"What is that?" Weng Chenglin didn't dare move. He knew they were in serious trouble.
Yao Shunyu looked relatively calm. "I don't know, but it definitely isn't one of us. Hurry, get the incense ash out!"
Yao Shunyu's words jolted Weng Chenglin into action. Elder Sun had hinted that if they encountered danger near the death caves, the incense ash could save their lives.
Weng Chenglin immediately took the pouch of incense ash from his waist, but then he faltered. "Brother Yao, how do we use this? Do we just scatter it at those things?"
Weng Chenglin had no experience dealing with such sinister things. All he could do was guess.
"That won't work. Pour the ash out—all of it. Draw a circle on the ground and enclose us in it. Hurry!" Yao Shunyu urged him sharply.
Weng Chenglin was in a panic now. He hurriedly poured out the incense ash, then drew a circle on the ground with himself at its center, enclosing himself and Yao Shunyu.
Strangely enough, the moment the circle closed, the footsteps vanished. Not only did the footsteps disappear, but the wind and all the other miscellaneous sounds nearby fell silent too. Suddenly, all was quiet around them.
"Hm?" Now that things had calmed down, Weng Chenglin finally realized something was wrong.
Weng Chenglin turned slightly and glanced around from the corner of his eye. A moment later, his gaze suddenly stopped. Yao Shunyu was staring at him with an expression that was almost a smile.
"Br-Brother Yao, why are you—"
Weng Chenglin abruptly stopped speaking. He had just realized something strange: the situation had been so urgent, so why hadn't Yao Shunyu taken out his own incense ash to draw a circle?
A few seconds later, Weng Chenglin noticed something even more horrifying. There