"Mm." Guang Yu nodded.
The two continued onward.
The road ahead grew increasingly difficult, and the dangers they encountered became ever greater.
They fought Blood-sucking Leech Insect Beasts in the swamplands and battled Corpse Vulture Flocks atop sheer cliffs.
They waged bloody battles in Insect Valley, besieged by countless insects.
Along the way, they were pursued by all manner of Soul Beasts over sixty thousand years old.
Guang Yu and Qian Renxue crossed mountains and rivers, traversing all kinds of perilous terrain. They experienced countless life-and-death battles and brutal fights, with several of them nearly ending in certain death, their lives hanging by a thread.
Yet the two of them made it through every trial hand in hand.
Before they knew it, Guang Yu and Qian Renxue had spent twelve days here. Only three days remained before they had to cross Death Canyon.
They had also passed through the most dangerous core region of Death Canyon.
However, days of grueling battle had left both Guang Yu and Qian Renxue mentally exhausted. Their bodies were covered in wounds, large and small.
Even if they stopped to rest and recover, it would be difficult to return to their peak condition. Most importantly, there was little time left. They simply did not have enough time to rest.
"Ugh, it stinks so badly. That disgusting fluid inside those insects splashed all over us when we killed them. Guang Yu, let's look for water nearby. I want to wash myself—I can't stand being this filthy anymore."
At that moment, Guang Yu and Qian Renxue had just gone through a large-scale battle. Their bodies were covered in the fluids and blood of Insect Soul Beasts.
It was horribly foul, nauseating, and disgusting.
Their bodies felt sticky and wet, making them extremely uncomfortable. It also felt as