Inside the cave, everyone's expressions turned slightly somber.
The Profound Crystal Griffin's combat power is among the top tier, even among the Near-S-Class Calamity Beast recorded by headquarters.
What's more, it's Late Fifth Tier!
If they were all at Fifth Tier, they might be able to put up a fight, but...
"This... if a fight breaks out, can we win?" Zhou Xuan frowned, looking somewhat troubled.
"Unlikely. Even with the Azure Talisman Jade, it can only buy us some time at most," Shen Heng said in a deep voice.
"So what do we do now?" Zhou Xuan continued to ask.
"Let's wait for now," Shen Heng said.
"Wait? What if it doesn't leave by then?" Zhou Xuan asked, somewhat worried.
Shen Heng paused slightly, his gaze sweeping towards the Ringing Sound was emitting light.
"If they don't leave within two days, then we'll have no choice but to go up and try."
No one spoke; given their inability to defeat the Calamity Beast above, this seemed to be the only thing they could do at the moment.
"Boom--"
The muffled sounds of destruction and roars could be faintly heard through the thick soil.
Inside the cave, everyone had different expressions.
Shen Heng frowned, pondering if there was any solution.
Zhou Xuan felt a bit of a headache. He never expected to encounter such a thing while trying to steal something. He should have known better than to steal it!
But who knew that the Profound Crystal Griffin could also remotely locate them?
Han Ling shifted her gaze and it landed on Shen Heng.
She was pondering what Shen Heng had just said. What if the Profound Crystal Griffin didn't leave, and they were eventually forced to go up, but couldn't win?
Based on her understanding of Shen Heng, Shen Heng shouldn't have been unaware of this situation, so...
Qin Yu frowned, her eyes gleaming, and her lips pursed slightly from time to time.
Wang Hu stood to the side, arms crossed, his expression grave. The Profound Crystal Griffin, Late Fifth Tier...
Time passed little by little.
The sounds of destruction coming from the ground, which started intensely, grew even more violently, and then abruptly stopped at a certain moment.
Shen Heng raised his head slightly, and heard the rapidly receding sound in his ears.
Its patience was worse than I expected. I was prepared to endure it, but it left after only half an hour?
Those around also noticed this huge change.
Zhou Xuan looked up at the sky, but could see nothing but the dark earth.
He lowered his head and asked:
The Profound Crystal Griffin is gone?
Under everyone's gaze, Shen Heng nodded slightly, "Mm."
"Then can we try to go out?" Zhou Xuan asked.
"Wait, let's leave after it gets far away and is out of my detection range," Shen Heng said.
Upon hearing this, the people around nodded slightly, offering no objections.
Shen Heng closed his eyes and waited.
In his perception, the Profound Crystal Griffin circled Zhuanzhuan for more than half an hour before finally leaving his range of perception.
After waiting for another half hour, Shen Heng confirmed that the Profound Crystal Griffin showed no signs of returning before he opened his eyes and looked at everyone.
"Alright, go up and try leaving again."
No one replied; they simply nodded.
Zhou Xuan raised his hand and pressed it onto the ground of the cave. Then, with the activation of his Origin Power, the ground began to rise rapidly.
Moments later, they reached the ground.
Without saying a word, the group immediately headed in one direction.
However, Shen Heng didn't run very far before slowing down again.
He turned his head, his gaze slightly narrowed as he looked up at the horizon.
"No way, not again?" Zhou Xuan looked at Shen Heng, who had slowed his pace, with a slight headache.
The others also frowned deeply.
"Stop talking, let's go down!" Shen Heng glanced at Zhou Xuan.
Zhou Xuan nodded with a bitter expression, then placed his hands back on the ground.
Soon, everyone sank underground again.
"No, how are we supposed to escape?" Zhou Xuan asked, somewhat troubled. He looked at Shen Heng.
"I remember Shen Heng's detection limit is 50km, right? The Profound Crystal Griffin can sense us from 50km away! I don't think that's recorded in the headquarters files!"
"It's possible that the previously appearing Profound Crystal Griffin didn't require this ability, or it could be that it's a new ability that appeared after the rank was increased," Shen Heng replied while pondering other questions.
"What should we do now? It comes as soon as we go out, it comes as soon as we go out, we can't escape it, can we?" Zhou Xuan said in distress.
This time, Shen Heng didn't reply either.
He lowered his eyes, his mind racing, trying to think of a way to deal with the situation.
Silence fell over the cave for a moment.
Not long after, a "boom" sounded again from above.
Zhou Xuan sat to one side, propping his head up as he watched the constantly falling rock dust, occasionally raising his hand to press down on the ground to reinforce the cave and prevent it from collapsing.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up slightly as he looked at the crowd.
"I've got a plan!"
Shen Heng interrupted his thoughts and looked over with slight surprise.
What method?
"We can stay like this!" Zhou Xuan looked at everyone with a slight gleam in his eyes.
"We can wait until the Profound Crystal Griffin leaves before going out, and then run as fast as we can!"
"We'll sink down again just before the Profound Crystal Griffin catches up."
"If you repeat this process over and over again, even if you can't run very far each time, you'll eventually be able to run."
"Who knows, we might just lure the Profound Crystal Griffin to the base like this."
"Then we can have Daoist Master Li kill it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the people around him varied.
Shen Heng let out a soft sigh and retorted, "This method won't work."
"Huh? Why?" Zhou Xuan stared wide-eyed at Shen Heng.
"Your method puts the Profound Crystal Griffin 'Profound Crystal Griffin brain to a very high level. Once it realizes we've been in the same spot, it will start searching carefully around us," Shen Heng explained calmly.
"So, your method might work several times, but the more times you use it, the higher the risk becomes."
"We're still quite far from the base; it's unlikely we can use that method."
Upon hearing Shen Heng's words, Zhou Xuan's lips twitched slightly.
"Uh... okay!"
He turned his gaze back to the falling rock dust, and said with a slight headache,
"Damn it, I have no idea how the Profound Crystal Griffin found us..."
Shen Heng did not respond, which was also a point of confusion for him.
How did the Profound Crystal Griffin find them?
Shen Heng slowly lowered his eyes, his mind continuing its previous thoughts.
Sound?
It's unlikely.
Shen Heng consciously kept the sounds along the way to himself.
In this situation, even if the Profound Crystal Griffin could hear sounds from extremely far away, it would be unlikely that it could use that to detect their situation.
After all, sound is different from other things; in order to perceive it, you must first be able to receive it.
Of course, if you have high authority and strong perception, then theoretically you should be able to bypass Shen Heng.
However, at the Late Fifth Tier, Near-S-Class, according to previous records at headquarters, it leans towards combat...