Amid the rustling sound of vines rubbing against the rock face, Ye Fan's boot crushed a patch of blood-stained gravel. The camp bonfire was still flickering, and the blue radiance of the triple Spirit-Trapping Array flowed around, wrapping everyone within like a glowing cocoon.
Su Qingxue was the first to lay A Kai onto a stone platform covered with animal skins, the ghostly green foxfire on the boy's nape still dimming and brightening. Her fingertips grazed his feverish forehead, and the pearl hairpin in her hair trembled slightly. "The dark matter erosion hasn't stopped."
When Lin Zhaoyue's sword tassel brushed against the back of Ye Fan's hand, he only then realized his palm was still oozing blood. The residual force that had shattered the silvery-white beam of light earlier had surged up along the spine of the sword, leaving his entire arm numb. But his gaze first fell on Chǔ Hóngzhuāng—the girl was crouching in front of the stone platform, her fingertips poking at A Kai's bloody fingernails. The Golden Silkworm Gu in her hair suddenly beat its wings, looping a golden thread beside her ear. "The Gu Insect says there's a ball of black mist in his spirit sea, as if it's being pulled by strings."
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