The forest was vast and unsettling under the heavy night sky.
Five figures, employing several types of Magic, darted swiftly through the woods. In their hands, a Compass pulsed with a hazy Dharma Light, guiding their way.
"He's not far ahead."
Seeing the arrow on the Tracking Compass grow more distinct, a smirk touched the corner of Chu Tiankuang's mouth.
'So this is the Champion Scholar.'
'Just some country bumpkin who got lucky after learning an Illusionary Body Concealment Technique.'
'Once I break this little hide-and-seek trick, where else can you run?'
However, just as they stepped into a relatively open clearing, the situation changed abruptly!
WHOOSH—!
A thick, suffocating, gray-black mist surged out of thin air from all directions, spreading rapidly as if it were alive.
In an instant, it had swallowed the entire clearing and the surrounding trees!
