Witch, I'm really not the Deep Sea Ancient God!

Nightfall was approaching, and the shadow tide needed to be detected quickly...

Chen Qi, holding the Day Lantern, walked into the depths of the forest under the cover of the Water Elf.

A moment later, he arrived at a place full of broken bones. From the number of bones, it was hard to judge how many people had died in this place.

Previous adventurers... Chen Qi scanned the surroundings.

On the scene, only three blood-stained backpacks, broken lanterns, and a one-meter-tall rectangular piece of iron machinery were left.

Shadow Beasts not only devoured flesh but also consumed Extraordinary Resources. Most of the resources had been completely devoured by them.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! (Go! Go! Go!)"

"Woo, woo, woo! (Don't come over!)"

Deep Sea Water Elf No.1 and No.3 made faces, driving away the Shadow Beasts.

As dusk approached, more and more Shadow Beasts, like a herd, surrounded Chen Qi.

If it weren't for the lantern in his hand, they would have already surged forward.

He had to speed up... Chen Qi walked to the iron lump, studying the buttons on the device.

[Disaster Detection Device:

Nature Form: Lamp

Description: A creation of the White Dove Newspaper, capable of detecting subtle fluctuations in the surrounding Spiritual Power Field over a large area, thus simply estimating the intensity of a disaster.]
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Disaster Detection Device!

Chen Qi was startled. The device had an extremely powerful detection range of up to several kilometers. It could also estimate the time of disaster descent and its intensity through slight spiritual power fluctuations.

A Transcendent needed more than one hundred points of inspiration and had to learn a specialized Spiritual Vision skill to match the detection strength of this device!

Fortunately, this instrument wasn't too damaged... Chen Qi patted it, spending five minutes examining various buttons.

Got it. This must be the start button... Chen Qi pressed the red button forcefully!

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!

The Disaster Detection Device began to operate with a rumble, making sounds:

"Detection is beginning..."

"Disaster level F, E, C, B..."

Chen Qi watched the danger indicator on the device turn from green to blue, orange, and finally blood-red.

Red! Chen Qi felt uneasy.

The red disaster level indicated B-class, which was the upper limit for ordinary detection devices.

As the device rumbled, Chen Qi suddenly felt a unique inspiration flash before his eyes.

[You have entered the collapsing crack "Shadow Tide Enclosure," the shadow tide is about to engulf the city, turning everything in sight into the Kingdom of Darkness...]

Inspirational insight...

Wait, why am I getting insight? When did I step into the crack?

Chen Qi's heartbeat quickened.

He hadn't moved a step, nor did he enter anything resembling a "door," yet he felt a powerful burst of inspiration!

Usually, one had to step into the crack voluntarily through the door!

There was only one possibility, the extension of the crack's collapse!

This was a special feature of a collapsing crack. Simply put, under the unique power of the crack, it escalated and extended without fully collapsing, instead beginning to invade the real world rapidly and contaminating the surrounding space.

This was an extremely dangerous type of crack! Normally, it only appeared in B-class cracks!

Under normal circumstances, B-class cracks had strict rank restrictions, which only third-tier Transcendents could enter.

But the extending collapsing crack had no rank limits, no quantity limits. It was like an abyss, absorbing all Transcendents.

I was at the edge of a B-class crack!

Forced into the crack... Chen Qi felt ominous and immediately grabbed Deep Sea Water Elf No.1 and No.3, along with the Disaster Detection Device, and ran toward the edge of the island.

It wasn't that he was approaching the crack; the crack was engulfing him!

Suddenly, without any warning, Chen Qi saw a giant hand in front of him, illuminated by strong light, slapping the Water Elf hundreds of meters away.

Light Phase Transcendent's warning!

"This is bad..."

Chen Qi shook his head, snapped back to reality, and immediately looked at the Day Lantern, running with all his might.

As he ran, a gigantic red eye opened in the darkness!

Boom!

In an instant, accompanied by a monstrous roar, a large, pitch-black hand, like a small mountain, suddenly converged and slapped down from the darkness.

The enormous hand, five meters high, crushed trees like a sickle mowing down crops.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Shadow Beast King!

Like being chased by a landslide, Chen Qi did not hesitate, injecting all his spiritual power into the Day Lantern.

Under the intense light of the lantern, the giant hand recoiled into the darkness as if pierced by a blade.

This was the light that could even dispel the Abyssal Pillar!

Decisive action!

Chen Qi, anxious, made a huge leap of tens of meters, boarding the boat.

Start the boat! Chen Qi immediately started the vessel.

With the roar of the engine, the boat sped full throttle toward the Sea God Island at dusk.

Close call... Chen Qi gasped for breath, feeling like he had escaped death.

Even a Second-order Transcendent, no, even a powerful Third-order Transcendent, would be in peril entering a B-class crack filled with Shadow Beasts alone.

Fortunately, he had the Day Lantern from the White Cloak... Chen Qi slowly turned his head, smiling slightly at the distant Black Forest Island.

Under the island, the crimson eye continued to stare at Chen Qi despite the lantern's strong light.