The Man’s Decree – Chapter 5228

Jared nodded once, slow and grave. "All the more reason to dig out the truth before the rot spreads past us and infects every realm below level four."

The farther they traveled, the thicker the vapor grew, twisting into ghostly tendrils that throttled sight and strangled spiritual sense.

A sudden scuff of boots on damp stone drifted through the fog ahead. Shapes emerged-first a hulking figure whose aura pulsed at the fourth tier of the Earthly Immortal Realm, then a squad of hardened fighters bristling with identical ferocity.

Behind the tree, Jared and Flaxseed scarcely dared exhale.

Just then the giant halted, nostrils flaring. He pivoted toward the cedar.