"Nangong Xue! Wait here. I'll go out and scout the area, then come right back!" Chen Mo said.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Nangong Xue grabbed him, leaned close to his ear, and breathed softly against it, making him feel a warm current of air.
She whispered, "Just call me Axue."
Chen Mo immediately got a headache. At a time like this, she was still freaking particular about what he called her. A woman's thoughts really were impossible to guess!
But Chen Mo could neither argue nor say anything else. He could only nod and say, "All right! Axue, hide here and don't make a sound. I'll go check things out and come back for you."
"Okay!" Nangong Xue nodded in the darkness. Though she truly did not want Chen Mo to leave her at that moment, she knew this was not the time to be willful. She could only nod reluctantly.
Besides, she was genuinely frightened now. Behind her was a pitch-black cave, as if something terrifying inside were watching her, ready to pounce on her whenever she let her guard down.
Chen Mo had even told her to switch off her headlamp. If she were alone, it really felt like having just watched a horror movie at night—like every dark place was hiding a freaking ghost!
While Nangong Xue was still reluctant to part with him, Chen Mo seized an opening and flashed out.
He swiftly vaulted over a mound of earth and concealed himself in the shadows. Now was the time to show what he could do!
He directly took Formation Bases out from Inside Universe Bead, infused them with True Essence, and activated them one by one. Since he was behind the dirt mound and beside a tree, the light emitted by the Formation