The explosives mixed with various aberration toxins detonated, wiping away the traces they had left around the ruins and creating a vast cloud of poison that thoroughly contaminated the area. Mixed into it was also a considerable amount of ash left behind after the Dissociation Technique had destroyed the alchemical items. 

Together, they would be more than enough to throw any Aether Chosen Ones attempting to track them off the trail for quite some time, sparing Xu Guan a great deal of trouble.

The journey continued in silence. The vehicle drove on for a long while before finally stopping in a corner of another ruined district. Ji Liu climbed out and draped a camouflage tarp over it, blending the truck almost perfectly into the surrounding piles of rubble.

Tong Shan let out a long exhale. He asked, “Is this place safe?” 

“Yes. After the latest shift, this place became one of the side paths that overlaps with the previous route. You can only get...