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The pain was not loud. It was very light and thin.

The sound of it reverberated through the empty cave, causing people to feel a chill run down their spines.

Qu Ling listened carefully for a while, then said. "It was not Eighth Prince's voice."

When the rest heard this, they turned to look at Xiao Jingyue with questioning gazes.

Amongst the five people present, Qu Ling was the one who was the most familiar with the Eighth Prince.

If she said no, then she must not.

From what Magistrate Zeng said, Eighth Prince had brought ten people in, among them were the Dark Guard that he brought from the capital, and there were also experts that he borrowed from Magistrate Zeng's side.

If no one else had entered the cave, then the person screaming in pain in front of him was most likely one of the guards.

Xiao Jingyue muttered to himself for a moment, then said: "Go take a look."

Hearing his order, the group continued on their way.

After walking for a distance, he saw a fork in the road in front of him.

The sound came from the right side of the road. It sounded rather close, about ten zhang away.

Xiao Jingyue lowered his head to look at the woman in his arms, and asked gently: "Which path do you think we should take, Madam?"

Qu Ling pondered for a moment and said: "Take the right. The fact that the man was still alive meant that the trap on the right side of the road was not fatal. On the other hand, there is not the slightest movement on the left side of the road. What if it is a life-threatening trap, what if all the people who entered are dead? "

Xiao Jingyue nodded with a smile, and did not say anything else. He pulled Qu Ling and walked towards the right.

Upon seeing this, the three people behind silently followed.

Just as Qu Ling said, there was indeed a trap on the right side of the road.

After walking about three to four meters inside, sharp thorns appeared out of nowhere on the stone wall. The length of the thorns seemed to extend to the middle of the road.

Those thorns did not keep up. There were only three or four of them at a time. Wherever they went, the three or four would stick out from the stone wall.

If he wasn't careful, the rocks would have pierced through his head.

Just as they were fully focused on their vigilance, a weak voice suddenly came from the front, "Who is it?!"

No one answered him, no one dared to be distracted at this crucial moment.

The man continued: "Again... Another two Zhang forward, those stone spikes … "Then it won't appear, but …"

Before the two words "but" had even finished, Xiao Jingyue had already jumped out of the range of the rock spike with Qu Ling in his arms while the other three had followed closely behind.

After the five of them steadied themselves, before they could even relax, a rumbling sound suddenly came from beneath their feet.

The person continued, "... "A hole will appear under my feet …"

Murong Shan opened his eyes wide in disbelief, "Why are you …"

Why didn't you say so earlier!

After these words left his mouth, a big hole had appeared on the bottom of their feet.

Xiao Jingyue hugged Qu Ling, and tiptoed along the stone wall, as if he was flying along the wall, and continued to rush forward quickly.

Xiao Er followed closely behind, with Murong Shan who was holding onto Murong Shan's arm.

Moments later, the group of people landed in front of that person.

The person was sitting with his back against the stone wall, while a strong stench of blood floated in the air.

Qu Ling pulled Xiao Jingyue's hand, raised up the Night Pearl and looked at it.

It didn't matter if she didn't look. When she did, she almost had a heart attack.

The person in front of him was a man whose age could not be determined. He was wearing tattered clothes that were as cold as the cold of the sky and as disheveled as his face was frightening.

His hand was currently covering his right thigh. Between his fingers, he could faintly see blood seeping out. At his feet was a pool of bright red blood.

The man raised his head, revealing a black face and sunken eyes, he looked at Qu Ling as though he was looking at his savior, "Miss, I am injured, I am trapped here and can't leave, I beg you to save me!"

Qu Ling calmly took a step back, returned to Xiao Jingyue's side, and said with a tone full of regret: "Sorry, young lady, I can't save you."

The man's eyes widened. "Why?"

"Because you have no treatment."

"…"

Other than Xiao Jingyue, the other three people behind her all had their mouths twitch.

Murong Shan was afraid that Qu Ling would continue wasting time and asked: "In the past few hours, who have you seen pass by here?"

The man's eyes lit up, and extended his hand towards Murong Shan, saying: "As long as you save me, I'll tell you."

However, no one paid any attention to him.

With Qu Ling and Xiao Jingyue as the leaders, the five of them continued to walk forward expressionlessly.

They continued on their way, safe and sound, but no one let down their guard.

The surroundings were completely silent. The only sound that could be heard was the sound of footsteps echoing within the cave.

Seeing that the atmosphere was too tense, Qu Ling took the initiative to ask Murong Shan: "Just now, he extended his hand out towards you, why didn't you pull him?"

Murong Shan said snappily: Don't take others to be fools! I don't know what will happen in this kind of place, what if the one I meet isn't a human! "

From the clothes of the man, it was obvious that he was not from Eighth Prince or the Magistrate Zeng.

Furthermore, they had lost so much blood, yet they were still alive. It was fine if they had the strength to scream for help, but they also had the leisure to remind them how to get past the trap.

Qu Ling let out a deep sigh, "So you're really not stupid."

Murong Shan was enraged: "Hey!"

While they were talking, the group arrived at a relatively spacious area. There was no other path ahead.

Xiao San frowned, he raised the Night Pearl and looked around, "There's no way?"

Xiao Jingyue pulled Qu Ling, who was still arguing with Murong Shan back into his arms and said: "Save your saliva."

It was only then that Qu Ling remembered that the five of them had not brought any water or food.

If they did not want to starve to death, they would either find the Eighth Prince as soon as possible and leave the place, or turn around and return.

When he thought of this, Qu Ling's expression suddenly became somewhat strange, "I have a question that I don't know whether I should say or not."

Everyone turned to look at Qu Ling.

Xiao Jingyue replied: "Speak."

"That hole in the middle and upper reaches can only go in but not go in. Will this hole in the lower reaches only be able to go in and out?"

"…"

Silence spread out in an instant.

Previously, Magistrate Zeng had always said that the upper middle level caves could only be left behind. If one wanted to go in, they could only go through this lower level cave, but he had never mentioned whether it was still possible to leave by the same route after going into this lower level cave.

After Qu Ling, Xiao Jingyue and the rest left, the man was still clutching the wound on his leg and moaning.

Not long after, the sound of footsteps could be heard again, followed by the sound of stone spikes shooting out from the stone wall.

The man once again revealed a strange light and weakly said, "Again … Another two Zhang forward, those stone spikes … "It won't appear again, but …"

He deliberately paused, and when the footsteps got closer, he knew that the person had already done as he said. He then continued, "A hole will appear."

The stone floor opened with a rumble.

But the footsteps did not stop. Instead, they drew closer and closer to him.

The man looked disappointed. When the man landed in front of him, he looked up with a pitiful expression and said, "I'm hurt. Please …" "Ugh!"

Before he could finish, a white hand clamped onto his neck.

A fiery light shone on the beautiful face of the newcomer, revealing an extremely cold smile.

The man held the hand that was around his neck with a ferocious expression. Anger and fear mixed in his eyes.

He had a lot to say, but the hand didn't give him a chance to say a word.

A "kacha" sound came from the man's neck.

The Heavenly Pillar's bones were violently broken, and its head drooped lifelessly to the side.

At this moment, a strange scene appeared.

Starting from his head, the body of the man who had lost his breath gradually caved in as if he had let it out.

At the same time, the wound on his right leg that he had been using as a cover produced countless black bugs that slithered down towards his body.

When Jin Yi, who was standing behind Rong Xi, saw this fearsome scene, his pupils contracted as he suddenly cried out involuntarily.