Tian Lian Mountain.
It was only shortly past noon, yet the sky had already turned gloomy.
A gentle breeze drifted by, but it carried a bone-piercing chill.
The migratory birds flying low overhead seemed to foretell that a torrential rain was on its way.
Countless insects, beasts, and small animals had also begun returning to their nests.
Yet at any time, there were always creatures with nowhere to call home. They were still laboriously carrying food, seemingly preparing for the coming downpour.
Just as they were halfway through their work, they seemed to suddenly sense some approaching danger.
They actually dropped their food one after another and swiftly burrowed underground.
The next instant.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A series of light sounds rang out as twenty figures streaked past this place in the blink of an eye.
They were so fast that they seemed like blurred phantoms, leaving people dazed.
Only after those people had gone far away did the little creatures emerge from underground again.
They stared in the direction those people had departed, terror still flickering in their eyes.
How many years had it been?
How many years had it been since they had seen such terrifying beings?
How had as many as twenty of them suddenly appeared all at once?
After looking back for a while, they each carried their own food and headed toward their burrows.
The people who had just sped past were naturally Qin Shaofeng and the others.
After that battle.
Only sixteen people remained in Chu Huan's group.
Without Qin Shaofeng's orders, Ran Zun would only hide within his shadow, making it appear as though there were only twenty of them.
After crossing dozens of mountain peaks, Qin Shaofeng finally spoke.
"Stop!"
Everyone seemed to have been waiting for those very words.
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