Section 197: Is it him?

The day had broken, and the substitute was the first to rush out of the cave.

Soon after, Zi Di and Cang Xu escaped from the cave, the process smoother than imagined.

This was because the substitute had attracted all the gun scorpions to him.

Far away, the volcano was spewing massive amounts of red molten lava.

The lava shot up very high, at least eight hundred meters by visual estimate.

The dark smoke obscured half of the sky. The bright red lava reached its peak and began to splash downward.

"We're lucky we're still on the perimeter, let's hurry," Cang Xu urged.

Zi Di, however, slowed her pace, frequently turning to look back.

"How safe I am here correlates directly with how dangerous it is for him!"

"How is he doing now?"

Reason told Zi Di that the substitute had likely fallen in battle. But her emotions tethered her steps, holding on to even a sliver of hope, she wanted to wait.