The laughter drew nearer, like a snake flicking its tongue, making Ye Xiao's hair stand on end.
"Don't just stand there!" Hong Ling shouted urgently, "Hurry up!"
"Where to?" Ye Xiao looked around, realizing he was trapped in this dead-end stone chamber. Behind him was the Ten Thousand Souls Sect's cultivation technique scroll, ahead was the passage leading to the Devouring Abyss seal, and on the other side of the passage stood the Blood Queen.
"There's a way." Chiyou's voice resounded, "Under that stone platform, there's a secret passage."
Ye Xiao looked down at the stone platform and indeed found an inconspicuous groove at the base of the platform. Without hesitation, he placed his palm on the groove.
With a rumble, the stone platform moved aside, revealing a pitch-black passage below.
"Go in!" Hong Ling shouted.
Ye Xiao grabbed the cultivation technique scroll and dove into the secret passage. Behind him, he could hear the Blood Queen's footsteps entering the stone chamber.
