The canyon's exit was like a torn-open wound, the narrow rock walls drawing in from both sides before suddenly falling away.
The moment Finn stepped out of the canyon, his steps faltered.
At the sight of the overwhelming sea of green before him, his expression shifted slightly.
"What's wrong?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Nothing. It just feels a little familiar." Finn scratched his head.
Lu Mingfei tightened the straps of his backpack and warned them, "Be careful. Watch out for venomous spiders and the like. There may also be natives inside. They shoot people with bows and arrows, and the arrows are coated with poison. Extremely dangerous."
Hearing that, Chen Motong looked up at him, a thoughtful gleam in her eyes. She felt that Lu Mingfei's expression was a little off when he said this, as if he had experienced it himself.
She asked, "You've been here before?"
Lu Mingfei nodded. "Sort of—didn't go deep, just walked around the outskirts."
Caesar's gaze drifted past from the side, a trace of vigilance in his eyes.
Coming to a place as complicated and unfamiliar as this, he had activated "Kamaitachi" at the first opportunity. Under this Spirit Word, no sound, however faint, could hide from his ears. He could even hear a person's heartbeat with perfect clarity.
He heard, from a thicket dozens of meters away, the heartbeats of two large animals. They were very close together, and sounded somewhat like human heartbeats.
A faint vibration rang out. His expression changed, and he shouted, "Scatter!"
At the same time, his body leaned to one side.
Two arrows flew out of the bushes with sharp whistles as they split the air, grazing Caesar's shoulder before nailing themselves into the tree trunk behind him. Their fletching still buzzed and trembled, while the arrowheads were coated