Was home wherever his heart found peace?
Yet the Wilds stretched without end, with danger lurking on every side. Mutants, Wraith Beasts, Wild Yao, and even the complicated, inscrutable "humans."
Dangers of every kind lay hidden everywhere. Vast as the world was, where could Su Changsheng find peace of mind?
There was the Black Tiger Yao's attack just now.
On the surface, it had indeed been the result of maneuvering among the Yao Stronghold's upper ranks, but whether someone had been stirring up trouble behind the scenes remained unknown.
The methods of "humans" were uncanny and ever-changing, as incomprehensible as tangled hemp, impossible to describe by common sense, yet able to seep through every crack.
Even when someone was being used and influenced by them, they often remained unaware.
Such was the case with the Black Tiger Yao.
Even though it constantly suppressed the contamination within its body and shut out the power of "human nature," it might still have fallen into a trap without realizing it.
Human nature was unfathomable; the human heart was full of treacherous sophistry!
"I'll take it one step at a time."
"Whether those parasites in the shadows had a hand in this or not, leaving the Black Mountain Demon Stockade-or at least leaving for a while-is the best choice."
Su Changsheng sighed.
His thoughts were tangled and hard to unravel.
Only after cleaning up the battlefield and using several more Healing Talismans did he turn his attention to his own status panel.
Demon Art: Stone-Shattering Art, lesser mastery 10/10000...
At lesser mastery, the Stone-Shattering Art's ability completely eliminated skill backlash and allowed him to stack proficient-level power a total of nine times.
He guessed that this might have something to do with his previous, sustained research into variations in stacking, which was