"You!? What are you doing on the third layer too?" Li Xiaoya cried out in surprise, flying toward the Heavenly Demon Race cultivators. But he stopped some distance in front of them, refusing to draw any closer, his expression wary. Although they had all been sent by the Heavenly Demon Race, he had grudges with both Titan and Ning Mozi, the leaders of this group. Naturally, he had to guard against them...
Who would have thought that his words would provoke such a reaction!
"The third layer? This is the third layer?" The Heavenly Demon Race party was even more astonished. Almost in unison, they cried out, their expressions changing as they exchanged looks...
"Yes! As soon as I reached the third layer, I got stuck in this white mist and couldn't get out!" Their reaction puzzled Li Xiaoya, but he confirmed it with a bitter smile. He had descended to the third layer with the One-Horned Tiger-Lion Beast, so he was absolutely certain. Still, wasn't their reaction a little excessive?
"Tch! How did we end up on the third layer? We were clearly on the second!" Jin Gangzhan said, looking utterly frustrated.
"Exactly!" The others' expressions were hardly pleasant either. Especially after recently hearing what had happened to the senior from Jin Gangzhan's lineage who had reached the third layer, they naturally dreaded this place...
"Huh?" Li Xiaoya froze at their words and asked in surprise, "You weren't on the third layer to begin with?"
"That's right! We were still on the second layer... oh!" Jin Gangzhan hurriedly replied. Then, as though remembering something, he exclaimed, "We came across a stretch of thick white mist on the second layer, and then we ended up here...!" At that, he turned to Li Xiaoya and asked, "Junior Brother Li, are you