Victory Advances, Defeat Dies

Qi Wuyan's eyes lit up as he asked anxiously, "Senior Shi? Or... the gateway?"

Kui Muxiao fell silent for a moment before slowly saying, "The... gateway!"

"This..." Qi Wuyan's expression changed, and his tone grew exceedingly grave. "Senior Shi's fate is still unknown! I must trouble you, Senior Kui, to act once more. We must find Senior Shi's whereabouts."

Before he had finished speaking, Kui Muxiao flatly refused. "No...!"

Without waiting for Zhao Sheng and the other to question him, Kui Muxiao explained haltingly, "This... water... is... strange... I... cannot... hold... on... much... longer... Leave... quickly!"

Qi Wuyan's expression dimmed after hearing this, and his gaze soon fell upon Zhao Sheng.

"This is no place to linger. We should leave at once!" After pondering briefly, Zhao Sheng decisively abandoned the idea of searching for Shi Zhongyu.

After all, they had no prior friendship. They had gathered here solely because of Qi Wuyan. Why would he risk remaining in this place for a stranger?

Qi Wuyan silently nodded after hearing this and no longer tried to search for Shi Zhongyu. After all, that stone had brought disaster upon itself; no one else could be blamed.

A short while later, under Kui Muxiao's guidance, Zhao Sheng and Qi Wuyan followed the vines deeper beneath the sea and found a "gateway" at a depth of nearly a thousand zhang.

The gateway here was dark and utterly without light. Unless one touched it personally, there was no way to detect its presence.

Realizing this, Zhao Sheng could not help secretly counting himself fortunate. Had Kui Muxiao not been traveling with him, who knew when he would have discovered such a hidden gateway?

Qi Wuyan was the weakest among them and did not dare remain submerged in Weak Water for long. Thus, the moment he