After hearing Xuan Che out, Yu Sheng couldn't help thinking more deeply, and he also formed more suspicions about the Holy Ascetic Society's activities in The Crossroads.
But a faint sound that suddenly arose in the mist interrupted his thoughts.
"Plap." It sounded like someone stepping into standing water.
Yu Sheng immediately looked toward the source of the sound, but all he saw was milky-white mist slowly surging and flowing in the distance.
The ground around them was completely dry. There wasn't any standing water, let alone anyone walking through the mist while stepping in it.
Yet the more this was the case, the more alert Yu Sheng became.
An abnormal sound had appeared in an environment visible to the naked eye. That could only mean that something "unreasonable" was slowly drawing near.
"The sky is getting darker." Huli muttered softly beside him.
After the fox girl pointed it out, Yu Sheng immediately noticed the change in the sky as well.
When they had left, it was still broad daylight in Boundary City in reality. Thus, the "Mist City," which always "corresponded" to the real Boundary City, was also in daytime. Despite the heavy fog, the sky had still been visibly bright. Yet at some point, that bright sky had begun rapidly darkening.
It was as though thick dark clouds had covered the sky above the dense mist.
Yu Sheng frowned. Just then, he heard that strange sound again: plap.
The sound of footsteps splashing through standing water appeared once more—and this time, it was closer!
Almost at the same moment, he heard a second sound, then a third!
Plap, plap. The successive footsteps instantly grew dense, coming from multiple directions, some near and some far.
An inexplicable intuition surfaced in Yu Sheng's heart. He abruptly turned toward the mist