Chapter 1375 - 1371:

The group led by Azure Dragon quickly arrived at the ruins, where fragments of trees and stones lay scattered everywhere, a testament to Yun Ran’s formidable methods.

"Go over there and take a look!"

Upon receiving the order, three individuals immediately emerged from behind Azure Dragon, joining forces to move forward and inspect the area.

Even though there was nothing around to obstruct their view, allowing them to see everything at a glance, not one of the three dared to become careless.

Each of them heightened their vigilance to the extreme, fearing that at any moment, something might suddenly spring out and ambush them.

Azure Dragon stood in place, seemingly motionless, but he had already summoned all his mental focus, observing every inch of this area.

A crisp "crack" sounded, and in a situation where everyone was on high alert, this sound was nothing short of a signal.

All eyes swiftly turned toward the direction of the sound.

Subsequently, countless attacks were launched towards that location.

With a "boom," an already ruined place exploded into a large pit under the onslaught of those attacks.

The surrounding broken branches and leaves, along with the freshly unearthed soil with an earthy scent, were blasted into the air, raining down with a rustle.

"Sir, it’s some ceramic shards!"

The first person who went to check found many freshly cracked ceramic fragments in the pit and breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as he finished reporting and intended to go down to examine what those ceramic shards were,

the next second, a vine, seeming to materialize from nowhere, wrapped around his waist, pulling his bewildered form violently backward.

Soon after, several humanoid shadows emerged from the crater created by the explosion.

Just a glance at them was enough to make one’s heart skip a beat.

"Fall back!"

Although they didn’t know exactly what was happening, everyone’s reactions were swift, instinctively retreating.

At the same time, the swords, blades, and magic artifacts in their hands once again adopted an aggressive stance.

The shadows had been well concealed, their forte being ambushes, and anyone they managed to scratch would ultimately become mindless Puppets.

In their past operations, they never failed, always succeeding in an ambush with precision.

But this time, they miscalculated; they hadn’t even found the best opportunity for an ambush before their habitat was destroyed.

The shadows lacked much rationality, having retained only the instincts to follow orders and kill since being created.

Azure Dragon coldly watched these shadows before they could charge uncontrollably at them, raising his hand to trap them all in an air prison.

The shadows, realizing their predicament, were instantly enraged, and before long, countless crimson halos began to shimmer around them.

The combination of black with crimson clearly indicated numerous malicious cause-and-effect relationships.

"This... This is..."

The men brought here were all seasoned warriors who had seen life and death countless times, always ready to face death when they went out.

But upon witnessing the shadows crazily hammering against an invisible air barrier and exuding an evil aura, they couldn’t help but take a couple of steps back.

"Sir, what on earth are those things? They look terrifying!"

If these shadows had taken other forms, perhaps the visual impact wouldn’t be so intense.

Yet, though these men were accustomed to witnessing carnage, they were still not entirely desensitized to the truly horrific.

Even after repeatedly pounding on the air barrier, it showed no sign of cracking, not even the slightest shiver.

The shadows suddenly ceased their actions, twisting their heads in unison to gaze at Azure Dragon, a move eerily bizarre, causing Azure Dragon to frown.

As he had never encountered such entities before, Azure Dragon wasn’t sure what they intended to do.

"Sir, they..."

The man closest to Azure Dragon, with veins bulging on his hands and teeth grinding, even his eyes began to show signs of bloodshot, appearing as though he was on the verge of losing control.

Witnessing this, it was understandable that the others felt a ripple of concern.

Azure Dragon did not berate them or even offer a reassuring word because he knew it wasn’t easy for these eerie shadows to break through the air prison.

If Dragon Spirit were here, he would definitely have the most to say, as he was most familiar with the taste of this air prison.

"Everyone, stay still!"

The place had transformed into a ruin, with no trace of its original state remaining.

No one knew whether there were other places like the one with the buried ceramic vessels here.

The shadows communicated silently, just staring in Azure Dragon’s direction, making anyone unaware perhaps think they were out of tactics, silently confronting.

Yet in the next moment, a scene appeared that made everyone’s hearts pound in terror.

All the shadows, as if receiving an order simultaneously, began frantically attacking their own kind.

Those that reacted slowly were torn apart in the blink of an eye by their companions and devoured by other shadows.

The air prison had a certain sound-isolating function.

Yet the shadows weren’t real Life forms, so even as they consumed, there was no sound of chewing.

But the silent self-cannibalization and the shadows’ humanoid forms, particularly their lips moving,

inevitably provoked in the minds of many present the imagined sound of eating.

All of them were tough men who shed blood, not tears, yet the impact of the scene was so overwhelming that several couldn’t help but cover their mouths tightly.

Afraid that the discomfort in their stomachs might cause them to make a sound.

The shadows’ self-cannibalism continued, with some shadows still engulfing the fragments of their companions one moment, only to be torn apart by others the next.

The number of shadows, initially countless, rapidly dwindled amid such ruthless cannibalism.

Until only two remained, their forms suddenly expanding several times larger.

The originally crimson halos around them shone even more brightly than before, almost appearing solid to the naked eye.

It was thought that these last two shadows would continue fighting among themselves, but after consuming the last fragment of their companions, they inexplicably halted.