Li Dalong had no choice but to face the Demon Beasts' attacks. He knew his strength had not fully recovered, but he had to end the battle quickly to escape the crisis.
After a grueling battle, Li Dalong finally defeated the Demon Beasts. However, he was utterly exhausted, his body barely able to hold out.
He knew his condition was dangerous, but he had to keep going. He continued toward the cave where Ye Wuxia and the others were.
When he reached the cave, Ye Wuxia and the others were already waiting outside for him. They were all overjoyed to see Li Dalong.
"Thank goodness you're all right!" Ye Wuxia said excitedly. "We thought we would never see you again."
"I'm fine," Li Dalong said with a smile. "I hurried over after escaping the Abyss Soul Devourer Beast."
"We were worried you wouldn't make it back," Xiao Cui said. "The Abyss Soul Devourer Beast was too powerful. Did you see Steward Zhang?"
Seeing that Li Dalong had returned alone, Xiao Cui asked whether Steward Zhang had come back. It turned out that the Golden Immortal maid had been a steward in disguise.
"I thought I was doomed too," Li Dalong said. "But I thought of a way to escape."
"Steward Zhang?" Li Dalong first answered Ye Wuxia's and Ke Xialing's questions, then was stumped by Xiao Cui's question about Steward Zhang. Only then did he realize that the Steward Zhang she meant was the Golden Immortal maid.
Li Dalong's spirits sank at once. Without a word, he walked aside, found a flat patch of open ground, and took Steward Zhang's body out of his spatial ring, gently laying him on the ground.
Ye Wuxia and the others were startled by the sudden change in Li Dalong's expression.
While they were