Chen De and Liu Zhi Da both waited for Huang Xiao's explanation.
"This isn't because of the formation," Huang Xiao said. "This area was originally a swamp, but it's been concealed by a formation. What you see now isn't its true appearance."
"So that's it." Liu Zhi Da nodded.
"I'll clear the way."
Hearing this, Chen De and Liu Zhi Da hurriedly took two steps back.
Huang Xiao continuously formed seals with both hands, sending streams of aura shooting ahead.
"Can you make sense of it?" Liu Zhi Da asked.
"If I could, I'd have long since declared myself proficient in formations." Chen De shook his head with a wry smile.
Everyone acknowledged Huang Xiao's attainments in formations. After all, he had been able to break Ma Tie'an's formation even when he was still weak. That alone was enough to establish his reputation in the formation arts.
At least among those at their level of strength, few could compare with Huang Xiao.
As Huang Xiao unraveled the formation, the surrounding scenery began to change.
"It really is a swamp." Liu Zhi Da glanced down at his feet.
Both feet of all three men had been swallowed by the swamp's muck, which had almost reached their knees.
"That was too dangerous." Chen De could not help wiping away his cold sweat.
If Huang Xiao had not discovered that this was a swamp, the two of them would probably have been swallowed by it without even realizing.
Hearing Chen De say this, Liu Zhi Da also came to his senses, and his expression turned rather ugly.
They had encountered such grave danger just after entering. If they stayed longer and ventured deeper, he hardly dared imagine how dangerous it would be.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness," Liu Zhi Da said, still shaken.
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