It was only natural that someone had recognized them at a glance.
Ye Qinglan released Ye Chuqi behind him and charged forward, sword drawn. No matter how he looked at it, they could not let these people go. Nor would these people let them go. By emerging from this formation, they had shown them that the formation opposite it could be used too.
Once they left, someone would surely test that possibility, and the secret of the bronze plate would eventually be exposed. They did not know what lay beneath it, but instinct told Ye Qinglan and the others that the fewer people who knew, the better.
Ye Qinglan had never been softhearted. And once these people recognized them, he had no hope of settling the matter peacefully.
The moment Ye Qinglan struck, the others dropped what they were holding and attacked. Magic and fighting spirit surged across the clearing, stirring the air like a tremendous storm about to break.
Red Beard and Bone Wolf joined in, and soon the fight was raging.
With the others guarding her so fiercely, Ye Chuqi found herself in a pocket of empty space. Not even the ripples of magic or fighting spirit reached her, leaving her free to stand amid the formation's Rune Patterns and study her surroundings.
When her gaze swept over a few unremarkable fragments of stone brick nearby, her pupils trembled. "San San, I think there really might be a city beneath the Lost Forest."
Chapter 78: Beast Tide 08 — Uncle Sure Takes His Time
San San had seen the fragments Ye Chuqi noticed too. They were made of the same material as the ones they had found deep in the Lost Forest, though their designs differed. Despite the passage of time, faint patterns and fragments of writing were