Erecting a Grave on the Spot, Playing the Suona, and Laying Out Crane Spirit Tree Offerings

"Quick... evacuate!"

"Everyone, withdraw to a thousand li beyond the mine!"

"I've already reported this to the Sacred Land. The elders are on their way!"

A hundred li away, the surviving cultivators of the Jade Pivot Sacred Land stared into the distance in terror as they maintained order.

The miners who had escaped alongside them looked as though they had taken a walk through hell, their hearts still trembling with lingering fear.

Before everyone's eyes, the mine vein that had stood there for countless years had vanished.

In its place spread a dense layer of reddish-brown haze.

With the mine vein at its center, everything within dozens of kilometers was shrouded in a vast blur, as if a sandstorm had swept through, yet also like rolling fog, exuding an eerie air.

Every living creature touched by the mist died horribly, their gruesome state making scalps tingle and hearts quake.

In mere moments, this place had become a Nine Nether Purgatory. No one dared approach.

Such a tremendous upheaval at the mine vein naturally could not be concealed from Chen Xun, Black Bull, or the other forces lurking in the shadows.

Quite a few powerful Divine Senses tore through the air, seeking to pass through the haze and investigate what exactly had happened deep within the mine vein.

Some of these Divine Senses were strong, others weak, but most belonged to Dao Integration Realm cultivators. Only a handful came from Great Vehicle Realm beings. All of them were scouts stationed nearby by the major powers.

They wanted to understand the situation at once and send the news back.

Yet something unexpected happened.

The haze actually contained some peculiar form of mystical power.

Not only could it devour the flesh and blood of living beings, it could also obstruct Divine Sense. More