The deeper Huo Hai ventured into Godslayer Mountain, the more he could feel the overwhelming Resentment Aura here. At first, there had only been ordinary Resentment Aura and low-level curses, but after going deeper, it was no longer that simple.
Huo Hai could clearly sense that in a place like this, even a Spirit Emperor expert would die instantly beneath the curses, without leaving behind even a trace. Spirit Venerable experts would not die quite so quickly upon arriving here, but they would still be greatly affected. If they stayed too long, they would eventually die on the spot.
Even their souls would be unable to escape. As a Spirit Saint like himself, if not for his special means of protection, Huo Hai was certain that he would not be taking this so easily. He would definitely have been wounded by the curses.
It was not impossible for permanent injuries to be left on his body either. "Heaven-Seizing Grass... Hm, the power left behind here really is troublesome." Throughout the ruins, patches of oasis-like terrain appeared one after another.
At first, Huo Hai had not understood what was going on, but later he came to know that the other areas had become barren because they had been eroded and polluted by the Resentment Aura left behind after Spirit Gods died. Yet after a Spirit God died, what it left behind was not merely Resentment Aura, but also a great deal of spirit power—or rather, a kind of lawforce.
Huo Hai could sense that this power seemed to carry the aura of a lawforce relatively close to nature. As for exactly what it was, he could not tell. It was not because too much time had passed; a Spirit God's power would not weaken with time.
This should have been because,