Injustice in the Human World

"Definitely." Zhou Qiubai nodded.

A mutated Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast had stayed in an underground space rich in geothermal heat for over a century without budging. That was highly unusual to begin with.

Could it have disliked the cold outside, or perhaps suffered from some kind of phobia?

Geothermal heat could provide it with the conditions needed to survive, but it should not have been enough to make it stay there stubbornly.

For a sentient Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast to refuse to move even a step, there had to be either a priceless treasure or some sort of energy source with a fatal allure for Spirit Beasts.

Either way, the secret below was worth investigating.

However, now was not the right time to go down.

Zhou Qiubai had just absorbed his fifth Soul Ring. Although his Soul Power had broken through the level-fifty bottleneck and risen to level fifty-one, the lingering swelling in his meridians still made him uncomfortable, and circulating his Soul Power was not as smooth as usual.

Yang Guyun had not expended much, but it was too risky for him to go down alone.

The structure of the space deep within the fissure and the specific distribution of the geothermal heat were both unknowns. Going down recklessly would be like jumping into a well in the dark.

Besides, Rhino's low roar before its death had already carried downward. If there were other creatures below, they had most likely been alerted by now.

"Mark the spot. We'll come back later." Zhou Qiubai made his decision.

The two began setting up camouflage around the fissure.

They had no specialized materials on hand, so they could only make use of what was available locally.

The entire camouflage operation took nearly an hour and a half.

After it was finished, Zhou Qiubai retreated