Chapter 39:
After the astral rift was completely opened around Kadman City, the surrounding spirit energy dissipated rapidly, or perhaps it’s more accurate to say it was crushed by the more ferocious astral spirit energy.
At this moment, the entire city was being dragged from the material world into the astral realm.
This process might be slow, but it was progressing steadily. The impact of spirit energy, coupled with the constant bombardment of dimensional meteorites, caused frequent and unpredictable earthquakes and landslides in the surrounding area.
The old horse Murphy was riding refused to go any further as they approached the city’s edge. Guided by its beastly instincts, it feared the rapidly changing city more than the whip in Murphy’s hand.
Under these circumstances, Murphy decisively chose to dismount and proceed on foot.
Before him, the massive city gate of Kadman City had already been torn apart by the rift cutting through the city. Chaotic astral spirit energy converged into black smoky tendrils, entangling the ruins on both sides of the streets like spider webs, shrouding the entire city in darkness, as if a massive sandstorm had swept across the desert and blocked out all light.
Astral spirit energy was still spirit energy, so it did not affect the mages’ ability to cast spells. In fact, because of its chaotic and disorderly nature, it even enhanced the destructive power of their spells.
The premise was that the “pampered” spirit mages from the material world could withstand the mental corruption that came with the astral spirit energy.
Murphy grasped the Blade of the Desire Clan and strode forward, sweeping away any obstructions with an enhanced Dark Blast spell.