After 5:00 a.m., the change in the sky was no longer obvious. The light remained gloomy and dim, like an overcast day.
Inside Sanqing Palace, everyone woke up one after another, packed their belongings, and prepared to set off.
As expected, Feng Ling no longer insisted that Li Qing travel with them.
For one, she felt it would be easier to identify the route during the day than at night;
For another, Li Qing's Cards were not attack-oriented, leaving him without much ability to protect himself;
And third...
Seeing how frail and scholarly the Taoist looked, Feng Ling truly felt a little softhearted.
Pei Xianjue had no objection either. She had never supported the Labyrinth Administrator coming along in the first place.
The group returned to the mountain path from the night before and found the wreckage of the Drone. Some of its parts had been trampled into the wet mud, and it was severely damaged.
"Such huge footprints... it really was a monster," Baozi murmured.
Feng Ling crouched beside the footprints and studied them carefully.
The outline was that of human footprints, but absurdly large. The toe marks at the front were long and sharp, like human feet stitched together with Tiger Claws. It was extremely strange.
Pei Xianjue crouched beside her as well. "...Some of these footprints lead down the mountain, while others lead up. It looks like the monster kept wandering along this road while we slept last night."
"Then if we follow this road..." Huangfu Miaomiao pressed her lips together and asked uncertainly in a small voice, "will we run into that monster?"
Everyone exchanged looks.
Up in the treetops, the Cat Owl turned its head to one side and let out a low series of hoots.
Feng Ling could not understand bird language, but she