Chapter 1344 1310: Mysterious Bamboo Grove

"Galia City of the Sea Race has been slaughtered!!!"

This sudden piece of news swept across the various Battle Zones in the game through the network in an instant, like a raging storm.

And with an unstoppable speed, it immediately dominated all kinds of rankings.

Along with the spread of this news, photos of the corpses of Galia City's native inhabitants floating on the sea, and videos one after another that signified Galia City had suffered an extinction-level disaster, were being frantically circulated.

For a time, players in every Battle Zone were in an uproar.

Someone speculated:

"Did the Demon Race invade?"

Others refuted:

"If the Demon Race invaded Galia City, then why aren't there any Demon Race corpses here?"

At the same time, even more people remained skeptical:

"The City Lord of Galia City is at the True God Realm."

"With the Demon King's current strength, he's not even a match for Feng Hua. How could he possibly kill the True God Realm City Lord of Galia City?"

"And besides, Galia City's overall strength is higher than that of all the Main Cities in all our Battle Zones!"

Countless people joined the discussion over Galia City's fate, and chatter erupted everywhere:

"Right now Galia City's Teleportation Array is completely unusable. We have no idea what it's like in there."

Someone else was puzzled:

"Does that mean no one has been inside Galia City during this whole period?"

Just as this doubt surfaced, someone quickly came forward to respond:

"Right before something happened to Galia City, I was in that city buying materials. But for some unknown reason, I was suddenly teleported back."

"I have absolutely no idea what's going on in Galia City."

Right now, the Demon King was launching a massive offensive against the Battlefields of the major Main Cities, and this was also the most agonizing period of the players' resistance against the Demon Race.

The calamity that befell Galia City was like adding insult to injury in the current anti-demon war on the Rafam Continent.

It left all players with a sense of wanting to help but being powerless.

If even the players felt that way, there was even less need to mention the native inhabitants of the Rafam Continent.

For the Hundred Races, this was a disaster!

After Lin Yi left Bris City under the worshipful gazes of all the players in the Australian War Zone…

The Elf Race's Great Elder, Gamplov, had already returned to the Elf Race.

Gamplov stood in the Divine Hall of the Elf Race, wearing an expression heavy with worry as he gazed in the direction of Galia City:

"Let's hope history doesn't repeat itself."

And at this very moment, Lin Yi had already used the [Beast God Pearl] to teleport to the Teleportation Array Plaza of Galia City.

However, just as Lin Yi appeared there and before he could make sense of the situation, a cracking noise sounded by his ear:

"Pa~"

"Rumble~"

Lin Yi turned his head to look, only to see the Teleportation Array collapsing with a deafening roar.

No wonder no one could teleport in from outside. Lin Yi stared at the Teleportation Array that had shattered into pieces of rubble, and his heart tightened.

When Lin Yi turned to look around, he saw that the once bustling streets of Galia City had, at some unknown point, become completely deserted, silent like a Ghost City.

At this moment, the Jade Qilin suddenly stood up from Lin Yi's shoulder, focusing his gaze and speaking in a grave tone:

"Such heavy Demonic Qi."

"Demonic Qi?"

Lin Yi was puzzled:

"Does that mean the Demon Race has already been here?"

That was what he said.

But when Lin Yi walked along a commercial street next to the Teleportation Array Plaza, he saw that all kinds of goods were neatly arranged on both sides of the street.

There were materials unique to the Sea Race;

And various little trinkets with a special Sea Race flair.

Judging from how these shops had set out their wares, this didn't look like a place that had gone through the baptism of battle.

The street itself was very clean as well, like it had just been swept.

The Jade Qilin, Ian, shook his head and said:

"The Demonic Qi here isn't like something that emanated from the bodies of the Demon Race."

"Not from the Demon Race? Then where did this Demonic Qi come from?"

Looking at the empty and eerie street, Lin Yi suddenly felt a foreboding premonition surge up in his heart:

"And besides, where did all the people go?"

The Jade Qilin spoke with firm conviction:

"Abyss Demon Race!"

Lin Yi's heart instantly sank:

"The Abyss where the Demon Race resides?"

The native inhabitants of the Rafam Continent all knew that the Demon Race came from that pitch-black Abyss where heaven and earth did not exist.

It was said that in that endless Abyss, even the air was saturated with thick Demonic Qi.

