Chapter 158: Are They All Dead?

In the sky.

Ren Hai pondered slightly.

What exactly is this White Strange Mist? Is it worth them going to such great lengths, causing Ma Suxuan, this Second Heaven powerhouse, to be so wary? He has reason to suspect that a new mutation has occurred within it.

If that is the case...

Should he take this opportunity while out to leave Bei'an County? He is carrying the Official Seal, after all, and the current concentration of Yin energy cannot stop him, unless there is some Second Heaven demon or Weird.

After thinking it over, he decided to take another look.

To see the truth of this White Strange Mist.

In this way, he would also have the corresponding capital and information to inform the Prefecture, entering to avoid the negative impact of his unauthorized flight. Who said it was fleeing? This is a strategic retreat; it is seeking reinforcements.

Do you understand?

Thinking of this, Ren Hai smiled slightly, which made the Grandmaster of the True Qi Realm beside him, the head of a faction, feel a bit strange. At a time like this, with natural disasters and man-made calamities, why is this Magistrate Ren laughing?

The group traveled with the wind and soon arrived at their destination.

This was a place carefully selected by Ma Suxuan; the terrain was very flat and the view was wide. Although the White Strange Mist was permeating above, it was not too much. If any mutation really occurred, such as the strange mist surging, it would allow them to evacuate as quickly as possible.

The group landed on the ground, and Ma Suxuan spoke in a loud, clear voice.

"I know you all must have some methods, but this is a moment of life and death, so please do not be stingy and bring them out. At the same time, be careful not to get too close to this White Strange Mist."

"Otherwise, once you are swallowed and go missing, I will not be held responsible."

Her words were sharp and her tone was serious, causing everyone's hearts to tremble.

"We will naturally obey the orders of the Lord!"

Seeing everyone answer seriously in unison, Ma Suxuan's expression softened a little. "Good! I know, I know you all have some complaints about being called out at this time, and perhaps there are some frictions between you, but I hope you can be safe and sound during this period."

"I do not want to see you fighting among yourselves."

"In addition, after the Calamity ends, I will report it to the Prefecture and record your merits. If you can investigate the essence and truth of this White Strange Mist, you might even obtain the opportunity to break through to the Second Heaven realm!"

Ma Suxuan painted a big picture for everyone.

However, even if it was just a big picture, it made everyone's spirits soar. Almost everyone present was in the True Qi Realm; who does not yearn for that transcendent Second Heaven realm, capable of riding the wind?

"Alright, you may move about and investigate here."

Having said that, Ma Suxuan dismissed the group.

"Suxuan, is this really useful?"

Meng Lingyun approached, saying with some worry.

He had already learned from Ma Suxuan that the White Strange Mist was Terror; it seemed that inside the strange mist was another Heaven and Earth, and once you entered, you could not come out. Is this really something the True Qi Realm can solve?

"Treat a dead horse as a living horse, just stalling for time."

Ma Suxuan waved her hand.

"By the way, you insisted on coming out this time, and I did not refuse you. But you must not get close to those White Strange Mists; who knows what mutations will happen inside?"

She said in a low voice, reminding Meng Lingyun.

Meng Lingyun also knew the severity of it and nodded.

Wisps of White Strange Mist drifted again, and some had already tangled into clusters, making it impossible for people to see what was hidden within, as ethereal as the morning mist in the mountains.

Everyone braced themselves and used their methods to investigate.

Some used True Qi, others used spiritual perception, performed secret arts, or even used essence blood to create Puppets. But in the end, it was all like a clay ox entering the sea. Especially that Puppet, which disappeared directly after running into the white mist cluster.

This could not help but make the Puppet's creator feel heartbroken.

They were terrified in their hearts; all kinds of methods were ineffective. It seems this White Strange Mist is indeed powerful!

At this time, Ma Suxuan also frowned slightly.

She perceived these White Strange Mists through her methods.

But she felt that these mists were harmless to Human-Livestock and ordinary. However, when she divided a wisp of her consciousness to probe inside, her connection with that wisp of consciousness was directly severed.

Yes, severed.

She could feel that the wisp of consciousness was projected to a place that did not seem to belong to the Present World. Because the distance was extremely far, her connection with the consciousness was torn apart, and she could not perceive it.

Wait, is this not swallowing the Present World?

Ma Suxuan was suddenly shocked in her heart.

The principle of Yin energy swallowing the Present World is that the concentration of Yin energy continuously deepens, finally making the Present World become a Yin Land, still following certain basic laws. But this White Strange Mist seems to swallow wherever it drifts; it is extremely overbearing!

At this time, Ren Hai also carried the Official Seal to investigate the strange mist.

After all, with the Official Seal and the protection of Luck, he was bold because of his skills, getting closer to these White Strange Mists than anyone else to investigate the essence of its existence and obtain important information.

He was confident that with the protection of the Official Seal, he was temporarily invincible.

After all, what the Official Seal symbolizes is the Luck of Great Li!

Of course, he was not someone seeking death; he did not actually touch these White Strange Mists, but was just close at hand, simultaneously bringing out the Official Seal to use its power to investigate these mists.

As a County Magistrate of Great Li, and carrying the Official Seal, as long as he was willing to sacrifice his own Luck and Official Luck, he was fully capable of being like a deity, monitoring the entire territory of Bei'an County.

