Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off novel Chapter 128

Chapter 128: Chapter 128: An Egg Against a Stone

Hearing this, Huang Ziyue narrowed his eyes.

Gu Fangqi also scanned their surroundings warily.

’Different?’

’Did the man in black get here first and do something?’

’Or do these giant statues rearrange themselves?’

The three of them crossed the hall, walking for a long time without ever encountering the man in black.

Bai Chaosi followed his memory to the ice wall he and Mu Silin had shattered together, only to stop short.

At his side, Gu Fangqi saw it too.

"How is there still an ice wall here?"

Huang Ziyue noticed Bai Chaosi’s rigid expression. He placed a hand against the ice wall and extended his spiritual power.

He came to a conclusion.

"There’s no way through. It’s completely sealed by ice on the other side."

Bai Chaosi stared at the flawless ice wall, lost in thought.

’But we came out right through here. Mu Silin and I smashed a huge hole in this wall.’

’How could it have repaired itself?’

Gu Fangqi looked at him.

"There’s no way out of this hall at all; everything is sealed shut. But didn’t you say there was a passage? Where is it?"

Bai Chaosi had been unable to figure out why the ice wall had sealed itself again.

Hearing Gu Fangqi’s question, he paused, a sudden realization dawning on him.

His heart skipped a beat.

He immediately backed away from the ice wall.

"I think I remembered wrong! The passage isn’t here."

With that, he turned to leave.

Huang Ziyue seemed to have guessed something from Bai Chaosi’s expression.

His gaze darkened.

But it was already too late.

In an instant, a formidable power surged toward the three of them.

Huang Ziyue instantly unleashed a palm strike infused with his spiritual power, but the force of the attack still sent him stumbling back several steps.

As the three reeled from the blow, the person hiding in the shadows finally revealed himself.

The man had curly, chestnut-colored hair and purple eyes that looked both demonic and sinister.

"You certainly took your time getting here."

In that moment, the three of them understood they had fallen into a trap.

Bai Chaosi’s eyes turned cold.

’The moment I saw that intact ice wall, I should have known. The man in black never went into the Mist Cave. He’s still here in the hall.’

’I felt something was off the moment we came in. The whole hall seemed rearranged, the statues had moved, and even the only entrance to the Mist Cave was sealed over with ice again.’

’I should have realized it then. This must be a mechanism that automatically resets the hall, sealing the passage to stop anyone from reaching the Mist Cave.’

’So, even if the man in black had made it into this underground hall, he wouldn’t have been able to find the passage so easily, let alone the location of the Devouring God Flower.’

The man in black looked at the three of them with a scornful gaze.

"I marked the way to open the stone door clearly enough for you, but I didn’t expect you to be so slow. You really kept me waiting!"

’So the uneven dust on the switch was a mark he left on purpose!’

In that instant, Gu Fangqi also understood what had happened.

"You lured us here on purpose?"

The man in black said, "What else? I thought it would be Shen Yue who came, but it turned out to be the three of you."

He sneered. "It seems she really has changed!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Hearing this, Huang Ziyue tried to pry some information out of him.

"Who exactly are you? Did you know her before?"

The man in black looked at Huang Ziyue, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.

"Me? I’m the one who’s known her the longest. Much, much longer than any of you!"

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