The cave fell silent once again, with only the occasional sound of falling debris.

Fang Qingyu's voice suddenly came from the front, low and urgent.

"You stay here, watch the node and Xiaojiang."

Wei Banmeng abruptly looked up, catching only a glimpse of a shadow-like figure merging into the darkness, chasing after the closing rift with astonishing speed and silence!

"Fang Qingyu!" Wei Banmeng called out softly, reaching out but catching nothing but air.

She watched in disbelief as the darkness swallowed his figure at the end of the broken passage.

Is he insane?

Chasing that terrifying ancient beast alone?!

She subconsciously glanced at Jiang Wei, only to see the young girl had merely extinguished the flame in her palm, sitting back on a rock in the corner, hugging her knees without any sign of worry, as if Fang Qingyu was merely going for a stroll.

This extraordinary calmness.

Left Wei Banmeng's heart filled with bewilderment and shock.

A seven or eight-year-old girl, witnessing an ancient fierce beast, could remain so composed?

And that young man... what exactly is he planning?

This duo, what is their background?

She felt, for the first time, that she couldn't see through them at all.

...

In the depths of the fragmented, sulfuric and blood-tinged passageway.

Fang Qingyu moved like a true shadow along the cold, rough rocky wall, shrouded by the Eternal Night Curtain.

Activating Crisis Perception and Eyes of True Sight...

The vibrations and the oppressive feeling from Peng Snake's massive body movements ahead, guiding the way like a beacon in the darkness.

After who knows how far he had stealthily advanced, the space ahead suddenly opened up, echoing more vast and spacious.

And then... a heart-wrenching, drum-like heavy heartbeat.

Fang Qingyu carefully felt his way to the end of the passage, hiding behind a piece of cracked, fallen rock.

Only exposing his eyes.

The scene before him made his pupils contract sharply.

This was an underground space several times larger than the cave they were guarding!

The vault rose into the darkness, seemingly connecting to the mantle.

At the center of the space was an area of dark red membrane, slowly pulsing as if alive, from which the heavy heartbeat emanated!

At the edge of the membrane area.

Connected to countless thick, blood vessel-like pulsing dark red tubes, deeply embedded in the surrounding rock walls.

This place.

Seemed to be the very 'heart' of the entire pit lair!

And at the edge of this colossal 'heart', Peng Snake's massive red head and white body coiled there.

It seemed somewhat agitated and restless, its enormous head slightly shaking, dark gold vertical pupils scanning its surroundings warily, its lifeless pale body even more eerie against the dark red membrane.

But what took Fang Qingyu's breath away was not Peng Snake but the figure standing not far in front of Peng Snake's enormous head!

The person stood with their back facing towards Fang Qingyu, standing tall in a well-tailored dark gray suit, completely out of place in this filthy, bloody environment.

Hands casually tucked into the pockets of the suit trousers, their manner as relaxed as if strolling in their own garden.

The most glaring thing was.

Suspended above his head were two glaring scarlet words:

[Divine Chosen]!

Fang Qingyu's brow furrowed deeply.

Another Divine Chosen, and judging by their appearance, they're an enemy, not an ally.

"Moo—!!!"

Just then, Peng Snake's enormous red head reared violently, emitting a cry mixing pain, rage, and a hint of unutterable indignation!

The dark gold vertical pupils locked onto the man in the suit, its massive body twisting restlessly, causing the surrounding debris to cascade down.

This cry evidently annoyed the man in the suit.

"Noisy!"

An icy voice, devoid of any human emotion, rang out clearly, echoing through the vast space.

He didn't even bother to glance back at the terrifying beast capable of devouring the Peak of Profound, his right hand, still in the suit pocket, casually flicked outward.

Buzz!

Fang Qingyu's pupils contracted sharply!

He saw a jagged rock half as tall as a person beside Peng Snake, violently awakened as if by an invisible giant hand!

Instantly breaking free from gravity, carrying a loud whoosh as it tore through the air.

Like a cannonball shot out of a chamber, it smashed towards the side of Peng Snake's enormous head!

Boom!!!

A thunderous, heart-wrenching explosion erupted!

The rock burst into countless dusty fragments upon contact with the Red Gold Scale Armor! The massive impact force made Peng Snake's mountain-like head jerk violently to the side!

A clear white mark was left on the Red Gold scales, with a few small edge scales even flying off!

"Ugh..."

Peng Snake let out a pained, deeply repressed whimper, its massive head forced to bow low, the madness and violence in its vertical pupils suppressed by instinctive dread, truly not daring to cry out again.

That colossal body trembled slightly under the white light's reflection, as if bearing an unfathomable great pressure.

Fang Qingyu's pupils contracted sharply at this scene!

Earth Element... ability!?

Isn't this just like what others said, that person from the west, responsible for maintaining the pit's stability, a Divine Chosen exactly like this???

Fang Qingyu's mind felt as if split open by a bright white thunder.

All clues were instantly connected.

So every time Peng Snake finished eating people and damaging the rock walls, it wasn't the Earth Ability User automatically repairing them, but intentionally repairing it to prevent others from tracking.

And why those Modified Martial Artists could appear precisely in the passage!?

And why the powerhouses in the pit were 'trapped' and lost communication?

If there was a person manipulating everything about the pit's geography, then everything made sense.

Not only was there a Molting Level Life Ghost.

But also an Earth Element Divine Chosen, causing trouble...

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