Meow?

After they had more or less finished everything, Lin Yun and the others used Kanna's teleportation to reach the outside of the barrier.

Although this barrier couldn't block Kanna's probing, they had decided it was safer to teleport straight outside, just in case something interfered along the way.

With Arcane Sight, Lin Yun could now see a wall not far away. It looked like an ordinary stone wall... except it was perfectly square, like a modern-day dead end. No matter how he looked at it, something seemed off...

Anyway, now that they'd found it, things would be simple.

"Dispel." Given how close they were, Lin Yun didn't even need to use Dispel Magic. He simply held out one hand. As the Priest of the Eye of Omniscience and a wielder of the Magic Domain, all Lin Yun needed was a single Dispel.

Blue energy flickered in Lin Yun's hand, and the stone wall slowly vanished like an illusion.

"I can smell that scent now. That stinking, cat-like smell." Little Dog's nose twitched, and a battle-hungry smile appeared on his face.

"Good. This should make a decent signal. I'm sure Sesshomaru can smell it too. Let's make that scent the bugle call for our counterattack." Lin Yun spoke with a smile.

"Ohhh!" With Silly Big Girl cheering beside them, Lin Yun and the others charged inside.

Beyond the barrier wasn't the castle itself, but a forest.

The forest was completely silent. Clearly, under the Leopard Cat Clan's slaughter and plundering, ordinary people, ordinary animals, and even some demons had all disappeared.

And, of course, there were bound to be ambushes and traps in a forest like this.

Given how they'd been able to sneak right up to them before, Lin Yun wasn't confident he could spot them all himself.

So, in