Her sword had already slid across the opponent's throat without hesitation. A faint sound came from the darkness. Jing Linyao's heart immediately tightened; the sound she had just heard from the opponent didn't sound like a living person at all. Moreover, she could feel that when her sword slid across the opponent, it didn't feel like sliding across living flesh.
What kind of monster is hiding in the dark? A forced calm flashed in Jing Linyao's eyes. Suddenly, she flipped her hand and shone a special night-shining pearl. She instantly gasped.
And at that very moment, Jing Minyao also let out an uncontrollable scream.
"Oh my god," she shrieked. The area around the main hall was actually blocked by a group of rotting corpse puppets, and several more corpse puppets nearby were tearing at something with their backs to them. Jing Minyao looked with panic and immediately recognized the torn person as one of the mercenaries who had previously chased them. She screamed uncontrollably once more.
Jing Linyao glared at her several times, cursing countless times in her heart: Idiot. As if there wasn't enough trouble here already, she had to shriek and attract the attention of all the corpse puppets. How did such a stupid mind grow so big?
Indeed, the previously quiet group of corpse puppets, upon hearing Jing Minyao's scream, all raised their greyish-white eyes laced with red bloodshot, staring intently at the two sisters.
Jing Minyao was almost scared out of her mind. She frantically shot out a fire spirit, which wobbled and missed the corpse puppets, landing instead on the ground and provoking enraged roars from the corpse puppet group.
The corpse puppets roared furiously and then lunged towards their direction. Jing Linyao gritted her teeth, waved her hand, and threw out a ball of fire. She no longer bothered with the foolish sister and was the first to rush towards the direction where the corpse puppets were sparse.
Qiao Mu and her group returned to the golden gate that Madam Qiao Qiao had kicked open earlier.
"Let's go!" Madam Qiao Qiao felt a stirring; she had a strong feeling that they would soon see the little monkey's sister if they went further. She was genuinely curious about the little monkey's sister now. This sister had created such a vast Sun-Moon Secret Realm all by herself, accompanying the little monkey in this realm for countless years. Didn't she feel lonely or uncomfortable? In such an empty, ghostly place, with only two of them relying on each other, wouldn't they go crazy in the long run?
Oh, wait. According to the sister's own words, before picking up the little monkey, this sister had probably spent a very, very long time alone in the secret realm! Thinking of this, a trace of inexplicable sadness welled up in Madam Qiao Qiao's heart, and she felt a touch of sympathy for this sister she had never met.
Being alone is quite miserable, she thought to herself for some reason.
The group followed Madam Qiao Qiao through the passage unhindered, exchanging bewildered glances.
Little Fatty pounded his chest and asked, "You, you all? You! You've been coming all this way like this the whole time??"
"Holy crap!" Why was it that he kept encountering spatial spirit beasts and mutated plants along the way, fighting non-stop with great fervor?
"Wuwuwu, this is so unfair!" How could the difference between people be so vast?
Madam Qiao Qiao said expressionlessly, "I told you it was a smooth journey. You thought I was lying? Ask Mata if you don't believe me."
Mata's fresh and handsome face showed no extra expression.