Meanwhile, with Hu Liena and Chu Hanxiang:
Hu Liena and Chu Hanxiang had just fought their way out of the depths of the maze forest when a violent explosion suddenly rang out behind them. Their faces instantly went pale.
Chu Hanxiang panicked. She nearly turned back, but Hu Liena grabbed her. "Xiangxiang! Have you gone crazy? Did you forget what Mochen told us? Are you trying to go back and cause him trouble?"
Chu Hanxiang replied urgently, "Sister Nana, that explosion just now was terrifying! Even a Spirit Emperor probably couldn't have caused such a tremendous commotion! I'm afraid Mochen..."
She couldn't bring herself to finish.
Hearing Chu Hanxiang say this, Hu Liena hesitated too. Her gut told her that Xu Mochen wasn't the sort to do something without being sure of success, but she was still deeply worried about his safety.
"Let's wait a little longer. If Mochen still hasn't met up with us in half an hour, we'll go back and check." In the end, Hu Liena made up her mind.
After all, she couldn't abandon her companion. Reason kept telling her that if Xu Mochen couldn't meet up with them within half an hour, then there was a good chance something had happened to him.
But if she simply gave up on Xu Mochen, a lifelong demon would haunt Hu Liena's heart, perhaps even ruining her future cultivation!
Whatever happened, even if the way ahead was a dragon's pool or a tiger's den, she couldn't leave Xu Mochen all alone to the very end.
And so the two girls waited for more than twenty minutes, but the road they had come along remained utterly quiet. Their anxiety only grew deeper and deeper!
Just as they were about to lose patience and turn back, a sudden "clatter" came