Oftentimes, being beautiful would give one an unfair advantage, and Michelle’s remarkable appearance dazzled everyone who caught sight of her. Few in the trial zone were willing to let someone stay beside them, but they would make an exception for Michelle.

Michelle looked around and saw that the surroundings were filled with darkness. This was the Dao of Purgatory that her sister, Mira, had mentioned before. It was the gathering grounds for Astral-6’s main forces . Michelle turned around and saw a range of towering black mountains off in the distance. If Lu Yin was there, then he would have instantly recognized it as Spear Mountain, where he had perished.

Michelle pondered her options for a moment before heading for Spear Mountain.

As she neared Spear Mountain, she was suddenly attacked by a black shadow. It was extremely fast, and Michelle’s expression changed as she instinctively stepped back to avoid its strike. Her eyebrows arched up. “A war spirit?”

Michelle had a much deeper understanding of the trial zones than Lu Yin. She immediately readied herself for battle when she identified the war spirit, already aware that it had no intelligence and would only battle mindlessly.

Suddenly, a sense of fatal crisis washed over her. It was not from the war spirit, and instead came from an entirely different direction. Michelle...