"What's going on? Why isn't he following us anymore? Could it be that he also feels he's gone too far and is starting to give up on us? If that's the case, it's simply wonderful."
All along the way, Yao and Jiang Fan were essentially walking backward.
They were extremely vigilant, fearing the spider might attack them.
When the spider suddenly stopped its advance, Yao felt a sense of relief.
Finally, the spider was no longer following them. However, Jiang Fan felt something was amiss. The spider's sudden abandonment of its prey could only mean it had encountered some threat.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have stopped. The spider was still roaring in the distance, as if wanting to devour Jiang Fan and the others, but it dared not approach.
Jiang Fan whispered to Yao beside him.
"It's hard to say. I have a feeling it encountered something more terrifying. If there were no other issues, it would never let us go so easily. What do you think? After all, it's just an animal. It wouldn't give up so readily if it wanted to kill us."
As the saying goes, the strong prey on the weak. Once they identify prey, unless a more powerful creature appears and threatens them, they won't give up easily. What Jiang Fan was thinking was whether venturing further would lead them to an even more formidable being capable of killing them.
Zhou Niannian, upon hearing this, burst into laughter and then said to Jiang Fan with a hint of confidence.
"How could that be? Look how far it followed us. It probably thinks we're too cautious and has decided to give up on us. If that's the case, shouldn't we just honestly walk further inside? Isn't it good that it's not following us?"
Hearing this, Jiang Fan was quite helpless. Clearly, Zhou Niannian was thinking too simply, while Jiang Fan's thoughts were completely different.
However, under the current circumstances, they had no choice but to continue moving forward. If they didn't, there was no other option. Moving forward meant encountering the spider, and they only had this one direction to advance.
But just then, Jiang Fan suddenly heard a roar. This roar seemed to come from behind him. Jiang Fan immediately looked back but saw nothing. This unseen fear was the most terrifying. For something to emit such a powerful roar without being seen meant its size must be considerable.
"Damn it, it's just as we imagined. There's a more powerful creature inside. What should we do now? Should we continue to move forward? If we go forward, we might be killed by that more powerful creature. After all, even such a formidable spider fears it, so how could we possibly defeat it? We no longer have suitable weapons; only vines can help us fight. Without the man-eating plant, our combat effectiveness has greatly diminished."
Jiang Fan was right. If the man-eating plant had been there, it could have provided powerful assistance. Now, the companion could at best restrain the enemy, and not too much, otherwise, even he couldn't restrict the enemy's movements. With this behemoth lurking inside, Jiang Fan felt a sense of unease.
"There's no other way now, we can only continue to move further inside. Let's go. Yao, can I go and see what this thing inside is first?"
Upon hearing Jiang Fan's words, Yao immediately followed Jiang Fan. Although his wounds hadn't healed, he had no time to worry about them now. The current situation wasn't about injuries; it was a matter of life and death. With one wrong move, everyone present could die at any moment. Therefore, Yao endured the pain and ran with Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan knew that Yao was injured and had no other choice but to let Yao follow him.
At this moment, Jiang Fan suddenly saw a familiar figure. This roaring monster was a gorilla, and it seemed to be heartbroken, holding a corpse and crying out loud.
The mangled corpse immediately sent a wave of panic through Jiang Fan, because this was no other creature but the gorilla they had tricked into falling off the cliff. This gorilla was now only half-eaten. Seeing this, Jiang Fan was filled with dread. At this moment, the larger gorilla twitched its nose, as if smelling something.
Instantly, its attention shifted to Jiang Fan and Yao. Jiang Fan and Yao didn't know how it found them.
However, it seemed to know that Jiang Fan had killed the gorilla. It must have smelled that Jiang Fan and Yao had eaten the gorilla. In the end, it became incredibly furious, its eyes turning red as if it had gone mad. Jiang Fan and the others fled.
Inside the cave, the ground began to shake. Outside the entrance, Zhou Niannian and Dai Xiaomei were also at a loss as to what to do. Because Jiang Fan had told them to block the entrance, they didn't know if they should go and help. Meanwhile, Jiang Fan and his group were also in a predicament. Yao was already injured, and now they had to move at high speed, which was very difficult. Jiang Fan alone couldn't attack the gorilla, as the previous gorilla had already been powerful enough.
If they hadn't managed to trick that gorilla into the valley in time, they would likely have been bitten to death by it long ago.
"What should we do now? There's no cliff or anything here. We can only rely on our own strength to fight. If we're no match for it, we'll die here. What strategy do you think I should use?"
Yao, enduring the pain, said to Jiang Fan before him.
"There's no other way now. We can only fight it directly. We can't escape at all, and I've always been very agile. Its nose is also very sensitive."
Hearing this, Jiang Fan was filled with despair. Although he knew the truth, he was still unwilling to believe that this was the only way. But for now, they truly had only this one option.