If Longwind City was the benchmark of the new era in the dark apocalypse, then Red Leaf City had embraced the apocalypse completely, becoming a scavenger in the wilderness wastelands.
Although Hezhou lacked Jiangzhou's abundance of picturesque mountains and rivers, it had the most diverse terrain in the entire Xia Kingdom, encompassing almost every major landform except the ocean.
Mountains, plateaus, plains, basins, hills, deserts and rocky wastes, glaciers and frozen ground-
Standing atop Chuyuan Mountain, the highest peak in Hezhou, one could gaze into the distance and see rifts of every size scattered across the land.
There was the A-Rank Blood Abyss, long and narrow like a scar across the earth, pulsing with crimson light.
There was the A-Rank Otherworld Demon Abyss, a vast circular crater that looked as though a gigantic meteor had struck it from the heavens, surrounded by filthy crystals and constantly exuding decaying demonic energy.
There was the A-Rank Azure Nether Abyss beside a mountain ridge, overlooking the earth like a sky-supporting Nether Phoenix, shimmering with eerie, multicolored light.
Beyond these three great A-Rank Abysses, there were smaller B-Rank, C-Rank, and other Abysses.
Compared with the Abyssal threats Hezhou faced, Jiangzhou and Northern Province were practically little brothers.
Of course, with such diverse terrain and so many Abyss Rifts, Hezhou was exceptionally rich in resources, and its ability users were considerably stronger overall than those in Northern Province.
Though they could not match present-day Longwind City in Jiangzhou, they still ranked among the best across the Shenzhou Land.
These Abyssal rifts, large and small, crawled across Hezhou's body like festering scars, nurturing countless threats.
Mutant creatures, dark creatures, and Abyssal creatures.
The three groups held one another in check, leaving humans to survive in the cracks between them.
Fortunately, the three sides were far from