Luo Zheng stared at the path beneath those countless footprints, inwardly impressed.
Without the red mist revealing those footprints, finding this path would have been utterly impossible.
The human woman said something to another Red Ball, which then headed straight into the path.
Then the human woman turned back and smiled at Luo Zheng. "Please."
The path twisted and wound, making both entry and exit extremely inconvenient. She feared that Luo Zheng might turn and flee once she went in, or that a Moon Fire Slave might suddenly seize him. Neither was something she wanted to see.
Luo Zheng and Feng Ge exchanged a glance, then stepped onto the path.
The human woman had intended to bring up the rear, but Moon Fire Slave Number Twelve instantly compressed his body and slipped in behind Luo Zheng ahead of her.
The three sides had merely called a temporary truce. Deep down, they remained intensely wary of one another.
The human woman did not stop him. After Moon Fire Slave Number Thirteen entered, she brought up the rear.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
On either side of the path, the spreading red mist provoked the invisible footprints into a frenzy of stomping. The flat Gobi had long since been trampled to pieces; only the path beneath their feet remained intact.
The winding path was not particularly long. Following the Red Ball ahead, they passed through safely in just half an incense stick's time.
Once the human woman at the rear had also passed through, she emerged from the Red Ball again, held her palm beside her lips, and gently inhaled.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
All the red mist streamed into the human woman's mouth.
After the red mist vanished, the Heaven and Earth Qi Soul stopped attacking. The shattered, chaotic Gobi returned to its former