Book 2: Chapter 43: Scouting Ahead

Hu Rong sat at the very edges of Yin Hu’s domain. A natural circle around the Calamity that affected the world around it without it even meaning to. No monster stayed within, all the Spirits and Spiritual Beasts hid in their domiciles hoping they weren’t noticed, and even the critters and birds stayed out of the way and silent when he was close enough to sense them.

Closer to statues than living things. Just like the one he had in his hands now.

The little red sparrow did not even complain as Rong held it in his hands, petting its lusciously colored feathers slowly and watching as monsters acted normally just ahead of them while everything behind could not be sensed.

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