Su Bai raised a finger, and several Blood Butterflies fluttered out. They circled lightly in the air, then flew toward the mist behind them, plunging into that murky abyss they could neither see through nor fathom.
Everyone watched the dense fog behind them, waiting for the results of the Blood Butterfly experiment.
But several minutes passed, and the mist continued to churn in silence, even creeping a little closer. The Blood Butterflies seemed to have vanished completely, leaving no trace, as though the mist had swallowed them whole.
Su Bai frowned slightly and said quietly, "I can feel it. They've been devoured."
At first, Su Bai could still "see" through the Blood Butterflies' eyes and sense their paths through the mist. Even though he could make out no directions in the surrounding space, he could just barely keep them flying forward, trying to break through the haze and find some trace of Tian Yue and the others who had stayed downstairs.
Yet just as Su Bai thought the Blood Butterflies were about to emerge from the mist, it seemed to notice these "intruders" that did not belong to it and began eating away at them.
At first, Su Bai could still feel the Blood Butterflies struggling inside it, but soon the mist began corroding their wings and bodies. Tiny points of blood-red light flickered for an instant as they struggled in the mist, only to be swallowed completely a moment later.
In the end, the Blood Butterflies vanished entirely, leaving not even a fragment behind.
Su Bai shook his head slightly and reached a helpless conclusion. "That mist isn't something we can approach."
He was almost certain that the danger posed by the mist far exceeded anything their team could handle.
"The Strange Creature entrenched here is far too powerful."