This Had Come Too Suddenly
As soon as Xi Boyun finished speaking, a graceful figure had already appeared beside them from the inner room.
Ling Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows slightly as she looked ahead. "There's a stranger's presence."
Bi Fan nodded, gazing into the gloom not far ahead. He said quietly, "It seems there's more than one. They're moving neither especially fast nor especially slowly."
"What are you all standing around here for?" Jin Shanshan came out from inside and saw the three of them watching ahead with serious expressions. He immediately grew alert. "Is there another Beast Tide?"
The Giant Toothed Crocodile King, lying on the ground, raised his head with a grunt and shook it firmly.
Xi Boyun also denied it. "It's not a Beast Tide. They're human. There aren't that many of them."
"They're getting closer. We need to go take a look," Bi Fan said in a low voice.
"I'll go." Ling Xiaoxiao was about to leap into the air and set off, but someone grabbed her.
She frowned and turned around, only to see Bi Fan smiling. "I'd better go. It's more important for you to stay here and protect everyone."
She gave a soft snort, shook his hand off without a word, and went straight back inside.
The other two couldn't help giving him a thumbs-up. "Big brother, you really are something!"
Bi Fan could only smile wryly. Looking at Jin Shanshan, he said, "Come with me. Brother Xi, stay here. If anything happens, the formation will be more effective than any one person. Just try to buy as much time as you can."
"Okay." Xi Boyun nodded decisively. He glanced at the Giant Toothed Crocodile King on the ground and suggested, "Brother Bi, why not bring this fellow along too? He might help