Shinji explored the Contaminated Zone, carefully observing everything around him.
The Plague Overlord's abilities were indeed nearly impossible to counter. But from another perspective, as long as you were strong enough, you could withstand the Plague Overlord's contamination for a short time.
Take Shinji, for example. As a Lantern Bearer, he was immune to the contamination the Overlord spread throughout the world, as long as he wasn't directly attacked by the Overlord or one of the Overlord's creations.
So even inside the Contaminated Zone, as long as the Overlord's contamination couldn't penetrate his Chakra Cloak and directly corrode his body, exploring the area would cost him nothing more than some Chakra.
Of course, this was also because Shinji was special.
Someone who was merely a Lantern Bearer, or merely a Six Paths level powerhouse, couldn't have handled it as easily as he did.
But when the abilities of a Six Paths level powerhouse and a Lantern Bearer were combined, the result was completely different.
Before long, Shinji reached the center of the Contaminated Zone.
Before him lay a crater roughly seven or eight meters in diameter. Inside it was a stone that gave off a faint, pale green glow.
Shinji looked closely at his surroundings and realized the crater was likely a small impact crater. The stone glowing faintly green inside it might have fallen from the sky and caused the crater.
"Could this be how the Plague Overlord contaminates the world?"
Shinji didn't approach the meteorite in the crater recklessly.
As far as he could sense, there was nothing noteworthy in the crater. Yet his eyes clearly showed a stone glowing green. This meant that the stone was imbued with some kind of power beyond the reach of his senses.
The unknown not only bred fear, but also signaled