Deep within an underground cavern in the Tagor Desert, Qing Lin waited anxiously. Before she knew it, Xiao Se had been gone for nearly two hours, yet there was still no sign of his return.
Moreover, half an hour earlier, the magma seemed to have erupted into turmoil. Fortunately, it soon calmed down again; otherwise, her petite, delicate body would have been swallowed by the magma.
Suddenly, a powerful and unfamiliar aura surged into Qing Lin's heart. It seemed to carry a trace of bloodshed. Clearly, the owner of this terrifying aura had killed many people—an enormous number of people.
Sensing the aura's owner rapidly approaching, Qing Lin was overwhelmed with mixed feelings, yet helpless. Despair could not help but rise in her heart.
She only had Three Stages of Dou Qi. In this world of magma, she could barely take a single step. If she returned the way she came, she might run straight into the owner of that aura. That would be no different from walking into a trap. Besides, she had a feeling that the owner of this powerful aura had already discovered her.
"Big Brother, come back quickly!"
In her despair, Qing Lin could only pray silently, hoping Xiao Se would return before the other party arrived. Then the two of them could hide inside the Vast Sea Bodyguard Cover, and even the owner of that aura would never be able to find them.
Inside the underground passage.
Within the pitch-black, smooth passageway, Medusa darted rapidly through the tunnels. Her palace was not particularly far from here, so it had taken her less than half an hour to reach the place where the aura of the strange flame had vanished.
The dark passage was so winding that she was certain: even if someone had obtained the