On the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest lay a hidden valley concealed by Ghost Vines.
Jagged strange rocks filled the valley, black-iron-colored stone spread across the landscape.
Purple-black miasma churned without end.
Ordinary Soul Beasts would never enter such a resource-poor place.
Boom!!!
A figure shrouded in black light crashed viciously down from the air.
A deafening blast erupted!
The hard layers of black iron rock shattered one after another, and the ground was smashed into a pit several zhang deep.
Rubble flew everywhere as dust billowed up.
The rocks around the edge of the pit were pulverized by the immense force.
A dense, abrupt aura of bloody slaughter spread out before swiftly drawing back in.
A Clear Sky Hammer flew loose and struck the edge of the pit, the dark gold patterns along its body completely dimming.
Tang Hao lay curled up at the very center of the pit.
A mouthful of blood surged from the corner of his lips, staining the shattered stones before him red.
Tang San, whom he had shielded in his arms, was flung out as well. He rolled several times across the ground strewn with sharp rocks before barely coming to a stop.
Supporting himself against the icy stone ground, he took a long while before barely suppressing the surging Qi and Blood in his chest.
Out of habit, he activated his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, but its true form only flickered once in his palm before completely withering, without the slightest further response.
"Where is this...?"
He turned toward the pit.
Using both hands and feet, he crawled toward its center.
Sharp fragments of stone tore open the flesh on his knees.
Blood streamed down his calves, leaving a winding trail of blood across the ground.
Yet Tang San had