Mutated Tao

Chapter 241: Exit

Chapter 241: Exit

Li Huowang’s shirt was torn from getting constantly dragged against the ground. Even so, he was staring at the Lion Dances that were relentlessly chasing after them.

With the aid of the white glowing light emanating from their bodies, Li Huowang was barely able to discern something even larger behind the Lion Dances chasing after them.

Li Huowang didn’t know which sect the Lion Dance Palace belonged to, but he was certain there must be power differences between the various Lion Dances. The two Lion Dances he fought from before were likely some of the weaker ones.

“Second Deity! Run faster! The Lion Dances behind us are only the smaller ones! There’s a massive one behind them!” shouted Li Huowang.

Hearing his words, Bai Lingmiao ran even faster. However, she did not run blindly, instead following the sound of the drum.

At that moment, Li Huowang suddenly heard something and patted Bai Lingmiao’s shoulder. “Head East! Listen to me and head East!”

Instantly, Bai Lingmiao slammed all four limbs onto the ground and leaped toward the left wall. Then, she ricocheted off the wall and turned toward where Li Huowang was telling her to run.

It wasn’t long before they arrived at a ‘forest’ within the darkness. The ‘trees’ were just hanging corpses. There were so many of them that they resembled the trees of a forest. It was the same as what Li Huowang had seen just earlier.

At that moment, Li Huowang felt a gaze trained on him, causing his thoughts to slow down. This was the territory of Sheng Erzi and at this moment, it was looking at them while hanging from the ceiling!

But Li Huowang was not afraid. He was certain that compared to the two of them, Sheng Erzi would be a lot more interested in the group of glowing Lion Dances.

Just as he had expected, Sheng Erzi was attracted to the Lion Dances after sensing the massive disruptions brought about by them. The hanging corpses slowly floated toward where the Lion Dances were.

With the aid of Sheng Erzi, Li Huowang and Bai Lingmiao finally managed to escape from the Lion Dances. As they went further away, the sound of footsteps and the intensity of the white glow gradually reduced before disappearing.

Without anyone chasing them, Li Huowang and Bai Lingmiao followed the sound of the drum and finally reunited with everyone.

The others were relieved to finally meet with Li Huowang again. They huddled around and asked him a lot of questions.

“No need to be worried. Han Fu is nothing because he’s weaker than me if he fights me head-on. We just need to avoid being ambushed by him!” Li Huowang encouraged them.

“But Senior Li, where should we go now? We don’t even know where we are.” Chun Xiaoman stared at the darkness surrounding them. She felt hopeless about their situation.

Even though they had beaten back Han Fu and managed to escape the Lion Dances, the situation was still grim. The caves were somehow able to confuse them, and even if they didn’t have such power, without any landmarks to guide them, everything around them looked the same.

As long as they couldn’t escape the caves, they would get attacked by Han Fu or the Lion Dances again sooner or later.

Hearing this, Li Huowang looked around and saw the bell on Chun Xiaoman’s waist. “Give me the bell. We still have other methods to navigate here. We can ask the Wandering Gods to find the exit for us!”

Chun Xiaoman only just realized that the Wandering Gods could also be used in such a manner. She was just about to hand over the bell when she retracted it.

“Senior Li, I’m younger and have a longer lifespan. Let me use it instead.” Without waiting for Li Huowang’s answer, she quickly rang the bell.

Soon, several Wandering Gods flew into the darkness. At the same time, Li Huowang saw Chun Xiaoman grow slightly taller; however, he wasn’t so sure.

Time slowly passed within the oppressive cave but the Wandering Gods did not return. Thus, their hopes were dashed once again.

“Maybe the Wandering Gods were eaten by some evil beings?” Puppy came up with the worst-case scenario.

Li Huowang frowned at their current predicament. Disregarding Han Fu, who was waiting to ambush them from within the darkness, if the Lion Dances took care of Sheng Erzi and then chased after them once more, then they would be dead. They needed to get out of here quickly!

He tried to recall the Profound Records and the various rituals recorded on it. He sieved through all the information, but in the end, didn’t find anything useful for them.

The Profound Records was an indispensable item of the Ao Jing Sect. It recorded various rituals and methods to torture one self and others, but there was nothing it could do for now.

Li Huowang was about to ask whether Bai Lingmiao could request aid from the Immortal Families when he saw Gao Zhijian pointing his finger up into the air with a serious expression. Holding onto the wound on his body, Li Huowang asked him. “What are you doing?”

Gao Zhijian did not answer him. Instead, he placed his finger into his mouth, sucked on it, and raised his finger once again.

Seeing this, Li Huowang understood what he was doing. “Are you using your fingers to detect the direction of the wind? Is there wind?? Did you find the exit?”

Gao Zhijian lowered his hand and nodded. He pointed towards the west. “This… this way.”

“Gao Zhijian! Good job!” Li Huowang patted his shoulder heavily and ordered everyone else to immediately run toward the west.

The wind direction was not linear and billowed through the cave system. Sometimes it shifted upward while at other times it shifted downward.

Meanwhile, Li Huowang re-evaluated the big man in front of him once more. He was impressed that Gao Zhijian could think of such a method to find the exit.

This is not something an idiot can come up with. His background must be special.

But right now, there was no time to ask Gao Zhijian about his background.

“Everyone bend down. The ceiling is quite low in front,” instructed Li Huowang.

Hearing this, everyone couched and shuffled forward.

The hole gradually became narrower. It was only after the cave became narrow to the point that Gao Zhijian almost couldn’t squeeze through that it started growing wider once more. At the same time, a howl could be heard in the distance.

Li Huowang heard it and was elated. That was not a wolf’s or a ghost’s howl, but the sound of wind passing through the narrow holes!

Gao Zhijian was right, there was indeed an exit there!

Everyone else noticed it as well, and celebrated internally. After running around in the dangerous cave for so long, all of them were already tired. Still, they squeezed whatever remaining strength they had and started running.

They ran through the curving cave and were soon greeted by a sudden burst of light. They saw an opening at the top of the cave! The wind was blowing in from the opening.

The light coming from the exit was not the bright glowing light of the Lion Dances, but the silvery moon light. At this point, it was already dark outside.

Soon, they walked under the opening and saw stars within the skies.

While this was not the place where they came in from, it was still an exit they could use.