Jiang Lu followed the stone steps upward. They seemed a thousand layers high, and by the time she reached the top, she was drenched in sweat.
After casting a Cleansing Technique on herself, she stepped into the cave.
The entrance was roughly one story high and circular. As she went deeper, the passage gradually narrowed.
In the end, it could only accommodate two people walking through. By the very end, Jiang Lu could only squeeze through sideways. The corner of her mouth twitched. Was this place not planning to let cultivators enter? She was already considered small among cultivators.
After a while, the ground gradually became damp and covered in moss, making it somewhat slippery to walk on.
Jiang Lu steadied herself against the wall and carefully observed her surroundings.
The passage had widened again, and stalactites formed by dripping water hung from the ceiling.
The cave was pitch-black, with only the sound of water dripping from the stalactites. No information had been carved into the stone walls on either side. It did not seem like a cultivator's residence.
Jiang Lu suddenly sensed an aura approaching. The sword in her hand immediately slashed forward. A gust of wind swept past, and several pairs of red eyes appeared high on the stone walls.
They hung upside down from the walls, their wings slightly spread in an attacking posture. Their red eyes brimmed with greed.
Jiang Lu stopped and looked up. Her gaze collided with theirs, and her brows drew tightly together.
Blood Bats—
Third-rank demonic beasts, their entire bodies were venomous, and they survived by drinking the blood of living beings.
You Meng had said that her blood smelled delicious. That was also why she had chosen her as her master.
Blood Bats had keen senses of smell. It seemed Jiang