After Xu Changqing finished speaking, he said no more. He turned and leaped onto Kong Ling's back. "Let's go. To the place where the Defiled-Earth God turned over."
The next instant, man and bird became a streak of seven-colored light and vanished into the distance.
Watching his retreating figure, Li Lingbi immediately ordered those beside him, "Pick up the pace. Head for the Great Abundance Empire in the Eastern Domain as soon as possible."
At once, hundreds of flying ships started up again and sped toward the Eastern Domain.
Meanwhile, Xu Changqing rode Kong Ling and swiftly flew toward the place where the earth had previously split open.
Half an hour later, man and bird arrived at their destination.
The sight before them was still just as shocking.
The entire land was covered in crisscrossing cracks. The deepest fissures were dozens of zhang deep, like wounds that had been forcibly torn open.
Although the restless Earth Qi had previously been forcibly suppressed by Xu Changqing, a foul stench still lingered in the air. Deep within the cracks, vast amounts of pitch-black sludge had accumulated, endlessly giving off a nauseating reek of decay.
Xu Changqing narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the surroundings.
The sludge was mixed with the Defiled-Earth God's aura, icy, filthy, and corrupt. Even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had been eroded into murky filth.
He was considering whether to divide his Spiritual Root and search for the Defiled-Earth God's traces from several directions and locations at once.
But suddenly, a dense wave of water vapor swept over from afar, carrying the faint sound of insects chirping. It moved with astonishing speed and appeared beside him in the blink of an eye.
Xu Changqing looked up, and his body abruptly stiffened. His eyes filled with disbelief.