Elsewhere.
Wang Dong ran quickly ahead in angry silence, while Huo Yuhao followed behind, somewhat at a loss. Every now and then, he glanced back to see whether Gu Qingnian had caught up, and the distance between the two of them soon widened.
A cool breeze brushed against Wang Dong at the front, calming her somewhat, and her pace gradually slowed. Suddenly looking around, she realized she had already left Shrek City. When she looked back, Huo Yuhao was nowhere to be seen; she had left him behind without even realizing it.
For some reason, a chill kept washing over her, making her heart flutter with unease. At the thought, she instinctively scanned her surroundings, only to find everything perfectly normal.
Several hundred meters behind Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao also frowned slightly. He kept feeling an ominous premonition, and he quickened his steps to find her.
Elsewhere, Gu Qingnian, who had just left the Treasure Vault, calculated how much time had passed. This is bad. After asking a passerby where the two had gone, his figure flashed, and he sprinted in their direction.
Back at the front, just as Wang Dong was growing uneasy, eight people lay silently concealed beside a secluded hillside over a hundred meters away.
One of them spoke to the others in a low voice. "That student seems to be the target's friend. Should we take this opportunity to capture her first?"
"But wouldn't that stir the grass and startle the snake?" another asked, his voice equally low.
"I remember the Young Master saying there were three of them. Let's wait until two are here. Taking just one feels too risky," the first person said again.
The second seemed to consider it before replying, "Agreed. This matter is too important. We absolutely cannot afford the slightest