Chapter 1390 - 1391: Ambush 5

Continuing to walk forward, Mu Tiantian listened to the footsteps behind her, knowing that although Shen Tiancheng was in an extremely bad mood, he was still following her. She couldn’t quite describe the feeling.

Just because Shen Tiancheng wanted to see her die in front of Bai Chenyao, or see Bai Chenyao die in front of her, she naturally rejected Shen Tiancheng.

Even though... Shen Tiancheng would definitely protect her on this journey.

Otherwise, with her lack of experience as a rookie, wanting to find Bai Chenyao would be a fool’s dream.

It was precisely because of this that although her speed was fast, she paid close attention to Shen Tiancheng’s movements.

It’s merely mutual exploitation and utilization; she didn’t mind.

Along the way, Shen Tiancheng lowered the surrounding atmosphere to its lowest, previously chatting off and on with Mu Tiantian; now he seemed like an invisible man.

If it weren’t for the footsteps following closely behind, Mu Tiantian would really think she was alone.

The two walked in silence for nearly two hours, the sky outside gradually darkening, and the jungle was already in deep gloom thanks to the towering primordial trees blocking the sun.

Holding a flashlight, Mu Tiantian couldn’t help but slow her steps.

The footsteps behind her also slowed down.

Walking on, Mu Tiantian furrowed her brow.

She even slowed down more and more.

Finally, she just stopped.

Though Shen Tiancheng had been enveloped by that strange emotion all along, upon noticing Mu Tiantian’s behavior, he furrowed his brow.

Quickly taking two steps to reach Mu Tiantian’s side.

He looked in the direction Mu Tiantian was facing.

At this moment, Mu Tiantian spoke out.

"Someone has been in there, and it should be not long ago!"

Shen Tiancheng’s face, usually suave, turned extraordinarily cold.

"At least twenty people!"

This... Mu Tiantian couldn’t discern.

But though these footprints were covered by the heavy snow, perhaps it was because there were many people and they moved quickly, even though covered, upon careful examination, one could still find traces.

"Guide Wu had said that no one has entered the mountain in the past half month!"

Mu Tiantian recalled Guide Wu’s words, squatted down, and carefully inspected the footprints on the ground with her flashlight.

Originally, she meant to follow the footprints, perhaps avoiding those dangers, but unexpectedly saw so many footprints, and they were very clear.

Clearly, there was supposed to be no one inside, yet here were so many footprints; what does this imply?

Mu Tiantian suddenly thought of what Shen Tiancheng said, that Bai Chenyao was on a mission, and whether he could return alive was unknown.

Shen Tiancheng’s brows knitted together, his voice extremely sharp.

"Mercenaries!"

Mu Tiantian: "..."

That is something you’d only see or hear about in television or novels, how could it be...

It is precisely because they are mercenaries that Bai Chenyao is in danger.

Mu Tiantian’s face suddenly turned very pale, even her soft lips pressed into a thin line.

The dangers of the primeval jungle, combined with the cold-blooded brutality of mercenary ambushes, posed a threat to Bai Chenyao in Qi Mountain that she couldn’t possibly imagine.

Suddenly, Shen Tiancheng reached out and grabbed her hand.

"Let’s go!"

For the first time, Mu Tiantian did not refuse Shen Tiancheng’s proactive touch, quickly rising with him, and then accelerating their pace forward.

Although Guide Wu had brought them here, saying this area was rarely approached and dangerous, there were also daring hunters thinking of catching prey here in the depths of the mountains that could bring more wealth.