Outside Start City.
On a small hill a few hundred kilometers away, three people were lying on the ground. They were wearing strange cloaks that seemed to be the skin of some kind of creature.
"Big Brother, those two people have been in there for an hour. Why isn't there any movement?
Have they been eaten? "A young man on the left turned his head and asked a middle-aged man in a hat in the middle.
"I'm not sure either. Let's wait a little longer. Let's wait for this high-level camouflage freak to reveal its true form. Then, we'll attack together and try to kill it!" The middle-aged man said.
These three people were called Zuo Xiaoyi, Zuo Xiaoer, and Zuo Xiaosan. They came from the Sky Crystal World and cultivated the Sky Crystal Power.
This extraordinary power could crystallize people. When using the Sky Crystal Power in battle, the body would form different colored crystals according to the cultivation level.
From low to high, they were white, blue, purple, yellow, and finally, red!
Being able to use red crystals in battle meant that their strength had reached the limit of the Outerworld.
Although they looked young, they were actually more than 900 years old. They were about to reach the 1,000 year lifespan limit set by the Outerworld.
This was the benefit of the Sky Crystal Power. The Sky Crystal Power would solidify their bodies and keep them at their peak. Only when they reached the limit of their lifespan would they rapidly age and die.
"Speaking of which, these two newcomers are really unlucky. They just entered the territory of high-level black monsters. They're probably going to die!" Zuo Xiaoer said sympathetically.
"There's no other way. Who doesn't know that the path of transition is dangerous? But if they don't want to die of old age, they can only risk their lives!"
Zuo Xiaoyi sighed and said, "When you come here, you have to be prepared to die an unnatural death. You can't blame others for your bad luck!"
When the two heard Zuo Xiaoyi's words, they sighed and fell silent.
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In Start City.
Xu Yan and the Huoxing Taoist walked around the city a few more times but still did not find anything.
Seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, Xu Yan and the Huoxing Taoist found two houses nearby and prepared to rest.
"It's already late. Let's rest in these two stone houses and go out tomorrow!" Huoxing Taoist said.
Xu Yan nodded and agreed with Huoxing Taoist's suggestion.
He also wanted to review the details of today's journey to see if he could find anything.
In the stone house, Xu Yan closed his eyes and recalled the small details along the way, as well as the various strange places in Beginning City.
Among them, the thing that made Xu Yan the most uncomfortable was the road in Start City.
When he walked, this strange feeling made him feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
Xu Yan had also asked the Huoxing Taoist, but he didn't find anything strange.
Was it just his imagination?
At this moment, Xu Yan felt a sudden chill in the room, causing the entire room to become a little gloomy.
Xu Yan suddenly opened his eyes and looked around, but found nothing.
He spread out his mental power and scanned the entire room inch by inch, but he still found nothing.
Xu Yan closed his eyes again and the coldness in the room had disappeared.
This made Xu Yan feel a little uneasy. There must be something wrong with this city!
Xu Yan stood up and walked out of the house to the square.
Xu Yan couldn't calm down until he solved the doubts in his heart!
Xu Yan squatted down and carefully looked at the ground under his feet.
He decided to start with the ground that made him feel the most uncomfortable!
Xu Yan stretched out a hand and rubbed it hard on the ground.
With this wipe, Xu Yan's palm was stained with a lot of black mucus.
Xu Yan raised his palm and looked carefully.
This mucus was slightly corrosive and very thick. It was almost solidified.
Xu Yan used the spirit tablet to remove the mucus on his palm and looked at the ground where the mucus was wiped off.
The ground without the mucus was pure black, similar to the color of the city wall. It looked normal.
But Xu Yan didn't believe that it was so simple. Otherwise, why did Xu Yan feel that the city wall was normal, but the ground felt wrong?
Something that could make him feel uncomfortable would definitely not be so simple!
Xu Yan stretched out his hand and two lines of force appeared in Xu Yan's hand and began to intersect and divide.
Xu Yan prepared to use the Great Decomposition Skill to make a small hole in the ground to see what was deep in the ground!
The Great Decomposition Skill was quickly completed. Xu Yan pressed the gathered light beam of the Great Decomposition Skill on the ground and a stone on the ground disappeared, revealing the thing under the stone.
The thing under the stone was still black, but it had become a little softer.
This still didn't show anything. Xu Yan once again gathered a Great Decomposition Skill and disintegrated the ground under the stone.
The bottom was still black, but the material below was softer!
This time, Xu Yan gathered a Great Decomposition Skill that was twice the size and prepared to find out what was below in one fell swoop!
As the Great Decomposition Skill fell, the hole Xu Yan made was more than a meter deep!
After this decomposition, the ground in the hole became softer. The mental strength pressed down on it felt like flesh and blood, and a little black liquid seeped out!
Seeing this, Xu Yan's face gradually darkened.
This was definitely not Start City!
The Huoxing Taoist had said that the ground of Start City should be very sturdy. No matter how heavy a lifeform was, it could walk freely in Start City!
At the thought of this, Xu Yan suddenly recalled the Tracking Runes that the Huoxing Taoist had used to guide them.
When the two of them saw Start City, they were so happy that they flew over directly. They didn't dispel the Runes!
According to the speed of the Runes, it would take at most an hour to reach Start City. However, Xu Yan sensed that other than himself and the Huoxing Taoist, no other energy had entered Start City!
Of course, this was only Xu Yan's guess. Perhaps the Huoxing Taoist had secretly dispelled the Runes when he arrived at Start City. It was also possible that the Runes had been automatically dispelled when they reached outside the city.
Therefore, if he wanted to know what was going on, he had to ask the Huoxing Taoist.
Xu Yan came to the door of the Huoxing Taoist's house and knocked on the door.
"Fellow Daoist Huoxing, open the door. I have something to discuss with you!"
After Xu Yan finished speaking, he waited outside for a long time, but there was no response from inside the house.
Xu Yan knocked again, but there was still no response.
Xu Yan's expression gradually turned gloomy. He took a step back, stimulated the spiritual opportunity, and punched the door, shattering it!
The moment Xu Yan walked into the house, he felt a chill. It was similar to what he had felt in his house.
Turning his head, Xu Yan saw the Huoxing Taoist sitting cross-legged on the stone bed.
The Huoxing Taoist had his head lowered. He didn't react to Xu Yan breaking in!
Upon seeing the Huoxing Taoist's state, Xu Yan's expression turned even gloomier.
Slowly walking up to Daoist Huoxing, Xu Yan reached out his hand and gently touched Daoist Huoxing's body. Immediately, Daoist Huoxing's fleshly body transformed into a beam of energy and dissipated.
The Huoxing Taoist was dead!