From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword

The Ice Disaster Rift, like a meandering scar, stretches from west to east across the northern lands of the Queldorei Continent.

To the north of the rift lies the Frostfrozen Snowfield, and to the south, the Corrupted Land.

The Corrupted Land was once a lush mountain forest, but since the Abyss invasion of the Queldorei Continent began, this land has undergone several major transformations.

Now it's a desolate land, with the ground still marked by uncorrupted stumps, yet all are dried up, bearing the traces of Abyssal erosion.

When someone passes by, occasionally a lizard or poisonous insect crawls out from the rotting trunks.

Snap!

Lin Zeyu stomped on a scorpion with a hook tail, and turned around saying: "This place is so severely corroded, will our world become like this in the future?"

Lu Heng stood on the decayed soil, looking at the entrance of the Ice Disaster Rift ahead, and said leisurely: "Maybe we won't wait for the earth to be corrupted, and human civilization will cease to exist."

The reason this land is so corrupted is that the Elf Clan stood firm against the Abyss invasion for over seven hundred years.

The dead trees and soil here have also been eroded by the Abyss for seven hundred years.

And humans may not withstand the Abyss invasion for so long, perhaps not seeing the Blue Star's earth corrupted to this extent at all.

Lin Zeyu understood the meaning of Lu Heng's words, but he never thought about such distant matters: "Seven hundred years is too long, I only care about the present, and do what needs to be done. As for whether we can defeat the Abyss, it doesn't matter, charging ahead is what counts!"

Lu Heng felt that Lin Zeyu's attitude was quite good, constantly thinking about whether they could defeat the Abyss was useless; disregarding the outcome and going all out was the right approach.

Even if they eventually died in the Abyss, at least they resisted, and would not regret doing nothing.

Xie Shi'en reached out to pat Lin Zeyu on the shoulder, saying: "I didn't expect you to be the most open-minded among the four of us."

Being evaluated like this, Lin Zeyu suddenly felt a bit flattered.

Because within the team, he was the one with relatively low combat power, so he always tried to help the team in various ways, maximizing his own value.

"Let's go. We'll enter the rift. Mu Yu, find the location of the Elf Team." Lu Heng waved forward, stepping towards the entrance of the Ice Disaster Rift.

"Okay."

Su Muyu nodded in agreement, releasing the Qingluan Divine Bird which flew into the rift first to scout.

The four proceeded together, as Su Muyu reported on the findings of the Qingluan Divine Bird along the way.

"The Abyssal Aura in the rift is indeed intense; it's the densest I've seen in such a broad area."

Not only Su Muyu, but Lu Heng and the others felt the overwhelming Abyssal Aura as they entered the rift.

Having gone through so many Abyss Battlefields, they were all too familiar with this aura.

Lin Zeyu swallowed, saying: "There wouldn't be an Abyss Pollution Source here, would there?"

After speaking, he brought up the task panel to check, confirming the second Challenge Task was [2, Find the Abyss Pollution Source, Clear the Pollution Source.]

From past experiences, as long as a Challenge Task included "Abyss Pollution Source," the world must have an Abyss Pollution Source, and it would be the kind about to erupt.

That is to say, there must be an Abyss Pollution Source about to erupt on the Queldorei Continent, and its appearance in the Ice Disaster Rift is not surprising.

Lu Heng wanted to recall more useful information, replaying in his mind the Elf Main City Fallen campaign he had experienced.

However, that time the Abyss Battlefield was fully engaged against the tidal Skeleton Army, the Main Quest failed, and there was no opportunity to complete the Challenge Task.

Therefore, in the previous battle of the fallen Elf Main City, the location of the Abyss Pollution Source was unknown.

Just as Lu Heng was lost in thought, Su Muyu reported: "Found the Elf Team, I'll go greet Elder Terres first."

"Okay, let's increase our pace to get there." Lu Heng said as he quickened his steps, moving forward.

In the rift ahead, ten kilometers in, an Elf Team was hacking at the ice layers blocking the rift with weapons.

The Qingluan Divine Bird flew down, speaking: "Elder Terres, we have arrived."

Terres turned around to see an impressively divine bird descend, one he hadn't seen before.

Since returning from the Elf World, the scouting eagle of Su Muyu had evolved into the Qingluan Divine Bird, looking very different from before.

However, Terres immediately recognized whose summoning this elegant creature was, saying: "Great, your arrival is sure to help out."

Lu Heng and the others quickly followed, and twenty kilometers into the Ice Disaster Rift, the ground and cliffs had increasingly thick ice layers, even starting to block the path.

Walking through, Lu Heng saw all the ice layers blocking the rift were shattered, forcefully broken with weapons.

The shattered ice extended five kilometers.

And the further they went, the thicker the ice became, as the Elf Clan Team almost dug a hole through ten meters of thick ice.

The frozen situation in the rift was far more severe than Lu Heng anticipated.

The hard ice surfaces were not the most troublesome; the most troublesome was the intense Abyssal Aura within the ice, making these ice layers semi-translucent black.

This meant the deeper into the rift they went, the denser the Abyssal Aura they inhaled, having a significant impact on living organisms.

Normal organisms, after absorbing a large amount of Abyssal Aura, would undergo varying degrees of mutation.

This mutation could be "positive" or could be "negative."