If an ordinary person entered the Abyss, they would be directly affected, gradually assimilated into a demon.

But all of this was merely hearsay. To this day, no one had ever entered that legendary Abyss Demon Land.

At the same time, that spatial passage connecting the Abyss and the Rafam Continent only allowed the Demon Race to enter the Rafam Continent.

The native inhabitants of the Rafam Continent couldn't use it to enter the Abyss.

Because during the anti-demon war five hundred years ago, someone had tried exactly that, only to fail and lose their life.

Now, hearing the Jade Qilin say that the surroundings were filled with Demonic Qi from the Abyss, Lin Yi's heart immediately tightened.

The Sea Race in Galia City had suddenly vanished mysteriously; for a brief moment, Lin Yi's mind raced through countless possibilities.

But after hearing the Jade Qilin's words…

Lin Yi realized that the truth was probably far more terrifying than he had imagined.

At this time, the Jade Qilin suddenly looked toward the City Lord's Mansion and said:

"The source is over there!"

Lin Yi spoke without hesitation:

"Let's go take a look."

Then Lin Yi unfolded his Six Wings and sped toward the City Lord's Mansion.

All along the way, Lin Yi couldn't sense a single person, nor hear the slightest sound.

This sight made the giant city built in the deep sea seem especially gloomy and eerie.

Some buildings along the way were still emitting heat.

This showed that the people here had vanished all of a sudden, and hadn't been wiped out in a Demon Race attack.

As for why they disappeared or where they went, it all seemed to have become an unsolvable mystery.

But just as he was about to reach the City Lord's Mansion, the situation ahead finally changed a little.

The once majestic and solemn City Lord's Mansion was now in ruins.

The surrounding buildings looked like they had been hit by a nuclear blast, almost all leveled to the ground.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yi knew very well that those discarded materials floating on the sea must have come from here.

Those Sea Race corpses were probably the Guards of the City Lord's Mansion.

What Lin Yi couldn't understand was:

"What on earth happened here?"

The master of this city was someone at the True God Realm.

Lin Yi thought of one possibility:

"Could it be that City Lord Harrison just happened to be away?"

Just then, White Tiger and the Jade Qilin both flew in front of Lin Yi, their four eyes simultaneously casting toward the depths of the City Lord's Mansion.

The Jade Qilin's back was to Lin Yi as he said:

"Little Lord, over there."

Lin Yi looked up:

"A bamboo forest?"

When all the buildings around the City Lord's Mansion had turned into a field of ruins, a lush bamboo grove stood out abruptly:

"Why is there a bamboo forest here?"

Lin Yi had been here before, yet had never discovered such a bamboo forest.

Especially considering that right beside the bamboo forest was a row of buildings cut cleanly in half, while the bamboo forest only half a meter away remained completely untouched.

This made the bamboo grove stand out all the more.

Even more so since this was the deep sea, not land.

Without overthinking it, Lin Yi was about to fly over to investigate, but just as he was about to approach the air above the bamboo forest, a terrifying aura of killing intent suddenly swept over him.

Lin Yi's heart turned cold as he jerked to a halt in midair, not daring to move.

Looking down from above, he was less than a paper's breadth from the boundary of the perfectly neat bamboo grove.

A drop of sweat slid down Lin Yi's forehead.

Lin Yi could feel that if he had gone even an inch farther just now, his head would have been separated from his body the next second.

At this moment, the Jade Qilin's voice was distorted with fear:

"Such terrifying Heavenly Dao Will."

"I almost died here, little master."

White Tiger suddenly spoke:

"Go down."

"You can only walk in from below."

The Jade Qilin couldn't help rolling his eyes:

"Next time, say that kind of thing a bit earlier if you can."

White Tiger looked aggrieved:

"I only sensed it once we got close."

Hearing White Tiger's words, Lin Yi retracted his wings and landed on the ground.

Once Lin Yi stood before the bamboo forest again, that terrifying killing intent vanished without a trace.

White Tiger said then:

"There's a restriction over the bamboo forest. If you want to enter, you can only walk in."

Staring at the seemingly bottomless bamboo grove, the Jade Qilin showed fear for the first time as he spoke to Lin Yi:

"Are we still going in?"

Lin Yi stood there and pondered for a moment, then raised his foot and walked forward without hesitation:

"We're going in. Why wouldn't we?"

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