"Immortal Elder! There is an immensely powerful pressure ahead. Should we keep going?"
"Do not worry. No matter what lies ahead, we must go there first and make plans afterward." Wolf Demon Hatu spoke up in warning, but Ye Tian did not choose to retreat.
Seeing the pursuers behind them pressing close, Wolf Demon Hatu nodded. With wolves ahead and tigers behind, they could only charge forward without looking back. He immediately exerted force beneath his feet, increasing his speed by another notch.
Gradually, a trace of foreboding rose in Ye Tian's heart. The surroundings were far too quiet. Even his divine sense could not detect the slightest anomaly here. There must have been some formation or power in this place that obstructed the probing of divine sense.
When they had passed through this swamp earlier, although they had not seen any other living creatures, they had still been able to faintly make out the howls of ghosts beneath the mire.
But now, even those ghostly howls had vanished. His divine sense could not find any trace of them either, and the entire swamp fell into deathly silence.
"Immortal Elder! This place is far too quiet. I fear some powerful demon beast lurks here. It clearly can merge with this swamp, and I cannot detect it in the slightest. After some consideration, we should turn back."
Wolf Demon Hatu had also discovered the abnormalities in this swamp. Unease welled up within him. He had lived in the Black Forest for a long time, yet this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
No sooner had Wolf Demon Hatu finished speaking than a deafening boom rang out from nowhere. A massive skeletal hand rose from the swamp.
"Immortal Elder, be careful!"
In an instant, a dazzling fireball rose