In an alley somewhere in Cangzhou Prefecture City, a mirror surface appeared out of thin air, and Chen Miao stepped through it.
The surroundings no longer looked as they had when Chen Miao first entered. The Mountain-Bound Starveling Lord's power had spread this far, as evidenced by the dead trees that had burst out of the surrounding houses.
The Mystic Mirror rose, and Chen Miao surveyed his surroundings.
What he saw made even Chen Miao break into a cold sweat on Cangzhou Prefecture's behalf.
The withered yellow power, which had originally spread only through the area controlled by the Wood Banner, had reached the edge of the Fire Banner's territory.
Even the Earth Banner's territory, where the Profound Pass Corpse Lord had landed, had been invaded by the Mountain-Bound Starveling Lord's power.
Wherever the dead trees stood, even the Profound Pass Corpse Lord's black fog drew back.
Clearly, the Mountain-Bound Starveling Lord's power ranked among the very strongest in the Eastern Mausoleum.
Through the Mystic Mirror, Chen Miao also spotted some changes that had not been there before.
Within the Earth Banner District, where the Profound Pass Corpse Lord was located, the section bordering the Wood District had been overrun by the Mountain-Bound Starveling Lord. On the other side, countless pale Paper Effigies were moving in and out of the black fog.
Each time they emerged after entering, the pale paper figures had turned pitch-black.
After shifting the Mystic Mirror's viewpoint, Chen Miao saw exactly what was happening.
Members of the Cangzhou Kong Clan were sending paper figures into the black fog to absorb it.
Whenever a paper figure came out, someone else set it alight, burning both the figure and the black qi inside it to nothing.
Meanwhile, the Kong clan members kept making more paper figures.
Under their