"There were still many suspicious points about this journey to the Northern Lands worth investigating."
Having made his decision, Chen Cuo was in no hurry. He remained seated in contemplation, recalling his journey north and considering what he might have missed or left undone.
"My Senior Brother sent me here to back up my martial nephew Xiang Ran and offer support. But by the time I arrived, everyone from Xiang Ran down, including Xietongzi of Kunlun, had been invaded by Outer Fiends. There was nothing to discuss; I had to subdue them at once. Still, the invisible Evil Fiends that invaded them are worth examining..."
As he spoke, Chen Cuo turned over his palm. A strange cry suddenly came from it.
He focused his gaze, frowned, then opened the Vertical Eye on his forehead.
His vision changed at once. An invisible, uncanny shadow twisted in his hand, crying, "Mountain Spirits! Mountain Spirits!"
Chen Cuo closed his hand around the sound with a wave, keeping it from spreading.
This was one of the invisible Demonic Beasts that had once corrupted Xiang Ran and the others!
When Chen Cuo first reached the Ruins, he had used a Divine Ability to capture them, confining and sealing them in a corner of Dream Marsh.
"Shadowless and formless, yet capable of making a sound. These strange things cry straight into the heart and shake one's thoughts. The slightest lapse lets them slip through a crack and take root in the mind. But judging by what happened then, rather than these Demonic Beasts sneaking into their minds, it seemed more as though some force had disturbed Xiang Ran and the others, causing the stray thoughts, wicked thoughts, and demonic thoughts deep within them to grow and hatch into these Evil Fiends..."
As Chen Cuo recalled the