Ji Xinghuo opened the satellite map, which showed the swamp covering tens of thousands of square kiloters.
If the entire swamp had crawlers at this density, a rough estimate put their numbers at least above ten million, which was terrifying.
Ren Mian sensed the danger as well.
She controlled the wolf pack to stop hundreds of ters away from the swamp, stared ahead with a heavy expression, and said in a low voice, "We’d better go around."
Ji Xinghuo had the sa idea.
Although he wanted to harvest Spiritual Origin Ability and successfully earn Eternal Day rit, he couldn’t jeopardize this hunting plan by taking risks with Sister Ren.
"Can we fly over?" he pondered and asked, "It might save us so ti."
Circling the swamp would an traveling a thousand more kiloters.
"It’s not safe."
Ren Mian imdiately dismissed the idea, "The swamp is not just full of crawlers, there are definitely hydras too, they have very keen perception and can attack targets high in the sky. The swamps on Earth Abyss Star are like miniature ecosystems with a complete food chain, comprising up to a dozen types of monsters. It’s very dangerous."
"Alright, then we go around," Ji Xinghuo decided without further thought.
The wolf pack imdiately turned around and started running along the edge of the swamp, maintaining a distance from it.
Ji Xinghuo kept his electromagnetic induction activated.
Suddenly.
A noise ca from the direction of the swamp; it was far away, but his view was blocked by trees as he turned his head.
"What was that noise?" Ren Mian heard it too, puzzlent in her eyes.
Ji Xinghuo shook his head.
The noise grew closer and louder, like a giant wave sweeping over the sea, composed of myriad chaotic sounds mixed together.
The sky darkened unexpectedly, as large clouds covered the sky.
The ground started to tremble slightly.
"I’ll go up and take a look," Ji Xinghuo felt a sense of foreboding and imdiately soared hundreds of ters into the sky to look into the distance; just one glance drastically changed his expression.
Thousand of ters away, the swamp had whipped up a black tidal wave, countless swamp crawlers furiously churning forward, carrying dirty water and weeds, forming a nearly ten-ter-high giant wave speeding towards them. Behind the dense swarm of swamp crawlers, there were a large number of other monsters running on the ground, swimming in the water, and flying in the air, all roaring as they charged.
There were at least tens of thousands of these monsters.
Further afield, there were even more uncountable monsters in a tide overwhelming the land.
"They couldn’t be targeting , could they?"
Ji Xinghuo was stricken with horror.
He didn’t believe he was that influential, even if the genetic mother tree had targeted him for previously hunting a large number of monsters, it wouldn’t cause such a big stir.
"Black Tide!"
On the ground, Ren Mian too saw the abnormality in the swamp. Disregarding the need to conceal her presence, she shouted, "Xinghuo, we need to run!"
Ji Xinghuo imdiately descended.
By this ti, Ren Mian had already retracted the Wolf Soul Wood and was turning around to sprint in the direction they ca from. Ji Xinghuo flew up to her, scooped her up in his arms, and surged into the sky.
"What’s going on?" Ji Xinghuo asked while flying at full speed.
Ren Mian activated her thought necklace and replied ntally, "That’s the Black Tide. It happens from ti to ti on Earth Abyss Star, where large numbers of monsters gather, clouds obscure satellites, and make it impossible for orbital laser cannons to aim. The specific cause is unknown, sotis it’s to attack the underground cities of the Crystal Elite Clan, or it might be to eliminate powerful Eternal Day Guardians, it’s very dangerous anyway, and we definitely cannot let them catch up to us."
"Don’t worry, they won’t be able to catch up," Ji Xinghuo continued to accelerate, exceeding 300 kiloters per hour, a speed he could maintain for nearly an hour.
He looked back, the Black Tide gradually being left behind.
Ren Mian also felt relieved.
"We’re unlucky, just entering the Fifth Level area and we ran into the Black Tide, fortunately, we reacted quickly and you can carry while flying."
Hearing her say that, doubts started murmuring in Ji Xinghuo’s heart.
This was all too coincidental.
He had just felt he wasn’t that capable, but now he suspected that this Black Tide was specifically targeting him.
No sooner had this thought crossed his mind than a vast expanse of dark clouds appeared on the horizon.
"Spore Bats!"
Even though they were still several kiloters away and the sky was very dark, Ji Xinghuo could see clearly. The dark cloud churned incessantly, actually composed of tens of thousands of spore bats! He had killed countless spore bats in the First Level area, but still not as many as in front of him now.
"Is it really targeting ?"
Ji Xinghuo was full of doubts and imdiately changed his flying direction.
Just after flying a few kiloters, he discovered another large mass of flying monsters forming a dark cloud ahead, seemingly making up a surrounding circle. The ground also teed with countless monsters gathered together, forming the Black Tide.
"This isn’t right!"
Ji Xinghuo observed carefully for a few seconds. These monsters were simply too nurous, forming a very large range of Black Tide, at least thirty to forty kiloters. In the process of formation, he had happened to be right in their midst, running into them no matter which direction he tried.
"It’s good as long as it’s not coming for , otherwise I wouldn’t be able to act together with Sister Ren," he let out a silent sigh of relief.
Ren Mian, without much thought, declared, "We need to break out."
Ji Xinghuo nodded.
He quickly scanned around, and using the sharp sight of the Wanxiang Star Pupil, picked the direction with the fewest monsters and put on full speed.
Roaring...
Ji Xinghuo, holding Ren Mian, erupted into a wild gust blasting behind them as they soared through the high sky.
Within a few seconds, he was closing in on a swarm of flying monsters.
A huge and densely packed swarm of spore bats mingled with other bizarrely shaped monsters stretched endlessly on either side, making up a vast dark cloud.
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