A show of force

The faint sounds resembled loud chewing, or the sucking of marrow from shattered bones.

Combined with the smell of blood seeping into their noses, those sounds made the hair on their backs stand on end.

Big Guy twisted uneasily.

He lacked the intellect to understand, but possessed an extraordinary body and instincts.

He signaled to the others that danger lay ahead.

After listening for a moment, Qin Ran still could not determine what was there. He gestured to Pierre and watched him lead Herbert and Big Guy out of the alley before silently approaching the corner, keeping to the shadows along the wall.

The closer he got, the clearer the sounds became, and the stronger the smell of blood grew.

Once it reached a certain intensity, the already pungent smell of blood turned into an even more overpowering stench.

It was as though hundreds of rotting fish had been piled inside a sealed room for months, and then someone had thrown him inside.

Qin Ran immediately held his breath.

Although he could tell that the stench was not poisonous, at that moment, he found the smell itself more terrifying than poison.

Standing at the edge of the corner, Qin Ran cautiously peeked around it.

When he saw the scene before him, he froze.

Countless skeletons, with only scraps of flesh remaining on their bones, were piled inside a deep pit more than fifty meters in radius. A dozen or so hyena-like creatures crouched atop them, feasting.

The instant Qin Ran saw those bloodstained skeletons, he thought of the people who had disappeared from the Gold Prospector Camp.

The pickaxes and ropes beside the pit confirmed it beyond doubt.

Hiss!

Qin Ran inwardly drew a sharp breath.

He had already had a bad feeling when everyone in the Gold Prospector Camp