Douluo Continent: Starting with a Heavenly Fire Judgment

Chapter 298 Sunset Forest

After breakfast, Ji Lin left Shrek City with Chi Yuan. His goal this time was the sixth spirit ring, and he had already chosen his target.

He's going to Sunset Forest to find the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

Having read the original work, he knew very well that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye was located in a valley in the Sunset Forest.

Furthermore, there is a natural miasma layer outside the valley that acts as a barrier.

On the front of the valley, a large area is covered with thousands of highly poisonous plants called Bilin Qijuehua.

Some even evolved into the Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flowers, becoming plant-type soul beasts with sentience.

The Azure Phosphorous Seven-Flaw Flower is one of the most poisonous plants in the world. Its venom is not only highly corrosive, earning it the title of the most corrosive plant, but it also possesses extremely potent neurotoxins. Once contaminated, not only will the body be corroded, but one will also endure intense, instantaneous pain. However, the Azure Phosphorous Seven-Flaw Flower is also extremely rare and precious, the dream of almost every plant-type Soul Master.

If a plant-type Soul Master can find a Jade Phosphorous Seven-Flaw Flower that has become a plant-type Soul Beast, then he will possess the terrifying poison of the Jade Phosphorous Seven-Flaw Flower.

Shrek City is located in the central part of the continent, while Sunset Forest is in the northern part of the Heavenly Soul Empire, close to Dragon City and the far north, located in the north-central part of the entire Douluo Continent.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan had to traverse most of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

However, given Chi Yuan's speed, the two of them could arrive in less than a day.

Ji Lin had originally intended to search for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest during his last trip to Dragon City, but at that time he had not yet reached level 60 and did not need a Soul Ring, so he did not specifically search for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

As dusk approached, the outline of a vast forest came into view in the distance.

In the distance, the setting sun slants down, obscured by the towering trees in the forest. A few golden-red rays of light pierce through the trunks and branches, creating a sense of lonely desolation.

Ji Lin and Chi Yuan landed on a higher area in front of Sunset Forest and looked around. In this early spring, and given that Sunset Forest was located in the north, the air was quite chilly.

After pausing briefly, the two then began to walk into the forest.

The vegetation in Sunset Forest is sparser compared to Starry Sky Forest. The species are also slightly different. This is mainly due to the different geographical locations.

The Star Dou Great Forest has a subtropical climate, while the Sunset Forest, located in the north-central part of the Douluo Continent, has a temperate climate and is mainly composed of coniferous forests.

Similarly, the vegetation in Sunset Forest is far less dense than that in Starry Sky Forest.

Upon entering the Sunset Forest, they had only taken a few steps when they discovered the presence of spirit beasts. However, these spirit beasts were pitifully weak; they fled in panic simply at the mere sight of Ji Lin's aura, let alone dared to attack him.

They are all ten-year-old soul beasts.

Ji Lin knew very well that the reason why the soul beast resources in Sunset Forest were so scarce was not only due to human hunting, but also because of the miasma deep in Sunset Forest and the poisonous fog of the Seven Absolute Flowers of Azure Phosphorus.

The strongest creatures in Sunset Forest are only some ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, and they are extremely rare. You can't even find a soul beast that is over fifty thousand years old.

Perhaps, before long, this Sunset Forest will truly become just an ordinary forest.

However, after the appearance of the Sacred Mark, there should be very few Soul Masters hunting Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest. Perhaps the Soul Beasts in this forest can hold out for a while longer.

The vegetation in Sunset Forest was not as lush as in Starry Sky Forest, and the view was much wider, so the two of them moved forward very quickly.

However, as darkness fell, the two were not in a hurry to continue their journey. Instead, they found a valley, lit a fire, and rested. Ji Lin even caught a hundred-year-old chicken-type soul beast and made a roast chicken for dinner.

The next morning, at the moment of transition between day and night, the coldest time of the day, the temperature in the Sunset Forest dropped even more sharply.

Ji Lin took out some dry food from his storage soul tool and made it breakfast for the two of them. After breakfast, they set off again to find the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.

The number of spirit beasts in Sunset Forest seems to have dwindled, at least judging from the direction Ji Lin and Chi Yuan were heading.

Soon, Ji Lin and Chi Yuan noticed that the light in an area ahead had become dim.

It was still morning, and the sun wasn't obscured by clouds. There was only one reason why the two adjacent areas were dimly lit: the air.

Ji Lin immediately launched a mental probe and quickly discovered something different. In the space around him, there was some fine dust floating around. This dust was a pale white color, not dense, but it floated steadily in the air.

However, these dust particles could not penetrate his body at all.

He could clearly see that after the dust came into contact with the protective soul power on his body, it mysteriously melted away like ice and snow, leaving no trace.

Ji Lin voluntarily expanded his protective soul power outward from his body, and the same scene repeated itself.

"It seems this must be what they call miasma."

Both Ji Lin and Chi Yuan possess extreme fire, making them natural nemesis of this miasma and poisonous fog.

Ji Lin unfurled his ice wings and soared into the sky. When he broke through the highest treetop by about ten meters, the light suddenly shone brightly, as if he had broken through a barrier, and the surroundings were filled with light again.

As he and Chi Yuan ventured deeper into the Sunset Forest, they encountered hardly any, let alone ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, or even a handful of thousand-year-old soul beasts. Few flying soul beasts were even more rare.

Therefore, he was not worried about attracting the attention of flying spirit beasts.

Ji Lin looked down at the Sunset Forest below, but couldn't see anything clearly up close.

With a slight thought, he continued to flap his ice wings and ascend into the air.

As he increased in altitude, even though he already knew that the depths of the Sunset Forest were shrouded in miasma, he was still deeply shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.

The sunset forest below appeared serene, but a thin mist seemed to linger within it. This mist gradually faded and disappeared in the direction he had come from, but as he continued forward, it seemed to grow thicker. In the distance, it looked like a cloud fallen into the woods, obscuring even the vegetation.

And the color of this cloud is not just white; there are even multiple colors appearing in the distance.

There are clear signs that this miasma is being controlled by humans, most likely by plant-type soul beasts that have developed sentience.

Miasma is generally a poisonous gas that gradually forms from the decaying corpses of plants and animals, left unattended and exposed to wind and rain. With such a vast area covered, and even including colored miasma, it's no wonder the spirit beasts of Sunset Forest are nearly extinct. This is clearly not due to human hunting; the greater reason is these miasma.

(End of this chapter)