Before long.
The tremors in the ground stopped, and the rain began to ease.
The seven no longer needed to crouch slightly to steady their footing and avoid being shaken over.
"What was that? An earthquake? It didn't quite feel like one," Li Qingtian said, still shaken.
"Maybe some powerful beast is active nearby." Qian Xing nocked an arrow, scanning the surroundings as he spoke.
The moment they heard that a powerful beast might be nearby,
the other three from Qi Shen University immediately sharpened their focus, standing back-to-back in a combat formation.
Only Shen Huaiyue and the other two exchanged glances.
They were certain the quake had not been caused by a beast. It was most likely the aftershock from Su Luo's battle beneath the lake.
Seeing that Shen Huaiyue and the other two were still standing where they were,
Cao Yu'er hurriedly called out, "You three, get over here! There might be a dangerous, powerful beast nearby."
Shen Huaiyue waved her hand and replied with a smile,
"Big Sister Yu'er, that earthquake was probably caused by our captain fighting beneath the lake. You don't need to worry."
The four of them were stunned for a moment, then immediately relaxed.
Thinking about it carefully, their captain was a third-year student who could even chase down a Tier 6 Beast. Causing such a disturbance truly was not strange.
"Hahaha, so that's what it was. We were a little too jumpy. Sorry for making fools of ourselves," Li Qingtian said with a laugh, scratching his head.
"Haha, our captain really does make quite a commotion when he fights. You can't blame them for overthinking it," Shen Huaiyu said with a smile.
Li Qingtian looked up at the sky, feeling the gradually weakening rain.
Remembering the earth-shaking upheaval from earlier, he could