Boom, boom, boom.
Just then, the ground began to tremble rhythmically. Liu Bai's expression changed the moment he heard it. As the steady sounds grew denser and denser, the entire space began to shake.
"I was right. The passage of time not only failed to kill those things—it made them stronger and stronger."
Liu Bai suddenly accelerated. Nangong Xianyun, standing in the sky, furrowed her brow as well. Naturally, she had sensed the increasingly violent disturbance.
Seeing Liu Bai abruptly speed up, she realized she had most likely awakened something terrible. She immediately dove toward him.
Liu Bai definitely knew something. Following him now could not be wrong.
Just now, she had merely vented her frustration because she could not swallow her anger. But this was clearly no time to throw a tantrum.
"Stay close to me."
Liu Bai glanced back at Nangong Xianyun and called out urgently. Then, one white and one purple streak of light darted wildly through the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land.
"Living beings? I smell the scent of living beings."
"Fragrant, so fragrant—far too fragrant. Where are you? Where are you?"
"Don't run, don't run. So fragrant... stop running."
At that moment, streams of incomparably eerie voices rang out from every direction within the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land.
"Damn it, why are there aberrations here?"
Nangong Xianyun's expression shifted slightly upon hearing those voices. But when she turned to look at the thing pursuing her, her face finally changed completely.
A mass of gray mist was clinging tightly behind her. Countless arms stretched out from the gray mist, swaying without cease, while an utterly horrifying face condensed at the center of those arms.
"Don't run, don't run. Stay here, stay here. So fragrant, so fragrant."
Voice after voice rang out. Nangong Xianyun formed seals with both