A Shift in Stance

At this moment, everything within several kilometers of the center of War Zone 10 had been completely submerged beneath a bottomless black fog, like a silent world of death, utterly devoid of life or light.

Only the hundred-meter stretch pressed against the inner side of the barrier screen had, for the time being, escaped contamination and devouring by the abyssal mist before them.

Like the sole safe line wedged between two hells, this was where Dawn Squad now stood. As for the passage between them and War Zone 9, it had already been completely sealed off by the mist, with not even a crack left to slip through.

Ye Chen watched the sight before him with tightly furrowed brows.

It seemed that the Abyss Mist Nests of War Zones 10 and 11 had descended at the same time. While Ye Chen and the other five had barely escaped the abyssal mist's assault in War Zone 11, War Zone 10 had failed to escape the Abyss Mist Nest's demonic claws, and had thus been utterly transformed into a living hell where fog spread unchecked.

Firona gritted her teeth and cursed angrily.

"Damn Abyss Mist Nests! Of all times, they had to show up now! Is this what those Clowns were really after?"

Erigat stressed with a conflicted expression.

"No. The Abyss Mist Nest's ability is an indiscriminate attack that distinguishes neither friend nor foe. Forget those Clowns—even other Type Two Abyssal True Species would die instantly if they fell into this black fog! Otherwise, why would the Abyss side only release these Abyss Mist Nests now? Those Clowns should merely be expendable pawns they abandoned."

With a gloomy face, Weimeng voiced a conjecture.

"These monsters were probably lying in wait in the shadows long ago. Now that the overall situation has