Mortal Mirror

"Hiss, Ergou, this cave is really something else. I have a feeling, like there's something incredibly terrifying watching us."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Zhu Zhu's beautiful eyes flashed as she looked at Li Ergou and said, "Yeah, I believe you. With you by my side, I always feel inexplicably at peace."

Being trusted by someone, especially the girl he liked, felt incredibly good. Li Ergou felt a surge of happiness in his heart, and at the same time, he secretly vowed, 'Zhu Zhu, even if it means certain death for you, I, Li Ergou, won't even frown.'

The two walked into the cave, which was dimly lit, but that wasn't a problem for either of them, as they were both cultivators. This cave was indeed large; ordinary caves have small entrances, but this one was over ten zhang high.

As they continued to walk, the space inside grew larger and larger.

To their surprise, after walking over a hundred zhang, the cave was silent, without even the slightest sound. It was so quiet that it was almost eerie.

Zhu Zhu couldn't help but say, "Could it be that there isn't even a bug here? It's too strange."

Just as Li Ergou was about to speak, they heard a rumbling sound from outside the cave.

The two were slightly surprised, sensing that some powerful monster was approaching. Li Ergou looked around and saw that there was nowhere to hide. Suddenly, his face lit up with joy as he pointed to the ceiling and said, "When one door shuts, another opens! Let's go up there."

It turned out that there was an outcropping on the cave wall above, and if they stuck to it, they wouldn't be noticed.

With that, he grabbed Zhu Zhu and leaped up, landing directly on the cave wall.

Just as the two of them gained their footing, they saw a group of monsters walking below them. They were clearly coming from outside the cave. There were many of these monsters, as many as several dozen, including giant spiders, centipedes over ten feet long, and giant, broad-backed apes that were also about ten feet tall.

They were carrying many prey on their backs: tigers, gray wolves, giant wild boars, and even two humans covered in blood. Judging by their clothes, they appeared to be a man and a woman.

Li Ergou was slightly surprised. This was supposed to be a place for the demon race, and only they should be able to enter. Could it be that others had entered as well?

And this group of people were supposed to be the best of the best, selected from the World's First Martial Arts Tournament. How could they be so easily captured by these guys? It was too incredible.

But immediately, he stopped thinking that way. He saw a giant bat moving its body, slowly moving forward step by step, its gait unsteady, like a baby just learning to walk.

Its massive body was a good seven or eight zhang tall, and its face was ferocious and terrifying. It exuded the aura of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, a true Great Demon of the second order.

After the bat passed, there was actually a giant bear about three zhang tall, carrying a huge iron rod on its shoulder. Li Ergou was surprised, not expecting these demon beasts to be playing with weapons.

The giant bear's aura was no weaker than the bat's. Li Ergou wouldn't have been too afraid of just one bat, but with both of them, he could only be careful and not make a sound.

After all, he had Zhu Zhu with him.

Zhu Zhu was also shocked when she saw these two behemoths, but she hesitated and said, "Ergou, those two people seem to have come with us. We can't just stand by and watch them die, morally speaking. What should we do?"

Li Ergou felt a little conflicted. Although they had all come together, they weren't close. He couldn't bring himself to risk his life to save a stranger.

After all, he never thought of himself as a hero, let alone a saint with overflowing compassion.

Zhu Zhu looked at him with an expectant expression.

Li Ergou felt a little helpless. After all, girls are always more soft-hearted and have a stronger sense of justice. Perhaps that's why Li Ergou liked her even more.

Perhaps that's why, with Zhu Zhu's status, she didn't look down on someone like him. Perhaps things in the world, people in the world, are hard to define.

But since Zhu Zhu had spoken, Li Ergou naturally couldn't refuse. In the end, he would feel uneasy if he watched his companions get eaten. If there really was a chance, he would still try to save them.

But no matter what, he wouldn't risk Zhu Zhu's life.

So he could only say, "Well, let's look for an opportunity. I don't want you to be in danger. Perhaps I'm too selfish, but in my heart, your life is more important than everyone else's, even my own."

Zhu Zhu was slightly stunned, her heart warmed inexplicably. She nodded gently and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Watching the group of monsters leave, Li Ergou and Zhu Zhu quietly followed behind them, but because the monsters were powerful, they didn't dare to follow too closely.

Not long after, the two suddenly heard the sound of fighting ahead. They quickly moved forward and saw a huge cave suddenly appear.

Inside the cave, a blue lotus flower floated above a small pond, constantly emitting a faint blue light.

Two groups of people were facing off beside the lotus flower. One group was led by Chen Qingping of the Cloud Heaven Palace and Ji Nantian of the Heavenly Dao Sect. The other group had golden hair and blue eyes, each wearing white light armor, and some even had a pair of white wings behind them.

If the Mountain Sea Giant Guardians were here, they would exclaim in surprise that these were the alien races, and would wonder what these alien races were doing here.

Just as the two sides were facing off, the giant bat and the giant bear demon led a group of monster underlings in from outside. When it saw these humans in the cave, it was immediately furious.

The bat let out a loud cry and charged at the people.

Soon, the two sides were in a chaotic battle. When Li Ergou and Zhu Zhu arrived at the cave entrance, they saw the chaotic scene before them.

Without time to exclaim, Li Ergou took Zhu Zhu and quickly went to the two people being carried by the monsters. Without much effort, he directly killed the two monsters.

Li Ergou really didn't expect that he thought it would be a fierce battle, but now it seemed so easy.

In the chaos, he actually saw many familiar faces: Chen Qingping, Murong Shijiu, Stone, Li Muzhen, Yue Linglong, Jian Wuchen and Lu Changsheng, Xuanlongzi, Zuo Hanxing, were all here.

It seemed that these people had all gathered here after seeing the pillar of light in the sky. But who were those golden-haired, blue-eyed guys with wings?

That's right, the alien races. Weren't those guardians of the Mountain Sea Giant always mentioning these guys? Their most obvious sign was that pair of wings, so that must be it. But how did they get here?

Li Ergou naturally didn't have the mind to think about these things. He took the two people off the monsters' backs and had Zhu Zhu take them to the side to take care of them, to see how they were and if they could be saved.

And that bat demon was extremely fierce, and now it was even more frenzied, rushing into the crowd and killing in all directions.

This was a demon king at the peak of the second order, its strength equivalent to the peak of the human Nascent Soul stage, extremely ferocious. Chen Qingping and the others were only at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

The space here was huge, and the bat was able to fully unleash its power. It was extremely fierce, and suddenly let out a cry, a piercing sound coming from the air.