Chapter 76 The Youngster Who Admits His Cowardice and The Girl Who's Unafraid of Dying

They ran as if their lives depended on it. The group had been running from noon to dusk, from the Grass-pecking Cliff to the lush green forest and all the way to the dark wasteland. The sun gradually descended, dimming what little light in the wasteland as twilight gained strength. Standing against a backdrop of the setting sun, Ye Que and his seven companions looked at the pure-black silhouette that had gradually transformed into a blood-red canvas from afar. By now, they had noticed some rhyme and rhythm to all these phenomena. Every hour since the destruction of the maple forest, the ground would collapse, disappear, and become a hole of immeasurable depth. The ground would start caving in from the sides and gradually compress toward the center. The process would last for 15 minutes each time. This place was like a living rounded pocket that progressively shrunk in an attempt to herd all living creatures toward its center. The blood-colored flying insects were so