A series of muffled crashes came from inside the cave. The Void Shield blocked every wind blade the Phoenix-Feather Eagle sent after them.
After running more than a hundred zhang into the cave, they reached a sharp turn to the left. With no time to think, the three followed the passage and continued left.
Only then did they finally breathe a sigh of relief. The Phoenix-Feather Eagle could no longer reach them with its attacks. As for the explosions of its attacks and the sounds of the cave entrance collapsing behind them, they paid them no heed. Getting out of immediate danger came first.
After running another few zhang, Li Dalong signaled for the two women to stop. Between the desperate fight and their headlong flight, all three had remained tightly wound.
Besides, both he and Zhou Xue were injured and needed to heal and restore their spiritual power. This cave might not be safe either, and continuing to run deeper without any preparation would be dangerous.
So, now that the danger posed by the Phoenix-Feather Eagle had passed, they had to stop here immediately to rest and deal with their urgent need to heal and restore their spiritual power.
When Ye Wuxia and Zhou Xue heard Li Dalong say they could stop and rest, they abandoned all concern for appearances and plopped down on the ground, unwilling to move another step.
Li Dalong examined their surroundings. Past the bend in the passage, the cave was much more spacious than at the entrance, widening inward like a trumpet.
Here, the cave was six or seven zhang wide and three or four zhang high. He set up a defensive Magic Formation on a level patch of ground, then motioned for the two women to enter it.
Caution kept a ship sailing