Ye Kuo pressed his leopard ear to the ground. Instantly, a searing, burning pain pierced his auricle, as if he had pressed it against a red-hot iron plate.
A faint SIZZLE even echoed in the air. Enduring the pain from the high-temperature burns, he held his breath and listened carefully.
Faint tremors emanated from deep underground, accompanied by muffled cracking sounds from within the mountain's belly. It sounded as if the entire mountain range was slowly awakening. After a long moment, he stood up and looked at the continuous black mountain range ahead with a solemn expression. "Female Master, there's something wrong with these mountains."
"The mountains?" Jiang Xinli patted Sheng Tianze's arm and jumped down from his embrace. "What's wrong with them?"
Ye Kuo furrowed his brows tightly. "It sounds like something is moving deep inside the mountain and underground." His feeling that the mountains were off mostly stemmed from his primal beastly instincts.
