Fleeing Through the Jungle

"Damn, we've been discovered. Move!" Pang Xing barked, grabbing Pang Yan and turning to run. By now, Pang Yan knew she seemed to have caused trouble. This was no time to apologize; escaping was the priority.

Since they had already been exposed, there was no need to tiptoe around anymore. The group leaped up, springing across the surrounding treetops several times before leaving the basin's bounds. At first, they had only come to gather intelligence and had never intended to clash head-on with those people, so they had not ventured too deeply into the basin.

There were many Demonic Beasts inside the basin, but they simply were not agile enough and could not climb. To bring those Demonic Beasts out, they could only use designated paths. Unfortunately, there was no longer enough time.

Several Demon Spirit Masters exchanged a few words, then climbed the trees directly along the route Huo Hai's group had taken and gave chase. Among the Demon Spirit Masters were quite a few experts who had reached the Spirit Practitioner Realm. If they were not fast enough, they would easily be caught. And once that happened, they would be dead for certain.

"Huo Hai, you lead the way. We'll circle around them. Xiaoyan, get up here. Your brother will carry you." Pang Yan seemed not to have chosen the path of a Battle Spirit Master, so neither her physical strength nor stamina was particularly good. On top of that, she was a woman, and her endurance was even worse.

After sneaking in all this way, she was already exhausted. If this continued, she would soon run out of strength. Pang Yan seemed to realize that she had become deadweight. Regret welled up in her heart. Why hadn't she trained her body properly?

"I... no. If you carry