The startled Badger Pig fled into the grass in its panic. A scream rang out, cut short halfway, and the upper half of its body suddenly vanished. Its lower half fell onto the grass, its four legs kicked a few times, and then it lay still.
Du Siwen stared, dumbstruck, a cold sweat breaking out all over her.
Fortunately, Xu Qingtong remained fairly calm. Though his ability to sense danger fell short of Xiao Bai's, it was still considerably stronger than most people's. The instant the Badger Pig charged into the grass, he had inexplicably sensed that it might be done for!
"Xiao Bai, what happened to that Badger Pig?" Xu Qingtong asked.
Xiao Bai hurriedly communicated what it had seen to Xu Qingtong through Divine Thought. "Master, there's a long, narrow black hole there. When the Badger Pig ran past, its upper body went into the black hole, but its lower body didn't!"
Xu Qingtong was utterly astonished by this as well. He truly had no idea how Old Dong had managed to enter and leave this place! Had Dongfang Hui followed Old Dong safely back to Central Province?
Fortunately, with Xiao Bai leading the way, Xu Qingtong should have had no cause to worry about their safety. He and Du Siwen followed behind Xiao Bai, turning left and winding right along a twisting route for nearly an hour before finally reaching a cluster of dilapidated halls.
These buildings must have been far too ancient, for they looked utterly derelict and desolate. Weathered by the passing years, the stone pillars before the great halls were badly mottled, with some places even covered in moss.
The buildings that had yet to collapse were towering structures, a full forty or fifty feet high, and their architectural style was completely different from