The Black Hand in the Shadows

"Kong Chen, have you seen Luo Shaobo? The blue-haired boy like me!" Luo Yuxi asked. After releasing her senses, she had found no trace of Luo Shaobo nearby.

"He probably went after that person," Kong Chen said calmly.

"That person?" Everyone was thoroughly confused.

"Didn't you notice the lingering fire-attribute spiritual power at the entrance?" Kong Chen asked.

"Wasn't that left behind by you?" everyone asked in surprise.

Kong Chen shook his head, then suddenly remembered that no one could see him. He could only speak again. "It wasn't me. There's someone else here!"

"There's someone else here!"

At that answer, everyone's faces changed beneath the darkness. They suddenly felt as though a pair of eerie eyes were watching them from somewhere nearby.

"By the time I arrived, there was no one at the entrance. If the Luo Shaobo you mentioned doesn't possess both water and fire attributes, then there must be someone else here," Kong Chen explained.

"Luo Shaobo is from our Luo River Clan. He can't possibly have a fire attribute. It seems there really is someone else here. Everyone, be careful when you move," Luo Yuxi said with a slight frown.

After discussing it for a while, they ultimately decided to split up and search for traces of Luo Shaobo. However, they could not go too far. With every move, they had to remember how many passages they had crossed and how many turns they had made. In the end, they still had to return here to regroup; otherwise, they might become completely lost in this Underground Labyrinth.

Lin Chuan did not need to join the search, but he found staying put too stifling. After promising Luo Yuxi that he would not go too far, he joined them as well.

After passing several forks in the path,