What Lin Chuan saw in that instant made his breathing quicken sharply. A hair-raising chill flooded from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, leaving his body frozen in place.
"What is it? What did you see?" Xiao Heng noticed Lin Chuan's abnormality almost immediately and followed his gaze toward the holes in the surrounding rock walls. Yet dark-red mist filled them, making it impossible to see anything.
"There's... something in there... I saw countless dark-red tentacles tangled together..." Lin Chuan's voice transmission came in broken fragments, making the shock in his heart obvious.
"Dark-red tentacles... what the hell are those?" Shi Jin's expression changed instantly. He instinctively found writhing tentacles and things like them unbearable. Hearing Lin Chuan's description now made his entire body feel uncomfortable.
"That thing vanished in a flash. I don't know what it was either!" Lin Chuan shook his head, forcibly calming himself down.
Although the three communicated entirely through their voice-transmission rings, Lin Chuan's strange behavior still caught the attention of quite a few people.
"Did Lord Azure Dragon discover something?" Bu Zhi's deep voice transmission immediately sounded by Lin Chuan's ear. Clearly, he thought Lin Chuan had found something—such as people from the Soul Refining Sect.
"Nothing. I nearly got affected by the illusions here just now," Lin Chuan replied through voice transmission.
Bu Zhi frowned, but did not ask further questions. He led everyone onward as they continued sinking downward.
As they descended deeper and deeper, the oppressive feeling in everyone's hearts became increasingly pronounced. Even with their Void Refinement cultivation, they could not dispel the unease rising within them. By this point, everyone's expressions had turned rather grim.
"Mr. Ma, how much farther until we reach Five Absolutes Cave Manor?" someone could not help asking.
"Soon. Judging