The earth suddenly shook, causing the rainwater flowing on the ground to fly into the air.
The source of the tremor was unknown, but the force infused into the earth was exceptionally terrifying.
As the sound faded and the thrown-up rainwater fell back to the ground, a low rumble still echoed in Law's ears.
That loud noise, like an earth-shattering event, made his ears ache.
He had no time to focus on the unknown entity split in two by his Aura Slash.
In less than a moment, another loud noise came. Law's face twitched, this time, he clearly heard the direction the sound came from, but his ears were already somewhat sore.
"Go, quickly."
Law patted Kuro beneath him. The latter stepped on air, heading into the cold rain toward an unknown distance.
Glancing back hurriedly, he looked toward the ground. Two unidentified masses were stirring the rainwater, forming a distorted state, seemingly trying to merge together, slowly moving toward each other.
They looked very much like insects cut in two, twisting their bodies based on a faint connection, trying to reunite.
Law coldly stared at the unknown entity that had finally taken a more visible form. If he didn't need to find shelter from the rain as soon as possible, he would have chopped the unknown entity into pieces until it disappeared.
The distance gradually increased, and his vision blurred.
Law shifted his gaze to the right, where the loud noise had come from.
Through the dense rain curtain, he could vaguely make out a towering, motionless humanoid mountain.
Law narrowed his eyes. He wondered to himself, 'Had the rainwater flowing on the ground been thrown up because that humanoid mountain had taken a couple of steps?'
Whatever it was, one couldn't judge whether the Dark Continent was a forbidden zone for life, but one thing was undeniable-
The Dark Continent was absolutely a forbidden zone for humans. Here, there were countless Hopes and Calamities.
Indeed, every Hope could potentially bring great benefits to the human world, but every Calamity was also like a deadly germ, capable of destroying the human world through gradual erosion.
'V5's cautious attitude toward the Dark Continent was correct. When vast benefits faced extreme threats, humans could still suppress their desires.'
Cold raindrops hit Law's face, shattering into glistening fragments.
Law looked ahead, complex emotions arising within him.
The sky was filled with motionless red clouds, as if a red light bulb was hidden within the layers, spilling patches of red light.
There was no lightning or thunder, only a storm covering heaven and earth from all directions.
There was a vast expanse of black marshland adjacent to a giant mushroom forest. The terrain was flat and easily observable, emitting a nauseating stench.
In the center of the marsh, there were acorn-shaped houses floating on the black mud, arranged without any rules, even somewhat messy. The houses varied in size.
The houses were built with a mix of wood and stone. Looking around, not a single closable window could be found. The overall appearance was quite rough, with a base like a saucer supporting the entire acorn house.
The marsh was like black, hard cement. The rainwater falling from the sky couldn't raise even a ripple on the black mud, nor did it accumulate on the surface.
However, a giant beast strayed into the area and sank into the black mud within seconds without even a bubble emerging.
Near the top of the acorn houses, polished transparent crystal pieces were embedded, each about the size of a door. Regardless of their size, every house had nine pieces embedded.
Raindrops fell on the roof of the houses, turning into streams that slid over the crystal pieces, blurring the pairs of eyes gazing intently at the sky.
To the right of the marshland, thousands of kilometers away, was a sea of sand with an integrated area larger than the Six Continents.
Not a desert, but a sea of sand.
There, no rocks or plants could be seen, nor were there sand dunes… only a mirror-like, calm sea of sand where countless creatures swam.
A sandworm with a volume comparable to a World Tree sapling stood upright with its upper body, like a benchmark, towering over the sea of sand.
Its light gray body was covered with menacing mouthparts. Around its neck, near its head, was a circle of dense red whiskers. On its head, there are two antennae.
On its entire face, the spiral mouthpiece with densely packed sharp teeth occupied two-thirds of the area.
Several thousand meters away from the sandworm, a team of nearly a hundred buoyant creatures, resembling enlarged fleas, floated on the sea of sand. Their backs were highly raised, like balloons filled with a large amount of gas.
This team of buoyant fleas seemed to have set their sights on the whiskered sandworm, even though their size was only about one percent of the sandworm's.
To the left of the marshland, hundreds of kilometers away, was the giant mushroom forest. Each mushroom had a different color, with flat caps large enough to blot out the sun.
Countless spikes grew on the mushroom stems, entangled like interlocking fangs.
On these spikes hung tough white silk threads, with cocoon-like objects of various colors hanging from the bottom.
Heavy rain fell, sliding down the edges of the caps, turning into vertical lines of rain falling toward the ground.
On the ground, not an inch of sand could be seen… only decaying leaves accumulated over who knows how long. Looking around, movements could often be seen in the leaf piles as various types of beetle-like creatures moved through them.
In the distance beyond the mushroom forest were continuous majestic mountains. Rock lifeforms were everywhere, and there were even spherical rock bodies suspended directly in mid-air.
Three volcanoes stood at the center of the mountain range, with smoke rising gently from the craters. Even the falling rainwater had to give way.
The temperature inside the volcanoes was astonishing. The rainwater didn't even have a chance to get close before turning into steam mid-air, blending into the rising volcanic smoke.
On the stone walls near the volcano craters, there were countless sparkling crystals, seemingly already carved by nature. Each crystal had distinct edges and corners, and the glow of the magma reflected on them, stunningly beautiful.
Looking from the volcano top toward the right sloping direction, a giant pink flamingo could be seen strolling on flat ground as if walking in a backyard, leisurely and unhurried. However, as it walked, it might crush many creatures underfoot.
Past the flat ground was an endless sea of trees. Traveling from one end to the other edge, there was also a mountain range, and the World Tree was rooted there.
The positions of the tree sea and the flamingo were like the left and right points at the base of a triangle, with the other point being the location of the humanoid giant mountain… also the area where Law and the others were.
It wasn't a mountain but a giant humanoid entity covered entirely in body hair.
The dense fur covered every inch, revealing nothing, including eyes and mouth.
Those two earth-shattering movements were also made by the giant because he took two steps.
The total area of this region combined was over twenty times that of the Six Continents, yet it was only about one-tenth of the eastern part of the Dark Continent.
Law was heading toward the location of the World Tree, unaware that the World Tree was extremely far away. It was only because of its immense size that he could see it.
To reach the World Tree, they would have to cross the endless sea of trees.
This heavy rain prevented them from seeing too far and observing their surroundings, but it also served as their camouflage.
As expected, they arrived safely at the edge of the sea of trees.