However, the place Meng Jingsheng chose for his escape was not entirely in line with either of Li Yan's guesses. Yet neither had he simply blundered about like a headless fly.
The area Meng Jingsheng chose for this ambush was not far from that underground cavern, because he was most familiar with the environment in this region.
At the root of it all was that cavern. The place where Meng Jingsheng had found the "Black Flame Crystal" back then was inside that very cavern, so he knew this place exceedingly well.
After this cavern led deep underground, the path beyond was actually a dead end. The best things in the entire cavern had been the "Black Flame Crystal" and its companion stones.
After Meng Jingsheng had dug out those two items, this place had truly become useless. Even if Red-Eyed Flame-Horn Beast cultivators later found the place, they would at most look around once before leaving in disappointment.
But how could Meng Jingsheng let himself be completely trapped in a dead end? In truth, a danger was hidden within this cavern.
That danger lay at the side of the slope leading underground—the same side of the slope Li Yan had seen—within the dry ditch that ran parallel to it all the way.
The precise location was where Meng Jingsheng had originally found the "Black Flame Crystal." While digging out the companion stones from the ditch, he had discovered something "abnormal."
After he dug open one large companion stone, a finger-thick little hole appeared in the ground. Meng Jingsheng had found the "Black Flame Crystal" in the first place because he had noticed an inconspicuous crack opening on the surface.
At the time, he had felt that the little hole seemed off. Yet whether he examined it carefully with his spiritual