The melting of the bamboo by the black substance was the alarm for Ahli that tell him to quickly turn and run. However, just as he was making the turn, another big pile landed around one and a half meters on their left. It did not hit them for sure, but splashes of it flew and some reached the humanoid dog that Ahli carried.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" He let out an agonizing pain which made Ahli quickly pull him to the right. He started to move forward while carrying the dog man and rushed to some extent as the person he needed to tend to was feeling the pain when he was too rough.
The black liquid was falling left and right beside Ahli, making him have to move in a zigzag. Even so, more and more black liquid started to come at them even landing in front of them, blocking their path of escape. Ahli quickly looked to his right and even though it was blocked by a wall of bamboo, he thought that it should be able to make their pursuer lose them.