With a thud, the "giant" Soaring Serpent suddenly crashed to the bottom of the cliff and immediately shrank. Qin Yi was flung from her back and rolled a long way off.
It was merely the abruptness of the mismatch that had thrown him off. After all, Ye Ling's true form was actually very small; even a jolt could make someone lose their seat. It was not that the fall had hurt them badly. Qin Yi rolled over and swiftly rose, turning to see a snake over half a meter long sprawled unsteadily nearby, flapping its wings.
Over half a meter was not really that small, but compared to the enormous Soaring Serpent whose body had just stretched like rivers... it was even more exaggerated than the Howling Celestial Dog turning into a husky.
"What happened?" Qin Yi went over worriedly and touched her. "You weren't hurt in the fall, were you?"
"I—I got smaller, waah..." A childish girl's voice came from the snake's mouth.
"Stupid snake." Qin Yi said irritably, "You only looked big before; you weren't truly big. Did you even fool yourself?"
"Only when I look that big can I feel like I'm really powerful." Ye Ling lay on the ground without getting up, looking deeply dejected.
Qin Yi could not be bothered with her anymore and turned to survey the surroundings.
The fog was still thick and heavy, visibility extremely low. It was not quite so bad that one could not see their hand before their face, but anything beyond several meters was already indistinct. Qin Yi summoned wind to disperse the dense mist, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
White bones lay everywhere...
Human bones, beast bones.
Beside some human skeletons, Qin Yi spotted corroded swords and sabers, seemingly the curved blades commonly used in the Western