Although the traps in the passage were aimed at Players, most weren't especially destructive. After all, this passage ran beneath a mountain, and if it suffered too much damage, the entire mountain might collapse.
It didn't take Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu long to reach the heart of the mine. Broken puppets and puppet people lay scattered around, but a small trail of blood led away from the battle site and deeper inside.
The two exchanged a glance and were about to approach the passage when a cloud of gray dust suddenly billowed out from within. As it blocked their vision, a figure burst through it at high speed!
There was no need to guess who had come running out. Xu Huo was the first to seal the passage with a spatial barrier, while Big Mao, who had deliberately stayed behind, ignored the dust's interference. It leaped at the figure from the air and knocked him to the ground. A crisp crack of breaking bone rang out, and the next second, the man was sent flying back.
Duan Cheng, hurtling toward Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu, forcibly changed direction midair. But he had already been injured fighting the puppet people, and the stone lion had broken his arm. The double blow had slowed him considerably, while the dust had failed to do what he'd hoped. So when he landed and hadn't even regained his footing, a black knife was already at his throat.
Unable to leave the Dungeon and trapped in such a narrow place, Duan Cheng had nowhere to run. He immediately raised both hands in surrender. "Let's talk this out."
Yan Jiayu picked up the overturned lamp and deliberately held it in front of his face. "So it's you."
Duan Cheng's expression darkened. "Since you followed Li Kun