At the sight of the exit's light, the frantically fleeing crowd was like drowning people on the verge of death suddenly clutching a lifeline. Powerful hope instantly appeared in their eyes, and they ran even faster.
Before the darkness behind them could catch up, every student still capable of running rushed out of the passageway.
Fortunately, the darkness within the passageway did not pour out after them. Once it had swallowed the entire passage, it stopped advancing.
As if blocked by an invisible wall, it left behind a blurry circular black stain on the stone wall behind them.
"Is everyone all right?"
Watching the darkness behind them settle, Ailisha let out a breath and began checking on her teammates.
"Not bad... I just used up some mana."
Mengduoluo, Luo Qi, Matt, and the others responded in turn. However, their team had three fewer members than when they arrived, leaving only six.
After observing for a while and confirming that they had truly escaped danger, the group finally had the leisure to inspect their surroundings.
They were currently in a vast underground hall. Unlike the Ruins Surface, there were not many signs of artificial carving here. Instead, it resembled a naturally formed enormous cavern.
The surroundings were utterly silent, and the air carried a strange scent like damp earth. A faint blue glow emanated from the cavern ceiling, seemingly originating from some peculiar Glowing Moss.
The door behind them was not set into a wall on one side of the hall, as they had imagined. Instead, it opened upon the surface of an incomparably massive Dark Stone Pillar.
The pillar resembled a stalactite in shape, except it was hundreds of times larger. The circular door from earlier was four or five meters tall, yet it did not look at all cramped