Chapter 333: Despair Before Dawn

In the end, we still couldn't succeed, right?

It was completely different from how the others happily watched Gu Han's triumphant return.

Bai He harbored a thought unknown to others.

He and Xiao Kai secretly provoked the Black Tide Monster to attack the residents of Lu Chui Zhen.

It was solely for their own interests.

But he never expected that Xiao Kai, as a combat-oriented Savior Heir, would be so fragile!

He wasn't even a match for Gu Han, who possessed healing abilities!

Xiao Kai's failure meant Bai He's plan came to nothing.

Even just seeing Bai Lin's back, Bai He felt her face full of mockery toward him.

"Others are still unreliable; we must find a way to deal with Bai Lin!"

Bai Lin, after all, lost both parents; Bai He's relatives could be considered her half‑elder.

Even if Bai Lin now knew that the wheelchair's earlier movement was due to his secret tampering...

... with elders present, Bai Lin could not possibly attack him.

After all, there's no evidence; Bai Lin could not ignore the elders' opinions.

Bai Lin's current Savior Heir abilities aren't strong enough, but they will surely grow in time.

By then, a mature Savior Heir wanting to deal with him wouldn't even need to act herself!

Such a situation where death could strike at any moment isn't something anyone can accept!

Bai Tie's gaze would occasionally fall on Bai He.

Among those present, only he knew what Bai He had done in the past.

Nowadays everyone's lives hang in the balance, yet he hasn't made the matter public.

If Bai He could someday reform, Bai Tie wouldn't mind keeping this secret for him forever.

Bai Tie had been quietly observing Bai He, seeing nothing unusual on his face.

"It seems the earlier Black Tide wasn't summoned by this kid."

Thinking this, Bai Tie couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

It's not that he doesn't want to believe Bai He; it's that Bai He is simply too suspicious!

Before resting at night, they had avoided the Black Tide all along, attracting only scattered monsters' attention.

While resting, they made no disturbance, so they should not have been noticed by the Black Tide Monster.

Even if a Black Tide Monster were present, it ought to be only a scattered squad.

Not such a massive Black Tide!

Of course, if it were merely that, Bai Tie wouldn't suspect Bai He.

Under the leadership of the Savior Heir, they resolutely resisted the Black Tide, buying time for Lu Chui Zhen's civilians to escape.

Bai He's so‑called 'urgent need' that left him behind the main group is utterly unreasonable!

Never mind others waiting for Bai He; at the very least, his parents would certainly have stayed behind!

But in fact, they did not.

This shows Bai He very likely sneaked out on his own!

Bai He sneaked out and mingled with them—what for is obvious!

"Hopefully, after that Savior Heir dies, you'll abandon your unrealistic ideas."

Bai Tie silently sighed.

If not forced, he truly wouldn't want to raise a hand against Bai He!

Without Xiao Kai's troublemaking, Gu Han and the others, with their great speed, quickly caught up to the Lu Chui Zhen folks who had left earlier.

Led by Bai Qi, the priests exhaled in relief upon seeing Gu Han and the others arrive.

Over the next few days of travel, they encountered several huge waves of the Black Tide on the road.

But with Little Wolf's help, they successfully avoided those Black Tides.

"How... how did it come to this?"

According to everyone's memory, they could see they were about to reach Sheng Cheng.

But the cliff ahead ruthlessly shattered their illusion!

The two cliff faces were separated by more than ten zhang, below lay an unfathomable abyss of countless zhang!

"I only crossed here a few years ago; there were clearly several suspension bridges—how are they gone now?"

Someone collapsed in despair, eyes losing all focus.

These past two days they had been traveling day and night just to get here.

The young and middle‑aged blacksmiths were fine, but the elders and children in the group were already exhausted from the march.

The Black Tide blankets nearly the whole world; the suspension bridges here were likely destroyed by it sometime ago, cutting off their path!

Bai Tie and the others frowned, looking both ways; they saw the cliff stretched endlessly, and if they tried to detour, they had no idea how far they'd have to go!

The old and young in the group probably couldn't last long enough to find a detour around the cliff!

Just as everyone was pondering what to do next...

Bai Qi, who hadn't spoken in a long time, cleared his throat and gave two light coughs.

"Don't you forget what we priests are here for?"

Bai Tie and the others glanced at Bai Qi, questioning,

"We believe in the God of Forging; unless you can communicate with the divine and make the God of Forging manifest,"

"otherwise I truly can't imagine how we could cross such a wide chasm!"

Faced with everyone's doubts, seeing everyone's decadence, Bai Qi suddenly smiled.

"Old partners, although we haven't tried for a long time, the skill of guarding the home shouldn't have been forgotten, right?"

The other several priests looked at each other, and each took out fitting priestly garments from the bags they carried.

These priestly robes appeared to have a sense of age.

But just a glance is enough to confirm that the materials used when they were made were extraordinary!

Under Bai Qi's lead, the other several priests gathered around him and approached the edge of the cliff.

Immediately afterward, all eight priests began forming hand seals and chanting softly.

However, the surrounding environment was extremely quiet, with only the eight priests' chanting; neither the environment nor anything else showed any change.

Just as everyone wondered what Bai Qi and the other priests were doing,

a heavy rumbling suddenly came from beneath the cliff.

Everyone's faces immediately changed dramatically,

"Oh no, could it be that the Black Tide Monster has come again?"

Any monster capable of rushing up from beneath the cliff is definitely not an ordinary Black Tide Monster!

But the next moment, amidst the howling wind, a huge black shadow, several dozen zhang tall, came sweeping down to cover their heads.

Only when the shadow drew near did everyone see clearly what it was.

"This... this is the original suspension bridge?"

After the suspension bridge rose into the air, it quickly spanned between the two cliffs.

The bridge's piles slammed heavily into the cliffs, and shortly thereafter became completely stable.

"How... how was this done?"

Looking at the newly built suspension bridge before them, everyone present couldn't help but stare in astonishment.

Even with Gu Han's vision, he was somewhat stunned and speechless.

He had just scanned his storage space and found nothing like a suspension bridge.

If there were a suspension bridge, he could fly over and install it for the people of Lu Chui Zhen to pass.

But he knew these people didn't have storage rings or the like.

Moreover, even if they had storage rings, it would be impossible to reassemble a suspension bridge just with a thought, right?