The Crew Member angrily spun around and chased the figure before him, but this time Ji Xie moved remarkably fast, darting out the door in the blink of an eye!
Hiding behind the door, Li Xian saw a figure flash past. Once he confirmed it was Ji Xie, he immediately reached out and pushed the door shut.
The iron door swiftly swung closed before him, but out of Li Xian's sight, one of the Crew Members had crawled through a hole in the fishing net and slipped out when the door was halfway shut!
A figure flashed past, but Li Xian kept pushing the door. Rather than attacking the two of them, the Crew Member who had escaped started fleeing toward the stairs-
Ji Xie's expression darkened. A dark purple tentacle instantly burst from his back and shot out to coil around the fleeing Crew Member, then flung him back through the gap a second before the iron door closed!
Bang!
The iron door slammed shut. Almost immediately, Li Xian heard something throw itself against it. The door shuddered violently beneath his palm, then fell still, making no further sound.
He stared at the door for a long while. After that first impact, the pounding had stopped, leaving the corridor deathly silent. Li Xian's rigid body slowly relaxed, and the strength he had forced himself to muster finally drained away.
He took his hand off the door, then sagged, about to collapse to the floor.
Ji Xie swiftly caught him, the tentacle behind him retracting at the same time.
He then scooped Li Xian into his arms, but this time, instead of wrapping his arms around Ji Xie's neck, Li Xian gently pushed his shoulder in refusal.
Ji Xie froze. Remembering the tentacle he had lashed out with in his