Chapter 780

Joseph nearly cursed out loud when Ophelia hit him. She was the one who urged him to go faster, yet it was also she who struck his head to get him to stop. "What's the matter?" he yelled, rubbing the bump on his head. Ophelia took the flashlight and shone it around the area. A dead bamboo leaf viper was hanging from the trees, and various animals were fleeing from the forest. Even a black widow spider was scurrying away quickly. Bamboo leaf vipers and black widow spiders were highly venomous—they wouldn't die easily from poison alone. The only explanation was that they had encountered a substance that counteracted their venom, causing them to flee in fear. "Someone has set up a Deathspore Array!" Hearing this, Derek and Palmer turned grim and dragged their children back. "Retreat! Be careful!" Confused, everyone retreated several feet away. "What's a Deathspore Array?" Joseph asked, visibly perplexed. "It's an ancient, lost medical formation from Summerland. Based on th