In the Australian outback, large groups of "suicidal pilgrims" appeared on a highway, shouting that they wanted to "face divine judgment." They were promptly dragged into a chasm by a Tier Fourteen Earth Demon Abyss Demon.
On the banks of the Ganges River in India, hundreds of ascetics refused to enter the Underground Cities. They chanted in the black mist until a Tier Nineteen Void Soul-Devouring Leech appeared and sucked their brains dry, leaving only mummified corpses sitting with palms pressed together in prayer...
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As the black mist shrouded the planet, countless Exotic Beasts plummeted from the sky all across Earth.
