"Qingmeng, how is it? Can you see anything unusual?" Xu Guangzong's voice sounded in Chen Yan and Yu Qingmeng's ears.
Yu Qingmeng rubbed her eyes hard, then pointed toward a patch of empty night sky ahead. "There's a faint black... smoke?"
"Good." A hint of approval entered Xu Guangzong's voice.
"This is the Evil God Power that emerged from the fugitives' corpses after I killed them. It left a trail as it fled."
"Ordinary people would only feel a chill. Only those of us with special physiques connected to the eyes can truly see what it is."
"But even I can't see it as clearly as you can, so you'll have to guide me from here on."
The flying sword beneath their feet didn't slow at all. Carrying the three of them like a silver bolt of lightning, it shot past the Imperial Capital's towering wall and headed toward the wilderness beyond the city.
The sword cut a long white trail through the thick clouds.
"Oh! There's a stinky smell coming from over there!" Yu Qingmeng suddenly pinched her nose.
She leaned over the edge of the barrier, peering down curiously, her little face bright with excitement.
"Is that... a zoo down there?"
Chen Yan followed the direction of her finger.
Sure enough, fierce beasts of all sizes occupied the mountains and forests below.
They came in all kinds of shapes and varieties.
But Chen Yan only glanced at them before losing interest.
Even the strongest of those beasts was only at the fifth rank.
As the flying sword descended slightly, a mix of ferocity and primeval wildness rushed toward them.
Yu Qingmeng immediately felt a heavy pressure, and the little girl instinctively shrank behind Chen Yan.
Under Xu Guangzong's careful guidance, her mental strength had now reached nearly two