The bloodwing bats erupted from the cave in a terrifying swarm, their chittering screams filling the air as they descended upon the group.
"Grrr!" their collective hunting cry echoed through the forest.
Xiong's face went pale.
"What are you looking at? Run!" she screamed at her companions.
"Can't we fight them?" one of them asked desperately.
"Are you an idiot? Look at those numbers! Fight if you want to. I'm running away from here!" she snapped, already moving.
And they fled into the forest.
Cale jumped through the dense vegetation, his mind working at the same time.
'Shit, it's a formation! We're trapped in a formation. Did those bats coming out act as a trigger of sorts?'
Then realization struck him — this wasn't just a cave full of monsters! This was a carefully constructed trap, likely designed by the inheritance site itself to test and filter cultivators.
