After leaving Grey Rock Town, the team made no further stops.
They drove the Cyan Spirit Flying Shuttle at full speed toward the southwest.
The closer they approached the Black Wind Mountain Range, the more desolate and eerie the surrounding environment became.
The land below gradually changed from lush mountain forests to hills with exposed rocks and sparse vegetation.
The rivers became turbid and murky, carrying a faint scent of sulfur.
The sky seemed affected as well, always gray and overcast.
The spiritual energy in the air grew increasingly thin and impure.
A faint yet pervasive aura of decay and cold began to spread everywhere.
Inhaling it into the lungs made people feel vaguely uncomfortable.
The jade pendant at Xiaoqi\'s chest had been continuously emitting a clear, cool sensation since leaving Grey Rock Town, like a warning bell constantly ringing in their ears.
After flying for an entire day, at dusk on the second day, a massive and oppressive black silhouette finally appeared clearly on the horizon ahead.
That was the Black Wind Mountain Range.
It was not the steep, dangerous peaks one might imagine, but rather resembled an endless black beast crouched upon the earth.
The mountain body presented an ominous, dark hue, as if stained with ink.
Above the range, thick, leaden gray-black clouds slowly drifted.
Occasionally, glimpses of dark red lightning could be seen flickering within.
Before even truly entering, a heart-stopping sense of oppression rushed toward them.
The outer periphery of the Black Wind Mountain Range is ahead.
Mu Qingfeng controlled the flying shuttle to slowly descend, his expression incomparably grave.
The magnetic field here is chaotic, and miasma fills the air.
The flying shuttle should not go deeper, otherwise it may lose control or be exposed.
He chose a relatively sheltered rocky valley area at the edge of the mountain range to land.
When the flying shuttle touched the ground, everyone stepped down one by one and immediately felt an environment completely different from the outside world.
A cold, bone-piercing mountain wind swirled through the valley, stirring up black sand from the ground and making a wailing sound, like the moans of vengeful spirits.
The air was filled with a rich, indescribable foul smell, mixed with rotting vegetation, sulfur, and a kind of deathly stillness.
Looking around, the vegetation in the valley was sparse and scattered.
Most had an unhealthy gray-black or eerie dark purple hue, with twisted forms.
The ground was black-brown hard soil and rocks.
Not even birds, beasts, or insects could be heard.
The entire environment was filled with a suffocating dead silence.
This is such an uncomfortable place.
Zhao Tiezhu rubbed his arms.
Although his physique was strong, he also felt an instinctive discomfort, as if the surrounding air was repelling living beings.
Second Senior Brother Luo Feng quickly pulled out several strangely shaped compasses and sensors.
The pointers on them spun wildly, or made unstable buzzing sounds.
The spiritual energy here is in chaos.
The concentration of yin evil energy is more than ten times that of the outside world!
Moreover there is a strong energy interference field.
Messaging talismans will be greatly diminished here, and may even fail completely!
Liu Yun furrowed her brows tightly, feeling the omnipresent cold and deathly stillness in the air.
This environment is harsh and perfect for the Shadow Snake Pavilion to hide.
Everyone, stay alert.
Every tree and plant here may harbor danger.
Xiaoqi took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the restlessness caused by the environment.
He concentrated his spirit, fully activating the jade pendant at his chest.
Immediately, that cool sensation became clearer, faintly pointing toward a certain direction deep in the mountain range.
At the same time, he also sensed that beneath this seemingly dead land, within the pervasive miasma, countless faint yet malevolent and chaotic remnants of demonic energy lurked, like a widespread spiderweb.
The demonic energy is chaotic, but there is one direction where it is relatively concentrated.
Xiaoqi pointed toward the direction the jade pendant sensed, which was toward the deeper part of the mountain range.
It seems we have found the right place.
The rabbit spirit also poked its head out from Zhao Tiezhu\'s backpack.
Its nose twitched lightly, its ruby-like eyes warily scanning its surroundings.
Then it extended its small paw, also pointing toward the direction Xiaoqi had indicated, clearly its perception aligned with Xiaoqi\'s.
Good.
Liu Yun nodded, gazing sharply at the mountains shrouded in gray-black mist.
Since we have arrived here, there is no reason to retreat.
Tonight we rest here and set up warning formations.
Tomorrow morning, we officially enter the Black Wind Mountain Range!
Following her words, they found a relatively hidden stone crevice in the rocky valley.
Second Senior Brother set up warning formation plates, and they took turns keeping watch, spending the first night on this unpropitious land.
Under the cover of night, the Black Wind Mountain Range became even more terrifying.
The wind sounded like ten thousand ghosts crying together.
Occasionally, several mournful, elongated howls that sounded like no known creature would come from the distance.
In the darkness, it seemed as if countless eyes were watching.
The deathly stillness and coldness in the air constantly eroded everyone\'s will.
Xiaoqi sat leaning against the cold rock, gazing at the impenetrable darkness outside the stone crevice, his palm gently resting on the jade pendant in his chest.
The hatred of Xu Lan Mountain Manor, the tragedy of Kaoshan Village, the panic of Grey Rock Town, and the despair pervading this mountain range all of it gathered into a powerful force, supporting him, compelling him to move forward, to uncover the darkness here, to end this conspiracy.