"I'm at the front!" the skinny guy before spoke up.
"You guys follow behind. I estimate the area below should be larger..." I said. "No, you can't go down. I'll go down first to see what the situation is!"
If we all went down together, and there was danger below, we wouldn't have time to escape. If they stayed outside, they'd at least have some room to dodge.
"Brother Lu, I'll go with you!" Lin Chun stepped forward and said.
Hearing this, I nodded. "Alright!"
"You others stay up top and set up defenses, be ready to join the fight at any time!" Lin Chun said, turning back.
Upon hearing this, the others said nothing more. If we purely considered strength, Lin Chun was clearly superior to them.
I glanced at the cave entrance and, without a word, squeezed inside. Lin Chun did the same.
I had originally thought the cave wouldn't extend too far, but after we entered, we discovered the situation was far more complicated than imagined.
After going in, the two of us crawled with difficulty for nearly ten minutes without reaching the end.
"Brother Lu... what's going on?" Lin Chun asked.
Although both of us were cultivators now, crawling in such a place still felt uncomfortable.
"Speed up!" I said.
We continued forward for about another five minutes, and I clearly felt that we were consistently moving downwards.
While the slope wasn't very steep, from the moment we entered the cave entrance until now, it had been continuously inclining downwards.
After crawling for about fifteen minutes at our current speed, we were already quite far from the surface.
Just as I was considering whether to forcefully break through the soil here to check the situation, I suddenly felt something was not quite right ahead.
I cautiously moved closer and was abruptly surprised to find a gap directly in front of me!
"This must be it!" I said in a low voice. I carefully crawled to the gap, then peered down. The result was pitch-black, and I couldn't see anything.
Lin Chun didn't know the situation inside, but he didn't dare to speak at this moment. It was still uncertain how good the hearing of those monsters was. If we alerted them, it would be troublesome.
"Let's go down and see," I said in a low voice. "Make as little noise as possible!"
Hearing this, Lin Chun nodded, then enveloped himself with the power of the Shepherd God.
We still didn't know how far down it was, so both of us took protective measures.
Then, without hesitation, we jumped down.
I had expected it to be a relatively deep place, but surprisingly, the moment we jumped down, we landed. Judging by the distance, the cave entrance was only about ten meters above the ground.
For us now, this distance posed almost no difficulty.
The two of us remained frozen in place, unable to move. It was completely dark, without a sliver of light.
Even though Lin Chun and I were facing each other, we couldn't see each other's faces.
At this moment, I didn't dare to act rashly. I rubbed my fingers together, and a ball of flame appeared in my palm. As the light flickered, I could finally see the surrounding area.
But when I saw it clearly, even though I had prepared myself mentally, the moment I faced it, I was so scared I almost jumped.
Around us, at least nearly a hundred pairs of eyes were staring at me.
Lin Chun reacted instantly. Lightning flickered around his body, enveloping the two of us.
At that moment, my hairs stood on end, and an icy chill permeated every corner of my body.
We knew very well that if we were surrounded by those monsters, even if we were both stronger, we would absolutely not be able to escape.
As the flames spread, we could finally see the entire surrounding situation.
Only then did we realize that those nearly a hundred pairs of eyes were not human, nor were they monsters, but bats.
Under normal circumstances, these bats would have panicked upon seeing us intrude. However, to our surprise, not only did these bats not dodge, but they stared fixedly at us.
I dared not make any rash moves now, because I knew very well that if we made even the slightest other movement, these bats would swarm us.
I didn't know what consequences such an action would bring, so I could only observe the surroundings quietly.
It was then that I noticed that these bats were all hanging from one frame after another, as if someone had deliberately raised them here.
And not far from this place, there was another cave opening.
Lin Chun and I exchanged a glance. He instantly understood my intention.
This was why I had brought him down. Often, the two of us didn't need many words; we could understand what the other wanted with just a glance. This was extremely important in such situations!