"Did you hear something?"
The Slender Woman stopped and looked back at the narrow passage behind them. The cavern had widened here, and the strange echoes had disappeared.
"What kind of sound?"
The young man looked back but noticed nothing unusual.
"Hard to say."
"Did you notice anything, sir?"
The woman turned to Jiang Qiao.
"Of course."
Jiang Qiao said with a perfectly straight face, "A few unlucky souls at the back have been corrupted by evil spirits. They might be planning to attack us when we let our guard down."
"What?!"
The woman and the young man were shocked and hurried to turn back and investigate.
But just then...
A commotion broke out among the group.
"Damn it!"
"Evil spirits!"
"Kill them!"
Amid the furious shouts, patches of thick shadow, deeper than the darkness itself, had appeared on the rock walls on either side. They seeped out silently, spreading toward the adventurers to engulf them.
Fortunately...
Everyone in the group was an experienced adventurer.
They remained alert to their surroundings at all times.
They spotted the things immediately and swiftly fought back!
"Hee hee hee hee—"
Amid sinister laughter, the patches of darkness seemed to become the adventurers' shadows. Every shift, every tug twisted the adventurers' bodies.
It was like looking into a funhouse mirror.
This was a terrifying attack! It could knead a person's body like dough, twisting it into a mass that was no longer human.
"Motherfuckers!"
"You dare mess with me?!"
"Kill them!"
"Beat them to death!"
The adventurers were no pushovers either. They unleashed their abilities, working together with practiced coordination.
It did not take long.
After a few exchanges, they had killed every last shadow.
They counted their numbers after the battle.
"Five missing."
"But they weren't lost in the fight."
"They were dragged