Old Hu watched as "Venom," with its bizarre appearance and even more bizarre function, raised the Emei Piercer and smoothly slid it into the small hole.
A series of clacking noises came from the mechanism turning above the passage.
Then all the bronze arrows that had been sliding in one direction through the trenches on either side of the passage came to a halt.
He watched as the "Venom Lamp Genie" twisted its body and burrowed back into Alvin's shoulder...
Old Hu smacked his lips and glanced at the brightly lit passage around them. With a wry smile, he said, "Which of us is the monster here?"
Shang-Chi fixed an omnidirectional light at the junction between the escape route and the passage, providing permanent illumination.
Hearing Old Hu's complaint, Shang-Chi hesitated, then said quietly, "You'll get used to it!"
Old Hu suddenly looked at Shang-Chi with a little sympathy. Then he stepped forward and nudged Lu Tong, who was still studying the mechanisms in the passage. "Come on, trailblazer..."
Lu Tong stared for a long time at the Emei Piercer fixed to the ceiling of the passage, but in the end, he still couldn't figure it out. A little glumly, he started forward.
The Xiling, specialists in breaking things, had lost out to the Mogu, who were experts at locating dragon veins and dividing gold. It left him feeling rather dejected.
From then on, Lu Tong stayed alert, watching the passage walls intently, trying to spot even the slightest danger.
Unfortunately, they encountered no further hazards before Lu Tong reached the end of the passage.
The passage's exit was actually on the wall of the underground city...
A section of the wall at the southwest corner of the underground city connected to part of its jagged ceiling.
As Alvin and