The vortex closed behind us, and the scenery before our eyes gradually cleared. The air was filled with a faint aura of decay, like some ancient entity slumbering in the dark. Zhou Wan and I scanned our surroundings with vigilance. This was a dim underground space; the rock walls flickered with a gloomy green light that leaped about like will-o'-the-wisps, casting hazy, shifting shadows over everything.
"Why didn't Hero Li follow us in?" Zhou Wan asked in a low voice, a hint of unease coloring her tone.
I shook my head, my mind likewise filled with doubt. Hero Li had said the truth lay within the restriction, yet he had stopped outside the entrance. Why on earth would he do that? Could it be... A bad premonition welled up in my chest, and I tightened my grip on the hilt of my sword.
Chapter 65