"Let's go! Follow this old man down! Whether it's a mule or a horse, we'll know once we take it for a walk!"
With a grand wave of his hand, Lou Gao took the lead into the deep cave entrance. The torchlight instantly stretched his burly shadow across the uneven cave walls, where it swayed unsteadily.
"Yogi!"
Although Larvitar hadn't smelled anything tasty, the thrill of adventure immediately replaced his confusion. His short limbs pushed off, and like a gray bolt of lightning, he instantly shot past Lou Gao and rushed to the front of the group!
His scarlet eyes shone like two small lamps in the darkness, vigilantly scanning ahead. At the same time, the claws that could easily tear through rock did not rest.
"Rustle, rustle, rustle—"
"Crack! Crash—"
Larvitar began "reinforcing" and "clearing" the jagged-edged tunnel that the Black-patterned Profound Rock Python had violently excavated.
He nimbly shaved away overly sharp rock edges with his claws, swept loose rubble aside, and even carved shallow anti-slip patterns into steep or slick sections.
His movements were efficient and precise, like those of a born Mine Engineer. He forcibly transformed the Savage Passage left behind by the giant beast into a "Simple Tunnel" that was still primitive, but safe enough for two people to pass through.
With Larvitar clearing the way ahead, Lin Xia and Lou Gao's downward path was indeed much smoother.
However, as they continued deeper, the passage was far from a simple route downward.
The Black-patterned Profound Rock Python's method of Digging was extremely crude and utterly irregular.
The tunnel began to twist and wind, like the traces left by a giant python burrowing underground while wildly writhing its body.
What made things even more troublesome was that after they had gone deeper for about an hour,