Chapter 265 Sunset Forest
"Little Wu Xuan, stop for a moment." Before he had taken two steps, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's voice suddenly rang out from within his spiritual sea.
"What's wrong? What's going on around us?" Wu Xuan asked in surprise, his senses detecting no danger.
"Look about seven or eight hundred meters ahead, isn't the light in that area dimmer?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said gravely.
"Hmm? It is indeed somewhat different." Wu Xuan frowned slightly. He was probably approaching the true poisonous miasma zone.
"How can you see clearly from here, Little Wu Xuan? Go take a look from the air!" Ice Emperor suggested from the side.
"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Wu Xuan nodded slightly, and then, propelled by the wind element, his entire body floated up.
When he had risen about ten meters above the highest treetop, the light suddenly brightened, as if breaking through a barrier, and the surroundings were filled with light again.
As the altitude increased, although Wu Xuan already knew that the depths of the Sunset Forest were shrouded in miasma, he still couldn't help but be shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.
Aside from some traces of biological activity in the outer perimeter of Sunset Forest, the entire inner core area seemed to be shrouded in a thin mist. What shocked him even more was that the mist thickened the closer he got to the southwest core area.
In one distant area, the mist resembled a cloud fallen into the forest, obscuring even the vegetation. And this cloud wasn't just white; multiple colors appeared in the distance.
As Wu Xuan released his spiritual power, a small vortex of hurricane-like energy was unleashed, flying towards the dimming sky. A powerful suction force erupted, sweeping away a large area of the slightly dim sky in the distance, restoring much of the sky to clarity.
A vortex of wind elemental energy swirled back, and Wu Xuan could clearly see fine, hazy dust particles drifting within it. These particles were a pale white, not dense, but floating steadily.
The power of annihilation was activated, and the fine dust particles were instantly swept away into nothingness by the extreme wind.
"It seems this must be the so-called miasma."
Tianmeng and Bingdi, within Wu Xuan's spiritual sea, also saw the scene before them through Wu Xuan's perspective.
"Is all this miasma?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm asked with some doubt.
"What is miasma?" Bingdi asked curiously.
"Aren't you known as one of the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North? How come you don't even know what miasma is?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm asked, blinking her small eyes.
Upon hearing this, Bingdi's small fists instantly hardened.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm shivered instantly at this sight and quickly moved dozens of meters away from Bingdi.
Upon seeing this, Wu Xuan smiled and explained, "Ice Emperor, miasma is generally a poisonous gas that gradually forms from the decay of plant and animal corpses without being dealt with or exposed to wind and rain. This kind of miasma has existed in some places in the Starry Sky Forest, but it is impossible for it to appear in the far north, because the corpses cannot even decompose in that environment."
"So that's how it is. No wonder I've never seen this before, having never left the far north," the Ice Emperor said with sudden realization.
"Little Wu Xuan, these poisonous miasmas are clearly not simple. Can the annihilation power of your wind elemental martial soul withstand your round trip in and out?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm asked solemnly.
"Of course, watch me!" Wu Xuan smiled faintly and slowly landed on the ground, continuing forward.
Looking at the dark air so close at hand, the black first ring shone brightly. A cool breeze swept around Wu Xuan, and it could be clearly seen that the dust, upon contact with the breeze, mysteriously melted away like melting snow, leaving no trace. In the blink of an eye, the air around Wu Xuan was completely cleared.
The first ring of fifty thousand years ago, the power of the Gathering Spirit Wind, was now beyond description. It was no longer limited to clearing away negative mental states, but could clear away all negative states.
Wu Xuan spread his mental power, continuously releasing his first soul skill, and plunged directly into the poisonous miasma.
Wu Xuan's pace was neither fast nor slow, maintaining a very steady state. However, he could clearly see that within a two-meter radius around him, the miasma, which had just been cleared away by his gentle breeze, began to recede inward at an alarming speed the moment he left.
This could only mean one thing: the outermost ring of miasma was incredibly dense, so dense that it was almost solid in the air.
Continuing forward, as the sun gradually rose higher and the temperature increased, the concentration of miasma in the jungle instantly decreased significantly, no longer appearing as hazy as before. Clouds tend to rise, and although the miasma in this area was dense, it clearly floated to the surface. The miasma below might not be as poisonous.
Wu Xuan paused, looking around in astonishment. It was practically a rainbow world; the plants on the ground were vibrantly colored, almost completely covering the ground, obscuring the soil. Trees were scarce here, likely corroded by the potent toxins.
"It seems we're very close to the core of the poisonous miasma area." Wu Xuan surveyed the surroundings and quickly came to this conclusion after a brief analysis.
Continuing onward, some chilling scenes gradually came into Wu Xuan's view. On the ground, large skeletons appeared intermittently. These skeletons also displayed a vibrant, multicolored hue. Clearly, these were not plants, but the remains of poisoned soul beasts.
"Crack!" A sudden, unusual sound from nearby startled Wu Xuan, who immediately looked in the direction of the sound.
He saw a large skeleton tilted to one side, its base clearly corroded and brittle. Then, with a loud crash, the large skeleton collapsed to the ground, shattering into countless fragments. The multicolored hues on it intensified.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm and Ice Emperor within their spiritual seas gasped at this sight. They both understood that the poison here was so potent that even bones were corroded, gradually becoming brittle and melting. One can only imagine how many soul beast corpses are buried among these multicolored plants!
Wu Xuan frowned slightly upon seeing this scene.
Soul beast bones are the hardest parts of their bodies, some even usable as special materials by humans. But in this highly poisonous world, it seems everything is corroded.
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm murmured, "These soul beast corpses themselves are nourishment for the poisonous miasma, which then continuously attacks other creatures, even birds flying overhead. This cycle repeats, making the miasma stronger and stronger. Perhaps, in a thousand years, Sunset Forest will become a forest of poisonous miasma. This is truly… terrifying."
Ice Emperor's expression changed upon hearing Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's murmur.
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