Generally speaking, he would not be willing to make these expenditures.

But now, he had to make an investment!

"Subject, a Nine Grades County Magistrate of our dynasty, requests to monitor this object!"

Ren Hai used his own Luck and spoke solemnly.

"Granted!"

An indifferent voice shook in his mind, echoing endlessly. At the same time, a Luck Light emitted from the Official Seal, directly submerging into the White Strange Mist, and began to investigate and analyze.

Others were shocked to see this movement.

This Ren Bapi is really willing to spend.

In the past, no matter how the demons and Weirds caused chaos or triggered a Famine, he was never willing to use even a bit of his own Luck or Official Luck, but now he actually used it?

Could it be that the opportunity to break through to the Second Heaven realm is about to be snatched away by him?

The crowd felt somewhat unwilling, while Ren Hai smiled slightly.

The power of the Official Seal was simply invincible.

He could feel it.

A great deal of information began to emerge in his mind; this was all about the essence and origin of the White Strange Mist. He had originally intended to perceive it, but discovered that this information seemed to possess life, chasing after his consciousness, and in an instant, it pounced upon his mind.

The Official Seal erupted with a violent light, and then, the next moment, it went out.

Ren Hai's expression froze; he lowered his head and fell into a weird silence.

Seeing this, the crowd could not help but be startled.

What happened?

Following that, before Ren Hai had been silent for long, his expression became one of neither crying nor laughing, appearing extremely severely distorted, and he kept muttering to himself.

The crowd was greatly alarmed and hurriedly retreated, moving far away from Ren Hai.

They dared not go up; something absolutely had to have happened.

"Hehe, so that's how it is, so that's how it is, I understand, I understand everything, no wonder they wanted to do this, to do this..." Ren Hai suddenly raised his head, his expression frantic, laughing wildly.

"I am dead, you are dead, everyone is dead, this World is also dead... Hahaha, so this is the truth..." He looked at the crowd, revealing a look of confusion.

"Are you dead?" He tilted his head, puzzled.

"It doesn't matter, this is destined, you will..." After saying these words, he laughed frantically, his figure staggering as he fell into the White Strange Mist, and the Official Seal fell to the ground and shattered.

"My Lady, this is..."

The crowd looked in alarm at Ma Suxuan, who had been silent all along.

Ma Suxuan exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"I roughly understand the origin of this mist. As for that Ren Hai, he is beyond saving; my intervention just now was also in vain."

She shook her head and said with a bitter smile.

"You all should pick up that Official Seal; there might still be some information inside. Rest assured, there will be no Pollution in it; an Official Seal bearing the Great Li Official Luck will not tolerate Pollution..."

The crowd fell into a moment of hesitation.

Ma Suxuan shook her head, and in a flash, she directly picked up the shattered Official Seal and tucked it into her pocket, intending to investigate the information contained within after returning.

"I roughly know the origin of this mist."

"So..." She was just about to speak, wanting to tell the crowd to retreat, when her expression suddenly changed, and she instantly manipulated the massive Heaven and Earth Origin Qi to pull the crowd to her side.

The crowd was terrified by this maneuver, thinking that Ma Suxuan had also become like Ren Hai, but they discovered that Ma Suxuan did not show any abnormalities or attack them.

Instead, those White Strange Mists that they were very close to began to roll and surge to varying degrees, spreading out in all directions. Only then did the crowd understand that Ma Suxuan was saving them.

"My Lady..."

Before they could even ask what was going on, Ma Suxuan took a deep breath and spat out one word: "Go!"

She ordered the crowd to fly up and quickly leave this place.

Not long after they had left, the crowd was shocked to see that the place where they had just been had erupted with massive white mist from somewhere unknown.

The momentum was as fierce as a volcanic eruption, suppressing everything and devouring everything. The speed was as fast as a tsunami, with waves of white rolling and sweeping through the surroundings.

Seeing this, Ma Suxuan's expression was ugly as she flew back to Bei'an City at full speed. She had not expected this mutation to be able to erupt further; could it have been stimulated by the Great Li Luck within the Official Seal?

Does this mist really belong to that Ghost Place?

Why had she never seen it before...

All sorts of doubts weighed on her heart, unable to be answered...

But she knew that now was not the time for answers; it was better to stay alive first. Thus, she increased her speed, heading toward Bei'an City with her head down, preparing defenses.

It's just... in the face of this White Strange Mist, can one defend against it?

She felt somewhat lost in her heart.

Could it be that she can only pin her hopes on that deity named "You"?...

Inside Bei'an City.

Although Li Heng's true self had already gone into seclusion to break through.

He had also split a wisp of his consciousness to inhabit the deity's body, monitoring the movements outside Bei'an City, and perceived Ren Hai's madness at that time, the retreat of Ma Suxuan and the others, and the eruption of the White Strange Mist.

This made him unable to help but shake his head; there were truly constant abnormalities, repeatedly exceeding his expectations.

Fortunately, he always left himself a way out in his actions.

The progress of the Great Sun Visualization had already broken through fifty percent.

His true self had also begun to break through to the Second Heaven realm.

The eyes of the Golden Light Divine Being crossed the Void and cast toward the Demon Suppression Division, into that small courtyard where the aura was dense, then spiraled upward, like a hidden dragon emerging from the abyss, leaping into the Nine Heavens.