Thriving in the Beast World

Chapter 594: Chapter 596: Walk from Above

The trees here grew thick and dense. Gaiyin, transformed into a big tiger, couldn’t stretch out here, Shi from the Mermaid Clan, and Yadang, a red fox, had no advantages in this terrain.

Everyone became silent for a moment.

However, Su Tang soon boosted everyone’s spirits again. She laughed and encouraged everyone, "No worries, we’ve actually already overcome the biggest difficulty, which is the toxic miasma here. As long as we’re not afraid of this toxic miasma, sooner or later, we’ll reach the entrance to First-tier Sky! Keep going!"

She was right, but in the past hour, they had only moved less than a hundred meters. You have to understand that in the past, this distance would’ve been covered in a single breath.

Now, just to avoid the swamps, they were forced to circle around and take the longer route. Thus, the cost in both time and Pills was significantly increased.

But as things stood, they didn’t have any better alternatives, and it was certainly better than just doing nothing. So, after catching their breaths, they prepared to hit the road again.

At this moment, a dried branch fell from the tree. Its sharp end was headed straight for Su Tang.

"Watch out!"

With a brief warning from Gaiyin, he pulled her over. The next second, the dried branch was stuck in the ground where Su Tang was just standing.

Upon seeing this, cold sweat broke out on Su Tang’s forehead. She immediately felt weak-kneed. If not for Gaiyin, she might have been seriously injured!

The others also frowned.

Yadang suggested, "We’d better not linger. Let’s rest when we reach the Xixili Flatland!"

Qiu Mo and Shi nodded in agreement.

Still shaken, Su Tang patted her chest, held onto Gaiyin, and said, "Let’s go. It’s dangerous here. We need to leave as soon as possible."

Gaiyin didn’t move. He looked up, his brows furrowed as if he was observing something.

Su Tang also stopped and looked up curiously, but saw nothing.

Yadang, noticing that they hadn’t followed, urged in a low voice, "Let’s go. Stop staring. It’s just trees. What’s there to see?"

Gaiyin gave a meaningful glance at Yadang. He suddenly responded, "Right, just trees."

Having worked together for quite some time, Yadang immediately recognized that Gaiyin was implying something.

Curious, he stopped and looked upwards as well.

The trees here were of great height, their lush crowns blocked almost all sunlight, only occasionally did a ray manage to squeeze through.

The trees were neither too distant from each other nor too close. Their stout branches crisscrossed together like a massive maze, dazzling anyone who looked at them.

A flash of inspiration hit Yadang. Grinning, he turned to Gaiyin and inquired, "You mean, up there?"

With a nod, Gaiyin punched a tree next to him hard enough to cause a dent in its bark. The tree didn’t even shiver, showing that it was well-rooted.

Even so, it was necessary to check whether it was actually secure.

Gaiyin looked at Yadang, "You climb up and check. If it’s alright, we will go from there. It will make things easier."

Yadang nodded and quickly climbed up. He kept advancing along the tree branches, hopping from one branch to another.

From down below, Su Tang watched heart in mouth, afraid that those bare branches might suddenly break.