112: Unexpected incident! Red fog!

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

After the scout team entered the secret realm, they were like a mud ox entering the sea; apart from a few vague topographical images and energy fluctuation data intermittently transmitted by Xingyu Butterfly and Mind Beacon, no more effective information was received.

In Ling Feng's army formation, Guigu Calculator still looked as mystical as ever.

He would occasionally toss his astrological dice, muttering incantations, but the playful look in his eyes had faded, replaced by a hint of solemnity.

Behind him, the Star Oracle Strategists were constantly making deductions on their jade slips, trying to piece together the true appearance of the secret realm from the fragmented information.

Kasa was on his bone throne, his scarlet soul fire flickering erratically, clearly indicating that the Skeleton Duke's patience was wearing thin.

Maergan, in contrast, was relatively calm; he floated above the Prophet's Bulwark, the crystal core on his forehead continuously flashing, seemingly engaged in some form of deduction.

"It's been three days, and there hasn't been a single peep!"

Kasa finally couldn't hold back, slamming his giant bone claw onto the armrest of the throne, "Those good-for-nothings, could they have gotten lost in there?"

Guigu Calculator chuckled, "Duke Kasa, please be patient. Such a secret realm is fraught with unpredictable dangers, so a cautious approach is warranted. Who knows, perhaps they're preparing a surprise for us?"

"Surprise? I think a fright is more like it!"

Kasa snorted, his soul fire turning towards the eerie purple crack, "Even if my Withered Scouts die, their soul fire will transmit the last images. This current silence, however, is rather peculiar."

Maergan slowly spoke, "What Duke Kasa said is not wrong. The last fluctuation transmitted by my clan's 'Spirit Shadow' team's Mind Beacon also showed that they encountered strong spatial interference, and then contact was completely cut off."

Ling Feng looked at the crack and said in a deep voice, "The situation for my Tiance Manor's 'Yaoguang' team is similar. The last message transmitted by Xingyu Butterfly was... a blood-red... mist..."

Before he finished speaking, an anomaly suddenly occurred!

The spatial crack violently expanded without any warning!

The space at the edge of the crack twisted violently, emitting a teeth-gritting "crack, crack" sound, as if it would completely collapse at any moment.

"Not good!"

Guigu Calculator's face changed drastically, his astrological dice falling to the ground with a "thud," and he exclaimed in alarm, "The divination has reversed, a great calamity! This is... a sign of blood-light reaching the sky!"

Almost at the same time his voice fell, a thick, unresolvable scarlet mist surged out from the rapidly expanding crack like a bursting tide!

The mist was as viscous as blood, carrying a sweet and decaying scent, and as soon as it appeared, it quickly spread in all directions.

The wind that originally whistled across the Red Soil Plateau seemed to be swallowed when it came into contact with this scarlet mist, eerily calming down.

"Alert!" Ling Feng roared, and the Tiance Manor army formation reacted instantly.

"Hehehe... interesting, finally some decent action!"

Kasa, far from being alarmed, was delighted; his scarlet soul fire flared, and he let out a piercing laugh, "Annihilation Legion, prepare for the feast!"

His undead creatures let out excited roars.

Maergan's expression, however, became extremely solemn; the crystal light on his forehead flickered rapidly: "This mist... is strange! It can block psionic perception, and... it seems to contain some mind-corroding power! All units, activate psionic shields!"

The Three-Eyed Race warriors' bodies glowed with a faint blue psionic aura, forming a thin protective shield.

However, the speed of the scarlet mist's spread far exceeded everyone's imagination.

In just a few breaths, it had completely enveloped the front lines of the three armies.

Visibility dropped sharply; beyond ten meters, figures were already blurry, and the Rich bloody smell was nauseating.

"Ah--!"

"My eyes! I can't see!"

Screams began to sound in the mist.

"Hold your ground! Don't panic!" Ling Feng's voice rang out, "Star Oracle Strategists, try to disperse the mist! Xuanjia Elite Warriors, move the shield formation forward, compress the defensive space!"

Several Star Oracle Strategists immediately activated their spells, their astrolabes emitting soft starlight, attempting to purify the strange red mist.

However, as soon as the starlight touched the red mist, it dissipated without a trace, having no effect whatsoever.

