous miasma, leaving scorched earth behind.
In Withered Moon Forest, countless warriors fled for their lives. Through the blood mist, the mechas' towering figures looked like devils reaping lives.
Boom! Boom!
Particle cannons fired in volley after volley, while Particle Light Blades swept through the forest. The warriors screamed as the attacks reduced them to charred ash.
Against mechas comparable to the Heavenly Human Realm, these warriors—mere Grandmasters or Great Grandmasters—were lambs led to slaughter, utterly powerless to fight back.
Many warriors roared and