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Yan Xiaobao stood next to Deng Wu, gazing down at the tunnel. When the Dragon Army left the cave's end, they would reach the tunnel.
The biggest problem was that the Dragon Army had just arrived. Yan Xiaobao and everyone else had no idea how long they would spend indulging in the city's delicacies and fine wines before departing.
While the Dragon Army enjoyed the warm hospitality of Cave's End City, Hui Yue and the others stood in the pitch-black tunnel, not daring to light their glow stones as they patiently waited for the army to arrive, so they could rescue Sun and return her to her family.
Yan Xiaobao's decision to engage the Dragon Army in the tunnel was driven by the eerie silence and the presence of many magical beasts.
Killing them within Cave's End—an area devoid of dangerous magical beasts and home to only low-ranking cultivators—would instantly alert the rest of the army, making the remainder of the journey fraught with uncertainty and danger.
