Before Zhou Kui could react, she whipped the long sword from her back.
The sword's gleam was like a pool of autumn water, cold and resolute.
She didn't charge toward the secret passage. Instead, she turned and faced the indescribable monster!
"Beast, you're asking for death!"
She had to deal with the monster first, or at least hold it off, before she could get Zhou Kui out of there!
"Roar!"
The monster seemed enraged by Yun Chan's sword intent. Dozens of blood-red eyes fixed on her at once, and it opened its cavernous maw, spewing a foul-smelling stream of green venom.
Yun Chan's figure drifted like willow fluff in the wind, nimbly evading the venom.
The venom splattered across the ground and walls, hissing as it corroded them and sending up billows of black smoke.
"What are you standing there for? Get away!" Yun Chan shouted at Zhou Kui without looking back.
The shout jolted Zhou Kui into action. He scrambled to his feet and tumbled behind a somewhat sturdier support pillar, peeking out with half his head as he watched in a trembling daze.
As he watched Yun Chan's strong, agile figure, there wasn't a trace of gratitude in his eyes. Instead, a hint of resentment flashed through them.
Why?
Why were you so strong, yet you didn't take me with you first?
Why keep fighting that monster?
Did you want me to die here too?
The selfishness and baseness of human nature were laid bare in that moment.
BOOM!!!
An unprecedented crash came from far behind them.
Even through the thick layers of rock, Lu Yuan felt the stone steps beneath his feet jolt!
The entire secret passage twisted and shuddered like a serpent lashed by tremendous force!
It's here!
Lu Yuan stopped abruptly and gripped the