1328 Struggle Part 2 (1/2)

Saleen and the others approached the city high up in the sky. There were few professionals willing to fly at altitudes above 3,280 feet. Any mistakes could have ended up with them falling to their deaths.

Saleen's party flew at an altitude of 6,500 feet.

With Saleen around, along with the Elemental Eye being able to be shared between all three of them through Sensory Sharing, the Winged Skull and Nailisi were able to see minute objects on the ground below.

”Master, there.” Nailisi no longer bothered pointing.

With senses being shared between the three of them, it meant that each of them had six eyes. It enabled them to take care of different angles respectively, eliminating any blind spots. It was something Saleen recently developed. While it was a simple matter, he somehow overlooked it in the past.

There was a 10,000-strong army garrisoning at the north side of Highland City. Saleen was able to see everything clearly from high up. It was none other than Fycro's bug angel army. A large number of holy masters were assigned to the army. They were absorbing the black mist with a device near places abundant with the substance, which were then sent back to their camp.

Saleen was curious and observed closely what they were doing with the black mist. He chuckled after finding out. The black mist was meant for purification after being carted back to the camp.

White powder-like substances were left behind after the black mist was purified. The holy masters carefully collected the white powder and handed it to holy masters of high levels, which were then put into space equipment. Seeing how those people handled the substance, one could tell that the white powder was precious.

Due to the black mist having reached over 32,000 feet high, there was a vortex appearing at the center, sucking the mist back within. As such, the black mist did not keep expanding. The density of the black mist was hardly affected despite having some at the external fringes sucked away.

Saleen was unable to tell what was in the black mist with his Elemental Eye. He looked at the two at his side and said, ”Fycro is collecting the white powder. Let's get down there and make sure he doesn't get much out of it.”

”Get down there?” The Winged Skull felt rather dumbfounded.

”Of course,” Saleen said as he took out three pieces of clothing, which he had both the Winged Skull and Nailisi wear.

They were robes crafted using thunder dragon hide. Thunder dragons were immune to mist. The robes were crafted using thunder dragon hide enabled them to be isolated from the mist's corrosion for prolonged periods.

After putting on the robes, Saleen took out his dragon boat, which was made using thunder dragons. Saleen modified it for quite a bit in the alchemy factories, allowing it limited flight. The three of them went into the boat and dived straight into Highland City's black mist.

Saleen's sight was limited to several hundred feet after entering the black mist. The dragon boat was slow in flight, equal to that of the most common birds. Saleen had no need for speed.

He manned the dragon boat and steered it away from the vortex at the center, landing somewhere comparatively flat, before letting Nailisi purify those mists. The dragon boat kept the mist outside. Saleen left one opening opened, which was connected to Nailisi's purgatory of purification. It was made to absorb the evil black mist outside.

Things were chaotic inside the purgatory of purification. Nailisi tried purifying all manners of tainted items back in Nature City. Everything in purgatory of purification ended up being tainted by the evil aura before being purified.

Nailisi was not concerned. It did not result in her purgatory of purification losing its functions. On the contrary, the place became more capable at purifying things. For example, the mist before them at the moment. The amount of black mist gushing inside was tens of thousands of cubic meters. The mist liquefied into dirty water as it entered the purgatory of purification, which quickly cleared up. White residue was left on the ground after the mist was purified.

The white residue was like sand. There was no evil aura found in it.

Nailisi took a handful and handed it to Saleen. He held the white stuff in his hand and felt them for a bit. He found them peculiar since they had no attributes at all.

It was worth noting that even a pile of excrement had attributes. It was a special thing about the material world, yet the white residue was devoid of any attributes. The white granules were incredibly hard. Saleen pinched them, which hurt his fingers. One pinch with his fingers was equal to an attack from silver grand swordmasters, yet the white granule looked completely unscathed.

Nailisi's purgatory of purification was 1,200 miles square. The space within was equal to a mid-sized nation. While the black mist's evil aura was powerful, in terms of size, it was not able to match the power of the rules within. Furthermore, the rules of the purgatory of purification would need to be completed further, with every bit of black mist purified.

Those holy masters used special equipment to absorb the black mist bit by bit, being careful of not getting too close. Nailisi, on the other hand, threw the door wide open and let the black mist gush inside. Within 30 minutes, the ground was covered in a layer of fine, white sand.