Don't Eat Me

After making sure that no more strange creatures were lurking around, we went around and checked everyone's injuries. Fortunately, all of them were minor—it appeared that whatever the invisible thing was, it wasn't interested in us as its prey. The sudden attack was likely due to the inconvenient timing of the breeze that startled it into flight.

Even Guo Lingling's condition was better than I thought. She was lucky enough to not have hit the tree trunk with her spine, so it only left her a swollen shoulder. Another disciple was helping her with the sprain, and I darted a glance over. Nothing looked too serious from as far as I could tell.

She caught my glance, however, and her eyes went wide. "Leave me alone!" she suddenly screamed at me, startling the disciple next to her.

I blinked. All eyes around us flew our way, and I was wondering what new trick Guo Lingling was trying to play when she continued, "Stop! Please! Don't eat me!"

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