The midnight wind howled across the high mountain ridges as Ye Chen led the silent army down from the Ruined Peak toward the outer boundary of the Abyssal Blood Domain.
Before them stood a towering, fifty foot wall of churning, pitch black crimson fog that encircled the entire upper territory of Azure Peak.
The acidic haze smelled of scorched copper and stale bile, bubbling continuously as it ate through the granite soil.
Senior Brother Bai stepped toward the edge, drawing a standard steel dagger from his belt and tossing it into the crimson vapor.
Sssssssss.
The quiet hiss of caustic fog dissolving steel echoed softly through the night.
In less than three seconds, the nine inch iron blade melted into green, frothing sludge before the hilt even hit the gravel.
"The barrier is comple
