The sunlight grew fiercer. Withered yellow weeds lay flattened against the ground, and wisps of white smoke rose from the scorching gravel toward a twisted, burning poplar.
This was the first Green Wall Defense Line, already trampled by the Withered Dead. Flames raged here, yet the heat was no different from that of the desert nearby.
The sandy ground was strewn with charred corpses. A beam of intense light thousands of meters wide stood motionless, like an iron curtain dropped from the sky, separating the ruined Green Wall Defense Line from the desert beyond.
Bang!
Xia Lun's foot slammed into the ground. The burning poplar shattered as he shot forward like a tank, sparks trailing his afterimage like a flaming cloak.
Through the billowing smoke and dust, Xia Lun charged straight into the Light Wall!
Bang!
The instant he entered, a faint electric tingle raced up his spine, accompanied by searing pain that felt capable of tearing his cells apart. His health began to decline.
Xia Lun had expected this. According to Scarface Elder, the Light Wall was essentially a Punishment Ritual. Its light radiation caused damage, so anyone inside was bound to suffer.
Thanks to the Life Force that had spilled from the Deer of Abundance when it died, his Constitution had reached an astonishing 23 points. Radiation intense enough to kill an ordinary person horribly had only a limited effect on him.
The deeper he went into the Light Wall, however, the stronger the radiation grew. Xia Lun stayed near its edge and waited for the hidden opening Scarface Elder had planted inside it to activate.
But after only a few seconds, the sun overhead burst with a dazzling ray. Amid the acrid smell of ozone produced as oxygen broke apart, four more Echo Attacks descended!
*Undead Proud