Before long, night fell within the Spirit Ascension Platform.
Ever since killing that Cave Demon Spider, Tang Wulin's group had not encountered a single spirit beast—not even a ten-year spirit beast.
Tang Wulin and the other two found a large cave and planned to spend the night there.
Gu Yue extended a finger and pointed at the pile of firewood Xie Xie had gathered. A warm campfire immediately sprang to life, driving the night's chill from their bodies.
"Strange, this is really strange." Sitting beside the fire, Xie Xie muttered, "A whole day has passed, yet we only encountered one hundred-year spirit beast. After that, we didn't even see a ten-year spirit beast. Could our luck really be that bad?"
"True enough. By rights, there should be quite a few ten-year spirit beasts in the beginner Spirit Ascension Platform, shouldn't there?" Tang Wulin complained as well.
"Did you... hear something?" Gu Yue suddenly asked.
"A sound?"
At those words, all three of them instantly fell silent.
Sure enough, once they quieted down, a very faint sound could be heard coming from the depths of the cave.
Since they had not explored deeper into the cave when they first found it, the three exchanged glances before quietly making their way farther inside.
After walking roughly one or two hundred meters, the faint sound became increasingly distinct. It sounded like the whimpering of some creature.
"What a strong stink." Xie Xie pinched his nose and whispered.
After they walked several dozen more meters, a patch of pale moonlight unexpectedly appeared ahead.
"That is..."
Tang Wulin's eyes widened at once. A pile of straw lay against the wall ahead, and dozens of meters above it was a gap through which moonlight poured.
But what truly shocked Tang Wulin was that two spirit beast