Chapter 3287 Fear

As the disciples and the Nine Li people repeatedly showed up at the entrance to the hut, they felt a surge of panic.

Exchanging anxious glances at each other, they turned to Zen in the hopes that he'd have an answer to this madness.

"Is it a magic array?" Dorothy guessed in a low voice.

Hutton shook his head. "Impossible. If it was a magic array, we would have detected some energy fluctuations."

Souls on the Other Shore usually were much more perceptive of energy fluctuations than if they were in their corporeal bodies. However, no one could sense anything of the sort here.

"Then why can't we leave?" Elvinia demanded.

"Is it possible that this is a magic array designed extremely skillfully in the dark?" Chaim suggested.

Chaim's words made some sense. However, this brought more anxiety than comfort.

The Dark Region was secluded from everything, and seemed to be impervious to light, sound, and energy. Aside from what was lit by the candles, everything else was shrouded in darkness.

If a magic array had truly been arranged in the darkness, they would not have been able to perceive it.

"Let me try again."

Elvinia went down along the road again. But after a dozen or so steps, when she reached the intersection, she found herself in front of the entrance to the hut again.

"We can't get out of here," Elvinia said resignedly.

Zen frowned. Suddenly, the crystals came to mind.

As No. 9527 had said, the candles were precious in the Dark Region. So, it made sense that there would be countermeasures laid out to protect the crystals used to make them.

"Return all the crystals," Zen suddenly said.

Previously, Zen had already asked them to return the crystals. But since everyone protested, Zen decided not to push it.

Now that they were stuck there, it seemed they had changed their minds about the crystals.

After all, getting out of there alive was more important than harboring some crystals of unknown use.

So, they all obeyed Zen this time. They all went back inside the hut and returned the crystals. Once all was returned, they stepped outside the hut o

ashed by the snake's tail, Zen quickly removed the Wild God Power. His huge body instantly shrank, having dodged the tail by a hair's width.

"Puff!"

Zen, who had landed on the ground, immediately ran to the fork leading to the hut.

The red python threw its head back and hissed in fury, its forked tongue dancing ominously. It had been waiting under the bridge for so long, yet it had failed to devour anyone thus far. In its anger, it rushed straight towards Zen and the others.

Zen and the others ran frantically. They had nowhere to hide. Clumsily, they made their way back to the hut.

However, when Zen turned to look back at the red python, something strange happened.

Just as the snake had slithered to the intersection of the three forks, it stopped abruptly.

"Whoosh..."

If Zen wasn't mistaken, there seemed to be a trace of fear hidden in the massive python's narrow eyes. Slowly, the red python backed up slightly.

"The python doesn't dare to come up!"

"It is scared! Haha!"

"A coward!"

Several disciples from the Oneness Sky Palace sneered at the python on the fork when they saw that it had stopped.

After everything they'd been through, they were relieved to see the snake back off.

"The red python dares not come up because it fears the owner of the huts," Chaim cautioned. "But what should we do if it just waits there until the owner of the huts comes back?"