Early the next morning.

Senjuro and Teo, with a backpack of supplies prepared, set out on their way to the "Dark Zone".

The entrance to the Dark Zone, twenty kilometers west of the town of Toth, is a long distance for ordinary people, but it is nothing to the Anomalous. Although most of the supernatural abilities of the Adepts focus on the spiritual aspect, even so, their physique is not comparable to that of ordinary people.

After about an hour, the two of them came to the entrance of the "Dark Zone".

Unlike what Senjuro imagined, the semi-secluded area did not actually exist on the Farlan Continent, and the so-called entrance was a huge black vortex gate 10 meters high and 3 meters wide.

On both sides of the door, there were two well-equipped soldiers, judging from the energy fluctuations on their bodies, they were basically alpha-level peak powerhouses.

When the guards guarding the entrance saw Theo's arrival, they immediately stood up straight and saluted, "Mr. Theo!" ”

Although the Guards were part of the Alliance, they were respectful of the powerful and of their admiration for the "Iron Greatsword".

Nodding at them, Tyo led Senjuro straight into the entrance.

The black swirling whirlpool, like silt swirling in a mud pond, looks different from the wet and sticky, which makes people subconsciously retreat. For life, this ominous aura will instinctively keep them away.

As he passed through the Uzumaki Gate, Senjurou felt countless pairs of invisible hands trying to approach and touch him, but even if he felt carefully, he couldn't detect anything definite, as if the feeling was just an illusion.

Fortunately, the process of passing through the black vortex door only takes a short time.

It was dark in front of him, and then it lit up, and what caught Chijuro's eyes was a barren world shrouded in layers of gray mist in the sky.

In this world, there is no sunlight, and at a glance, except for a little gray and black dirt and boulders on the ground, there is no sign of life, and it is full of a sense of dilapidation.

At the same time, Chijuro could clearly feel that the air here was filled with an indescribable strange aura, which was extremely similar to the "secluded" energy in Anya's mother's body, but the concentration was much lower, but under the accumulation of the amount, it still made people irritable.

"It turns out that this is a semi-secluded area......

Looking at the scene in front of him, Senjuro whispered to himself.

"Yes, Mr. Purgatory, as you can see, this is the outer part of the semi-secluded area."

Wearing a steel armor, a great sword, and a backpack, Theo said in a deep voice: "After so many years, there is nothing worth exploring in the outer area, except for the occasional alpha-level ghostly monster, and valuable things have long been excavated. ”

Picking up a piece of gravel on the ground and feeling the constituent elements in it, Senjuro was silent.

Under the leadership of Tyo, the two of them made their way through the lonely outer area and stepped into the second level of the dark zone, the Wave Zone.

Compared to the outer areas, the concentration of the dark energy in the wave area has skyrocketed suddenly, and there are subtle changes all the time, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, for low-level abilities, it is already very difficult to resist the fluctuating dark energy.

After entering the Wave Zone, in the distance, Senjuro could already see the figures of some adventurers, who took advantage of the huge limestone raised from the ground, carefully exploring in all corners, while avoiding possible ghostly monsters, looking for the existence of Phantom Crystal.

Suddenly, a black line appeared at the end of the line of sight.

The black line was small at first, but as time passed, the black line turned into a huge tide like a wave, and it swooped down, and the adventurers who had been creeping forward cautiously noticed the appearance of the wave, and they all walked out from behind the boulder in panic and fled towards the outer area.

"This is the dark tide, the dark energy tide that will appear every once in a while in the tide area, after the dark tide, the dark energy concentration in the tide area will become higher, and many high-level dark monsters will follow, so generally speaking, the wave area after the dark tide is very dangerous for those with a level lower than the middle beta level."

Speaking of this, Theo sighed: "Recently, the interval between the appearance of the ghost tide in the wave area has become shorter and shorter, and it used to appear only once every half a month, so as long as you grasp the rules, alpha-level abilities can still explore here relatively safely, but now, almost every seven days, there will be a ......"

As he spoke, he shook his head: "This time, it is estimated that there will be a few more unlucky people, who have been eroded by the dark energy......"

Looking at the surging gray wave at the end of his sight, Senjuro's eyes narrowed slightly.

Such a surging tide of energy, although the quality is very low, is too exaggerated in quantity, even he can't stop the advance of the dark tide.

However, although it was impossible to stop it, it was impossible to stop him from moving forward with this level of energy tide alone.

"Let's go, Mr. Theo, let's move on and see what's going on in the high-risk zone?"

After saying that, Senjuro took the lead in moving forward.

“…… Go on, move forward?! Wait, Mr. Purgatory, when the Tide appears, the tide of energy caused by it is too large, and if you enter it rashly, you will likely be engulfed by the huge Tide, which is very dangerous, so we should wait for the tide to pass...... Alas, Mr. Purgatory, Mr. Purgatory, oops, wait for me! ”

Looking at Chijurou, who had no intention of stopping in front of him, Tyo gritted his teeth and followed.

As he ran, he continued to persuade: "Mr. Purgatory, let's wait for the end of the dark tide before moving on, the dark tide does not last long, only one day, and it will not delay too much." ”

"It's okay, you can point me in the direction of the high-risk area, and then follow me."

Chijurou waved his hand and continued to walk forward.

"Alas...... Well, Mr. Purgatory, continue three thousand meters to the west and you'll be in the high-risk zone. ”

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Chijuro, Taio sighed.

…… That's it, at most, I'll be swept away by the Ghost Tide with you, and with my Beta-level peak steel-based ability, I'll be hurt at most.

Although the dark tide looked menacing, in fact, there was still a long way to go before the first wave arrived at Senjuro, and it wasn't until the two of them walked forward again for more than ten minutes that the first wave of energy came to them.

The gray waves, which are tens of meters high, are like rolling dense fog, swallowing everything along the way with an unstoppable momentum.

And the two people who face the dark tide are like mayflies in front of the big tree in the sky, they are so small.

At this moment, Theo, who is really standing in front of the dark tide, doesn't know where to start with the phrase "".