They passed safely through the rocky passage, only to find a long, narrow fissure ahead. It was barely wide enough for two or three people to walk abreast, leaving the group very little room to move.
Fortunately, their group was small. Otherwise, getting everyone into the passage would have been a struggle, and they might have been held up for quite some time.
The stone walls on either side of the fissure were exceptionally high. Looking up, they saw that Desert Bone-Eating Spiders had already settled on the walls, lined up as if waiting for the group to walk straight into their trap.
The fissure was not completely enclosed overhead. There were many cracks above, and a closer look revealed that they formed a web-like pattern across every stretch of stone wall.
The Desert Bone-Eating Spiders had rather flat, gaunt bodies. They could even slip freely through cracks that looked no wider than a thumb.
That meant the ordinary Desert Bone-Eating Spiders could approach the mages below unnoticed, even without the camouflage some of their kind possessed.
"This is bad. Looks like they don't intend to let us leave. They're about to attack."
Xiao Hui looked up. The Desert Bone-Eating Spiders were edging toward them on their sharp legs. Those beasts had clearly run out of patience.
"If they can't wait any longer, the exit must be just ahead. We'll have to make our move too!"
Haotian pushed up his glasses. A determined look flashed in his eyes behind the lenses, along with a glimmer of light purple.
"Don't panic, everyone. We don't need to waste our strength and Magic Energy fighting them. I can calm them down!"
Just as everyone prepared to meet the attack, Jiang Shaojun strode forward and raised a hand to stop them from completing their