Unable to understand it no matter how she thought about it, Mo Shuwan could only follow silently behind. She didn't know how long she had walked, but she felt a tearing pain coming from all parts of her body.

It was the dark elements surrounding her that were tearing her body apart.

She dared not make too much noise, only letting out a muffled sound. When the Black Spirit Clan members in front of her turned to look at her, she stared blankly down at her hands, where the darkness swirled wildly.

The faces of several Black Spirit Clan members changed drastically. "Damn it! Quick, speed up! We're going to be late!"

So Mo Shuwan was forced to run again. Although they were moving forward in the dark, Mo Shuwan realized that the place they were in was not the wilderness, but perhaps a huge square.

After running like this for about four or five minutes, Mo Shuwan saw a huge stone door, a strange yet familiar stone door. It was the same stone door she had knocked on when she captured a Black Spirit Clan member.

Mo Shuwan was pushed to the stone gate by several Black Spirit Clan members. Realizing the others hadn't arrived yet, she became anxious. "What are they doing! They'll get angry if we eat it!"

"Don't rush, there's still time."

Mo Shuwan remained in one position. She was actually in great pain and wished she could immediately clear away the darkness surrounding her, but reason prevailed. In order to find out the purpose of these Black Spirit Clan members, she could only endure the pain.

Footsteps echoed in the darkness, and soon Mo Shuwan found herself with another person beside her. She glanced at the 'black ball' beside her out of the corner of her eye and could barely recognize that it was Qu Dan.

Time passed slowly, and the other two passengers were brought over one after another. The four of them, surrounded by darkness with only their heads sticking out, finally gathered together, and they were quite surprised to find that the others were still conscious.

Although I don't know what I will face, at least I won't be fighting alone anymore.

"Open the door!"

Mo Shuwan and the other three raised their hands at the same time, pressing their hands against the stone door. The stone door made a dull thud and was slowly pushed open by their strength. The stench of decay that hit them made them instinctively want to hold their breath, but fortunately they managed to hold it in time.

The Black Spirit Clan members standing at the door were clearly anxious. Just as they pushed the stone door open a crack wide enough for one person to pass through, they heard them shouting outside, "Close the door! Close the door now!"

Mo Shuwan narrowed her eyes, feeling the darkness surrounding her slowly diminishing. She could now roughly guess the purpose of this darkness; without it, they probably wouldn't have been able to push open the stone door.

She stared at her feet and silently placed a small stone in the middle of the stone door. The moment the door closed, Mo Shuwan realized that not only she had a backup plan, but the other three people had also done so.

The darkness gradually faded, and a putrid smell enveloped them. It seemed even darker here than outside, and the lighting props on their shoulders were almost useless.

It's not over yet...

None of them spoke; they simply stood silently at the gate, waiting for the unexpected to unfold. They had no information whatsoever, and all they could do was wait.

"roar……"

A muffled growl came from afar, and the rotten smell that disgusted and nauseated them finally dissipated a little. However, the group was not optimistic. That growl was probably the main reason why they had been pushed into this place by the Black Spirit Clan.

The footsteps grew louder and louder. At first, Mo Shuwan and the others didn't intend to move, but later they were forced to remain motionless. They could only stare helplessly into the darkness, feeling the presence that brought darkness approaching them.

The dense darkness and the stench of decay made the four men's faces grow increasingly grim, but fortunately, the footsteps stopped.

In the darkness, a creature with horns on its head bent down and stretched its head in front of Mo Shuwan and the others. It twitched its nose, as if it had smelled something it liked, and let out a series of deep and chilling laughs.

“Those… gave you… food…”

The incomplete words reached Mo Shuwan and the others, causing their expressions to change drastically. Damn it! This guy wants to eat them!

"grass!"

Perhaps hearing Qu Dan's low curse, the other party laughed, extending a half-rotten finger towards Qu Dan, and with a gentle hook, snatched him away. He said, "I won't eat... give me... the Black... Origin..."

Mo Shuwan, who was trying to break free from this immobile state, barely understood what the other party meant: as long as he was given the source of darkness, he would not eat people.

"Here you go! If you want the Dark Essence, we can help you collect it!"

The horned, enormous creature said in a muffled voice, "I don't...trust...give...one..."

This time, Mo Shuwan couldn't understand what the monster meant at all. She pursed her lips and didn't speak, only trying to guess, "You don't trust us, right? But look, we are completely powerless to resist you now. We can only do as you say. We want to live, not die."

He seemed to think for a long time before putting the playlist back. At the same time, Mo Shuwan felt her body regain its mobility. She did not make any rash moves. The monster in front of her gave her a very strange feeling, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was so strange about it.

It was just a feeling, a feeling that this monster absolutely could not be allowed to live.

"Come back once..."

"Coming back every hour?"

A muffled response came from the darkness, and then the stone door in front of them opened. But the moment the door opened, their bodies were once again paralyzed, and a huge, rotting finger reached out towards them.

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