Sudden Upheaval at the Border

The Yin Soul Wind in the gorge returned to its previous pale gray, still bitterly cold, but the violence and aggression contained within it had greatly diminished.

Those giant, heart-palpitating eyes never appeared again.

Clearly, that "Nightmare" had been frightened off by the Dragon Soul Mirror and did not dare show itself again anytime soon.

"Move! Now, while we can!" Lu Chen's voice was hoarse, yet carried an unquestionable resolve.

As though waking from a dream, the others suppressed their shock and lingering fear. They hurriedly helped Lu Chen up and rushed toward the exit at the other end of the gorge at top speed.

This time, nothing obstructed them.

About the time it took an incense stick to burn later, the view ahead suddenly opened up, and faint starlight spilled down—they had finally charged out of Ghost Wind Gorge!

Looking back, the pitch-black, savage gorge entrance still exuded an unsettling aura, like the maw of some colossal beast.

Yet their hearts brimmed with the relief of surviving a catastrophe, as well as boundless reverence for the upright figure before them.

Once again, it was Lord Lu who had led them through a desperate impasse.

"My lord, are you all right?" Gu Mingxuan asked anxiously.

"I'm fine. I merely expended too much."

Lu Chen swallowed several restorative pills and regulated his breathing for a while. Some color gradually returned to his face.

He glanced at the jade box containing the mother gu, still clenched tightly in his hand, his gaze resolute. "We still have some distance to the border. We cannot relax. Keep moving and rendezvous with the reception force as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

After a brief rest, the group confirmed their direction and once more vanished into the vast mountain forests, pressing steadily toward Great Xia's border.

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