After resting for a while and adjusting their breathing, everyone continued toward the Ice Fire Forbidden Zone.
Less than a hundred li ahead, a majestic mountain range stretched across their path. Between the mountains lay the dangerous place marked on the map—the Illusory Mist Forest.
Looking up, they saw dense trees ahead, so thick they nearly blotted out the sky and sun. The branches of ancient, gnarled trees intertwined like the claws and fangs of savage beasts.
Thick milky-white mist filled the forest. It swirled and surged upward into the sky, sealing the entire woodland tightly within its embrace. Even sunlight could not penetrate it, and nothing inside could be seen. All that seeped out was an eerie, oppressive aura.
The strangest thing was the mist's isolating power.
Lin Yi instinctively extended his soul power, wanting to investigate the forest. Yet the moment it touched the white mist, his condensed soul power vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea, swallowed without a trace. There was not even the slightest feedback.
Nor was that all. Several Heavenly Palace Disciples beside him attempted to release their Spirit Power to scout ahead, only to meet the same result. Surprise appeared on all their faces.
"The Illusory Mist Forest is no simple place." The Fire Phoenix Woman looked grave as she warned Lin Yi, "Yan Ling, you have only just entered this secret realm, so you may not know how dangerous this place is. This white mist not only blocks soul power and Spirit Power detection, it also has an extremely powerful hallucinatory effect. It can stir up the deepest desires and obsessions within a person's heart. Once your mind loses its guard and you fall into an illusion, you will become nourishment for the white mist, doomed beyond redemption."
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