The reason Xu Taiping could restrain himself like this and not rush out to save the boy.
Was not that he feared being expelled from the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, but that he had already learned that if he could not enter the Mysterious Wasteland Tower again for three years, Elder Zhang, Zhai Mo, and the others would inevitably fall victim to the Nine Abysses.
These people were different from the common folk manifested from Divine Souls within the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. If they died, they would truly be dead.
"Dahei, go!..."
Just then, after exchanging a look with the three Mountain Bandits, Ayu suddenly hugged Dahei Dog tightly around the neck, hanging his entire body from it.
Dahei Dog immediately understood. With a howl, it turned and leaped down the hillside with Ayu, landing nimbly on a narrow path below the slope.
"Phew..."
Seeing this, Xu Taiping breathed a sigh of relief.
The little fellow had not been cowed by the three Mountain Bandits. Instead, he had used his familiarity with the terrain to decisively choose escape.
Whether he ultimately escaped or not, he could at least buy some time.
"Dahei!"
But Xu Taiping had only just breathed that sigh of relief when the sounds of beasts biting and tearing came from below, along with young Ayu's terrified cries.
Before long, with a whoosh, a leopard standing a full eight or nine feet tall leaped up onto the slope, a Dahei Dog dangling from its jaws.
On the leopard's back sat a bald man with tattoos covering half his face.
And Ayu, tucked under the man's arm.
"Mmph, mmph..."
Ayu's mouth had been stuffed with a rag. Unable to speak, he could only struggle ceaselessly.
"Second Brother!"
The three Mountain Bandits were delighted to see the newcomer and all rushed