Ziming had no time to worry about the ambiguity of their posture, much less explain anything to Xiao Hua. The moment her hand slipped free of his, she slapped her hand against the Soul Nest and took out the soul artifact resembling a Witch Token. Then, with a blur before Xiao Hua's eyes, the Nine Divine Guards she had previously stored in the Soul Nest were released as well!
"Pa pa~" Without the slightest hesitation, Ziming waved the Witch Token. Several faint green streaks, visible to the naked eye, flashed past. Then she clapped her hand, and the nine Divine Guards pounced toward the nether beast along the passage!
Ziming's string of movements was incomparably swift. The nether beast had only just stepped out of the blood pool and had not even straightened its body!
"Go~" Xiao Hua's heart tightened. He swept an arm around Ziming's waist, activated his magic power, and their bodies drifted into the air...
"Boom!" A tentacle identical to those on the nether beast's back lashed out from somewhere near where they had just been standing! After striking the spot where Xiao Hua and Ziming had stood, it abruptly vanished again.
"Xiao Lang, don't use too much magic power!" Ziming's back burned with heat, and her heart pounded wildly, yet she still did not forget to warn him.
"Alright!" Xiao Hua looked around and asked in a low voice, "We're not far from the passage we came down through, are we?"
"Yes!" Ziming answered as she controlled the Nine Divine Guards.
"Which direction?" Xiao Hua pressed.
Though Ziming did not ask what Xiao Hua intended to do, she still pointed in one direction. "From the blood pool, that way..."
Before Ziming could finish, she saw a blaze of light before her eyes. Her waist tightened, and