#1768 - The living beings kowtow! The land of despair!

“Eastern Emperor… Eastern Emperor… Damn it… Isn't this name a bit too grand?”

As he passed through the high wall, numerous thoughts flooded Ji Dongfeng's mind, but they vanished the moment he completely crossed it.

“Boom…”

The instant he entered the high wall's interior, Ji Dongfeng felt a blankness in his brain, even a sense of disorientation. This feeling caused his memories to rapidly disintegrate, threatening complete loss.

“Damn it… This is really strange…” Ji Dongfeng muttered. Just as he was about to resist this feeling, the leather map in his exclusive space trembled slightly, emitting a golden light.

Seeing this, Ji Dongfeng's heart stirred, and he immediately retrieved the leather map.

Instantly, golden light enveloped Ji Dongfeng's body, and he felt the sense of disorientation completely vanish, his memories returning to their place.

“That was close… But I didn't expect this leather map to be so damn useful.” Ji Dongfeng chuckled.

“Can't you be a little less reckless in your actions?” Qingfeng said.

“Isn't that learning from the Goddess?” Ji Dongfeng laughed.

“Am I reckless? I'm always cautious! Zhao Guanlan! Where's my meat! Don't you have any sense? Don't you know to add more meat when the hotpot is empty!” Qingfeng shouted.

“Kid, look around you.” Yinglong said.

Hearing this, Ji Dongfeng looked around, and the next moment, he froze on the spot.

Before Ji Dongfeng was a gray, empty space. At the end of this space, three giant black trees could be seen, and in front of the trees were densely packed creatures.

Some were corpses, and some could still be considered living beings.

At this moment, all these creatures had vacant eyes and dull expressions. They uniformly faced the location of the three giant trees, slowly advancing, taking one step and pausing, one step and kowtowing.

“Thump! Thump! Thump!”

The kowtowing actions of these creatures were uniform, so much so that the sound of their kowtowing was like thunder, echoing through the heavens and earth.

“Thump!”

Hearing the sound, Ji Dongfeng frowned, a cold light surging in his eyes. If he had reacted slower, he would have become one of these creatures.

“Is this some kind of worship ritual? But isn't their progress a bit too slow? At this rate, it would probably take hundreds of years to reach the location of those three giant trees.” Ji Dongfeng said in a deep voice.

“These creatures, regardless of race or realm, have all been bewitched into this state. It's truly a Land of Despair. Just one glance at this scene fills one with despair.” Yinglong said.

“Look closely. The creatures at the front have weak auras. They've probably been moving forward for hundreds of years without eating or drinking, relying entirely on their cultivation to hold on. It looks like they're about to give out.” Zhulong said.

“As we speak, several creatures have already fallen, turning directly into ashes. It's truly terrifying.” Yunlong said.

“Before, at the Forging Sect, the Grand Elder said that some strange small sects would control their disciples to kowtow. This kowtowing seems like just a simple action, but in reality, it contains a hidden mechanism, possibly providing a lot of energy to the person receiving the kowtow.” Zhao Guanlan said.

“Meat.” Qingfeng said.

“Coming, coming.” Zhao Guanlan quickly said.

Hearing this, Ji Dongfeng pondered for a moment and slowly moved towards the three giant trees. When he came beside these kowtowing creatures, he found that they didn't pay any attention to him, seemingly unable to detect his existence.

However, some creatures had numb expressions, while in the eyes of others, a trace of struggle could still be seen.

“Hey… you… kill me…”

The next moment, Ji Dongfeng was about to try to collect these creatures into his exclusive space when he heard an extremely weak roar in his ear.

Hearing the sound, Ji Dongfeng turned his head and saw a creature wearing black armor kneeling on the ground, gritting his teeth and kowtowing, currently straining to turn his eyes to look at him.

“Quick… kill me… I don't want this… I can't hold on anymore…” the creature growled.

Hearing this, Ji Dongfeng's heart stirred, and he immediately transferred it to his exclusive space. At the same time, the other kowtowing creatures nearby were also taken in.

Ji Dongfeng entered the exclusive space and looked closely, discovering that the creatures who had completely lost their own consciousness had fainted. The armored creature who still retained consciousness slowly regained consciousness after a brief daze.

“It seems that as long as the creatures who can maintain their will can still be saved.” Yinglong said.

Hearing this, Ji Dongfeng's heart stirred, and his figure flickered, directly flashing towards the location of the three giant trees. Each time he arrived at a location, he collected all the surrounding creatures into his exclusive space.

At the first moment of entering the exclusive space, Qingfeng would arrange for Zhao Guanlan to check the situation of these creatures. However, to Ji Dongfeng's dismay, the vast majority of the creatures were all in a fainted state, not knowing when they would wake up. Only a very small number of creatures could slowly regain consciousness.

“Such a ratio, truly befitting of the Land of Despair.” Yinglong said in a deep voice.

“Alright, next, let me see, what exactly are you.” Ji Dongfeng turned his head to look at the three giant trees, a flame appearing in his left eye.