As Zhong Baiye and the others continued down the passage, something unexpected happened again.
Another small earthquake shook their surroundings. Ever since they had entered this mine passage, they had frequently felt minor tremors.
But those tremors had been nowhere near as strong as this one. This time, even the rocks above their heads began to shake.
Fortunately, it ended with nothing worse than a scare, but Zhong Baiye and Shenhe looked grim.
Judging by the frequency of these tremors, the farther down they went, the more frequent the shaking would become.
They could very well end up buried in this mine passage before they made it halfway down. If that really happened, neither Shenhe nor Zhong Baiye would escape, let alone Zhiqiong.
They had to find the source of the tremors and put a stop to them before continuing downward.
But they had only just arrived here. Even finding their way was difficult, never mind tracking down the source of the shaking.
When Zhiqiong saw Zhong Baiye and Shenhe standing still with no intention of continuing down, she paid them no mind and headed farther down on her own.
Zhong Baiye and Shenhe felt helpless, but fearing that something might happen to Zhiqiong, they could only follow.
This time, they ran into trouble before they had taken even a few dozen steps. Ahead of Zhiqiong, a huge drill-shaped tail was wedged in a gap between the rocks.
At the sight of that familiar tail, Zhong Baiye and Shenhe immediately recognized it as the Ruin Serpent's.
They could not see the Ruin Serpent's body, only its enormous tail stuck there, blocking their path forward.
Zhong Baiye and Shenhe wanted to find another route around it. Neither had expected Zhiqiong to be completely unafraid of the tail before her.
Zhiqiong approached