Mu Mengbai had thought they were doomed, and his heart had been in his throat. He never expected Wan Qi to burst out of the Stone Sea. Aside from being drenched, with wet hair plastered to his face and water streaming from his sleeves, there wasn't a trace of stone on him.
It made them wonder whether he'd even fallen into the Stone Sea at all.
Wan Qi reached a branch, leaned against a maple tree, and panted with his hands braced on his knees. Only after hearing Ling Jian and Wei Ren's explanation did he understand what was going on. He looked toward the figure in the distance. "So Lu Wanwan is stopping us from going any farther. If we want to reach Nether Lake, we have to beat her first. Is that it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Wanwan fired a long black arrow into the sky. It wasn't an attack, but seemed more like a signal.
Ling Jian said, "Great. Now she wants to call in her accomplices, too."
Ji Meng couldn't help trying to reason with him. "Lu Wanwan can hold off all four of us by herself. If she calls in more people, won't that make things even—"
Ling Jian turned and glared at him and Wei Ren. "I've been meaning to ask: who are you two? Why'd you sneak after us to the Stone Sea? What are you after?"
Ji Meng promptly shut his mouth and looked at Wei Ren.
"Why should I tell you?" Wei Ren couldn't be bothered to waste his breath.
"Fine. We're not the ones who insist on going to Nether Lake, anyway. Now that someone's blocking the way, if you want to go, figure it out yourselves. Don't expect us to take the shortcut for you. We're