Chapter 425: Returning to the Core Circle
Not long after setting out, Jiang Mian received some gossip from Xuanhuang.
"A dragon should look like a dragon?"
She raised her brows in surprise. Why did those words sound oddly familiar?
And Torrent had already transformed?
Though the memories Xuanhuang shared contained only a tall back view, the figure was quite good. The front presumably wouldn't be bad either.
"Forget it. Let them do as they please."
Jiang Mian shook her head and did not pursue the matter, treating it as nothing more than a bit of entertainment.
She looked toward the Northern Legion Headquarters in the distance.
The troops stationed there had all withdrawn. Even the Radiance emission devices had been removed completely, leaving behind nothing but fortresses swallowed by the mist.
Jiang Mian descended and took a stroll through the place.
The mist's corrosive power was even stronger than she had imagined.
The humans had fully evacuated only around half a month ago, yet the base's infrastructure had already been corroded beyond recognition.
The square was overgrown with weeds, the metal walls were weathered and old... and with the mist's filter over everything, it looked as though it had been abandoned for decades.
Yet it was far from peaceful inside. Instead, large numbers of Calamities and Mist Creatures had appeared.
They gathered with their own kind and divided up territory, clearly intending to settle down here.
Among them were even quite a few Seventh-tier Calamities.
"Ugh—splat!"
Jiang Mian casually wiped out a Seventh-tier [Rot Plague] without even blinking.
Even its nauseating stench vanished completely beneath the cleansing of the Annihilation Wind.
The thing was bloated and green, with a pus-dripping mouth on its belly. It was disgusting beyond words.
After she killed it, the other Seventh-tier Calamities lurking in the