The black shadow turned into a wisp of smoke and shot into the underground passage beneath the mountain. Yet it did not charge at the Gao siblings. At the same time, the other black shadows halted their attacks and lingered around the storm.
With nothing left to fight, Gao Shaohui stopped wasting his strength. Panting, he stared at the black shadows before him. Even though he had prepared himself mentally, his heart still raced.
Especially that black shadow that had vanished—the voice was one he remembered. Wasn't that the Gao Family's Family Head?!
Gao Shaohui turned to look at Gao Manqiu. Seeing that she did not seem surprised at all, he immediately understood. Was the Gao Family hiding some earth-shattering secret?
What exactly was going on with the Gao Family's direct line?
They weren't human—were they all black shadows?
Gao Manqiu had no intention of explaining anything. Though everything before her was shocking, she had seen it once before while following Chu Han and had some guesses in her heart. Still, she had no idea how to make sense of it all.
Were these black shadows dead or alive? Human or ghost?
Gao Shaohui had stopped attacking, but Gao Manqiu remained on guard. The whirlwind around her kept spinning, preventing the black shadows in front of them from advancing.
Behind them stood the Assessment Stone Wall. Though she knew the Mysterious Family bloodline could not enter the Assessment Stone Wall, Gao Manqiu did not lower her guard.
Gao Shaohui's worldview had already collapsed, so he decided not to care about anything anymore and simply follow Gao Manqiu's lead. No matter how many strange things the Gao Family had hidden, it no longer mattered. Since he had already stood against the Gao Family's direct line, there was no turning back!
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