Han Yu's question was something even the juniors were wondering about.
"Yes," said the tall man grimly. "There were some elders remaining with us after the first few groups entered the inner realm, but when the quakes started… they disappeared too. The last thing we saw was the ground splitting apart under their feet. After that, everything went blank."
Han Yu clenched his jaw. "Then we might be the only ones nearby. And you said not everyone was sent to the same place?"
"That's right," the man said. "We saw others get pulled in too, but when we woke up here, it was just us. I think people are being scattered randomly."
Before Han Yu could reply, a sound echoed in the distance, faint at first, but growing louder by the second. It was not the sound of the earth cracking, nor the rumbling of falling debris. It was something far more human.
Screams.
At first, the disciples thought it was more people falling from the sky, panicking as they landed.
