Li Lian's Divine Judgment

[ 7th floor of the Ancestral Training Grounds ]

Xiao Fang's clone trailed behind Li Lian and Xun Wei, watching them move with focus and determination. With Xiao Hei now fully awake, she leapt off Xiao Fang's back, stretching her limbs with feline grace.

"So we're really doing this…" she whispered nervously to Xiao Fang.

Xun Wei glanced at her. "It'll be fine. Just don't get separated from us."

Despite her words, even Xun Wei's fingers tightened slightly on the hilt of her sword.

The air on the 7th floor was different. Heavier. Wilder. The scent of blood and beast musk lingered, the terrain more jagged and overgrown. Monstrous roars echoed from the distance, some guttural and low, others sharp and deafening.

"Fang… I don't want to fight here," Xiao Hei complained.