There were only three of them, while we had five, and all five of us were stronger than they were. The key was that they could not split up. That way, Qin Song could keep tracking them. But if they scattered in three different directions, we would have no choice but to split into three groups as well.
Once we split up, we could run into all kinds of unknown factors. What worried me most was whether they had reinforcements in these woods. If they did, then everything would become uncertain again.
Qin Song led us in pursuit toward the eastern side of the woods, but after about a hundred meters, he stopped, his face full of shock and confusion.
"What is it?"
"Gone... they're gone!" he said.
Jiang Xiaohui patted him on the shoulder. "Explain yourself. What do you mean, gone?"
Qin Song looked at us. "They disappeared. They suddenly disappeared. I can't sense their presence anymore, just like Wu Kaishan before."
I frowned. What was going on?
Wu Kaishan had suddenly vanished without a trace before. Now, the same thing had happened after we chased those three into these woods.
Could they have done something to stop Qin Song from sensing them?
That was possible.
But I did not think it was very likely. After all, this tracking method only worked on their own people. Those three should not have used such a method. They would have wanted their own people to find them, so they could have more help.
I could not help thinking of Wu Kaishan.
I asked, "Could Wu Kaishan have done this?"
Qin Song froze for a moment. After thinking it over, he said, "That really is possible. His methods are beyond anything I can imagine. He's very powerful. Otherwise, he couldn't have escaped