After Chen Mo finished digging, he chuckled and put away the Green Jade Sword before turning back.
With Nangong Xue absent, he could freely use certain items, just like before. He could excavate with the Green Jade Sword without using his hands, guiding it directly with his Spiritual Sense, then use the Universe Bead to collect the dug-up rocks and the like. It was fast and produced hardly any dust—simply unbelievably efficient.
If Nangong Xue had been there, he would have cried! Not only would he have had to dig by hand, but it would have wasted time. With a passage nearly several meters thick like this, it would definitely have taken several hours to excavate!
Not long after he started back, Chen Mo heard gunshots. "Bang! Bang!"
Chen Mo immediately sped up. Gunshots meant something had definitely happened! But when he had told Nangong Xue to wait for him, he had thoroughly inspected the area. His Spiritual Sense had swept through every place, and he had found nothing suspicious. Why were there gunshots?
Could there have been some other accident he had not seen, or something else?
Chen Mo pushed his speed to the limit and sprinted forward. His current speed was his true speed, close to that of a Xiantian Martial Artist—extremely fast!
A few minutes later, Chen Mo heard Nangong Xue shouting from the passage!
His heart tightened with anxiety. He immediately took out a Body Evasion Talisman and a Swiftness Talisman from the Universe Bead and used them on himself, doubling his speed once more! Then he flashed past like a flying arrow.
A gunshot rang out. Just as Chen Mo emerged from the passage, Nangong Xue nearly shot him. If he had not dodged quickly, the bullet might really have hit him.
Chen Mo broke