"Everyone stop! Stay alert!"
The moment the words rang out, everyone stopped in their tracks and turned in unison toward Mo Xie in the middle of the group.
"Mo Xie, what happened?"
Mu Ningxue turned her head, scanning their surroundings warily as she asked in confusion.
Lu Zhenghe looked around and saw no sign of any demon beasts. He snorted and sneered.
"Hmph, what a fuss. I thought a demon beast was coming. Could you stop scaring everyone?"
"Exactly. Aren't you just being oversensitive? I didn't see any demon beasts up ahead."
Liao Mingxuan walked back from the front of the group. Having finally found an excuse to mock Mo Xie, he certainly wasn't going to let it pass.
Mo Xie had no interest in their nonsense. He closed his eyes and carefully sensed his surroundings, spreading his mental strength outward.
A moment later, he opened his deep, dark eyes, a sharp, icy glint flashing within them, and spoke.
"Zhao Manyan, the tunnel wall at three o'clock. Cast Light Shine."
Zhao Manyan asked no questions. A ball of light immediately appeared in his hand and flew toward the tunnel wall on their right.
Golden radiance instantly illuminated the nearby wall, revealing the dense tangle of black vines crisscrossing it.
The black vines covered the wall like an enormous spider web. Yet between those vines, pairs of eerie blue eyes studded the cave wall. They stared at Mu Nujiao, who stood closest to them, as though they wanted to skin her alive!
Although Light Shine could not dispel the murky air, it instantly revealed several hunched, monstrous silhouettes holding bone clubs stained with dried brown blood!
Their bodies were stooped and their hind legs bent, but their forelimbs were disproportionately developed. Combined with skin as wrinkled as old tree bark, they