Gray mist hung all around, stretching as far as the eye could see. It also blocked perception.
Zhou Fan's perception was severely restricted. He could barely sense what was happening within two or three hundred meters and could not reach any farther.
It was like someone with excellent eyesight having a cloth tied over his eyes. No matter how good his vision was, it would be useless.
Zhou Fan was in no hurry, though. He observed his surroundings as he walked.
They had entered the Void Rift to find natural treasures that could aid their cultivation or strengthen them.
"The spiritual energy here is pretty dense. Even the weeds are unusually vigorous."
Zhou Fan glanced at the weeds beside him. They stood tall and strong, and he could faintly sense the abundant vitality within them.
The spiritual energy here was far denser than in the outside world!
Still, even brimming with vitality, weeds were just weeds. They were nowhere near qualifying as natural treasures and had no real value.
Aside from that, he had yet to find anything worthwhile.
He had not come across any of the special ores Xia Qingran had mentioned, such as fire Xiaoshi or water Xiaoshi.
Nor had he found the Xiaoyang Fruit that Xia Qingran needed most.
"Why isn't there anything here? Did I get teleported to the middle of nowhere?" Zhou Fan had walked for ten minutes without finding a thing.
He had seen neither natural treasures nor any monsters or demons.
Just as he muttered his complaints-or perhaps because something had heard him-
Zhou Fan crested a small hill, and a faint sound came from ahead.
He looked closely and saw three mutant beasts gathered on a rock, gnawing on something.
They were canine mutant beasts, but enormous, each a full two meters