Yangzhou, swathed in black qi, obscured the entire region. No signs of life's breath remained; all tangible life had been plundered. Even the ground turned dry and cracked. Here, silence reigned supreme.
Gu Chen appeared, transformed into a blazing light, streaking across the heavens like thunder, scattering much of the black qi enveloping Yangzhou and revealing a long-missed clear sky with sunlight shining down.
However, the next moment, just by standing there, without any discernible movement, the demonic sect leader Dugu Yun alone caused the torn sky to fill up with an endless stream of black qi once again, shrouding the entire region in darkness, and spreading an unnerving aura that chilled to the bone.
