Mengru stepped out of Chu Wang's arms.
It was only then that she truly began to examine this gloomy place properly.
The sky was covered with dark, gloomy clouds, which seemed to block out all the light, making the surroundings pitch black and even the shadows of objects invisible.
She tried to use her divine sense to investigate. Divine sense is not affected by light, so in theory, it should be able to see the surrounding situation clearly.
However, divine sense was completely useless.
"Something's wrong, something's really wrong." Meng Ru frowned, her grip on Chu Wang's hand tightened, and her heart pounded. "Where exactly is this place?!"
She and Chu Wang had only accepted a very simple task, but the task took a long time, so they decided to travel around and have some fun.
South City is the closest to the Cloud Cauldron Sect than the other three attacking cities, so it was their first choice.
Who would have thought that this situation would occur so soon after disembarking from the flying artifact?
"What do we do now?" Meng Ru asked.
"Judging from this situation, there are probably no survivors left here." Chu Wang pondered for a moment and came to this conclusion.
The village was the lowest level of village, and had no ability to resist vines of this level.
The surroundings are so eerie and gloomy that it's clear there are no living people left.
Even if they exist, they're probably being kept as food for the animals.
Chu Wang calmly analyzed, "We'll probably have to wait until dawn to get out."
"Then let's find a place to spend the night." Meng Ru nodded, without saying anything or complaining about Chu Wang.
With Meng Ru's consent, Chu Wang nodded, then took out a tent-like magical artifact from his spatial ring and placed it on the spot, creating a place for people to rest.
Worried about being disturbed by other things in the middle of the night, Chu Wang also took out some defensive items and placed them next to the tent.
At this moment, they, like Lu Huaizhou and his group, all planned to wait until dawn to talk.
After daybreak, regardless of whether they can win the fight, at least they will be able to see the road, which will increase their chances of escaping.
The darkness of night always amplifies the fear in people's hearts.
However, at this moment, none of the ten people crammed into the room dared to utter a sound.
They were terrified that their voices would attract monsters, and even when they were crying from fear, they could only cover their mouths.
No one can sleep right now.
Lu Huaizhou kept his eyes open the whole time. Although he couldn't see anything, he stubbornly kept them open.
Xu Yan, on the other hand, seemed not to have thought too much about it. After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes.
Lin Jingge was closest to Xu Yan, and she could clearly feel the fluctuations of spiritual energy around her.
Suddenly, a pair of eyes opened, and the person turned to look at Xu Yan beside them. Everything in sight was pitch black.
Goodness, he can actually calm down and cultivate even under these circumstances.
Indeed, there's a reason why they have such a high level of understanding!
At this point, there was no use in being anxious. Coupled with the calm demeanor of the powerful figure beside her, Lin Jingge's heart, for some reason, calmed down as well.
She closed her eyes and began to search through the information that Xiaoshi had previously transmitted to her.
She had never properly organized this information before, but now she was looking at it seriously.
Time slowly passed.
Enveloped in darkness, the crowd, in a state of extreme tension, prayed for the arrival of daylight.
However, as time passed, the sky remained darker than ink, showing no sign of dawn.
I spent a sleepless night.
The group stayed in the room for an unknown amount of time.
"Something is touching me!" said the woman closest to the door among the ten people. She was the one with the lowest cultivation level among them.
Her voice, trembling with tears, rang out.
His voice was very hoarse, clearly indicating that he had been crying all night.
"There's nothing there, don't scare yourself," the person closest to the woman said instinctively.
Although he said those words, he moved further inside, distancing himself from the girl who possessed spiritual cultivation.
These words broke the silence that had been filling the room.
Finally, unable to bear the terrifying illusion any longer, everyone stood up abruptly: "I can't take it anymore! It should be dawn by now, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was shoved aside by Xu Yan, who was flying towards the door.
Xu Yan burst through the door.
Lin Jingge kept her remaining attention focused on the fluctuations of spiritual energy around her.
Lin Jingge opened her eyes as soon as someone spoke.
The glowing objects in their hands seemed to be suppressed by something, their light several times weaker than usual. Even if everyone held one, they couldn't illuminate the surrounding area.
After Xu Yan flew out, Lin Jingge immediately chased after him.
As they went outside, they saw the originally black iron rod emitting a faint light as it shot out towards a spot in the courtyard.
With a dull thud, the iron rod was driven into something in the yard.
Writing it down seems to break some kind of restriction.
Cracks appeared all around the pitch blackness, and something hurriedly peeked out from them.
However, in the blink of an eye, the cracks were instantly repaired, and the area was restored to its previous state of being surrounded by darkness.
Seeing that it was only this bad, Xu Yan's face turned ashen.
After sensing the location of his natal magic weapon, he flew out like a bullet and struck the iron rod with his palm.
Another dull sound followed.
The iron rod then pierced the object, turned, and flew into Xu Yan's hand.
Lin Jingge's eyes lit up when she saw the iron rod in Xu Yan's hand emitting a faint, flustered aura. This was a good thing!
"Boom!" An even louder sound than before rang out.
The surrounding area shattered instantly, turning into nothingness.
Light shone in, dispelling the darkness.
Only then did everyone realize where they were.
What I was standing on was not flat land at all, but rather piles of white bones.
What Xu Yan had pierced through with the iron rod earlier was none other than a strange tree.
Apart from the main trunk, the tree is entirely covered in vines.
The vines lashed wildly in the air.
Xu Yan was already fighting off the vines that were attacking him.
A hole was pierced through the middle of the tree by an iron rod, and wisps of cold air emanated from the hole, which could not be repaired.
Hanging from the vines were mummified corpses, not only human corpses but also countless monster corpses, all wrapped up in the vines and hanging in the air.
The vines that had wrapped around them were frantically sucking up flesh and blood.
Before long, it turned into bones and was left aside by the vines.
The vines were almost stained blood red.
Some people couldn't accept this scene and started vomiting.
Lu Huaizhou reacted quickly. Seeing Xu Yan fighting with the vines, he took out his magic weapon and rushed forward.
As for the others, some of them were so scared that their legs went weak, and they couldn't even protect themselves, let alone fight.
Lin Jingge severed several vines that were attacking her and was now fully focused on fighting the demonic vines.
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