"Protect Young Master and leave first!"
Fifth Uncle spoke with a grave expression. "I'll draw that beast away."
Sixth Uncle let out a heavy sigh. "I'm skilled in movement techniques. I should be the one to go."
Fourth Uncle said with a stern face, "There's a wall every three steps and a pillar every five. You can't make use of your movement technique here. None of you are to leave the group on your own. We'll retreat together."
Fifth Uncle glanced at Su Snake as it gradually crept closer, fear chilling his heart. "If we head back and run into those forces pursuing us, we'll be at a great disadvantage."
Sixth Uncle agreed. "Even if we don't run into them, a single beast blocking the way could still throw us into a dangerous situation."
Fourth Uncle said in a deep voice, "Running into them may instead benefit us. When the time comes, we can divert disaster eastward and perhaps escape beneath Su Snake's very nose."
As they spoke, faint sounds of fighting suddenly came from behind them.
The group exchanged glances, then moved toward the source of the noise.
As they moved, Su Snake abruptly quickened its crawling speed.
Clearly, after locking onto their aura earlier, it had intended to ambush them on instinct as a snake, which was why it had not made much noise while approaching.
Elsewhere.
Lu Feng and the others had also witnessed Su Snake smashing through the stone from afar. Seeing that it was not heading in their direction, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
At this point, there were fewer and fewer snakes and pythons along their path, but stone carvings of all kinds of soul beasts were becoming increasingly numerous.
They once again found traces left by Ye Fan—a silver needle nailed