"What... what happened?"
Sun Fei seemed thoughtful about this sudden discovery.
Although this energy flowed from the body of an undead creature after its death, surprisingly, it carried no evil aura whatsoever. On the contrary, it was extremely pure. After merging into his body, Sun Fei carefully sensed it and found no discomfort or abnormality. It fused smoothly with the Holy Power of [ Paladin Mode ].
This shows that Sun Fei was highly skilled and daring enough to absorb this energy. If it were anyone else, they would probably have been scared to death long ago. The power overflowing from the dead could corrupt anyone who touched it.
He didn't reveal his discovery, but continued his attack, killing all the zombies and mutated, undead domestic animals, cats, and dogs in the entire town.
Perhaps the little zombies were simply too weak. Sun Fei could sense that although there was a faint energy leaking from their corpses, it was so small that it was blown away by the wind as soon as it was released. To Sun Fei, it was negligible. He tried to absorb it, and as before, it did not produce any abnormalities.
Why is this happening?
In less than half an hour, with Sun Fei, an absolute powerhouse, all the undead creatures in the town were swept away like autumn leaves in the wind. Sun Fei even used the Paladin skill [ Cleansing ] once. Standing in the center of the town, a powerful holy power spread in all directions like a wave, enveloping the entire town and completely Cleansing everything that had been contaminated by evil forces.
When the group left, the town finally regained its former atmosphere, but unfortunately, all the dead could never be brought back to life.
To Sun Fei's regret, they couldn't find any clues about the cause of the town's strange changes. A silent pressure hung over everyone's hearts. Sun Fei had a feeling that this expedition to conquer the Anzhi Empire would definitely not be easy.
Back on the Black Warship, Sun Fei did not rush forward, but instead ordered the [ Black Pearl ] and [ One-Eyed Dragon ] to proceed slowly at the lowest possible speed.
Meanwhile, the Necromancer Hasselbaink, stationed in Chambord City, was Summon by His Majesty the King and swiftly transported by the vessel carried on the Black Warship.
Below is a vast expanse of lush, green waves.
This is a sizable forest located at the border between the Dite Empire and the Anzhi Empire. Although it is not large in area, far smaller than the Endless Forest Sea behind Chambord, it is home to many magical beasts. On ordinary days, caravans and travelers need to hire guards and mercenaries for protection.
Although there were no terrifying King Class magical beasts in the forest, it was usually filled with the sounds of birds and beasts. But today, the entire forest was silent, and sinister and evil auras rose into the sky, forming layers of dark leaden clouds in the air that lingered for a long time.
Black Warship passed this point, Sun Fei once again ordered a halt to its advance.
"Such a dense aura of darkness, comparable to one-tenth the intensity of the Diablo World."
He ordered the troops on the Black Warship to remain in place, Sun Fei, along with Sister Granny and Uncle Cain, transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into the forest below.
"This forest has been completely corrupted, and almost all the magical beasts living here have been corrupted into undead creatures..." After casually observing a few places in the forest, Grandpa Cain came to this conclusion; he was all too familiar with this evil power.
"Indeed, although the contamination has lasted less than half a month, this small forest has completely fallen. Unless a legendary Grand Paladin of Griswold's strength performs Cleansing, there's no possibility of restoring light. If I'm not mistaken, the town we encountered before was contaminated by the evil power overflowing from here, causing all the creatures in the town to die. This is the terrifying aspect of dark evil power; if it's not effectively controlled, it can spread throughout the entire continent like dandelion seeds in the wind." The nun's expression was extremely solemn. "This forest has become a stronghold of dark power. If it's allowed to continue, within a month, the entire area within a thousand miles will fall under the control of evil."
Sun Fei remained silent.
He carefully observed everything he saw.
The entire forest had completely changed color. The trees and ferns on the ground looked as if they had been attacked by frost. Although they had not withered, they had turned into a lifeless gray, as if they had been painted with a layer of gray paint, exuding a rotten and dilapidated smell. It had turned from a vibrant world into a lifeless dead land.
For some reason, this scene evoked a very similar memory for Sun Fei, yet he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
"Hiss..." A third-tier magical beast, a red-crowned python, clearly revealed by dark power, burst out of the gray grass.
It had become completely demonized. Its red crown was tinged with bluish-black, and its originally fine silver scales had turned jet black. Of course, the most serious mutation was that its body was three or four times larger than before, its body was as hard as steel, it had completely lost the sense of pain, and it was completely controlled by the murderous aura. It was filled with the desire to destroy everything, and its strength was four times that of before. It flicked its black tongue and pounced on Sun Fei and the other two.
" Holy Bolt!"
Sun Fei annihilated the mutated python with a flick of his finger. A faint, invisible energy aura, barely perceptible to others, emanated from the python's body and merged into Sun Fei's palm with a wave of his hand.
What caused this evil force to appear in the world? Was it manipulated by someone? Or was it just a coincidence? What secrets are hidden in this forest?
The forest was teeming with mutated magical beasts, their bloodlust palpable. The three searched for a while but found nothing of note.
"This forest must be Cleansing; otherwise, once the evil power here spreads, all living things in the surrounding area will become Hell mutated creatures. Although Chambord City is hundreds of thousands of miles away, it will not be spared either. This will be an immeasurable disaster."
"But first, we need to determine what exactly is causing the energy emanating from the corpses of these dark creatures after they die?"
After much deliberation, Sun Fei told Uncle Cain and Sister Nie about his discovery of that mysterious free energy, asking if they had made the same discovery, but the answer he received was negative.
"Could it be because these two Old Man came from the Diablo World that they are unable to sense this energy?"
This was the only reason Sun Fei could think of.
We need to verify this again.
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