Yang Yong's roar carried far through the rumbling engines and the howls of evil spirits.
Soon, a green figure came swinging over on a Climbing Vine from the distant tangle of vines.
She leaped between the vines with unbelievable lightness, then flipped once and landed beside Yang Yong.
"Ee-ee, ya-ya."
Yezi dusted off her hands and grinned at Yang Yong.
Yang Yong breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look ahead.
The vehicles were already approaching the base of that giant tree.
The space beneath the tree lay right before them, darkness opening its arms to them.
Past this giant tree, past its base.
Forward, racing against every second.
Forward.
Forward.
Every second felt as long as a year.
The Demoness Pickup Truck charged into the shadows beneath the tree first.
The immense canopy blocked out all light, leaving their surroundings as dark as a pool of ink.
Something moved in the darkness. Something was watching them.
The pickup did not stop.
One vehicle after another charged in after it, their wheels crunching over the bones littering the ground.
They had made it through.
The Demoness Pickup Truck was the first to pass beneath the giant tree and burst out of its shadow.
Yang Yong glanced back at the giant tree.
It remained quiet, its roots still roving in their original places, the horde of evil spirits left far behind them.
That giant tree, that Eerie slumbering within it, had not awakened.
The Demoness Pickup Truck did not stop, continuing to charge ahead.
One vehicle after another followed close behind, passing beneath the tree and returning to the relatively safe area outside.
The tension in Yang Yong's heart finally eased a little.
Thank goodness it didn't wake up.
He turned back, his gaze settling on the road ahead.
Sometimes,