Inside the cave.
Su Tang's chest heaved violently. She knew that Xu Zhengqiao's figure had disappeared for several minutes, and the cave had become completely quiet. The anger on her face vanished.
Instead, he appeared calm.
"You pervert, do you really think everyone else is stupid and you're the only smart one?"
She spat into the air again, leaned against the wall, and began to grope around quickly with her hands.
Soon, they felt a slightly sharp protrusion on the originally smooth stone wall.
Su Tang smiled smugly.
Who said that when she was grinding bones, she only ground bones?
Xu Zhengqiao looked down on the lives of orcs, so of course he couldn't know how long it would take to sharpen a bone knife.
She wore down several bones until only one small bone remained, all to lower Xu Zhengqiao's guard and find an opportunity to leave.
She can take the bones, but she can't exactly move the entire stone wall, can she?
As soon as Xu Zhengqiao left, she quickly began rubbing the rope in her hands on a stone.
Although she spent two days polishing it and tried her best to remove Xu Zhengqiao's edge, the blade she polished was still a bit too small.
Su Tang felt like the skin on her wrist was about to rot, and the rope was cutting into her wrist like a saw.
After a while, my wrist suddenly loosened.
Su Tang's face lit up with joy, and after struggling a few more times, the rope finally came undone.
Ignoring the injury on her hands, she did the same thing, rubbing the ropes off her feet as well.
Perhaps because of experience, the speed was much faster.
After freeing her hands and feet, she grabbed her dagger from the corner and a still-burning stick, then quickly ran out of the cave.
She had to escape before that pervert came back!
The faint light barely illuminated the road.
The further out you go, the more moss grows on the ground and the surrounding walls.
The passageways were incredibly long and narrow, winding and twisting, with some even having several intersections.
Fortunately, she had brought a torch, which allowed her to barely make out the footprints left by Xu Zhengqiao on the ground.
After walking for about ten minutes, we still hadn't reached the exit when we suddenly heard the sound of rushing water ahead.
Su Tang suddenly froze.
Why is there the sound of rushing water here? And such a rapid current...
What kind of hiding place did this pervert find?
The flame on the torch grew smaller and smaller. Su Tang quickly ran towards the sound of flowing water. Soon, she was stunned and opened her mouth wide when she saw what was in front of her!
There's... no exit here?!
To be precise, the exit is a large waterfall covered by water!
Looking at the footprints that disappeared here, Su Tang immediately realized that this was the exit.
No wonder Xu Zhengqiao was always soaking wet when he came back.
She thought he had gone to the river to catch fish, but he always came back empty-handed.
She stuck the stick in, and the huge impact made her arm sink.
Knowing that Xu Zhengqiao could return at any moment, she couldn't waste any more time. With a determined look, she threw down the stick, closed her eyes, and plunged headfirst into the water.
Su Tang's body plummeted rapidly with the current.
With a "plop," a huge splash of water erupted.
However, the spray below the waterfall is negligible.
Su Tang felt a buzzing in her ears. A few seconds later, she suddenly came to her senses and used her hands and feet to stop her body from sinking.
Swim around the area directly beneath the waterfall towards the surface.
"Splash!"
Su Tang broke through the water's surface, tilted her head back, and gasped for breath.
She wiped the water off her face, brushed the hair that was clinging to her eyelids behind her head, and quickly found a place to get ashore. She nimbly swam there.
A moment later, Su Tang climbed ashore, soaking wet.
She lay on the ground, catching her breath, and glanced back at the spot she had just left.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would believe that there's a cave behind this waterfall?
Fortunately, the pool below the waterfall was large enough and there were no stones in it, so it's unclear whether Xu Zhengqiao had cleared it out beforehand.
Su Tang regained some strength, turned around, stopped looking at the waterfall, and ran in the opposite direction.
She didn't know where she was or how far she was from the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.
But since Xu Zhengqiao was so confident that he would lure Hu Shen here, he must have thrown away the bone she secretly put in realgar powder.
She doesn't need to find the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts; she just needs to be lucky enough to run into a beastman who comes looking for her.
As she pondered, Su Tang quickened her pace.
The trees in the area weren't very dense, and Su Tang even saw wild animal droppings on the road.
She clicked her tongue inwardly. This freak was really clever. There were wild animals around and it wasn't exactly secluded. No normal person would have thought he could hide here.
Even if they find their way here and can't find anyone, they'll leave quickly.
This is just an ordinary place.
Across from the waterfall, on one side is a relatively flat grassland with sparse vegetation, and on the other side is a dense forest.
Without a second thought, Su Tang plunged into the dense forest.
It's easy to hide here and hard to be discovered.
Although the other road was easier to travel, Su Tang still chose this side without hesitation.
After stumbling along for an unknown amount of time, a bird's cry suddenly came from the sky.
Su Tang looked up and saw a dark shadow sweep across the sky.
She was overjoyed!
Those are eagle-clan beastmen from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain!
Su Tang immediately ran out quickly, wanting to open her arms and call out to the eagle-clan beastmen in the sky.
Who knew what would happen next?
A rough hand tightly covered her mouth!
"Mmm..."
Su Tang's eyes widened as she struggled, but she was still dragged into the bushes.
In mid-air, the eagle-clan orc seemed to have heard some noise. He looked down carefully but saw nothing.
Fluttering its wings, it quickly moved on to search other areas.
Through the gaps in the grass, Su Tang watched helplessly as the eagle-clan beastman's figure disappeared from sight.
Xu Zhengqiao's gloomy voice rang in my ears:
"You almost got caught, Tangtang. You must have been so happy just now, but unfortunately, you can't leave."
"You've already escaped here, but you still can't leave, which proves we're destined to be together. Tangtang, give up, just stay with me, okay?"
As he spoke, he pulled Su Tang up, tore a vine and stuffed it into her mouth, then tightly tied her hands and waist together.
Su Tang's face turned ashen as she was pulled back.
"Has it been found?"
"No, there isn't a single clue to the east."
"The south is the same..."
"The north side too..."
Seeing the group of orcs returning and shaking their heads incessantly, Hu Shen's face was as cold as ice.
"I...I did hear some noise just now, but I couldn't find Atang," said an eagle-clan beastman.
The other orcs paid no attention. In the forest, any commotion was perfectly normal; who knew what little rabbits or deer were running around...
Hu Shen's eyes narrowed, and he stared at him intently. "Where did you detect the commotion?"
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