At this moment.
A towering Iron Stone Monster, eight meters tall and seemingly quite powerful, quickly climbed over along the rock wall.
Hearing the commotion, Mao Xiao Miao immediately turned to look.
The Iron Stone Monster greeted her rather amiably. "Little one, I'm the new leader. My name is Giant Hard."
Mao Xiao Miao blinked her cat eyes, feeling that the name somehow did not sound very proper.
Giant Hard asked again, "We're continuing onward now, heading into the deeper caverns below. Do you want to come with us?"
The cat-eared girl answered firmly, "Of course!"
Giant Hard pointed to his shoulder. "Come on."
Mao Xiao Miao scampered up in a few quick movements and once again sat on the Stone Giant's shoulder.
Compared to the first time.
Only a few minutes had passed.
Yet her mood was completely different.
The cat-eared girl wanted to do something, but she had no idea what she should do. It left her with a profound sense of helplessness.
Giant Hard seemed to notice her mood and said, "Little one, you don't need to worry about us."
He paused, then added, "When we received the Mountain God's summons, we already knew that we might die in this cross-realm war."
Mao Xiao Miao softly said, "If you hadn't encountered that despicable betrayal, you wouldn't have died."
Giant Hard spoke as though life and death meant little to him. "If we die on the battlefield, we can return to the Mountain God's embrace sooner."
The cat-eared girl fell silent.
After a while.
The group finally approached the entrance to the Underground Cave.
This place was already completely shrouded in darkness, without the slightest bit of light.
Mao Xiao Miao blinked. Her pupils naturally widened, and an extremely faint Green Light shone from her eyes. Everything became