“Run!” That was Leng Xue’s warning to Shengnan.
Before Shengnan even had a chance to reply, Guna had already leaped in front of him, her massive butcher’s blade sweeping toward him. The blade’s power was terrifying, as if it could destroy everything in its path.
A single sweep wiped out a large patch of the white fog in front of the villa!
Shengnan barely dodged the attack thanks to his agile reflexes, and at the same time, he seized the opportunity to dart into the fog like lightning.
“Shall we hold hands together?” Guna let out a few creepy laughs. Despite her enormous body, she moved as fast as lightning, and the blood-soaked butcher’s blade—taller than a person—seemed weightless in her hands.
As Shengnan ran, he felt his heart about to leap into his throat: “That damned bastard! He offended such a powerful curse and didn’t even give us a heads-up—does he want us dead?”
That last strike—if he hadn’t reacted in time, the lord-level power would have cut him clean in half!
Leng Xue: Calm down. Huang Quan must have had a way to deal with this curse easily before. Since even Huang Quan couldn’t destroy it, this pursuit must have a time limit. As long as we survive this period, we’ll be fine.
“Then just let Kuang Tian out to deal with her!” Shengnan snapped.
Leng Xue: No. Once Kuang Tian starts fighting, there’s no end to it. If she can’t kill it and gets hurt, we won’t be able to explain it to Huang Quan. No one knows if this curse causes poisoning after it injures someone.
Shengnan controlled “Huang Quan’s” body and kept running frantically through the fog. But at that moment, Guna—who he thought he’d left behind—appeared in front of them like a ghost.
“You’ve got to be kidding me!” Shengnan’s pupils trembled. The curse’s movement speed was completely beyond anything a lord-level abyss creature could match.
“Let’s become ghosts together!!!”
Guna let out a horrifying sound, and with her voice came the butcher’s blade—taller than a person: “Let’s be chopped to pieces together…”
As she spoke, the butcher’s blade in Guna’s hand danced wildly like a nest of snakes, each strike carrying world-destroying power.
Shengnan’s expression changed. Without caring what Leng Xue said, he shouted directly: “Kuang Tian!”
The moment the words left his mouth, his entire aura shifted. As the giant butcher’s blade fell, a foot stomped heavily onto the flat of the blade,
driving it deep into the ground.
Kuang Tian lightly brushed the hair from her forehead and said with a wild grin: “Little girl, you sure can chop, huh!!”
Guna let out a chilling, eerie laugh: “Date… date… we… date together…”
“Sorry, I don’t date my defeated opponents…” As the words fell, Kuang Tian’s feet exploded with power. The ground cracked instantly, the air vibrated, and her whole body shot toward Guna’s face like a meteor. A sweeping kick tore through the air and landed square on Guna’s face!
Bang!
With a loud crack, Guna’s head was kicked sideways, and a crisp snapping sound followed!
Kuang Tian landed smoothly on the ground, her beast-like eyes narrowing slightly.
Shengnan: I thought she was so tough. If I’d known, I would’ve let Kuang Tian out from the start.
Leng Xue: Calm down. It’s not over yet!
Sure enough, Guna straightened her head—which was barely hanging onto her neck—and then charged at them like a madwoman again, swinging her butcher’s blade wildly with no technique at all.
A lord-level cursed creature’s destructive power was truly terrifying. Even the damage from her crazed swinging couldn’t be underestimated.
The terrain originally covered by the white fog was also damaged by this frenzied destruction, destroying some of the arrays that had been set up.
“Interesting…”
Seeing this mad beast, Kuang Tian’s face took on a wicked smile. Her aura surged higher and higher, her eyes full of fighting spirit.
…
Meanwhile, inside the white fog, Ji Yiwen’s convoy returned once again to the ancient tree. Looking at the mark on the tree, everyone in the car couldn’t help but change expression.
“We clearly took the reverse route—why are we back in the same place!”
“I told you, this white fog is eerie. Now look—none of us can get out!”
“Are we supposed to end up like that level-six expert, waiting for a passing truck driver to rescue us?”
Si Lingfei’s brow suddenly furrowed at these words: “Could this white fog have been set up by that brat Huang Quan?”
After all, that kid’s companion artifact was a cargo truck, and the one who sent that level-six expert out of the white fog was also a truck driver. Was that really just a coincidence?
“That’s impossible,” Ji Yiwen said solemnly. “He’s just a teenager who only recently came of age. If this white fog really is man-made, then it must be the work of a master-level array master. Such talents are incredibly rare in China—every array master is a treasure that everyone fights over!
Last year, two guilds wanted to recruit a level-four array master to set up arrays for their guilds. They almost came to blows over it.
If the Abyss Association hadn’t stepped in to stop them, they really would have come to blows!”
Liu Ren chimed in: “Sister Si, I think Brother Ji has a point. Setting aside the kid’s age—if that brat really were a master array master, would he lower himself to stay in Tianlan City?”
Du Hu even laughed lightly: “The possibility itself is almost zero. Think about it—becoming an array master at eighteen? What kind of monstrous talent would that be?!”
“I’m more inclined to believe this is a natural phenomenon caused by the expansion of the abyss rift,” Liu Shi replied calmly.
What they said made sense. Whether it was an awakener, an array master, or an abyss monster, once they passed level five, there was a qualitative leap.
For example, Ji Yiwen’s level-five awakening degree meant he was called an awakener in the association. Abyss monsters above level five were all called lord-level.
And only array masters above level five dared to be called masters.
Si Lingfei also felt her earlier words had been a bit far-fetched: “I was overthinking. It’s just that I feel that incident was too much of a coincidence.
For now, let’s think about how to get out. Ji Yiwen, if what I said is true and that kid really lives in here, then there must be a way in.”
Ji Yiwen spread his hands: “Sister, I want to find him faster than any of you, but I know nothing about arrays. What can I do?”
He was also starting to regret it internally. If he’d known this white fog was really as dangerous as the rumors said, he should have made preparations earlier.
Liu Ren directly opened the car door and said: “Brother Ji, this definitely isn’t some array. There must be a way in! Du Hu and I will get out and take a look!”
“Be careful. If you notice anything wrong, notify us immediately!” Ji Yiwen nodded.
After getting out, the two began searching near the off-road vehicle. Liu Ren spotted two completely different tire tracks on the ground, and his pupils immediately trembled: “Brother Ji, come take a look—it seems someone else has entered this white fog too.”
