The withered trees around them suddenly began turning, as though some mechanism had been triggered. As they spun, dart-shaped blades concealed in their trunks shot relentlessly toward the group.
"Did we trigger some mechanism in the woods?"
Lin Jiaojiao spoke from Yang Guo's back. "No, that woman has made her move!"
Yang Guo froze for a moment, then understood what Lin Jiaojiao meant. Dodging the hidden weapons, she demanded furiously, "You knew there were traps here all along? If you knew, why didn't you warn us?"
Lin Jiaojiao remained silent.
Still fighting, Su Jiu offered an explanation on Lin Jiaojiao's behalf. "Without her cultivation or divine sense, she probably lost the ability to gauge and keep track of distances long ago. The trees and terrain here all look much the same. Even though she has been through this once before, she probably wasn't sure where the mechanisms would fire from."
Lin Jiaojiao abruptly raised her head to look at the white figure not far away. Just as when Su Jiu had saved her last time, she still wore white, her movements still graceful and fluid. Once again, she had saved Lin Jiaojiao at a critical moment, and even spoken up for her.
She looks so cold, but she really is so gentle.
Anyone who gets to be her friend must be very lucky.
These mechanisms might have been lethal to Lin Jiaojiao and the others, and extremely difficult for them to handle, but they posed little difficulty for Su Jiu's group.
In less than a quarter of an hour, they had cleared out every mechanism.
Although the battle was over, none of them put away their Life-Bound Treasures. Yun Huanling surveyed their surroundings warily. "We're still on the outer perimeter of the Demon-Subduing Land, aren't we? Why would whoever is