Chapter 267: Kingdom of Evil (1/2)

Chapter 267: Kingdom of Evil

“The fighting is already so fierce!”

Ayrin trembled in shock as he burst out of the Forest of Evil.

As he stood before the Path of Evil, he felt like a small, insignificant ant about to enter a giant anthill which was Fallen Shadow Valley.

Due to the fierce battles occurring atop the many Paths of Evil, the dark purple mist covering the valley had long since begun to stir and fluctuate violently.

As it continuously twisted into clusters of various shapes and sizes, the forest seemed to become filled with countless hideous monsters.

Crackle!

The moment Ayrin, Rinloran, and Stingham stepped forth onto the Path of Evil, they would enter the land known as Fallen Shadow Valley. As they continued to swiftly charge forward, they felt as if they had suddenly run headfirst into an incredibly mystical demonic world.

Countless storms of chaotic arcane energy surged as the horrific sound of glass shattering reverberated all around them.

The two person wide Path of Evil appeared and disappeared amidst the roiling dark purple mist and the fragmented images it created. At most, the three of them could only hazily see ten or so meters before them.

“The battles must be incredibly chaotic. With these storms of arcane energy, I might be unable to use any arcane skills, at least in a normal fashion!” Rinloran exclaimed as his expression completely changed upon seeing the particles of condensed chaotic arcane energy flying around him. It was like a sandstorm.

With the arcane energy around him being so chaotic, the arcane energy gathered by his arcane particles when he invoked a skill would be less than normal. If an especially powerful storm of chaotic particles appeared, he might not be able to use a skill at all.

Although he couldn’t see what was occurring atop the other Paths of Evil, he knew that there were definitely several thousand paths like this one. Who knew just how many arcane teams were fighting at the same time.

If not for all of the dark purple mist covering the valley, the birds-eye view of the valley and all of the battles currently occurring within it could probably only be described by one word – epic.

“Haha!”

Stingham perversely chuckled as he said, “With such chaotic storms of arcane energy, there is definitely someone strong enough to get rid of this disgusting thing for me!”

“This…” Ayrin dazedly mumbled at this moment.

As he was buffeted by the storms of chaotic energy, arcane particles slowly appeared within his body, causing him to feel a constant tingling sensation.

Ayrin immediately regained his senses. The environment around him was just too violent. With so many battles going on, there were many skills which were being thrown out. Thus, many of the chaotic storms of arcane energy buffeting him contained arcane particles within as well.

“Perfect! I needed to replenish my arcane particles anyway!”

An excited light flashed through his eyes as he immediately ran deep into the midst of the chaotic storms of arcane energy and allowed the storms to buffet him. Arcane particles slowly condensed within his body and turned into streams of light which poured into his arcane gates.

“Careful!” Rinloran, who was in the lead, suddenly shouted.

As the path opened up, flowing currents of what seemed to be lava and clusters of hot, fiery red smoke emerged around it. Several stone platforms, atop which several figures were standing, extended out from both sides of the path.

“What’s wrong?”

“Has another arcane team already arrived?”

But as Ayrin, Rinloran, and Stingham neared the stone platforms, they abruptly became petrified.

Upon closer inspection, they discovered that the figures atop the stone platforms weren’t arcane masters, but several metal, chimera-esque windup puppets.

Fortunately, these metal puppets were already destroyed as fragments of metal and broken parts were scattered all over the place.

Judging from the flames still faintly flickering within the holes atop the metal puppets, it hadn’t been long since they were defeated.

“The Evil Dragon Followers quite like these metal puppets it seems?”

“Rinloran, let me take the lead!” Ayrin shouted as his figure suddenly swayed and he moved past Rinloran.

In this environment where it was so hard to use arcane skills, these metal puppets were much more threatening than normal.

Ayrin knew that Rinloran was growing increasingly exhausting from the constant, high intensity moving and fighting. As for himself, he was gradually regaining strength from the constant influx of arcane particles. Any previous feeling of exhaustion had been completely supressed.

In an environment like this, Ayrin’s stamina was unparalleled.

Whoosh!

The three of them swiftly moved at a break-neck pace like this for another ten or so minutes. Just as Ayrin began to wonder where the enemies were, he suddenly felt as if he had erupted from within water as his ears popped and he abruptly felt his body become lighter. It was as if the air pressure around him had suddenly dropped.

“This?”

Ayrin suddenly stopped breathing.

The scenery around him had completely transformed!

It was like he had entered a completely different world as a broad and vast plain unfurled before his eyes and the sky above his head abruptly turned a dark purple color and became filled with roiling black clouds.

The plain was littered with protruding black stone pillars and magma revealing cracks which occasionally spewed flames.

Countless explosions sounded in the distance amidst the mounds which seemed to sit at the center of this plain world as a pillar of dark purple gases shot into the sky. It looked like a massive volcanic eruption was occurring.