Dawn brought little brightness to the Black Wind Mountain Range.
The gray-black miasma was like a heavy curtain, filtering the sunlight into a sickly, yellowish glow.
The team members had long since finished preparations.
Still wearing their gray breath-concealing cloaks, led by Liu Yun, they officially stepped into the territory of the Black Wind Mountain Range like several blurred shadows.
The ground beneath their feet was soft and sticky, as if stepping on rotting moss and unknown fungi.
Every step would stir up a more intense decay-laden stench.
The surrounding trees were twisted and intertwined, their bark presenting an ominous purple-black hue, with sparse leaves of bizarre shapes, like struggling ghosts.
The deathly stillness in the air grew even more oppressive, making breathing somewhat difficult.
Less than several li ahead, something suddenly happened.
From a marsh ahead with unusually deep coloring, several black shadows suddenly lunged out.
These were creatures resembling pythons but entirely covered with dark green pustules, with a round mouth full of sharp teeth for a head.
They moved as fast as lightning, carrying a foul stench, and directly pounced toward Zhao Tiezhu on the team\'s flank.
Careful!
Zhao Tiezhu reacted extremely quickly.
With a low roar, without using any weapon, he planted his feet firmly, his fists radiating earthy brown light as he thrust them forward.
Two muffled thuds.
The two monsters were struck by the powerful fist force.
Their bodies instantly exploded, splashing large amounts of highly corrosive mucus.
Zhao Tiezhu had prepared early.
His fist wind outward pushed most of the mucus away.
Rotting Marsh Poison Pythons!
The demons here have indeed been corrupted and mutated!
Mu Qingfeng said in a deep voice, his gaze warily scanning that bubbling marsh.
Before the team could even catch their breath, from the gray-black mist around them, faint yet mournful crying sounds suddenly came, those voices mournful and resentful, directly penetrating the soul.
Following this, semi-transparent figures with twisted faces, emanating cold resentment, slowly emerged from the mist, drifting toward the group.
They had no substantial attack power, but that intangible spiritual impact and chill made everyone except Liu Yun and Mu Qingfeng feel dizzy.
Yin souls!
Nourished by the yin evil energy here, they have transformed into vengeful ghosts!
Liu Yun\'s eyes turned cold.
She did not draw her sword but formed a sword gesture with her fingers, drawing several icy cold sword energies through the air.
Where the sword energies passed, those yin souls acted as if meeting their natural enemy, letting out sharp shrieks, instantly freezing, purifying, and dissipating into nothingness.
Xiaoqi endured the discomfort to his spiritual sense, trying to activate a thread of purification power.
He gathered it at his fingertip and pointed it toward a yin soul trying to approach Second Senior Brother.
A flash of pale golden light.
That yin soul, upon touching it, let out an even more mournful shriek, instantly melting away.
The effect was even more remarkable than Liu Yun\'s sword energy.
Xiaoqi\'s purification power is extremely effective against these yin evils!
Mu Qingfeng saw this, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.
However, the trouble did not end.
While they were dealing with the yin souls, those seemingly harmless vines and fungi with bright colors at their feet suddenly writhed like living things.
Several dark purple vines, like poisonous snakes, silently coiled toward Xiaoqi\'s ankles.
And a huge mushroom with eerie human-face patterns on its cap suddenly spewed a cloud of pink spore mist.
Do not breathe it in!
Second Senior Brother Luo Feng shouted.
He quickly took out a metal cylinder from his storage bag, aimed it at the spore mist, and pressed it.
A powerful airflow sprayed out, dispersing the mist.
At the same time, he threw out several talismans crackling with lightning, sticking them to those vines.
Lightning exploded.
Those several vines convulsed violently, rapidly turning scorched black and withering.
Demon-Corrupted Vines and Bewildering Mind Mushrooms!
The plants here are also aggressive!
Second Senior Brother said, his heart still uneasy.
Everyone be careful of the ground and surroundings.
There is virtually no safe place here!
In less than an incense stick is time, they had encountered three waves of attacks: mutated demon beasts, wandering yin souls, and demonic plants.
The danger of the Black Wind Mountain Range far exceeded their expectations.
Every step was like dancing on the edge of a blade, requiring the highest vigilance at all times.
Xiaoqi\'s face was pale.
Just dealing with yin souls and demonic plants simultaneously had cost him not a little.
His jade pendant continued emitting coolness, not only pointing toward the depths but also constantly warning of the pervasive, subtle demonic energy fluctuations all around.
We should not stay here long.
Speed up and head in the direction Xiaoqi sensed!
Liu Yun made a decisive decision.
Her sword light opened the way, cutting down and clearing those twisted plants ahead that might harbor hidden dangers.
The team did not dare neglect this, following closely behind.
Amid increasingly dense miasma and endless eerie attacks, they advanced with difficulty toward the depths of the mountain range.
Everyone understood this was merely the beginning.
The real danger was probably hidden in the deepest part of that gray-black mist.