"Manor Lord, this mist... our stellar power cannot disperse it!" a Strategist reported anxiously.

"Damn it!" Kasa cursed, discovering that his low-level skeleton soldiers, upon contact with the red mist, had lost control and began to attack everything around them indiscriminately.

"Withered Knights, slaughter those out-of-control rabble!"

Kasa decisively ordered, and several Withered Knights riding ghostly warhorses immediately charged into the chaotic skeleton horde, their bone blades flashing, cutting down the out-of-control low-level undead one by one.

Maergan's situation was slightly better; the Three-Eyed Race warriors, relying on their psionic shields, could temporarily resist the direct erosion of the red mist, but their proud long-range attacks and mental detection abilities were also severely limited in this mist.

"Prophet, this mist is spreading too fast!" a Three-Eyed Race Commander reported.

"Roar--!"

At this moment, a series of low roars suddenly came from within the mist.

Immediately after, blurry and distorted dark figures surged out from the depths of the red mist!

These dark figures varied in form; some resembled deformed beasts, while others were like flesh-and-blood puppets forcibly pieced together. They exuded a violent aura, originating from the same source as the red mist, their eyes blood-red, charging fearlessly towards the front lines of the three armies.

"Enemy attack! It's monsters from the secret realm!"

"Attack!"

Shouts, clashes of weapons, energy explosions, and the roars of monsters instantly intertwined in the mist.

Ling Feng's Tiance Manor army formation, under the sturdy defense of the Xuanjia Elite Warriors, temporarily withstood the first wave of impact.

The crossbow bolts of the Formation-Breaking Crossbowmen whistled out, shooting towards the monsters, but these monsters had extremely tenacious vitality; even when pierced by several crossbow bolts, they still furiously bit and clawed.

Kasa's Annihilation Legion, on the other hand, displayed the terror of an undead horde.

Although low-level undead were prone to losing control, high-level undead like abominations and ghouls appeared even more ferocious in the red mist.

Kasa himself flew directly from the bone throne, and with a swing of his giant bone claws, several monsters were torn to shreds, his scarlet soul fire burning and leaping in his eye sockets.

"Come on! Let this Duke see what kind of goods are hidden in this secret realm!"

The battle was exceptionally brutal.

The red mist not only obstructed vision but also continuously eroded the soldiers' stamina and will.

From time to time, soldiers would let out painful wails, as the pervasive mist invaded their bodies, causing them to turn and attack their comrades.

Time slowly passed.

For an entire day and night, the sounds of battle never ceased.

This area seemed to have turned into a giant asura field; the scarlet mist rolled ceaselessly as if alive, and new monsters continuously emerged from it, endless.

All three armies paid a considerable price, and could only fight and retreat.

However, what weighed even heavier on the three lords' hearts was that the scarlet mist, after devouring countless lives, showed no signs of weakening; instead, it began to spread at an even faster rate towards areas beyond the Red Soil Plateau!

The red mist, which had originally only enveloped the battlefield, now resembled a massive blood-colored curtain, slowly unfolding in all directions. Wherever it passed, life ceased, and all things withered; only reliance on spiritual energy protection could isolate it.

"This damn thing... is it going to swallow the entire Woma World?!"

Kasa looked at the continuously expanding boundary of the red mist, and for the first time, a tremor of fear appeared in his scarlet soul fire.

Ling Feng's face was also incredibly solemn; he gazed into the distance, a strong sense of unease rising in his heart.

Almost at the same time the red mist began to spread on a large scale, the four Eternal Cities in the four directions of the Woma World simultaneously sounded the highest level of alarm!

In the Radiant City to the east, at the top of the thousand-meter-tall Sun God Tower in the city center, the sacred flame, which had burned for ten thousand years, suddenly surged several times, turning into a dazzling pillar of light that shot straight into the sky, and the clear and distant sound of horns echoed throughout the entire Eastern Plain.

Countless knights in golden armor poured out of the city, their expressions solemn.

The Eye of the Storm to the west, the Molten Heart to the south, the Abyss Maw to the north.......

The entire Woma World, at this moment, seemed to feel the immense threat emanating from the Red Soil Plateau.

Ancient prophecies, sealed covenants, and dormant powers were all quietly awakened at this moment.