Above the night sky, a dozen vines were already wrapping around the giant beasts, keeping them from running wild. But more and more gray mist demon beasts were gathering all around, so many that the Twin Trees couldn't possibly stop them all...
Du Yu pressed his back against the mall's glass window, smashed it viciously with his elbow, then turned and dashed into the mall—only to come to a sudden halt.
In the flickering light of the mall's first-floor lobby, a team of black-robed people were assembling.
At some indeterminate point, they'd already crept into the mall, using the building's cover to reach the place nearest the Twin Trees' roots.
"Gulp." Du Yu's Adam's apple slid up and down as he slowly edged sideways, while the black-robed people were already poised and ready to pounce, darting in his direction.
Du Yu moved sideways at speed, instantly nocking an arrow to his bow, but his fingers froze for a second.
He realized—the black-robed people weren't after him?
"Crash!"
