Shen Ye looked the giant crocodile up and down.
Xiao Mengyu also drew her weapon and stood beside him.
The husky, however, had a question on his mind and could not help asking:
"What happened to Nangong Sirui? Why are you carrying him?"
Zhang Xiaoyi braced his hands on his knees, panting heavily, and explained:
"He said-he had to protect our classmates, so he was leaving safety outside to me."
"Outside?"
"Yes. He put all our classmates into that shield. He said there was a grotto-heaven inside that could protect everyone."
They all looked at Nangong Sirui on his back.
Nangong Sirui was unconscious.
Perhaps...
Keeping such a large grotto-heaven open drained his stamina too?
Nangong Sirui suddenly opened his eyes and jumped off Zhang Xiaoyi's back, saying brightly:
"Wonderful, you're finally here."
They froze.
"Xiao San, are you all right?" Shen Ye asked.
"Why wouldn't I be? I just took a nap." Nangong Sirui yawned.
"But our classmates-"
"Oh, they're in my Divine Shield Grotto-Heaven. They're fine."
"Then you-"
"Zhang Xiaoyi runs pretty steadily, and nowhere else is safer than here right now. After all, there's only one giant crocodile here-its hide is at a very high evolutionary level. I can't get through it, so I might as well rest."
"So you really were sleeping?" Xiao Mengyu asked incredulously.
"What else? I need to conserve my strength. If we run into real danger, I'll have to act." Nangong Sirui took out a fan and fanned himself.
-So he had left the running to Zhang Xiaoyi, right?
Running for hours...
They all fell silent.
To be honest-
If there really was only one giant crocodile here, and Nangong Sirui really needed to conserve his stamina in case the situation changed, then Zhang Xiaoyi simply had to put in the effort