"Could someone have already discovered the entrance to the ruins?"
Su Guo asked in alarm and doubt.
"Doesn't look like it."
Jin Shouyun crouched down, picked up a little soil that still carried a peculiar scorched smell, and rubbed it between his fingers. "These fluctuations are too faint and unstable. It looks more like some sort of teleportation trap was triggered, or... they were swallowed by a spatial rift."
While everyone focused on examining the traces, none of them noticed an almost imperceptible ripple silently spreading across the mire a short distance behind them.
A gleam of extreme cruelty and excitement flashed through the eyes of Xie Wuyi, who had been lying in wait for a long time.
Now!
He roared inwardly, his hands abruptly forming a bizarre spell seal!
Gurgle!
The entire mire beneath Yu Zongzhe and the others suddenly churned violently!
Like water boiling in a pot, enormous bubbles burst one after another, releasing intensely foul baleful energy!
At the same time, the impenetrable fog surrounding them seemed to come alive. It pressed madly toward them, instantly stripping away what little vision and spiritual perception they had!
"An ambush!"
Yu Zongzhe bellowed in horror, "Form up! Quickly, form the Thunder Gang protec-"
"SCREECH!!!"
Before he could finish, a piercing shriek that stabbed straight into their souls erupted from the depths of the churning mire!
With that shriek, several enormous tentacles covered in slippery scales and hideous suckers burst through the mud. Carrying devastating force, they lashed viciously at the Divine Firmament Dao Sect squad, which had fallen into chaos!
This was no ordinary attack by a demonic or evil cultivator!
Someone had exploited the peculiar environment to rouse the terrifying native demonic beast lurking deep beneath the swamp!
Xie Wuyi had never intended to attack personally!
He would