203 True Form of the Demon

Bai E, once again entering the cave alone, moved with light steps and chose a descending path without looking back.

While rescuing the members of the other two squads, Bai E had already discovered that the honeycomb-like passages here had almost no dead ends, each path leading eventually to the ultimate core location—

The absolute heart of this nest.

Is bearing all the pain of one's comrades worthwhile?

Of course, it is.

Bai E repeatedly felt the various fears emanating from different comrades, as well as the truths those fears revealed—the fear of that demon!

The master of fear incarnate, the embodiment of fear itself, also suffered the torment of fear itself!

It feared human defiance, it feared its true intentions being seen through.

It tried to corrupt Bai E's will by exploiting the mental worlds of all his comrades, then let them awaken to instinctively persuade him to leave with his people.

It feared direct confrontation!

It feared revealing its own vulnerability!