The other side of the prison.
Li Tianjue walked step by step, not forgetting to admonish, "Luoluo, be careful, don't stray too far from me."
Light footsteps came from behind, but there was no reply.
Li Tianjue turned back sharply, only to see Su Luo walking towards him, her expression a little panicked, "Senior Brother, I, I'm scared, that sound keeps echoing in my ears, let's go out."
"You can still hear that sound?"
Li Tianjue furrowed his brows. He had been hearing a mournful cry, not any thumping sounds. He had been searching for a quarter of an hour and still couldn't find the source of the sound.
Su Luo tugged at his sleeve, and for the first time, leaned into Li Tianjue's embrace voluntarily. She lowered her head and said, "Yes, I feel so uncomfortable, my head hurts a little, Senior Brother..."
She rubbed her temples, her voice low and nasal.
A faint fragrance wafted towards him. Li Tianjue's body trembled slightly. Feeling the soft, delicate body in his arms, his hands froze in mid-air. He wanted to stroke Su Luo's long hair, but felt it was inappropriate at this moment, and his whole body tensed up.
However, he didn't notice that pustules were appearing on the face of the girl in his arms, and her delicate red lips were cracking.
Her mouth full of sharp teeth, a long tongue slowly extended, poised to strike.
In the next moment, she would pierce Li Tianjue's heart.
Suddenly, the girl was sent flying by a powerful force, crashing heavily against the wall.
She rolled over and struggled to stand up, revealing her distorted and incredibly ugly face. She opened her massive mouth and let out a hoarse, chilling voice, "Senior Brother, you actually pushed me... It hurts... It hurts so much!"
Li Tianjue's face turned cold. Where was the tenderness from before?
With a swish, a long tongue shot out from the monster's mouth, aiming directly at Li Tianjue's face. With a flash of cold light, Li Tianjue didn't hold back at all. A bolt of lightning struck down, with a thunderous roar and silver snakes darting out.
The monster convulsed all over from the electric shock and couldn't stand up until it turned into charcoal.
"You are not Su Luo at all," Li Tianjue said expressionlessly. "She would never speak like this, nor would she want to escape at the sight of danger."
The monster let out a guttural sound, its two eyeballs hanging on its face staring at him intently.
Gradually, it lost its breath, dying without any power to resist.
Li Tianjue looked at the monster again. The charred corpse had changed. It was not human-shaped, but a large, irregularly shaped mass, exactly like the distorted monsters he had killed before.
Half of the unease in his heart disappeared. He guessed this was one of the abilities of the Dark Kun.
He didn't know where he was hidden, but he could already sense their arrival. His murderous intent made him use all sorts of abilities to eliminate them, but this showed that he was not invincible. As long as his weakness was found, he could naturally be eliminated.
But now, Li Tianjue only wanted to find Su Luo first.
He took out the sound-transmitting jade pendant, activated Su Luo's number, and said, "Luoluo, can you hear me? Where are you?"
A pleasant voice soon replied from the other end of the jade pendant, "Senior Brother, we got separated. I just killed a mutated creature, and it turned into Big Black's appearance!"
"Are you alright?" The sound-transmitting jade pendant still worked, which made Li Tianjue feel a little more at ease.
"I'm fine, I just can't find you and Big Black. I'm at the first turn in the dungeon, and there are two岔道 in front of me. Which way should I go?"
"Stay where you are, I'll come back to find you."
Su Luo waited for a moment in the dim and silent dungeon, then heard Li Tianjue's footsteps.
A ball of flame floated above his head, its light illuminating the dim dungeon. In the glow of the fire, his handsome face gradually became clear, and he exuded a cold aura, as if the king of the dark night had come before her.
Su Luo stared at Li Tianjue intently, then smiled and walked to meet him, "Senior Brother!"
The Divine Eye Mirror had scanned her, and this time it was correct.
Li Tianjue looked at the girl under the firelight, safe and sound, with a charming smile. He was also sure it was her, and his lips curved up, "It's alright, Luoluo. It seems this place has been influenced by the Dark Kun, which is why we got separated. The mutated creatures in the dungeon will turn into people familiar to us. You must be careful."
"Big Black is missing, we need to find him."
Su Luo nodded, and as she spoke, she continued to walk into the dungeon with Li Tianjue, curiously asking him, "Senior Brother, did you also see an illusion? What did it look like?"
Li Tianjue said lightly, "It took on your appearance, but I recognized it quickly."
"How did you recognize it?"
Su Luo recounted her situation. She hadn't used the Divine Eye Mirror at the time and had really thought the Dragon Hound had also mutated. It wasn't until after she killed it and saw the abnormality of the corpse that she realized it was a mutated creature.
Li Tianjue didn't know how he recognized it either.
Under the interference of the illusion, the phantom's appearance was almost identical to Su Luo's. The only difference was the way she spoke...
He didn't know if it was because he had thought so many times in his heart about what it would be like if she were so gentle in front of him, that the illusion actually happened.
But he quickly regained his senses. The real Su Luo would never be like this.
"Having known you for so long, how could I not tell the difference?" Li Tianjue smiled faintly, suppressing the lingering thoughts in his heart.
Just then, from a nearby cell door, a shadow lunged out.
Another mutated creature!
Its mutation was not very severe; it was still human-shaped, with a body and limbs, but it had completely turned into a monster. It swung its twisted claws at Li Tianjue, and its head suddenly split open like petals, revealing densely packed teeth inside.
Li Tianjue released a flame, which shot precisely into its split head, making it sizzle.
The monster let out a chilling sound and lunged with a claw.
The Jadeite Flying Sword suddenly flew out, piercing its split head with terrifying force. Blood splattered, and then lightning struck, making it fall down.
"Hurry up, I'm worried that if we delay too long, Senior Dragon Hound will be in trouble."
Li Tianjue didn't hesitate. He jumped over the monster's corpse and continued to go deeper. Su Luo followed closely, completely unconcerned about the equally missing Fan Tian.
With the sub-personality possessing the ability to turn into sand, even if all these mutated creatures attacked him together, he wouldn't die, at most he would suffer a bit.
The City Lord's mansion's dungeon was not small, with passages leading everywhere. Each level could hold at least a hundred people.
Now, the cells were filled with mutated creatures. Some looked like ordinary people and would suddenly rush out from corners to attack, agile and swift. But after being killed, they would turn into a puddle of mud, without even a shape.
Some turned into demonic beasts, clinging to the walls, and would spit poisonous water to attack. Some disguised themselves as a clump of flowers and grass, or a rock, only revealing their true form after being killed. Although some of them still retained their human form, they were completely unrelated to humans now.
The visibility was poor, but Su Luo and Li Tianjue did not rely on their eyes to observe.
With their divine sense released, even in this darkness, everything was under their control. With flames and lightning leading the way, no mutated creature could launch a surprise attack successfully. Su Luo's Jadeite Flying Sword was as elusive as it was deadly. No matter how fast the mutated creatures were, they could not escape.
"Big Black! Where are you?"
"Wait... listen!" Li Tianjue suddenly pulled Su Luo back.
A strong malevolent aura swept towards them from ahead, sending a shiver down their spines, as if countless sinister eyes were staring at them from the darkness.
Su Luo stopped moving, her alertness at its peak. Indeed, she heard a faint sound.
It sounded like the bark of the Dragon Hound.