"Has your face healed?" Luo Yunji asked, raising a hand to pinch and prod Ghost King's face.
Ghost King slapped away the hand Luo Yunji was using to make mischief on his face. "What are you talking about?"
He seemed to have no memory of the time when the Puppet Worm had controlled him.
Luo Yunji didn't press the matter. Right now, he just wanted to make sure Ghost King didn't discover the fifth Heavenly Book stone inscription.
Just as the two of them were awkwardly chatting at cross purposes, a rumble sounded behind them. They both turned to look and saw that the distant platform was actually collapsing, with the destruction steadily spreading toward them.
Ghost King hurriedly stuffed the four volumes of the Heavenly Book into his robes and ran with Luo Yunji toward the way they had come.
The two dashed into the cavern passage. Listening to the endless crashes of the collapse behind them, they felt both regretful and panicked.
The rumbling grew louder. They could feel the ground shaking beneath their feet, as if the next step would land on empty air and send them tumbling into the unfathomably deep abyss. They ran all the way without daring to look back.
But they didn't see the tiny green point of light behind them, shining with a sinister glow as it stood at the cave entrance, seemingly gazing toward the collapsing platform. When the entrance began to shake and sway, the green light instantly drifted behind Luo Yunji's head and vanished into the Black Silk.
As the crashes of falling boulders behind them grew louder and the ground beneath their feet began to crack audibly, Luo Yunji stamped hard and shot into the air. Ghost King followed close behind, hovering with his treasure.
The two stopped