"I wasn't scared." Seeing Lin Li make fun of her, Su Yue immediately puffed out her magnificent chest and said fearlessly.
"Good. Let's go in!" Lin Li said, striding into the dim woods.
"Uh..." Su Yue hesitated for a moment. Seeing Lin Li walk farther away, she quickly followed.
Deep in the woods, many places were pitch-black, making it impossible to see the path beneath their feet.
Lin Li could use his supernatural ability to create a fireball for illumination, but considering how conspicuous that would be, he decided not to for the time being.
With a thought, the flashlight he had placed on Mysterious Small Island instantly appeared in his hand.
Lin Li turned on the flashlight, and its beam immediately shot out, landing on the ground and illuminating a small patch of it.
"You had a flashlight—why didn't you take it out sooner?" Su Yue came to Lin Li's side. She hadn't been able to see the path just now, so she had been walking extremely carefully, moving at a snail's pace.
"Here." Lin Li handed her the flashlight in his hand, then took out another one.
With the flashlights' help, the two of them quickened their pace slightly through the woods.
"Phew..."
A breeze blew, making the trees sway. Their lush branches and leaves collided with one another, rustling as some leaves fell from the branches and flew toward Lin Li and Su Yue.
"Smack."
Lin Li raised his hand and slapped away the leaf flying toward him, then stopped.
The next second, someone crashed into him.
"Ah!"
Su Yue let out a cry of surprise, then glared at Lin Li and complained, "Why did you suddenly stop? You made me bump into you."
"Look. What's that?" Lin Li pointed at the ground not far ahead.
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