621 The Ancient City (1/2)

Mo Wen looked at the giant door of space and sighed. He did not know what was behind the door and it was highly possible that danger might be waiting for him on the other side. It could well lead to a very dangerous place.

However, Mo Wen did not hesitate for long. He gritted his teeth and continued ahead. There were many monstrous beasts rushing through that door; something huge must have happened behind it. Furthermore, monstrous beasts had much sharper senses than humans. Their judgment regarding danger was very accurate. Since those monstrous beasts did not look worried, it was unlikely to be too dangerous.

Mo Wen had always known that the more dangerous a place was, the more opportunity there was to be gained. With everything that was going on now, what was happening behind the door was very likely something to do with the spiritual fire.

Spatial energy was something warriors could not go against. Mo Wen had just entered the area when a terrifying force affected him, causing his body to stiffen and become immobile. The world began to spin. After an indeterminate period of time, Mo Wen slowly began to see traces of light.

Mo Wen was shocked by what appeared in front of him. It was an ancient city. Judging by the architectural style, it was at least a thousand years old. Mo Wen looked carefully at the city. Everything was grey and the buildings stretched as far as the eye could see. In the past, this must have been a very large city.

The city was surrounded by lakes and mountains. Little streams and bridges were dotted about within. It looked ancient and calm.

However, the city was completely silent and desolate: it was a dead city. Mo Wen was shocked by his surroundings, The city must have been glorious in the past. How had it been allowed to decline to the state it was now in?

Mo Wen had also discovered an odd problem. He felt that the space was familiar. He couldn't put his feelings into words but sense that there was some link between him and this place. He was sure, however, that he had never visited this city before. Unless he had lost his memory, he surely had never been here.

”What an odd place.” Mo Wen wore a baffled expression. He felt confused by the familiar scent he could now smell.

Roar roar roar! Crash!

Loud sounds could be heard from nearby. Mo Wen turned to look as many monstrous beasts appeared in the middle of the city. There was a variety of creatures but they were all covered in flames. They were all fire attribute monstrous beasts.

Mo Wen knew that those monstrous beasts were the ones that had crossed through the door of space earlier to reach this place.

Monstrous beasts kept appearing in the city, the number of them growing and growing until the sheer amount of them blocked the streets. They were in the homes, on the roofs, by the river…

What was odd was that while all the monstrous beasts were covered in flames, the buildings in the city did not burn. It was definitely not a normal human city.

”This city is protected by a mysterious power. It has not fallen into ruins even after so many years. This cannot have been a normal human city in the past.”

Mo Wen could immediately tell that there was something strange about this city. A regular human city would have been destroyed completely when filled with so many monstrous beasts. There were already hundreds and thousands of monstrous beasts in the city yet the buildings in the city center had few signs of damage.

Mo Wen could see a number of fire bulls which were five meters tall and several dozen meters long. They were covered in dark red flames. The creatures were all squeezed into one tiny alley; all they could do was walk slowly forward along the path. They could not push down the surrounding walls.

The number of monstrous beasts in the city increased as more and more kept appearing from the invisible space. Soon, they had almost filled the entire city.

Mo Wen breathed in deeply. Had all the monstrous beasts in the fire domain come? He has never encountered such a situation before. He stood suspended high in the air and watched the scene. Viewed from above, the powerful monstrous beasts looked like dense ants; Mo Wen could not keep count of all of them.

Suddenly, a sharp roar sounded suddenly from one of the corners of the city. The roar seemed to be coming from a dragon. The noise was very strong and could be heard from every corner of the city.

A large shadow appeared in the sky, almost entirely covering it. It was more than 200 meters long.

Mo Wen narrowed his eyes slightly. The shadow belonged to a red dragon. It glowed red like a sun hanging in the sky.

The dragon was 300 meters long and its head alone was the size of a house. It had wings on its back and it blocked the entire sky above it. It was like a patch of dark cloud in the sky.

Mo Wen could sense the terrifying aura of the dragon. It felt dangerous even from so far away. The creature was definitely a monstrous beast and was much stronger than the Giant Crocodile Beast King.

The dragon roared incessantly as it flew through the air. At times, its manner was unhurried yet urgent at others. It was as if it was trying to say something.