The black snow, and the wall formed from its remnants, acted like the poisonous mist of the Corpse Puppet Mage, shielding one from the perception of spiritual power.
Yun Wei had no idea what was behind the black wall.
In any case, the newcomer, who was able to survive three weeks of black snow, must not be someone to be trifled with.
"Step back! Silence!" Isaac roared at the people who were still watching behind him, having already drawn his mithril greatsword.
As the knight's battle cry spread, the chaotic crowd finally calmed down again.
They backed away, slowly moving away from the ominous black wall.
In the brief silence, Yun Wei stared at the cracks in the crumbling wall and finally heard the sound from the other side—
"The cross...breaks my illusions!"
The female voice that came through was surprisingly familiar.
Immediately following the high-pitched voice, another loud crash that sent pebbles flying rang out.
Yun Wei quickly opened a water curtain to block the flying stones and dust.
When the smoke and dust cleared, half of the black wall had collapsed and peeled away. In the middle of the original crack, a hole the size of a watermelon was revealed.
He stepped forward and looked out through the hole.
Then, unsurprisingly, he saw Hildegard's wary eyes.
"Blessed by the Lord of Glory, you are still alive!" she shouted, the amplified sound making Yun Wei's eardrums ache.
He was about to say something when he saw the ascetic raise the enormous black iron cross behind him. "Please step back, I will get you out of here! The cross... casts down my arrogance!"
As she chanted, the other side of the cave entrance was instantly covered by a blinding white light.
The black iron cross, its surface covered with divine runes, resembled a giant battering ram, crashing powerfully towards the black wall.
Yun Wei, who was still in a daze, was quickly pulled behind Isaac.
"Boom!"
It was another earth-shattering tremor.
One dull, deafening roar after another resounded as the once indestructible black wall crumbled under the opponent's terrifying strength.
Yun Wei stared in disbelief at the black wall surface that was peeling away under the constant hammering. "My God, she has so much strength. Could she actually be a warrior?"
“That’s how ascetics are. But I think… it must be due to the power of divine light. I’m stronger than her, but it would never be this effective.” Isaac thought for a moment and guessed, “Perhaps, the power of Dilis is more effective against this dark thing.”
About fifteen minutes later, Hildegard carved a triangular hole in the black wall from nothing.
The nun crouched low, leading several students who looked like cats behind her, and squeezed through the gap.
"May the Lord of Light protect you!" Upon seeing the equally dense crowd behind Yun Wei, Hildergard immediately made the sign of the cross. "I thought you were the only survivor."
"Actually, I didn't expect you to appear so timely." Yun Wei gave a wry smile. "How did you all manage to escape the black snowstorm?"
Hildergard blinked upon hearing this. "What black snow? Oh, you mean the strange celestial phenomenon that day? We agreed to come and seek refuge with you, and Dean Allen clearly had no objections, but those other stingy people started ostracizing us..."
She began to recount her experiences in a rambling manner, while Yun Wei listened patiently.
His brows furrowed even more deeply.
The fifth-rank priest had already left the monastery on the day the black mist appeared.
She was leading three students on a trek along the northern coast of the Zhuyuan Continent. When the temperature suddenly dropped, they mustered the courage to jump into the sea.
"At that time, the seawater was actually warm, like taking a bath." She smiled nonchalantly. "Under the warm protection of the Lord of Light, we successfully survived that sudden cold wave."
Seeing that the other party had finished speaking, Yun Wei asked, "So, you didn't encounter black snow either?"
“Of course.” Hildegard nodded vigorously. “We came from Noyce. Although there were some losses there as well, they were nothing like what you have here—forgive my bluntness, but I was absolutely certain that you were cursed by the gods.”
“I had almost given up hope, but Hypasha said she saw the lingering light and snow on your side.” She rubbed the head of the little girl hiding behind her and concluded, “Ah, Hypasha is Hypasha, the one I mentioned to you before. She is my smartest student.”
"Hmm, I remember." Yun Wei looked up and saw the little girl shyly hiding her head. He couldn't help but smile. "Thank you. You saved us, little girl."
Judging from the exposed flaxen hair, the other person also had the same thin braids, making her seem like Hildegard's sister.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Yun Wei summoned the village official of Keluo and asked him to temporarily settle the four female cultivators.
Now, he has more urgent matters to discuss.
“Isa, I now seriously suspect that only Reston experienced this black snow on the entire continent.” He looked at the man beside him who had been silent all along. “You just heard her say that even Noyce, who is right next door, only experienced the sudden drop in temperature that day.”
In other words, the Lord of the Abyss vented almost all his anger on him.
The entire village has now been destroyed.
According to Hildegard, the area outside the black wall was completely covered by a black, gelatinous substance, except for the stadium-sized ground beneath their feet, which remained uncontaminated.
Even if the divine magic of radiance can have some effect, it still takes a lot of time to purify the land.
But the starving and freezing people could not wait.
Thinking of this, Yun Wei felt a surge of frustration and helplessness. Behind this helplessness lay an even deeper sense of guilt.
He felt that the people of Reston were all implicated because of him.
Isaac said, "Don't rush, let's take off and check the situation first."
Yun Wei had no choice but to take a deep breath and force himself to calm down.
He reluctantly replied, "Mm."
The two of them took off together and slowly flew towards the high heavens.
As mentioned earlier, after three weeks of rapid freezing by ice elements, the air was unexpectedly cold and fresh.
It's just that neither of them was in the mood to appreciate it.
Apart from the western forests, the entire Reston was covered in a layer of dirty black.
The scene was shocking, a landscape of devastation.
Just as Yun Wei was about to sigh deeply, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the distant sea.
The sky over the northern lands was inherently gloomy, which made the sea appear as a deep, inky black. Yun Wei once thought that the occasional dark color appearing on the seemingly endless sea was due to the occasional drifting clouds in the sky.
But now, he suspects that it comes from beneath the water.
"Isa, in the sea, there's something." As if something was choking him, Yun Wei spoke with great difficulty, managing only a few words.
Beneath the seemingly endless sea, perhaps lurks some indescribable behemoth.
It may have been lurking beneath the unseen surface of the water, coveting the entire continent.
“Really? I didn’t notice.” Isaac followed Yun Wei’s gaze and looked over, but only saw high winds and rough seas. “I didn’t see anything, but of course there’s something in the sea.”
Yun Wei was immediately stunned.
“That’s an old legend, that there are many ancient and ferocious beasts in the sea, and no one has ever returned alive after seeing them.” Isaac continued to stare at the sea. “I heard about it when I came to Reston eight hundred years ago. They have many taboos when they go out to sea, and they only dare to go south along the coastline.”
"Yun, are you alright? You look terrible, are you feeling nauseous?"
The knight's fingers gently traced his lover's back, patting him lightly as he asked with concern.
"It's alright. It's probably a fear of heights, or a fear of the sea, or maybe a fear of large creatures." Yun Wei shook his head and explained hastily, "Anyway, let's go down first."
He just wanted to get back to the ground immediately.
For a brief moment, he was actually feeling extremely uncomfortable.
A nameless fear seemed to arise from the depths of his heart, yet it gripped his very soul.
It was an illusion that defied description.
In that illusion, the Lord of the Abyss transformed into an unknown behemoth in the deep sea.
From the moment the continent of Zhuyuan was born, the other party has always existed beneath the desolate and lightless Black Sea.
Just as the word "abyss" itself suggests.
The abyss has always been there.
It is an eight-legged spider that weaves its web, silently disappearing into the dark night.
I've been waiting patiently.
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