Chapter 634

But no one answered him.

Luo En quickly circled around, trying to find a living person.

But all around him, there was nothing but darkness.

Just then, Luo En suddenly heard a groan.

Luo En rushed over and saw Long Yi half-buried in the soil, his hands waving frantically.

"Save me."

Long Yi shouted loudly.

Luo En hurried forward to check Long Yi's condition.

Although half of Long Yi's body was buried in the earth, his mental state seemed decent.

At least, he wasn't in immediate danger of death.

Luo En immediately tried to pull him out, but Long Yi shook his head and said:

"Don't do that, you'll break me."

Luo En asked in surprise:

"What's going on? Just now we weren't here—where are we?"

Long Yi said in surprise:

"I don't know either. Just now, I suddenly felt myself buried here, and when I came to, I saw nothing.

If you hadn't been here, I might have died waiting in this place."

Luo En pulled again with force, and Long Yi let out a scream.

"Go easy, I feel my spine's about to snap."

Luo En said:

"What exactly happened? Who did this to you?"

Long Yi said:

"It must've been that black hand—because we entered it, this happened.

It must've transported us here."

Luo En frowned tightly.

"What exactly is this black hand? I've never heard of anything like it before."

226、Dark Hand

Long Yi said:

"It's something from legend—I only read about it in old books, and I don't understand it myself.

They say it's the Dark Hand, the strongest force of curse. But now it seems no more than this.

Though I don't know where they've sent me."

Luo En looked around.

"It seems we're in some stretch of yellow sand, but why is there no light at all?"

Long Yi shook his head and said:

"Get me out quickly."

Luo En pulled again, and Long Yi felt excruciating pain—he felt as if he were being torn in half, and shouted:

"Be careful, if you pull any harder, I'll die right here."

Luo En felt deeply stuck.

On one hand, he didn't know how to save Long Yi; on the other, the Nai Zi had vanished.

He didn't know whether only they had been transported here, or if everyone else had arrived too.

Suddenly, the yellow sand around them spun violently, howling.

As the sand swirled, the entire darkness seemed to churn.

Long Yi's face twisted in horror.

"Get me out now—I feel this thing will kill us both."

Luo En tried pulling again, but he knew he couldn't possibly extract Long Yi.

Long Yi was now deeply buried in the earth.

Half his body was inside, and he didn't know what condition it was in.

Yet even the slightest tug made Long Yi cry out in pain.

"Brother, think of something—I don't want to stay here forever."

Long Yi pleaded almost desperately.

"Don't worry—I won't abandon you. I'll get you out of here."

After speaking, Luo En began digging the soil beneath Long Yi with his hands.

But the soil was extremely hard; despite his utmost effort, he only dug a tiny pit.

If he kept going at this pace, rescuing Long Yi was impossible.

Seeing this, Long Yi nearly lost hope.

The darkness grew thicker, and a terrifying energy was rising from all directions.

Once engulfed by this energy, they would have no chance of survival.

Yet after digging so long, Long Yi's condition had not improved at all.

Long Yi knew this approach wouldn't work.

"Think of another way—digging with your hands won't do."

Yokota Ryūichi shouted loudly.

Luo En, however, looked helplessly helpless—he had no tools on him and was unfamiliar with the surrounding area.

If he left this place, he might never find it again.

Without using his hands to dig, he simply couldn't think of any other way.

At that moment, Yokota Ryūichi suddenly let out a scream of pain.

Luo En hurried forward to ask.

Yokota Ryūichi said.

"Bad! I feel something biting my foot."

Luo En was greatly startled.

"What could possibly be down under the ground?"

Yokota Ryūichi said.

"There are plenty of things underground—poisonous insects sometimes burrow beneath the soil."

Pull me up quickly! No matter how much it hurts, I'll endure it—just pull as hard as you can."

Luo En embraced Yokota Ryūichi and pulled with all his strength again; cracks began to appear on the ground.

But he still couldn't pull Yokota Ryūichi out.

Yokota Ryūichi felt a searing pain surge from beneath him straight to his skull—he nearly fainted.

Fortunately, his willpower was strong, and he endured it.

But the agony left him unable to speak.

Luo En said.

"How are you doing now?"

Yokota Ryūichi shook his head, unable to make a sound.

Luo En knew he couldn't afford to let Yokota Ryūichi decide the course of action now.

Clearly, the attacks were about to reach them.

If they didn't pull Yokota Ryūichi out soon, he might not survive.

Thinking of this, Luo En pulled with all his strength once more.

Meanwhile, under the excruciating pain, Yokota Ryūichi felt himself slipping into unconsciousness.

If one try failed, he'd try again—Luo En kept yanking Yokota Ryūichi upward with all his might.

And Yokota Ryūichi's eyes had already begun to roll back, showing the whites.

A series of explosive cracks echoed from beneath the ground; more cracks were spreading beneath Yokota Ryūichi.

Just a little more force—and he'd definitely be pulled out.