"Senior Brother Gu, it's too dangerous!" Zeng Shushu hurriedly said.
"It's fine. I know what I'm doing." After saying that, Gu Lin no longer hesitated. Taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield, while Shangguan Ce's attention was drawn to Qin Wuyan and the others,
his figure seemed to merge with the shadows as he silently bypassed the main battlefield and slipped into the mysterious passage leading underground from another direction.
The passage extended downward, dark and damp, completely unlike the scorching atmosphere outside.
Even older and stranger runes were carved into the stone walls, radiating a faint sealing power.
The deeper he went, the denser the ancient, sinister aura in the air became.
After walking for about the time it took to burn an incense stick, a faint glimmer appeared ahead. Gu Lin concealed his aura and carefully approached.
At the end of the passage lay a vast underground cavern.
At its center was not the treasure he had imagined, but eight thick Mysterious Fire Chains covered in runes, tightly binding a white figure!
It was a woman—or rather, a demon that had taken human form.
She wore a simple white dress, yet it could not conceal her peerless elegance.
Her beauty did not lose out to Lu Xueqi's cold, otherworldly grace. Instead, she possessed an added maturity and a languid charm.
However, her face was pale and her aura weak. The eight Mysterious Fire Chains, burning with faint flames, pierced through her limbs and torso, pinning her firmly in place so that she could not move.
Most striking of all were the faint phantoms of nine fluffy, immaculate white fox tails swaying painfully behind her.
A Nine-Tailed Sky Fox!
Gu Lin's heart jolted as he instantly recognized the identity of the imprisoned figure.
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