Although Luo Qinghan and the others had heard the footsteps as well, they could not see that figure's back.
The footsteps echoed through the passage.
Faster and faster, closer and closer.
Not only did Chu Hong and the others' expressions change, even their Dao Hearts wavered.
"Keep moving forward."
Luo Qinghan said in a low voice, "No one is to look back, use Divine Sense to probe, or stop and wait."
The group began to accelerate.
Everyone flew at full speed toward the exit.
Xu Changqing had wanted to take another look, but no matter how he looked, from whatever angle, some inexplicable force interfered.
He simply could not see clearly. The more he looked, the blurrier it became.
Faced with this situation, he had no solution either.
Just then, Baili Hong and Jin Buhuan saw that he was still standing there without moving. They hurried back, grabbed him, and dragged him after the group.
"What are you looking at?"
"Stop looking! Let's get out of here!"
"This is no place to linger~"
One on each side, the two of them practically carried Xu Changqing between them.
The view rushed backward. That figure's back grew farther and fainter, until it became a gray afterimage swallowed by time and space alike.
At the exit, the light grew brighter and brighter.
Feng Buhui and Lu Wangchuan were maintaining the stability of space.
As they worked, they spoke in low voices, their words full of worry.
After all, ever since Luo Qinghan and the others had entered the Evernight Ruins, there had been no sign of them.
What was more, footsteps had once again sounded from within the passage, seeming to draw ever closer.
"Could it be..."
"The owner of those footsteps isn't going to come out, is it?"
"Should we