"Hiss!" Zhou Zixing was the first to wake up. He quietly sucked in a sharp breath, though the sound was very, very soft.
He did not open his eyes immediately. Instead, he silently assessed his body and found that, aside from some discomfort in his back from lying down, everything else seemed fine. No part of his body gave him any feedback of injury, which eased his mind considerably.
Recalling the moment before he had lost consciousness, the Jade-colored Skeleton must have been the one who knocked him out.
But why was he unharmed? Could it be that the skeleton had only intended to knock him unconscious? And after knocking him out, why had it not killed him?
The more he thought about it, the more cautious he became. He still did not open his eyes, instead listening carefully to the movements around him.
Yet aside from the wind sound, there were no other sounds.
Hm? Wind sound? What was going on? How could there be wind in the cave hall?
Finally, after sensing no danger nearby, he opened his eyes.
But to his surprise, he saw nothing when he opened them. Everything before him remained pitch-black.
What was going on?
Zhou Zixing's mind was full of question marks. He knew nothing and understood nothing. All his eyes could see was darkness. Feeling that he was lying on the ground, he slightly raised his head to look around, but still could not make out his surroundings.
However, he guessed that he was no longer in the cave hall, but somewhere else. After all, there should not have been wind sound in the cave hall.
In truth, Zhou Zixing saw nothing but darkness because it was nighttime. There was no moon in The Valley, nor was there any other illumination, so