"Fuck, that thing was insane."
"That thing was scarier than a ghost!"
He Zheng swallowed hard. In the darkness, he instinctively glanced at Aroro, who lay pale-faced on the ground. He had never imagined that, at the crucial moment, these goblins would prove so effective.
If Aroro's blood hadn't contaminated the black monster, it probably would have caught up with them while they were opening the door.
Realizing that Aroro had saved him as well, Huang Liang thanked him with some difficulty.
Before Aroro could wave his hands in a fluster, An Ke suddenly spoke, unease in her voice:
"Ye Lin!"
"This door wasn't shut all the way before. I suspect there are more of those things inside!"
He Zheng's expression changed sharply at her words, and his heart leaped back into his throat.
"An Ke! What do you mean!? You're saying there are more of those monsters in here!?"
He Zheng and Huang Liang instantly went on guard. Ye Lin frowned deeply and quickly scanned their surroundings.
He understood what An Ke meant.
Although he had discovered that someone had entered this place, he hadn't expected the door to have been left ajar. If those people had also been pursued by the same kind of monster, then the black monster could easily have slipped through the open door and killed them.
So there really could be another black monster lurking deep inside.
But...
Ye Lin's gaze sharpened as he immediately noticed the footprints on the ground.
"Not necessarily."
"Closing the door isn't hard. If they had time to come inside, there's no reason they wouldn't have had time to close it."
"If the situation had really been that urgent, we should have seen bodies by the entrance."
The scene of the black monster's first appearance flashed through Ye Lin's