After hearing Tang San's words.
Oscar glanced at Red Ning, who stood ahead of them, frail yet eerie.
He clenched his jaw, the hesitation in his eyes gradually giving way to resolve.
"All right!" Oscar nodded firmly, his fists clenched tight.
"I'll do it! I have to get stronger. I can't always hide behind a woman!"
Seeing Oscar make up his mind, Ma Hongjun's shoulders slumped like a deflated balloon.
He gritted his teeth hard, the fat on his face bunching together.
"Since you've both decided, how could I show my face again if I ran away now?"
Red Ning wasted no more words.
She turned, stepped forward, and continued deeper into the thick fog.
As she moved, the surrounding ring of blood-red bones rolled and slid rapidly through the mud as though alive.
They maintained a circular defensive formation, moving in step with her.
Tang San and the other two followed close behind Red Ning, not daring to take even half a step outside the blood-red circle.
Tang San kept both hands concealed in his sleeves, his fingers tightly gripping the solid-gold Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orbs, ready for any sudden danger.
As they ventured deeper.
Their surroundings began to undergo eerie changes.
At some point, the yellowish-brown fog had vanished, replaced by a suffocating grayish-white haze.
The grayish-white haze not only obscured their vision but also carried a bone-piercing chill, as though it could freeze their very souls.
"Is this a ghost domain?"
Tang San found it extremely difficult to breathe, as though a massive stone were pressing down on his chest.
His Purple Demon Eye became completely useless in this grayish-white space. He could not even see clearly two meters ahead.
"Hold your breath. Try not to breathe the air here."
Red Ning's voice came from ahead.
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