After leaving the valley, Han Shuo immediately concealed himself in a dense clump of bushes and contacted the Earth Armor Zombie and Little Skeleton through his mind.
With a series of swishes, a small, slender streak of white light flickered beneath the moonlight, racing out of the valley before quickly coming to a halt beside Han Shuo. It was none other than Little Skeleton, carrying his Bone Blade.
Little Skeleton's seven Bone Spikes had returned to his back. He carried his Bone Blade with leisurely ease, like a child playing in a garden, utterly unconcerned by the chaotic battle in the valley. He clearly had plenty of strength to spare.
When Han Shuo contacted them mentally, he sensed the Earth Armor Zombie traveling underground from the depths of the valley toward his feet. A dozen seconds later, the soil beneath Han Shuo loosened, and the simple-minded Earth Armor Zombie burrowed out.
"Where are they?" Seeing that the Earth Armor Zombie had answered his summons, Han Shuo hurriedly asked.
The Earth Armor Zombie looked startled. He scratched his head dumbly and thought for a moment, then sank back into the earth and headed underground toward the valley again. This time, however, he moved somewhat more slowly. Han Shuo looked closely and discovered that the ground where the Earth Armor Zombie had just emerged had opened into a tunnel wide enough for one person to pass through.
It seemed that as soon as Han Shuo summoned him, the Earth Armor Zombie had dropped everything and used Earth Escape to come to him, evidently paying no attention to the safety of Trunks and the others. Only after hearing Han Shuo's question did he perhaps remember that he was their guide, so on his return journey, he began using his innate ability to dig