It wasn’t every day you saw energy existing in both liquid and gaseous forms. The pool churned and bubbled like water filled with dry ice, continuously radiating dense miasma.

“That place is dangerous,” Aria warned. “This isn’t… ordinary miasma.”

Her words confirmed my suspicions.

Is there a difference between the miasma emanating from monsters and the miasma of the Demon Realm itself?

It was like comparing oxygen in its natural state to pure oxygen. Normally, oxygen is essential for life when mixed with other gases, but pure oxygen can be toxic.

Similarly, this pool seemed to be filled with a …