Tap, tap, tap!!!
Footsteps echoed through the mountain cave, where baleful energy raged with suffocating force...
Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing cautiously walked forward. Countless mysterious, profound runes were inscribed across the cavern's surfaces, sealing away most of the baleful energy surging within.
Notably, the mysterious, profound runes on these cavern surfaces were of the same type as those they had seen when first entering the Spirit Baleful Ghost Cave. Clearly, they were meant to suppress the baleful energy and prevent it from leaking out.
There were simply far more runes in this cavern, forming a formation with much greater sealing power. Yet some sections had visibly been damaged, which was why so much baleful energy was leaking out.
Ye Han and Teacher Lan Qing had already been walking through this cavern for a quarter of an hour.
Neither spoke, both maintaining the utmost vigilance.
Ye Han knew his words had swayed the Blood Baleful Old Devil. Otherwise, he would not have let him enter so readily.
The fellow must have run into tremendous trouble himself. Otherwise, he could not possibly have been trapped inside.
Furthermore, Ye Han could sense that the Blood Baleful Old Devil was probably the mysterious being controlling Old Fox.
This fellow had controlled and worked with Old Fox to search for the Gods-and-Devils Hand, which meant the Blood Baleful Old Devil also needed it to free himself.
That gave Ye Han something solid to go on! It was how he had managed to persuade the Blood Baleful Old Devil...
Meanwhile, Teacher Lan Qing followed beside Ye Han, his expression grave and somewhat strained. His current cultivation was nowhere near Ye Han's, and he lacked the protection of the Thunderclap Divine Armor. Walking through this passage was indeed exceedingly uncomfortable for him...
At last.
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