"Fuck your mother—why is there a cave here?" Yu Xiaogang cursed aloud, rubbing the bald back of his head.
Yet the instant he opened his eyes, a hideous human face filled his vision.
In that moment, Yu Xiaogang was so frightened he lost control of his bladder and bowels, then screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Gh-ghost! A ghost!"
Yu Xiaogang's shriek echoed through the silent Star Dou Forest, sounding especially piercing.
Hearing the noise, Flender and Tang San immediately rushed to the edge of the cave and looked down.
The depths of the cave were pitch-black; they could only faintly make out Yu Xiaogang's figure struggling below.
"Xiaogang! Are you all right?"
Flender shouted anxiously as he released his martial soul, preparing to jump down and save him.
Tang San, however, stood off to the side, his gaze cold, with no intention of making a move.
He swept his Purple Demon Eye through the depths of the cave, as if searching for something.
Because Yu Xiaogang had mentioned a "ghost" in that scream just now, it stirred something in Tang San's mind.
Strange things were hardly rare in the depths of Star Dou Forest, but anything capable of scaring Yu Xiaogang could not be ordinary.
He guessed it might be some special kind of Soul Beast.
"Dean Flender, be careful. There may be danger below," Tang San reminded him in an indifferent tone, a trace of coldness in his voice.
After all, he was wishing Yu Xiaogang would die in the jaws of a Soul Beast.
Flender nodded, but he misunderstood Tang San's meaning and jumped down without hesitation.
His martial soul was the Cat Eagle, allowing him to fly, and his eyesight was astonishing.
Looking up, he discovered a black spider pinning Yu Xiaogang beneath it.
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