If everything Arugan had said was true, finding the Sacred Envoy was as good as finding the key to entering the Sacred Domain.
Chen Hao was just about to explain when the Sacred Envoy suddenly pulled out a flute and started freaking playing again.
"What the hell! Do you people from Nine Blades love playing the flute that much?" Though Chen Hao joked aloud, he was incredibly tense inside.
Remembering the venomous bees Arugan had summoned with his flute made Chen Hao's scalp crawl. Now that the Sacred Envoy had started playing too, he was downright unnerved.
As the flute rang out, the already dark, sinister forest grew even more terrifying.
Rumble!
A moment later, Chen Hao felt the ground shake. A tremendous rumbling erupted from the darkness behind the Sacred Envoy, growing louder and closer.
Chen Hao frowned and hurriedly activated his Heavenly Eye, only to be stunned by what he saw.
The instant he opened his eyes, Chen Hao grabbed Xiang Wencun's hand and shouted, "Run!"
Watching Chen Hao and the others flee frantically, the Sacred Envoy made no move to pursue them. He merely sneered, "Now that you've entered the Mist Forest, don't even think about getting out!"
Behind the Sacred Envoy, earth churned and vegetation flew everywhere as rows of trees toppled.
Then, without moving a muscle, the Sacred Envoy suddenly rose into the air.
An enormous black maggot burst out of the soil beneath his feet and charged forward with him riding on its back.
The maggot had neither eyes nor a face, but its front end sported a huge, bloody maw lined with fangs. Its thick body was so broad that it would take three or four people linking arms to encircle it.
Like an enormous python, it raced forward carrying the Sacred Envoy,