"Nuclear radiation?"
Ye Feng stopped and turned his head, looking at Xue Yuli with some confusion.
"Mm!"
Xue Yuli nodded and caught up, pointing to the Barrett that had shot the bald hyena's hind leg.
"Moreover, not everyone in the Skull Society has a blood-changing device. It's common to share one,"
"The bald hyena being able to carry one himself must mean he has a close relationship with the Skull Society!"
Jiang Shishan frowned and analyzed.
"Big brother, did we just get exposed to radiation too? Will our blood also dry up?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's worried voice sounded.
"Don't worry, Xiao Xiao. The radiation I'm talking about only affects the area within the radiation cloud!"
"If you don't go there, you won't be exposed to this special radiation!"
Xue Yuli chimed in, pointing to a gray, abrupt patch of sky in the distance.
"Phew~ So that's how it is~!"
Xiao Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed.
"By the way, Ye Feng, did you notice? This area is strange. My... my senses seem to be suppressed!"
"That bald hyena just now was gnawing on a corpse, and the sound wasn't small. I should have discovered him long ago!"
"But Xiao Xiao was the first to discover him!"
Jiang Shishan looked at the large swathes of white bones around them, his brow furrowed tightly.
"This area is indeed very strange. My eyes seem to dislike looking at things... the more I look, the more tired I feel..."
"My ears too... We didn't talk much on the way here... but honestly, I felt annoyed and even wanted to cover my ears!"
Xue Yuli nodded in agreement, "In this area, our bodies seem to become lazy, unwilling to observe and listen to the movements around us!"
Ye Feng frowned slightly and looked at Xiao Xiao, asking, "Xiao Xiao, do you have any strange feelings?"
"Hmm... No~"
Xiao Xiao turned her head and looked around for a moment, then shook her head.
"I had the feeling you guys described at first, but the arcane energy in my body moved a little, and then it was fine!~"
Ye Feng turned to look at Xue Yuli and Jiang Shishan.
"Ye Feng, you've awakened your innate arcane energy?"
Hearing this, Jiang Shishan stared at Ye Feng in astonishment. "What's going on with you, Ye Feng? How can I not sense any arcane energy fluctuations from you?"
"Uh... Can we leave here first?"
At this moment, Xue Yuli, who was covering her ears, interrupted them with a frown.
"Okay!"
As soon as Xue Yuli finished speaking, Jiang Shishan quickly agreed, as he felt the same discomfort.
So the four of them walked towards the place where Xue Yuli sensed the peculiar water-attribute arcane energy. This time, their pace was much faster.
...
About two hours later,
Ye Feng and the other three stopped and rested by a large rock.
"Damn, that oppressive feeling is finally gone!"
Jiang Shishan stretched his body and looked back towards their previous direction, a look of relief on his face.
"Is it the mental burden caused by the large number of white bones?"
Looking at the noticeably fewer human skeletons around them, and then at the densely packed, layered white bones in the direction they came from, Ye Feng asked, perplexed.
"It shouldn't be... This area is weird. There's something special on it that suppresses people's senses, both visually and audibly... even the perception of arcane energy..."
At the end of his sentence, Jiang Shishan frowned again. "Ye Feng, you've really awakened your innate arcane energy? That strange suppression was too strong just now. I didn't sense it carefully, but now... I still can't sense it..."
"What's the attribute of your arcane energy? Let me see!"
Saying that, Jiang Shishan looked at Ye Feng with curiosity.
"Uh... My arcane energy doesn't seem to have an attribute!~"
As Ye Feng finished speaking, a faint white light appeared on his finger.
"This..."
Jiang Shishan leaned in to observe closely.
After a long while, he spoke, "Your arcane energy indeed seems to have no attribute... But don't be discouraged. It's amazing that you've awakened it. I thought at your age, there was no hope anymore..."
"..."
Ye Feng's mouth twitched. Was this person comforting him or discouraging him...
"Sister Xue, what are you looking at?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's clear voice reached Ye Feng's ears.
"Yuli, which direction should we go next?"
Ye Feng also walked towards Xue Yuli and asked.
Although Xue Yuli had suggested resting here, she wasn't resting. Instead, she was looking around, occasionally creating water splashes in the air with her arcane energy, and closing her eyes as if sensing something.
"The peculiar water-attribute arcane energy I sensed is above!"
Saying that, Xue Yuli pointed to the sky with some embarrassment.