Sword God in a World of Magic

The two of them traveled for a bit more and eventually slipped past the defenses.

They had officially left the Eternal Maw's territory, making the journey far easier.

As soon as they left the Eternal Maw's territory behind, they rapidly continued towards the east, zigzagging constantly.

"Are there any more dangerous territories?" Shang asked.

"One more," the Sweeper answered, "but it is the least dangerous one. Usually, it would be quite dangerous, but if you have some insights into darkness, it won't be a problem to get through it."

Shang nodded. "And that's it?"

"Correct. After that, the only dangerous location would be the Sky Lantern's territory, but it isn't as aggressive as the Eternal Maw."

By now, the two of them were about 200,000 kilometers away from Shang's branch, which actually wasn't even a third of the complete way.

However, the two most dangerous areas were near the center of the Natural Selection Company's territory, and they had just passed them.

Shang and the Sweeper kept traveling for nearly three days after this spot.

They broke through several borders, but none of the borders had been troublesome. Of course, there were more dangerous areas, but they didn't need to go through them.

By now, they had traveled for a total of four days, and they were only 100,000 kilometers away from the Sky Lantern.

Even though the climate hadn't changed previously, Shang could now see the difference.

They mostly traveled towards the east, but they had also traveled quite a bit towards the south, and Shang could tell that the surroundings had become a bit hotter.

trees still basically looked the same, but Shang could see a couple of

Shang and the Sweeper reached the last

the amount of Darkness

was even sure that, if he had eyes, he wouldn't be able to see anything at a certain

Mana grew denser and denser, and Shang even felt his Spirit Sense

the Concept of Shadow and used his Spirit Sense

surroundings began to illuminate inside Shang's Spirit Sense,

how the Darkness Mana hit

that the Darkness Mana couldn't get

feel the general trajectory of

Darkness Mana, and he had never been able to feel the Darkness Mana this

of days, the Sweeper had informed him

last dangerous area, the

Lake of Darkness wasn't actually comprised of water but

5,000-kilometer-wide basin filled to the brim with thick

a lake of black smoke

mystical and magical, but it wasn't actually

the hunting ground of the Darkness

powerful beasts that worked and lived in large groups. There were often tens of thousands, if not millions, of ants in one nest, and they

size of their territory depended on how many Ancestral Beast Ants a

biggest one in the entire Natural Selection Company. The next biggest one was only a tenth as

of the Lake of Darkness signified that this nest of Darkness Weaver Ants had

probably also had over ten thousand Archbeast Ants and probably over a million

more than

most of them weren't walking around but actually just being buried in

for any prey to approach them. Ironically enough, they looked more like ant lions than actual

Darkness Mana would severely disrupt one's Spirit Sense, but by