Shifting the Blame Eastward

Han Changming and the other two passed through the gorge without incident.

Beyond the gorge lay a vast, boundless plain. Han Changming released two Ape Puppet Beasts to lead the way, while the three of them followed close behind.

Having learned from what happened before, they did not dare let down their guard, their faces filled with vigilance.

Fortunately, throughout the journey, they encountered neither any fourth-rank demon beasts nor any powerful restrictions.

Half a day later, they crossed the plain. Before them stretched a dense sea of flowers with no end in sight, filled with countless demon butterflies and demon insects.

Han Changming frowned deeply. This sea of flowers was far too vast; there was no guarantee that it did not contain fourth-rank demon insects. If they encountered one, they would be in trouble.

"Fairy Mu, there can't be any fourth-rank demon insects here, can there?" Ye Xin asked with a frown.

"I don't know either. The Golden-Eyed Fire Ape guarded this place, so I've never been here. There may be fourth-rank demon insects, or there may not. Let's set a fire and burn this place down. If there are any fourth-rank venomous insects, we'll retreat to the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape's nest and shift the calamity eastward."

Mu Linger proposed this. With the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape blocking the way, she truly had never come here, so naturally she did not know whether there were any fourth-rank demon insects within.

She intended to burn down this sea of flowers and force out the demon insects hiding inside. If there were fourth-rank demon insects, they would lure them to the Golden-Eyed Fire Ape's nest.

With a flip of her hand, she took out a crimson command flag that glittered with red light. With a gentle wave, the flag blazed with dazzling