But Ye Chuqi soon realized they were surrounded on all sides.
It was not just the information San San sent her. She could feel the change in the atmosphere around them herself, and Ye Qinglan and Xiaojiu stopped as well.
Ye Qinglan raised his hand, intending to summon Xiao Bu. Traveling through the Lost Forest by air was an incredibly foolish thing to do. Anyone that conspicuous would become a target for the demon beasts and the forest's other creatures, instantly drawing attacks from all sides.
Ye Qinglan had crossed the Lost Forest along a safe route before, relying on his own strength and Xiao Bu's speed. He thought they could do it again.
Ye Chuqi stopped him—or rather, before he even had time to summon Xiao Bu, she had already hurled him aside. The force was so great that Ye Qinglan could not resist at all. He barely steadied himself in his haste, then turned back to a sight that made his eyes nearly split with horror.
Where they had just been standing, an enormous vine had appeared without warning, suddenly bursting out of the ground. A gigantic flower bloomed at its tip, and in the blink of an eye, it swallowed Ye Chuqi.
For that instant, Ye Qinglan felt as though he had returned to more than ten years ago, watching helplessly as that tiny child was swallowed by a space-time vortex that appeared out of nowhere. Before he could even get close, he had lost all trace of her.
But a moment later, he felt a gentle power flow into his heart, calming him. It was almost as though he could feel Ye Chuqi telling him, "I'm fine." Fine or not, who could witness something like that without panicking?
Ye Qinglan suddenly understood how everyone had felt