Chen Mu's strength began to return little by little, but every muscle in his body still felt as though it were being torn apart. Although his wounds had begun to close, over a hundred raw red scars, large and small, covered him from head to toe, making him a frightening sight. Fortunately, things were not as bad as he had imagined. Apart from a few deeper cuts, the wounds were all shallow and merely looked alarming. Even those deeper cuts had already closed, thanks to the miraculous effects of the Devil Woman's wound medicine.
The scare by the stream had left him unbearably tense. Five little lightning balls kept circling merrily around him. Dragging his weak legs, Chen Mu stumbled deeper into the jungle in a panic, his steps faltering over the uneven ground.
"He was here just now." Cheng Ying and Bo Wen reached the stream where Chen Mu had washed away the blood.
"How long ago did he leave?" Bo Wen could not help asking. He had handed the tracking entirely over to Cheng Ying.
Cheng Ying glanced over the stream bank. "Not long ago. Look, the wet patches here haven't dried yet." In the darkness, their two energy shields-one pale white, the other emerald green-stood out conspicuously.
"Let's keep after him," Bo Wen said firmly.
"All right." Cheng Ying knew Bo Wen was determined to catch the boy, so she did not argue. She merely asked, "When will the Ning Family's second group of Card Adepts arrive?"
Bo Wen shook his head. "I don't know yet." A trace of worry rose in his heart. Judging by how much time had passed, the Card Adepts led by Ning Dong should have found them long ago. Yet he still had no word from them. More importantly, as they ventured