Halfway through their journey, just as the War Chariot passed through the mountains within the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Daoliu suddenly sniffed atop its roof, his brows twisting into a tight knot.
"Something's wrong... what is that smell?!"
Qian Daoliu clamped a hand over his nose, his aged face turning green:
"Which fucking cesspit exploded? We're dozens of miles away, and the fumes are so strong I can barely open my eyes!"
Beside him, Golden Crocodile Douluo retched violently, nearly dropping the Sea God Trident:
"Urgh... this is downright uncanny! I've lived over a hundred years, and even a sperm whale rotting in the ocean for half a year didn't smell this strong! What... is mixed into this wind?!"
It wasn't just the two of them. Daming and Erming, pulling the War Chariot up front, were already foaming at the mouth. Their enormous bodies staggered, nearly knocked flat by the foul wind blasting into their faces.
The carriage curtain lifted.
Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong had barely poked their heads halfway out when the stench hit them. Their lovely faces turned deathly pale, and they recoiled in horror, clamping their hands over their mouths and noses.
"That's disgusting... husband, what kind of hellhole is up ahead?!"
Qian Renxue retched repeatedly, her Angel God Power spontaneously rising to protect her from the filthy stench.
Ye Yuan sat up on the cushioned couch and sent a light sweep of his divine sense along the wind.
In the Muddy Swamp at the edge of Sunset Forest, two utterly familiar figures immediately appeared in his mind with perfect clarity.
There, in the middle of that scorched-black, green-tinged mire,
a Mutant Giant Pig covered in pustules and jutting bone spurs lay in the muck with his rear raised, frantically spewing billowing mushroom clouds of yellow-green