Wang Wu had no idea what was happening outside, but the entire earth was like soft bread, being crazily kneaded by a pair of invisible giant hands.
A thunderous rumble resounded from above all the way down below, then echoed back up from below to the surface.
It continued for nearly a dozen seconds before finally subsiding.
"Third Brother, what happened? The road back is gone, Big Brother was buried alive, and we've been buried alive too! Wuwuwu! We're going to die!"
Little Mountain Pig trembled like a sieve, on the verge of collapsing into despair.
Wang Wu was likewise seized by immense fear, because a possibility had suddenly occurred to him.
"Could it be that the Human cultivators have already attacked? That was one of those giant fireballs!"
"You mean the Human cultivators unleashed Heavenly Annihilation? How did they get here so fast? No, Third Brother, I'll help you determine the direction. We need to hurry back and reunite with Big Brother, or it'll be too late."
Little Mountain Pig was so anxious it stomped its feet.
Then Wang Wu pinned it down with one paw!
"Pighead, calm down. You're only a little demon that just advanced to the Eighth Rank. Other than digging underground, what else can you do with that pathetic strength?"
"Old Ox is clearly about to condense an Aperture-Opening Demon Core. It also has a Seventh Rank bonded Spirit Vine, and it's at the Tree Heart. It won't go hungry or thirsty there. It doesn't need us to save it, and with the environment around the Tree Heart, a collapse won't affect it!"
"On the contrary, we need to save ourselves!"
"What about Big Brother? What if it panics, loses its head, and rushes over to save us? Then it'll get trapped underground, lose its