Ma Xiaotao and the other six Inner Court students set off first. A few seconds later, they had all vanished without a trace. They moved quickly, yet made not the slightest sound.
Watching Ma Xiaotao and the others leave, Wang Yan gave his instructions in a low voice. "We're going down too. Bei Bei, get ready for battle."
"Yes." Bei Bei didn't dare delay. He immediately released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and led the way down the side of the slope. The others soon spotted a cave hidden behind trailing vines—the bandits' lair.
Several bandit corpses lay at the cave entrance. Clearly, Ma Xiaotao's group had already made their move. A moment later, dull explosions echoed from inside, followed by curses, the muffled impacts of clashing Soul Power, and successive waves of intense Soul Power.
Bei Bei looked to Wang Yan, who said gravely, "Go in. Yuhao, extend Spiritual Detection to its full range. Everyone, be careful!"
Huo Yuhao instantly expanded Spiritual Detection to its maximum range, sharing a three-dimensional image with everyone. The cave entrance was narrow, but the interior was extremely spacious. Fifty meters in, corpses littered the ground, and a heavy stench of blood rushed at them. Everyone except Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou turned pale.
"Ah—" Jiang Nannan suddenly screamed, her whole body trembling violently. Huo Yuhao followed her gaze and raised the range of his detection. Everyone's expressions changed abruptly.
"Bastards!" Bei Bei, usually so refined, roared furiously. These bandits were utterly vile—they hadn't even spared infants. Everyone was instantly consumed by rage.
The farther they went into the cave, the more corpses they saw, while the sounds of fighting grew fiercer. Human skins stretched along both walls of the cave, numbering well over a hundred. Some had long since